New York City, and possibly Washington will be the targets of a media
blitz planned this week by the highly respected "Ambassador of
Poker", Mike Sexton against the ban on online gambling financial
channels proposed by US politicians recently.
Sexton says he is going to fight the good fight in a very public way
in an effort "....to call attention to the great injustice
that has been done to people's right's everywhere with the passage
of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act."
"The mission is obviously to voice the displeasure with
this bill that has been passed by Congress, and to speak up for the
rights of poker players, and their right to play online poker,"
said Sexton
The plan is to do the talk show circuit, and attempt to publicize
how outraged players are about the bill, which is due to be signed
into law by President Bush next Friday.
The world's biggest online poker company, Party Gaming is putting
its considerable muscle behind Sexton's campaign, and there are reports
that the company is already well advanced with plans for a major television
campaign against the new law, its inequities and the manner in which
it was steamrollered through Congress.
Sexton says that he also has the support of prominent personalities
like Barry Greenstein, and possibly Mike Bolcerek the president of
the vociferous players' body the Poker Players' Alliance.
Sexton has been on the front lines of the various battles over the
years to enhance the rights of poker players, and he says there are
a couple messages he wants to try to get out this coming week.
"The people organizing the media tour believe that the
U.S. is in violation of the trade treaties of the World Trade Organization
(WTO), and that's a big point they want to make." Other
points include the inadvisability of passing laws that repeat the
mistakes that were made back in the 1920's during the alcohol prohibition
era.
"It's time for standing up and speaking out on behalf of
our freedom of choice, which has been violated," Sexton
says, urging player everywhere to make their voices heard.