RGA, ABB Likely to Merge
Two United Kingdom trade associations representing the gambling industry, the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) and the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), are likely to be merged into a yet-to-be-named lobbying …
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Poker Players Alliance Acquired by Poker Central, Renamed Poker Alliance
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the largest lobbying group in the United States representing various aspects of the poker community, will be taken over by online poker-content streaming company Poker …
Freeman to Depart Role as AGA President and CEO
American Gaming association (AGA) President and CEO Geoff Freeman has announced his upcoming resignation from his role as the head of the US casino industry’s most prominent lobbying arm. Freeman’s …
PPA Publishes Results of Sports Betting Poll
In early February, coming off the announcement of a shakeup in its leadership, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) invited its members to take a survey to gauge how people felt …
John Pappas to Exit PPA Executive Director Post
The Executive Director of the Washington, DC-based Poker Players Alliance [PPA], John Pappas, will be stepping down from his leadership role at the lobbying group at the end of February, …
PPA Updates Action Page, Asks For Renewed Player Input
Fresh on the heels of its executive director making appearances in two US states considering the possible regulation of online poker and other forms of online gambling, the Washington, D.C.-based …
Online-Gambling Lobbying Firm iDEA Launches Washington DC Office
The I-Development and Economic Association (iDEA), a new lobbying group working on behalf of its online-gambling industry membership, has opened up a Washington, DC office to work on behalf of …
AGA Pushes States Rights Principles in Recent Policy Update
The American Gaming Association (AGA), the United States’ leading lobbying and trade group representing the US’s land-based casino industry, has embraced the concept of individual US states determining their own …
A Conversation with a New Jersey iGaming Insider
Last week, I was able to get some time to sit down and talk to Bill Pascrell III, one of the lobbyists with access to the New Jersey Online iGaming …
Utah Corruption Investigation: The PPA Lobbying Effort, Revisited
In our return to the Utah story of the ill-fated SunFirst Bank payment processing operation at the heart of the United States “Black Friday” online poker, we’ll again look into …
