Recently Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick proposed a bill that would allow restore gambling within the state. This would appear to be a gamblers dream but in fact they are the very people that are opposing the bill. Hidden on page 28 of the bill is a clause that would make online gambling illegal. It reads:
"Any person who knowingly transmits or receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication device, including telephone, cellular phone, Internet, local area network, including wireless local networks, or any other similar device or equipment or other medium of communication, or knowingly installs or maintains said device or equipment for the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $25,000, or both."
Fortunately the Poker Player's Alliance (PPA) did not allow this to go over looked and they are urging gamblers to send letters to the Governor in an attempt to stop the bill from being passed.
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