Former Senator D'Amato - Prohibition of Internet poker will fail

Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance and a former senator from New York did an article with the Boston Herald this morning calling prohibitions the biggest government blunders in the United States.

D'Amato said, "Just as the prohibition of the 1920s failed, so too will today’s prohibition of Internet poker. Only meaningful regulation of online poker, like the Frank plan, will produce positive outcomes for the players, children, the economy, the taxpayer, and society in general". "Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-Mass.) efforts to deal with this outrageous legislation are heroic".


D'Amato also went on to explain the internet gambling ban funnels players underground and forces them to use less transparent financial systems to place bets, law enforcement finds itself even more hampered to police potential money laundering.


Playing poker online is simply an American tradition evolving into the 21st Century. It is unfathomable that poker, an American pastime and game of true skill, should be banned for the millions who enjoy playing responsibly.

News Added: 14 May, 2007

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