White House Petition

#1 22nd September 2011, 10:53 PM

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...poker/KZ2KB7c1
Need 5000 signatures for a response from the White House.

#2 22nd September 2011, 11:17 PM

That link does not work.

#3 22nd September 2011, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

That link does not work.

It worked for me. I signed it as well.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...poker/KZ2KB7c1

#4 22nd September 2011, 11:30 PM

There is a message on the site now saying they are currently undergoing maintenance.

#5 22nd September 2011, 11:34 PM

Site is really buggy, keep trying.
Might want to try this link if other doesn't work. http://wh.gov/g0i

#6 22nd September 2011, 11:36 PM

Dang. I'm getting the same thing right now so yeah it's under maintenance to who ever is trying to get on there. ^^^^page not found

Just try it later, I guess, when it comes back.

#7 23rd September 2011, 2:17 AM

We need 5000 sigs, have only 842 so far.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...poker/KZ2KB7c1

You have to sign up with your info and email and validate your email, then you can sign the petition. Site is a bit slow. But it just came up today, so bound to have growing pains.

#8 23rd September 2011, 2:24 AM

Site is currently active. Better hurry before it goes haywire again

#9 23rd September 2011, 2:38 AM

Sign a petition over the internet?........sounds like it could be abused real easy

#10 23rd September 2011, 2:41 AM

Signed facebooked this AND twittered this, hope this will help get online poker safer.

#11 23rd September 2011, 2:44 AM

"Legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol" has already reached it's goal the first day. Hope poker players are as pro-active.

If a petition gets 5,000 signatures within 30 days, it will go into a queue for the Administration to review and respond. We will do our best to respond to petitions that meet this threshold in a timely manner, but it may take a few weeks to issue an official response. All responses will be posted in this section of the We the People platform, and if you signed a petition that we respond to, you'll get an email from the White House to with the response.

#12 23rd September 2011, 6:25 AM

Please Go To:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...shkin/tj7Fx42T

And Sign

We petition the obama administration to:
Call an Investigation into Allegations of Prosecutorial & Judicial Misconduct in the Case of Sholom Rubashkin

#13 23rd September 2011, 6:33 AM

It might give you error messages, but keep trying. It will eventually work for you.

http://wh.gov/g0i

#14 23rd September 2011, 6:26 PM

Everyone should definitely take the time to do this. I am skeptical of 99% of internet petitions but this one is pretty much guaranteed to get seen by the people in power.

As much as I and most of us distrust the political figures, we have to try and make our voices heard.

#15 24th September 2011, 12:25 AM

"U.S. regulation of this global industry"

Really? It may come as surprise, but in the rest of the world people may not always see the US as our natural leaders.
It seems that most of the online poker problems we've had to deal with have been caused by the US position.

If this does if this go through and online poker is legitimized, maybe the US market is big enough to force the existing sites to comply with your rules, but remember, many online poker sites had already decided the US was too difficult to handle even before BF.
Isn't there a danger that you may find your self playing to your rules on US only, government controlled sites

#16 24th September 2011, 1:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samango

"U.S. regulation of this global industry"

Really? It may come as surprise, but in the rest of the world people may not always see the US as our natural leaders.
It seems that most of the online poker problems we've had to deal with have been caused by the US position.

If this does if this go through and online poker is legitimized, maybe the US market is big enough to force the existing sites to comply with your rules, but remember, many online poker sites had already decided the US was too difficult to handle even before BF.
Isn't there a danger that you may find your self playing to your rules on US only, government controlled sites

You are mis-reading that. It is requesting regulation for poker in the U.S., and simply stating that poker is a global industry. Not global regulation.

Difficult because of the UIGEA which was passed in 2006--that's when entities like Party left the US market. BF was a result of the UIGEA.

#17 24th September 2011, 1:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charade You Are

You are mis-reading that. It is requesting regulation for poker in the U.S., and simply stating that poker is a global industry. Not global regulation.

Difficult because of the UIGEA which was passed in 2006--that's when entities like Party left the US market. BF was a result of the UIGEA.

Oh sorry, my bad
lines like this misled me

"Appropriate regulation of online poker will put the U.S. in charge of safeguarding responsible adult players, prevent underage participation and protect those with excessive gaming habits"

the bolded part seems unnecessary and could have been omitted if it wasn't intended

np , good luck with it

#18 24th September 2011, 6:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samango

Oh sorry, my bad
lines like this misled me

"Appropriate regulation of online poker will put the U.S. in charge of safeguarding responsible adult players, prevent underage participation and protect those with excessive gaming habits"

the bolded part seems unnecessary and could have been omitted if it wasn't intended

np , good luck with it

The rest of the world certainly isn't helping us out. How many global poker sites have US players just been shut out of?

The U.S. does need to get in charge of safeguarding responsible adult players... as it pertains to U.S. players. "The world" hasn't helped us one bit. We need our U.S. government... all the way up to the White House... fighting for our rights, not against them. That is what this petition is all about.

#19 24th September 2011, 6:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samango

"U.S. regulation of this global industry"

Really? It may come as surprise, but in the rest of the world people may not always see the US as our natural leaders.
It seems that most of the online poker problems we've had to deal with have been caused by the US position.

If this does if this go through and online poker is legitimized, maybe the US market is big enough to force the existing sites to comply with your rules, but remember, many online poker sites had already decided the US was too difficult to handle even before BF.
Isn't there a danger that you may find your self playing to your rules on US only, government controlled sites

Better than not playing at all.

#20 24th September 2011, 7:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesDaBear

Better than not playing at all.

This.

In a perfect world I would like the situation that existed before 2006. However, at this point I will take playing Ceasar's.com or whatever.

I want to be able to withdraw 100 bucks on Friday and have it in my account take my wife out to dinner on a Saturday. No, 2 month delays and weird checks.

I want to tell people I play online poker and not have to give a 5 minute explanation about legalities, grey areas and Black Friday.

I would like to know that if a site collapses with my money on it I will have recourse through the legal system.

I will accept govt. oversight in exchange for a normalized playing environment.

#21 24th September 2011, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesDaBear

The rest of the world certainly isn't helping us out. How many global poker sites have US players just been shut out of?

.

Wake up!!!! Why do you think global poker sites are shutting you out?

#22 24th September 2011, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaskabill

This.

In a perfect world I would like the situation that existed before 2006.

The good old days. Moving money around with Neteller, playing any site, easy deposits and withdrawals. Hard to believe it all went to hell thanks to Frist and Kyl and their moronic hypocritical bs.

We are getting there:

#23 25th September 2011, 8:55 AM

I tried too help out. Wouldnt let me

#24 27th September 2011, 8:48 PM

Thanks to all who voted. We are over 6k now. Even though we have hit our mark, we should continue to spread this petition to get as many as possible.

#25 28th September 2011, 12:46 AM

Nice 6k is good to know about! Thank God for facebook and twitter

#26 30th September 2011, 6:35 PM

Bump. The PPA trying to get 10K sigs this weekend.

http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ppapoker

If you haven't signed yet, create an account, verify email and sign. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition...poker/KZ2KB7c1

#27 1st October 2011, 3:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaskabill

This.

In a perfect world I would like the situation that existed before 2006. However, at this point I will take playing Ceasar's.com or whatever.

I want to be able to withdraw 100 bucks on Friday and have it in my account take my wife out to dinner on a Saturday. No, 2 month delays and weird checks.

I want to tell people I play online poker and not have to give a 5 minute explanation about legalities, grey areas and Black Friday.

I would like to know that if a site collapses with my money on it I will have recourse through the legal system.

I will accept govt. oversight in exchange for a normalized playing environment.

Agreed with everything.........

#28 1st October 2011, 5:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellomartin2007

Please Go To:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/call-investigation-allegations-prosecutorial-judicial-misconduct-case-sholom-rubashkin/tj7Fx42T

And Sign

We petition the obama administration to:
Call an Investigation into Allegations of Prosecutorial & Judicial Misconduct in the Case of Sholom Rubashkin

Who in the heck is Sholom Rubashkin?

I am awaiting the email confirm for the online poker petition now.

#29 1st October 2011, 6:06 PM

Not a big proponent of signing online petitions, but this one I hope works, I', in.

#30 3rd October 2011, 2:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

Who in the heck is Sholom Rubashkin?

I am awaiting the email confirm for the online poker petition now.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/09/16/...for-new-trial/

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