Internet Poker: Former NY Senator to Chair Poker Players Alliance

According to Poker Player Online, former New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato has been selected as new Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance.  The report was first filed by WickedChopsPoker

Should this materialize, it will certainly be a plus for the internet poker community, having a powerful name like Alfonse D'Amato in its corner.  This one, we here at Gambling911.com have to admit, came out of left field. 

However, as of three days ago when this story first sort of broke, no contract with D'Amato had been signed...yet, says WickedChopsPoker.

Yet.

Says PPA prez Michael Bolcerek: “There is no signed deal.”

Yet.

D'Amato, noted for his brash...dare we say..."typical New Yorker" style...was a three-term Senator from New York and was particularly known for his filibustering stamina. He holds claim to the second and seventh longest filibusters in U.S. Senate history. He also holds claim to being the only person in the world that Wicked Chops Poker would make the following joke: "You say Damaatoe, I say Damahtoe." It's true.

The online gambling community has either failed to acknowledge or completely lost sight of the fact that there are politicians coming out of the woodwork supporting the industry.

In Washington State, Gambling911.com had the opportunity this past Friday to interview Chris Strow, whose first House Bill 1243 to have an online gambling felony removed from his State's books failed to pass Friday.  However, a revised version of the bill was still being considered. 

Former Minnesota Governor, Jesse Ventura, has continued his representation of BetUS.com.

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Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com

Originally published February 20, 2007 1:29 am ET