Shock Jock Howard Stern Joins The PPA.
July 21, 2009
Love him or hate him, Howard Stern is a strong voice in radio broadcasting. Stern will now be lending his loud voice to the cause of online poker. It was recently announced that Howard Stern has become a member of the Poker Players Alliance.
Chairman of the PPA and former senator, Alfonse D’Amato commented: “I can’t think of a more fitting way to kick off National Poker Week than having my friend, Howard Stern, become a member of the PPA. I thank him for having me on his show this morning and for supporting the PPA’s efforts to protect the freedom of American citizens to play the great game of poker at a time and place of their choosing- a freedom Congress voted to take away.”
The Senator along with many others will be taking an online poker petition to Washington to lobby lawmakers to change the Internet gambling laws in the United States. The PPA launched the poker petition website a few weeks ago when they announced the dates for National Poker Week. The petition currently has just over 350,000 signatures and hopefully by July 22nd the petition will have many more. The 22nd is when the petition will be given to president Obama.
Howard Stern is very popular as a shock jock and it should help the PPA by having the publicity that Howard Stern can bring to the cause. Hopefully enough attention will be gained by Stern’s joining the group that it helps make a difference when those representing the poker community visit Washington.
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