John Pappas, the Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) gave an interview this week where he discussed the future of the online poker and gambling industry in the United States. Pappas gave an interview to Card Player and discussed legislation, the UIGEA and other pertinent issues.  When asked about issues such as the PPA’s official stance on the latest law, the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, Pappas replied that the group supports the provisions of relating to internet gambling.

When asked about the PPA’s prediction about a further delay of the UIGEA in three months, Pappas said: “Irrespective, the PPA intends to file another petition. We are going to put the same energy that we did with the last petition. The concerns that were raised last time — there is no definition of “unlawful internet gambling” — none of that has been fixed. So, if they were willing to extend it to six months to have Congress act and Congress hasn’t acted, we hope that they will grant another extension. But there are no guarantees, so we’re going to work just as hard as we did for the last petition and actually twice as hard, because our opposition won’t be caught flat-footed this time.”