New Poker Player's Alliance chairman Al D'Amato has told Card Player Magazine isn't sure whether a poker exemption can be carved out of the UIGEA this year.
Full interview:AJS: Do you think in 2007 that we have the ability to obtain a poker carve-out to the UIGEA?
AD: I think you never give up. You set the stage. I’m not going to say that it’s going to be easy, or that it cannot be done. But I don’t want to give a false impression.
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