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[jfletcher]

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081401933.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081401933.html</a>

[the_hawk]

About Lederer from the article...
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</span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">But what is his stake in decriminalizing online poker? After all, he plays much more on green felt-covered tables than online. His interest is threefold. First, his libertarian temperament -- he lives in Las Vegas, where almost anything goes -- is offended by mother-hen government. Second, he wants as many people as possible to have access to poker's delights. Third, the more poker players there are, the larger will be the ranks of competitors, and the television audiences, for professional poker competitions. Hence the larger will be the potential winnings. This year, Lederer says, there were 6,494 competitors in the World Series of Poker Main Event, down about 1,000 from 2006, largely because more players used to win their $10,000 entry fee in online tournaments. </td> </tr></table>
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Quite literally astonishing that the author can "forget" to mention that Lederer owns (a substantial chunk of) Full Tilt.
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Or is that what he means in his "second... " bit? <img src="images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="Rolling Eyes" border="0" />
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Such blatant misinformation is easily called out and surely does the cause no good.