The UIGEA laws are to be implemented into effect on December 1, 2009 and the Poker Players Alliance are attempting to delay the date with a petition to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. They have asked that the date be pushed back by one year to December 1, 2010. The UIGEA provisions are referring to banks and designated payment systems that will be required to block the movement of funds in and out of online poker sites.
Geithner has 180 days to respond to the petition. The petition was filed jointly with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and American Greyhound Track Operators Association. Nineteen Congressmen also wrote to Geithner and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke in support of this petition.
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