Press Release: PPA Launches Statewide Effort to Fight for Legal Poker in Kentucky

In response to Governor Ernie Fletcher’s election-year change of heart with regard to allowing Kentuckians to vote on gaming in the commonwealth, the Kentucky members of the 760,000-member Poker Players Alliance have kicked off an advocacy campaign in support of poker in the commonwealth.

Poker Players Alliance Kentucky State Director Rich Muny, of Union, KY, announced today that the organization has initiated a statewide effort to encourage all Kentucky poker players to contact the governor and other local and state politicians to express strong opposition to the governor’s anti-poker efforts and warns that Kentucky PPA members will take the same sentiment to the polls in November.  Several hundred emails have already been sent to the governor, and many more are forthcoming.

Mr. Muny stated, “Governor Fletcher is running not on his achievements of the past four years, but on a campaign of distraction.  In the process, Fletcher has demonized the good folks who enjoy the game of poker.  Indiana has casinos with card rooms, built right on Kentucky’s borders, as do other states.  Kentucky deserves to keep this revenue in our own state for the benefit of our own citizens.  Additionally, our citizens deserve the freedom to choose to play a hand of poker.”

Muny urges Kentucky PPA members and poker enthusiasts to contact Governor Fletcher at (502) 607-8683, or via email at contact@erniefletcher.com. “Tell him you’ll vote for your freedom and for Kentucky.”