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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to classify Poker as a prescribed game under the 2005 Gambling Act, in line with the games of Bridge and Whist. More details
Submitted by Jonathan Curtis of UK Poker Club Association – Deadline to sign up by: 05 June 2007 – Signatures: 770
Petition update, 29 June 2007
You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "to classify Poker as a prescribed game under the 2005 Gambling Act, in line with the games of Bridge and Whist."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page12211.asp
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Making Poker a prescribed game would allow regulated Poker to be played outside of a casino environment in private members’ Poker clubs.
This petition has been laid by the UK Poker Club Association (UKPCA). The UKPCA has been set up by 13 of the UK’s leading private members’ Poker clubs to assist Poker players and private members' clubs who are concerned by aspects of the regulations laid out in the Gambling Act 2005.
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