One of a Kind: DC Lobbying Ad of the Day
Online gambling has broken another glass ceiling. Are you a parent who chooses to stay at home to raise your kids? You can now get in on a poker game—and use your winnings to feed the kids.
The Poker Players Alliance is on Capitol Hill this week, lobbying for a regulatory scheme that online gamblers can tolerate. Apparently they have quite a budget, taking out a full-page ad in Politico today alongside the pharmaceutical companies and defense contractors. Apparently online poker is a $6-billion industry.
At first, we only heard about the college students who put themselves through school playing poker (some dropping out to play full-time), but the Poker Players Alliance apparently also includes stay-at-home moms, who make some extra money without having to leave the kids.