Those numbers don't surprise me at all.Originally Posted by SrslySirius
From a user on 2+2:
I believe on radio Rich said something like individual contributions made up less than half, but these numbers really surprise me. Can this be confirmed?
When Rich said that the poker sites donated "greater than 50%" of the money, I knew it had to be MUCH greater than half. If it were, say, 60%, he would have been happy to volunteer that information, as 40% of money coming from the members is still respectable. When I asked him to clarify, he was very evasive about it. Go back and listen. I should have kept pressing, but the "mood" of the discussion at that point was much less contentious than it was later, so I let it go. In hindsight, I really should have kept demanding the exact (or close to exact) percentages, or demanded to know the reason why it was a secret.
This $5.2 million to $50.2 thousand ratio means that about 99% of the money came from poker sites, unless the "other contributions" also involved a lot of money donated by members, which I think is unlikely.
This really shines a light on the fact that pretty much everyone has suspected all along -- the PPA is a lobbying organization bought and paid for by the large poker sites, just as FairPlayUSA was a lobbying organization bought and paid for by the large casinos.
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