Update: PVA Has to Back Down

Organization apologizes for row over poker bill sponsor This week's exciting and rather confusing reports placed and then denied by the Poker Voters of America, finally got a conclusion, as the organization executive director, former Morongo tribe spokesman Patrick Dorinson, withdrew his criticism of Brit journalism and the publication eGaming Review. The whole confusion emerged after the respectable eGaming Review released its interview with PVA president Melanie Brenner, from which readers could understand that Assemblyman Jerry Hill would be sponsoring a PVA-initiated online poker legalization bill in the Californian legislature. Following this, the Capitol Weekly newspaper in California issued an article which placed totally adverse allegations – the ones made by Dorinson who criticized the eGaming Review article, and PVA political consultant Lloyd Levine who accused the piece of being "completely inaccurate". It could be concluded from the article that Assemblyman Hill merely received the proposed draft from Levine and then instructed his staff to refer it to the Assembly's legal experts for wording review, without consenting to any type of sponsorship. However, only a day later, Dorinson sent an apology on behalf of the PVA, explaining: "When we dug a little deeper we found out our team had misunderstood the situation. PVA is sorry for any confusion this might have caused.” He also confirmed the story that Hill got the draft copy of the PVA proposal from Levine, acting on the PVA's behalf. "It was on our end that there was confusion and we are sorry for any implication that eGaming Review was inaccurate in their reporting. eGaming Review is the premier news source for the industry and their credibility and integrity are unquestioned. They accurately reported what we told them and what we thought to be accurate," he concluded. On the other side, Levine said: “Assembly Member Hill received the language from the Poker Voters of America, and Mr Hill's office submitted the language to legislative council to be drafted in bill form. However, Mr Hill never committed to carrying any legislation."