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Aussies for Poker Not Tapping Out: 'We Will Win the War'

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An unfavorable result in the Australian parliament isn't stopping Australians from continuing the fight for online poker.

Many are assuming the writing is on the wall after an amendment that would have exempted online poker from the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 failed to pass. The bill itself has yet to pass into law as some details have not been hammered out, but doom appears to be on the horizon for online poker Down Under.

Not so fast, said Joseph Del Duca of the Australian Online Poker Alliance.

"How many times in poker have you seen a player lose a big hand early on and then come back and win?