Poker Players Alliance (PPA)
D'Amato is chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a nonprofit organization set up to help protect and fight for the rights of poker players in the United States. Part of the PPA's mission is to protect the right of poker players to play online.
He appeared on Howard Stern's Sirius-XM radio show on July 20, 2009, to promote the PPA.
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