Change.org Petition Created to Remove WSOP Main Event Rake and Introduce Revenue Share Model

An investment banker has created a petition on Change.org urging World Series of Poker officials to remove the rake on their $10,000 Main Event, and create revenue sharing models for other tournaments.

In 2012, teenager Trayvon Benjamin Martin was shot and killed by neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford Florida. Zimmerman wasn’t even charged by police as they believed there was no evidence to refute his claim of self-defense. He was later charged with murder after over 2.2 million people signed a petition on Change.org started by Martin’s parents.

Change.org was created in 2007 as an outlet for people to drive the change they would like to see in the world. It allowed Martin’s parents to find a voice, and over the weekend, it has been used to put pressure on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to end rake in the Main Event.

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