Pennsylvania poker players we are so close, and with your help we will soon have regulated online poker in your state.

That was the message of advocacy group Poker Players Alliance to residents and poker players in Pennsylvania on its web page theppa.org/pa-action.

The page serves as a tool for voters, taxpayers and poker enthusiasts to give additional support to H.B. 649—an online gambling bill that would authorize the state’s licensed casinos to operate online poker and casino gambling—by contacting state legislators Speaker Mike Turzai, Minority Leader Frank Dermody and Majority Leader Dave Reed via email, call or Twitter.

“Regardless of H.B. 649’s pathway to becoming law in Pennsylvania, we want to see Internet poker legislation enacted this year. Therefore, we are calling on all Pennsylvania poker players to tell the state’s policymakers why passing this bill is so important to Pennsylvanians and urging all poker reporters and activists to help spread the word through media outlets, blogs and social media forums,” said John Pappas, executive director of the PPA, in a press release. “It is absolutely crucial that Pennsylvania state representatives, senators and Governor Tom Wolf are hearing from their constituents about the consumer benefits of licensing and regulating Internet poker in the state.”