Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has joined the fight to protect player’s rights to play online poker in Australia by creating an amended bill with a carve-out for online poker and online blackjack.

The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) has a new ally in the form of Senator David Leyonhjelm as the battle to protect online poker in Australia continues.

Writing on his Facebook Wall, the Liberal Democrats politician, had this to say about the proposed law to ban online poker:

“The Government wants to give authorities greater powers to crack down on playing online poker for money in Australia. I am working hard to have this bill amended so that there is an exception for online poker and blackjack, but if none of this works, I have some simple advice…