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Poker Ad Causes Uproar

By launchpoker, Sep 4, 2008 Dawson Student Union

When the Dawson Student Union of Montreal’s Dawson College hired an ad company to sell advertising space on a free day planner, they didn’t think they would have to specify "no poker", but it looks like they should have. On the back of the planner, handed out to students where - according to the school’s administration - more than 1,500 are underage, there is an ad for Plaza 138 Poker. This poker room is from the nearby Kahnawake Mohawk Territory and advertises free alcohol in addition to poker. There is a dispute over whether or not the college was consulted about the ad before it was placed in the planner.