Voters Do Not Support Online Gambling Ban

Published: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

NEW SURVEY SHOWS THAT AMERICAN VOTERS DO NOT SUPPORT A ONLINE GAMBLING BAN

Sample of over 30 000 shows that 78 percent are against prohibition

The Online Gambling Myths and Facts.com site (see earlier Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa bulletin) reports that a recent high-sample survey by a research firm has shown that the prohibition of online gambling in the USA is not a popular concept.

American voters were asked what they really think about online gambling and the federal government's most recent efforts to ban it. A scientific poll of over 30,000 likely voters conducted in March 2006 established that Americans overwhelmingly do not want the federal government enacting laws that restrict a recreational activity such as online gambling.

Almost 80 percent of Americans are opposed to the pending bills in Congress to ban online gambling. The poll was conducted by Zogby International, a public opinion company. Zogby conducted interviews of 30,054 likely voters from March 1, 2006 through March 14, 2006 and state that the margin of error in their statistical analysis is +/- 0.6 percentage points.

The poll established that more than three-fourths of likely voters (78 percent) do not think it is appropriate for the federal government to restrict what adults do on the Internet in the privacy of their own homes.

The poll reaffirms that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of preserving their freedom to engage in acceptable recreational and entertainment activities from the privacy of their own home. The will of American voters is absolutely and unmistakably clear in the area of how and when an adult American should be able to engage in private recreational activities such as online gambling, says the report.