University Poll Shows Opposition To Legal Online Gambling
A recent poll enacted by Fairleigh Dickinson University, has shown that some people in America have an opposition to the legalization and regulation of online gambling. Through this poll, 67% of the people questioned were found to disagree with online gambling.
The polls covered a series of gambling related questions, most of which had to do with locations associated with gambling, but online gambling, as well as sports gambling, had been covered individually. A total of 1,001 Americans were polled from different demographics, covering both sides of the political ideology and party spectrum, as well as a differentiating ethnicity.
In the poll over online gambling, 200 people were questioned. Of these 200, 21% support changing online gambling laws to allow unfettered and regulated betting. Of these 43 supporters, 29 were male and 14 were female. Very little differentiation was found between the bipartisan factions, as well as their underlying ideological beliefs. Liberals did show a slight bias toward legalization, while conservatives showed a slight bias toward opposition to the change. Just 11% of those questioned had responded with “don’t know.”
Sports betting, one of the major three types of USA Online Gambling, had also been covered. Due to the relatively limited choices for land based sports gambling, online gambling on sports is at an all time high. Respondents to the polls were subsequently questioned over a change in sports betting laws. The whole question stated “Some people say…lots of people bet on sports anyway, so government should allow it and tax it. Others say…legal betting on sports is a bad idea because it promotes too much gambling and can corrupt sports.” Respondents then had to side with the answer that best identifies with them. Out of those questioned, 39% said to allow it and 54% said that it is a bad idea. Men were almost evenly split on the issue, while more women thought it was a bad idea than they did good.
Despite the outcome of this poll, there is a large online gambling community. There have been many recent advancements in the realm of online gambling, and the many factions involved have been gearing up to pass legislation that would remove the restrictions from online gambling and begin a series of taxes on the industry. Currently there are millions in America already engaging in online gambling, or they have in the past.
Source: http://publicmind.fdu.edu/casino/