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Online Casino Facts Distortion

The distortion of statistics is nothing new to most any industry and the online casino and internet poker industry is no different. Often companies or industries as a whole will present part of factual statistics – the part that shows the company or industry in a favorable light. And recently the media seems to have an agenda against the online casinos industry and have gone so far as to misrepresent gambling statistics to indicate that underage gambling is a growing problem in the U.S.

In fact, the statistics within two recent newspaper articles (from two separate newspapers!) clearly suggested that online casino gambling and poker activities are a growing danger for the American youth. Even the article titles indicate a problem between the online casinos and youth: “Teens Turn to Poker For Profit” and "Betting Their Lives." Then the kicker is that the articles come off as completely factually accurate and even include credible statistics from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. This study researched into the number of American youth gambling, the types of gambling activities they engage in (form cards to poker to online casinos.

A blogger from Pittsburgh, Gene Bromberg, wrote an well-thought and informative article about the misrepresentations in the media concerning the youth gambling and online casino gaming issue. His blog points out that the Annenberg study that is quoted in both articles in fact emphasizes that youth gambling rates are decreasing, and in some cases the statistics show significant progress in eradicating the youth gambling problem in America. But rather than highlighting key parts of the study that indicate that the youth gambling problem is under control, the two articles merely cite youth gambling statistics with no comparisons to inform readers that the statistics show a declining trend in online casinos and youth gambling.