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Gamblers Confused

New research in the United States shows that the conservative right in the United States has once again done a fantastic job confusing mass America with misinformation. The online casino gambling industry has been a controversial hotspot in politics and the media for quite some time now, and it seems that the media and the politicians are just not doing a great job communicating the debate specifics. Essentially, the offshore online casinos are banned from operating in the US market at the federal level. But! And that’s a really bit but, it is not, and has never been, illegal at a federal level for US citizens to gamble via the internet.

There is only one US state that has made online casinos and internet poker gambling illegal, and that’s the great state of Washington. A research poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University indicates that more than two thirds of those Americans polled believe that it is already illegal to gamble through the internet in the US. That’s actually not even remotely true, but yet it’s the indicated response. Two thirds of those polled replied that they believe that the US laws should not be altered to allow internet gambling –implying they think that the pastime is illegal already.

This misinformation is pretty much a direct result of the type of information reported in the US national media – particularly in the more right-wing media agendas. Respondents indicated that they did not have specific information about the online casino gambling industry, but rather vague conclusions that the internet gambling industry is more dangerous/has worse effects on gamblers – information that numerous research studies have proven false.