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Majority Leaning Toward Government

A new research study conducted throughout North America indicates that both Canadians and Americans are of the majority opinion that the federal government should regulate and legalize online casinos throughout the country. The research survey was conducted by Ipsos Reid and attempted to match those Canadians and Americans surveyed to the actual percentage demographics within each respective country. And though there is a margin of error for all of the results in the survey, the results showed some startling trends in the North American gaming industry – trends that other online casino studies have also hinted at but never provided strong evidence of support.

Namely, the number of Canadians and Americans that know that online casino gambling is illegal in their country has dropped over the past three years, since the time Ipsos Reid conducted the last study. Within the US results, the 2007 to 2010 results lowered by hour percentage points (41 to 37) while the Canadian results showed a very similar trend of a 5 percent drop (28 to 23). In further questions on the survey, the majority of respondents indicated that they felt the online casinos should be regulated in their respective market.

There were differences however on those that felt the individual states and provinces should have control over the regulations versus those respondents looking for the governments to take the initiative to fully regulate and license gambling sites. The main differences between the two demographics comes to light when analyzing the number of American gamblers who want regulations – Americans by and large are seeking a government program in place to safeguard the industry, while more Canadians are willing to keep the status quo and gamble without government regulations on the industry.