90% of Americans think poker should be legal
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Independant market research company, ICR has completed a survey of the American public on behalf of the Poker Players' Alliance.
Their results are not good for any upcoming bills looking to outlaw poker.
These results were cut and pasted from the Alliance's website.
It looks like the people have spoken....
If you haven't signed up already, go and join the PPA, they're a non-profit organisation doing great things for the American People's right to play poker in the privacy of their homes.
Kris @ Poker.com
Their results are not good for any upcoming bills looking to outlaw poker.
These results were cut and pasted from the Alliance's website.
Question #1: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 5% | 90% | 4.5% | 0.4% |
| 49 | 868 | 43 | 4 |
Question #2: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker in Las Vegas?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 5.5% | 90.7% | 3.3% | 0.5% |
| 53 | 874 | 32 | 5 |
Question #3: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker in Casinos on Indian Reservations?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 8.3% | 86.6% | 4.6% | 0.5% |
| 80 | 835 | 44 | 5 |
Question #4: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker for charitable fundraisers?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 8.1% | 86.9% | 4.4% | 0.6% |
| 78 | 838 | 42 | 6 |
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Question #5: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker on the Internet?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 18% | 74.2% | 7.4% | 0.4% |
| 174 | 715 | 71 | 4 |
Question #6: "Should the federal government prevent Americans from playing poker in the privacy of your own home?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 3% | 94.7% | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| 29 | 913 | 17 | 5 |
Question #7: "Do you believe the federal government should be managing Americans gambling behaviors on the Internet?"
| YES | NO | DON'T KNOW | REFUSED |
| 26.9% | 66.1% | 6.4% | 0.6% |
| 259 | 637 | 62 | 6 |
It looks like the people have spoken....
If you haven't signed up already, go and join the PPA, they're a non-profit organisation doing great things for the American People's right to play poker in the privacy of their homes.
Kris @ Poker.com
Posted at 9:25 AM Permalink | Talk on the Poker Forum
2 Comments:
I think the questions are a bit leading. If you ask should the federal government prevent Americans from doing anything, (spitting, cursing, picking their nose in public, etc) people will vote no.
Iteresting that the 2 poll answers that got the most "yes votes" dealt with internet poker.
But over all I do believe the feds should back off the subject, and just make sure the age limit is followed.
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Anonymous, at 12:00 PM
thx for the heads up Kris . i joined today...
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skinski, at 1:57 PM
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