Online Survey Shows U.S. Players Prefer U.S. Casinos

We all know that Americans account for the majority of online gamblers in the multi-billion dollar online casinos industry.  And we all know that Americans continue to gamble at online casinos despite the governments wishy-washy stance on the legality of this popular activity.  However, what we don't know is how Americans feel about legalizing and consequently regulating online casino gambling.  Well, Scooop.net has tried to provide an answer to this area of interest with their latest online survey.

It seems that nearly 70% of Americans surveyed, whether they partake in gambling action at casinos operating online or not, think that U.S. internet gambling should be made legal. Yet, of this group, over 50% of them thought the U.S. government should not oversee or take part in any regulation.  Preference, it seems, is given to gambling regulatory bodies like eCOGRA, who is helping to standardize the regulations of online casinos in the UK.

Taking this into consideration, a contradiction arises when two thirds of those polled say they would feel safer gambling at online casinos based and regulated in the U.S.  In other words, it looks as if Americans want the U.S. government to legalize online gambling, yet do not want the government to be involved in regulating the industry.  Many would say this is wishful thinking, for even if the government were to legalize internet betting, they would not pass up the chance to earn close to $10 billion a year in tax revenue generated by online casinos.

Some critics of the survey are dubious over its accurateness and credibility, since it does not report the total amount of people surveyed. Despite the weaknesses in the survey carried out by Scooop.net, it still provides some insight into the state of internet betting in the U.S. and the possible course of its evolution.