65 Percent of Americans Say Online Poker Should Be Allowed

Reason – The Wall Street Journal reports that if fully legalized, by 2020 online gambling will generate the same amount of revenue as Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined: $9.3 billion. While online gambling can be made legal at the state level, Congress is considering several bills to legalize it nationwide. The latest Reason-Rupe pollfinds that a solid majority (65 percent) of Americans favor legalizing online gambling, while 32 percent think government should prohibit people from gambling in online poker games. Majorities of all partisans favor allowing Americans to play online poker, but independents who lean Republican were even more likely to favor (75…