America Wants Online Gambling

The American Gaming Association (AGA) representing land casinos and gambling establishments in the United States, has come out formally with a statement that indicates the group’s change in policy towards online gambling in the same week as a The Toronto Sun confirms that Americans want online gambling.

Survey Shows Online Gambling Approval in North America

The Toronto Sun and marketing group, Ipsos Reid, showed in a new survey that, in comparison to two years ago, more North Americans than ever were open to the idea of a regulated and legalized online gambling industry.

The survey showed that 49% of US respondents said that they would be satisfied with the presence of online gambling in their country, as long as it was regulated. 55% of Canadians responded on the same question. More Americans (55%) said that they would prefer to see regulation on a federal level, while 65% of Canadians said that they would be satisfied with the industry to be regulated by provincial governments.

AGA Gives Green Light to Online Gambling

The American Gaming Association (AGA), the powerful but traditional  Washington based group representing land casinos and gambling establishments in the United States, has come out formally with a statement that indicates the group’s change in policy towards online gambling.

While the AGA has been neutral in its stance until now, its President Frank Fahrenkopf said that the group would be “open to the concept of legalized US gambling sites.”  “We now believe that internet gaming can be properly regulated so long as there is a tough regulatory framework that is put in place,” he said.

“We would be open to looking at legislation that’s out there to see whether or not it provides the consumer protections that we think are so important.”

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