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PocketFives recently scored a big “coup” by landing a podcast interview with Frank Fahrenkopf, chief of American Gaming Association.
Among other information, Fahrenkopf revealed that polls showed that 80 to 85 percent of the U.S. public has “no problem with gambling. However, there’s a hardcore 15 percent of the population who are opposed to all forms of gambling on moral grounds, led by the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches.”
Check out the CAP Newswire for the full story, or visit PocketFives’ podcast page here.
Hardcore is right. These are the same type of people who banned alcohol in the 20’s – and see how successful that was!
It’s really a matter of the tax man getting his piece of the ‘pie’ and of course the politicians who do things under their own agendas.
The general public loves to gamble online, if they’re are ‘free‘ to do it.
Good call. The UIGEA has a lot in common with 1920s-era Prohibition: Congress trying to legislate morality because they think it will be a popular move. They really have no clue that most people resent being told they’re not allowed to gamble (just like people don’t like being told they can or cannot do ANYTHING). Congress just assumes that the anti-gambling crowd is in the majority since they’re so vocal. Which is why those of us who want to see UIGEA repealed have to write or our their representatives to get this thing overturned.
