US Students Are Ignoring Online Gambling Prohibition

Several new studies show that university students are flocking to online playing websites in record numbers. The studies show a 12% increase in university students that participate in online playing from two years ago. The outlawed Internet playing enforcement act (UIGEA) was passed and became law in April 2006 by the government to curb the online playing. But the UIGEA not deterred online playing, but in fact has actually increased the internet playing activity.

The us is the top Internet playing market in the world and now high school and college age students ages 14 to 23 are getting into the act. UFA88 One of the studies was conducted by the Annenberg teenagers communication Institute at the University of Philadelphia. This telephone study found that in college aged males 16% said to playing online that figure is up from 4. 4% in 08. Students who gamble online monthly were up from 2. 7% to 6. 2%. Of the participants virtually none said to every week online playing.

At least 18 in the study showed a significant jump in online playing involvement with high school ladies that gamble online monthly jumping from 0. 5% to 1. 5%. Women have been the driving force behind the exploding market in poker in the usa.

On line poker players have been lobbying the us Congress to repeal the current UIGEA law. The new bill passed the house Financial Services Committee, but doesn’t look like it will be voted on by the full house before the end of the year. With no election this year a new bill have to be introduced in 2011. The idea of unsafe effects of online casinos and poker rooms has many political figures including it in their campaigns. Hoping that this will help many states increase tax revenue and help balance the state budget.