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Gambling
Not
Just
Yet
January
28,
2008
The
Nevada
Gaming
Control
recently
ran
a
survey
to
judge
the
interest
of
residents
in
legalizing
online
gambling
within
the
state.
They
had
the
University
of
Nevada
Las
Vegas
run
the
survey
to
see
how
many
had
an
interest
in
it
being
legalized,
and
how
many
of
them
had
participated
in
online
gambling
in
the
past.
The
survey
showed
that
only
3.7%
of
residents
have
participated
in
any
kind
of
online
gambling
over
the
past
five
years.
The
survey
also
showed
that
65.4%
of
residents
had
very
little
interest
in
online
gambling
at
all.
There
seems
to
be
some
sort
of
an
exemption
to
the
Federal
Law
in
reference
to
online
gambling,
and
that
they
might
be
able
to
legalize
it
in
their
state
even
if
the
rest
of
the
country
does
not
participate
in
it.
They
wanted
to
know
if
it
was
worth
pursuing
legalizing
it;
if
there
were
a
lot
of
people
who
wanted
that
to
happen.
They
say
that
if
they
did
legalize
online
gambling,
very
little
of
the
population
would
likely
take
part
in
it,
and
if
they
did
the
chances
of
an
increase
in
gambling
addiction
are
slim
at
best.
They
say
that
with
so
little
people
interested
it
is
not
likely
that
legalizing
the
online
gambling
would
all
of a
sudden
cause
people
to
start
gambling
where
they
did
not
before.
Those
that
are
interested
include
other
online
gambling
venues
like
horse
racing.
They
suggested
that
the
state
look
into
the
regulation
of
it
just
for
Nevada,
as
they
feel
that
there
would
be
enough
people
to
make
it
worthwhile.
Because
the
UIGEA
made
it
difficult
for
people
to
gamble
online,
but
still
allowed
for
the
states
to
make
their
own
rules
regarding
online
gambling,
Nevada
could
end
up
as
the
only
state
in
the
nation
that
had
legal
online
gambling.
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