Our recent California statewide survey showing that Californians strongly support raising revenue through legalizing and regulating online poker continues to attract attention.

The poll was recently featured on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. Here’s the story:

Online gambling could be California revenue source

While Californians voted last year not to tax and legalize marijuana to help solve the state’s financial problems, two Democratic state senators and a Republican congressman are betting that residents are ready instead to embrace legal online gambling as a way to generate jobs and revenue.

At the same time, a recent survey showed that a strong majority of Californians – 66 percent – would back state regulation and taxation of online poker profits. The survey of 600 voters was done by San Francisco pollster Ben Tulchin for Indian gambling organizations and cardrooms.

Read the full San Francisco Chronicle article here.

Read the SF Gate political analysis of our poll here.

Read our full analysis here.

CalBuzz, a leading political blog in California, also featured Ben Tulchin’s opinion piece this morning. Read the whole post on CalBuzz.com

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