Frank Fahrenkopf, President of the American Gaming Association, said the board members of the AGA will meet in Las Vegas on December 6 to discuss whether to ask the next Congress to establish an independent research study on the prospects and feasibility of regulating internet gambling in the United States.
In the meantime, at least five internet companies have pulled out of the Global Gaming Expo and many more have cancelled plans to send executives to the industry conference in Las vegas.
comScore Media Metrix released its monthly analysis of US consumer activity at top online properties and noted the precipitous drop in traffic to online gambling sites (down 27 per cent) following anti-gambling legislation announced in early October.
Nielsen//NetRatings confirmed that US web traffic to 10 popular online gambling destinations decreased by 56 per cent in the month of October following the signing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into law.
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