Survey Says

The U.S. online poker industry services 2.5 million Americans who play and bet $30 billion annually, according to a June 2010 Forbes article.

The Internet gaming industry generates as much as $6 billion a year in profit, according to a May ABC News article.

If legalized, tax revenues from online gambling could range anywhere from $10 billion over 1 0 years to more than $800 billion over five years, the ABC News article states.

Casino games consistently have accounted for about one-fourth of the online gambling market, according to the white paper written for the American Gaming Association in 2006.

On July 28, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill to legalize online ker and non-sports betting.