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Another reason why gambling and online poker should be legalized everywhere is because it’s a leisure activity that helps people get through tough times.

A recent report issued by an online poker site claimed that Traffic and game-play has spiked 25 percent since the rumors of American financial services giant Lehman Brothers’ collapse began circulating on Saturday, September 12th.

Website traffic is up 25 percent, duration of play is up 16 percent to 2.45 hours per player, and total sums wagered and won are up 20.6 percent reported since the dour news from Wall Street has been widely reported.

American legislation is much more anti-gambling than its European counterparts, as I have noted many times before, but really gambling should be legal and readily available everywhere.

Any gambling laws that remain on the books are antiquated remnants of a time when poker players were shooting each other in saloons and many gambling rings were run by the mafia.

Nowadays, most law abiding citizens just want to play some online poker in their spare time, or not have to potentially drive 5-6 hours to go to a casino.

As poker players, no matter where in the world we live, we must stand up and demand of our elected representatives to vote against ant anti-gambling legislation.

Las Vegas, for example, has gambling legal in virtually every public establishment, including grocery stores, and it’s a boomtown that is the fastest growing city in America.

And has been for some time. So clearly, the majority of people are not anti-gambling. Why can’t we have laws that reflect this?