50% of Americans would trade of sex for poker
February 25, 2005
Romantic evenings? Forget it - 50 percent of Americans would be
prepared to abstain from sex for a year in exchange for a big online
poker win, reports a recent national survey. How big is "big"?
$2.1 million.
Conducted by Strategy One, an independent public opinion research
firm, on behalf of PokerStars.com, the scientific nationwide survey
of American adults also found that men are more likely than women
to exchange sex for super-sized online poker winnings, with 61 percent
of adult males going on a year-long sexual furlough versus only
47 percent of women. Another 17 percent indicated that they would
need to win between $1 and $50,000 in online winnings to give up
sex for a full year.
When it came to the pot needed to win, size mattered to men. The
average cash amount men cited they would require to live sex-free
for 365 days was $2.1 million; women were willing to sleep solo
for a lesser $1.9 million.
The survey also asked respondents who they would most want to ante
up with in a game of online poker. Americans selected President
George W. Bush as their most-preferred celebrity poker competitor,
followed closely by Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton. Oprah was also
the favorite celebrity among women and hotel heiress Paris Hilton
was the celebrity of choice among Gen-Y respondents.
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