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February 22, 2005 Tuesday
HEADLINE: Survey Exposes Attitudes on Online
Poker, Sex and the President;
PokerStars.com Survey Reveals Americans Would Abstain From Sex
for One Year for a $2.3M Online
Poker Jackpot
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES Feb. 22
BODY:
What would it take for you to give up sex for one full calendar
year? According to a recent national survey commissioned by PokerStars.com,
more than half of Americans would say adios to sex for one year
in exchange for winning an average $2.3 million in a game of online
poker.
Conducted by StrategyOne, 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
seventeen 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, easily
beating out the President, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, among
other high-profile celebrities.
The nationwide telephone survey of American adults 18 years of
age and older held a margin-of-error of +/- 3.0 percentage points
at the 95% confidence level.
About PokerStars.com
PokerStars ( http://www.pokerstars.com/ ), an official member
of the World Poker Tour, is the world's most innovative online
poker site. PokerStars was the first site to introduce advanced
multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players'
notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and ring
big bet games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit and go tournaments,
and much more. PokerStars' support team is truly unique, as help
and support is available around the clock from people who know
and understand both the game of poker, and the importance of impeccable
customer service.
To date, PokerStars has dealt more than one billion hands and
run more than four million poker tournaments. PokerStars utilizes
industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of
the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and
preventative measures against cheating and collusion.
PokerStars is the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Champions
of Poker won their entries into the World Series of Poker, thus
earning the trademark
-- "Where poker
players become World Champions."
For more information, please contact:
Nolan Dalla, Director of Communications
PokerStars.com
E:
nolan@pokerstars.com
Michele Sturdivant
Edelman on behalf of PokerStars.com
T: 323/202-1030
E:
michele.sturdivant@edelman.com
Devin Parr
Edelman on behalf of PokerStars.com
T: 323/202-1072
E:
devin.parr@edelman.com
CONTACT: Nolan Dalla, Director of Communications of PokerStars.com,
nolan@pokerstars.com ; or Michele Sturdivant, +1-323-202-1030,
michele.sturdivant@edelman.com , or Devin Parr, +1-323-202-1072,
devin.parr@edelman.com , both of Edelman, for PokerStars.com
Web site: http://www.pokerstars.com/
SOURCE PokerStars.com
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