Friday, January 26, 2007
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(MCT) MINNEAPOLIS—Poker is red-hot on college campuses these days. A small number of students have made it a full-time job, turning what is a game for most into a profession where tens of thousands of dollars can come and go in a single night.
Today’s students are among the first to grow up with gambling so accessible. Credit is easily available. Casinos, once relegated to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J., are now scattered across 37 states. Poker is a regular feature on cable TV.
Going to the casino has become a rite of passage for students turning 18. Freshmen play poker in residence halls, fraternities and bars host tournaments, and students hold sports betting pools and use wireless Internet connections to play anytime, anywhere.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania found that card playing and Internet gambling has especially increased among college-age males during the past five years. About 16 percent played cards weekly in 2006, up from nearly 13 percent in 2005, and nearly 6 percent gambled online weekly, up from 2.3 percent in 2005.
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[FONT=palatino,palatino,palatino][SIZE=-1]Gambling grips college campuses [/SIZE][/FONT]
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(MCT) MINNEAPOLIS—Poker is red-hot on college campuses these days. A small number of students have made it a full-time job, turning what is a game for most into a profession where tens of thousands of dollars can come and go in a single night.
Today’s students are among the first to grow up with gambling so accessible. Credit is easily available. Casinos, once relegated to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J., are now scattered across 37 states. Poker is a regular feature on cable TV.
Going to the casino has become a rite of passage for students turning 18. Freshmen play poker in residence halls, fraternities and bars host tournaments, and students hold sports betting pools and use wireless Internet connections to play anytime, anywhere.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania found that card playing and Internet gambling has especially increased among college-age males during the past five years. About 16 percent played cards weekly in 2006, up from nearly 13 percent in 2005, and nearly 6 percent gambled online weekly, up from 2.3 percent in 2005.
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