Gambling in College

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Gambling in College
MAJORING IN WAGERING
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Legal Gambling in Oregon
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Gambling in Oregon

• Lottery
• Scratch-its
• Megabucks
• Powerball
• Video gaming
• Keno
• Bingo
• Casino gaming

• Sports bets
• Horse racing
• Stocks
• Internet
• Office pools
• Poker/cards
• Bets among friends

The only state that offers more gambling
opportunities than Oregon is Nevada!
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A Host of Gambling Trends

• Availability
• Accessibility
• Acceptability
• Age

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SPORTS BETS

• About 30 of U.S. college students will gamble on
  sports this year (NCPG)
• Only states where sports wagering is legal
• Nevada
• Oregon

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A NEW CAMPUS FAVORITE INTERNET GAMBLING

• More than 1,400 Internet casinos
• All offshore
• Concerns
• So new that effects are not well studied
• Not much legal oversight or protection
• Very easy to hide
• Done in isolation
• Accelerated progression to problem gambling

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WHEN IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH

• Rate of problem gambling among college students
  is about 5.6 (Shaffer Hall, 2001)
• About 15 percent of college students at least at
  risk for gambling problems (Neighbors, University
  of Washington)

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AT HIGH RISKRates of Problem Gambling by Age
Sources Carlson Moore, 1998 Shaffer Hall,
2001 Moore, 2001 Volberg, 2001
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IMPLICATIONS MORE THAN JUST MONEY

• Debt/loss of property
• Family and social breakups
• Loss of job
• Depression, suicide
• Increased rates of bankruptcies, crimes (theft,
  robbery, fraud, forgery, embezzlement) to finance
  gambling
• Other risky behaviors concurrent

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RELATIONSHIP OF PG TO OTHER PROBLEMS

• Among college problem gamblers, significantly
  greater
• tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use
• binge drinking
• number of negative outcomes from drug and alcohol
  use
• binge eating and efforts at weight control

Source Engwall Steinberg, 2003
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TYPICAL COLLEGE PROBLEM GAMBLER

• Male
• Weekly or daily user of alcohol or illicit drugs
• Relatively high disposable income
• Had been raised by a parent with a gambling
  problem

• NOT associated with problem gambling
• Amount of credit card debt
• GPA
• School class level

Source Winters, 1998
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TELLING THE DIFFERENCE
Frequent, or spends more time gambling.
Occasional gambler.
Plays with that is needed or borrowed.
Sticks to limits of money to play with.
Expects to win keeps playing to win back losses.
Hopes to win but expects to lose.
Is revolved around gambling.
Can take it or leave it.
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GAMBLING COLLEGE ATHLETICS
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ATHLETES VS. NON-ATHLETES

• General gambling
• Athletes 81
• Non-athletes 81
• 28 of athletes gambled on athletic events
• Rate of problem gambling
• Athletes 6.2
• Non-athletes 3.3

Source Rockey, 2002 Southeastern Conference
(SEC) study
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MOST POPULAR GAMBLING ACTIVITIES AMONG ATHLETES

• Sports betting
• 25 gambled on sports
• 4 gambled on events they were involved in
• Playing cards for money
• Lotteries
• Casino games
• Casino-style machines (e.g., slots video poker)

Source Miller et. al, 2001
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDY

• 72 of student athletes have gambled at least
  once since entering college
• One in 20 male student athletes admitted
• providing inside information for gambling
  purposes
• betting on a game in which they participated, or
• accepting money for performing poorly in a game
• Student athletes who gambled on sports with
  bookies gambled an average of 225 per month

Source Cross Vollano, University of Michigan
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NO SAFE BET DANGERS OF ATHLETE PROBLEM GAMBLING

• Athletic academic failure
• Crime
• Relationship problems
• Alcohol substance abuse
• Debt
• Depression suicide
• NCAA repercussions

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NCAA RULES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES

• You may not place any bet of any sort on any
  college or professional sports event.
• You may not give information to anyone who does
  place bets on college or professional sports.

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ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM ON CAMPUS

• Policies
• Introduce gambling language in student conduct
  code
• Campus-based program recommendations
• Campus counseling services
• Curriculum infusion gambling with addictions
  courses, etc.
• Prevention programs Provide awareness education,
  including available help resources for gambling
  and other disorders
• Resident hall advisor training

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS

• Athletic screening
• Part of a routine annual physical
• Two questions to rule out problem gambling
  behaviors
• Have you ever felt the need to bet more and more
  money?
• Have you ever had to lie to people important to
  you about how much you gambled?
• Athletic policy

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GETTING HELP IN YOUR AREA

• 1-877-2-STOP-NOW
• Help Line, available 24 hrs, every day
• Your treatment agency name here
• Treatment is free for gamblers and loved ones
• More tidbits about your regional treatment agency
  here

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Your name
• Your agency
• Your phone
• Your email address