Is Gambling Becoming A College Pastime?

Many of us take time out for a break and this often means connecting to the internet and playing a few games to relax. A little of both, research suggests. Professors in each and every corner of the planet are doing massive studies on the effect of online gambling on young people today. Some of the advisors to industry say that the research is flawed.

Has online gambling become more of a social habit than anything else? Facebook for example has sort of encouraged online poker, and many other social networking companies have attempted to exploit the interest people have in poker on the web. Experience teaches a valuable lesson.... when it's working everyone is happy and when it's not, there is misery.

The internet is different; it feels like people are connected and when a lot of people are all having a good time, the world seems much better.
That's when research steps in and tells us that gambling is becoming a college pastime for young men, a trend they say because of the rush young people get when they see success. We are training a generation through the media of all sorts to seek the thrill of success on the internet.

Even before, the media of old used the slogan for sports TV "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat." Researchers may be making a mountain out of a molehill but at the same time it is prudent to keep tabs on the progress of problems that could develop on the internet playing for money, especially among youth. When this becomes an obsession, or creates financial difficulties, then the administrators should not turn a blind eye to the issues of online gambling or internet addiction.

These are serious concerns for parents and lawmakers. It is also very difficult to take that part of human nature that likes to feel connected, out of our behaviour. Research on online gambling can keep us all informed of trends, and then be able to forestall any problems down the road. Keep those facts and figures coming…

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