Gambling on College Campuses

Report calls for more gambling regulation on college campuses

A national gambling task force report released last week calls for more gambling policies on U.S. college campuses.

According to the report, which is a compilation of more than a year of research, about 80 percent of college campuses have inadequate gambling policies and 45 percent of students have gambled in the last year. Researchers also estimate that 3 percent to 11 percent of college students have a serious gambling problem that can result in “psychological difficulties, unmanageable debt and failing grades.”