Last week, a nationwide task force on campus gambling policies recommended colleges attack gambling addiction...
In the Lehigh Valley, schools have gotten a head start with the latest slots parlor in Bethlehem and the high-profile story of former Lehigh University Class President Greg Hogan Jr., who robbed a bank in 2005 to staunch the losses from an online poker binge.
The task force's report (available at ncrg.org) stated that
up to 11 percent of college students have gambling addictions
and many times the issues go hand in hand with alcohol abuse and other disorders.
Why would anyone continue to promote predatory gambling when the consequences are known?
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