Compulsive Gambling and College Bowl Games
December 6 2006
If you are doing a story on the COLLEGE BOWL GAMES you might want to look at betting on the games and the issue of compulsive gambling. I wonder how many college students will have a bet on the games and whether or not some athletes also have bets on the games as well.
With all the Bowl Games being played and the media hype about them, and compulsive gambling being an impulse disorder,
Compulsive Gamblers are very vulnerable, at this time of the year, says Arnie Wexler.
The National Gambling Study Commission said that there are “5 million compulsive gamblers and 15 million at risk in U.S.”.
Get the real scoop — talk to Arnie Wexler who is one of the nations’ leading experts on the subject of compulsive gambling and a recovering compulsive gambler himself, who placed his last bet on April 10, 1968.
He has worked with college & professional athletes who had gambling addictions. And has spoken on many college campuses over the years.It is easier to place a bet than it is to buy cigarettes or a can of beer on college campuses all over the country.
He has been involved in helping compulsive gamblers for the last 38 years. Through the years, Wexler has spoken to more compulsive gamblers than anyone else in America.
Arnie has spoken to students who gamble in college day and night. They even gamble during class, and it even goes on in high school lunch rooms. According to a Harvard study a few years ago, 4.67% of young people have a gambling problem. Experts tell us that the earlier a person starts to gamble, the greater the risk of them becoming a compulsive gambler. In another survey, 96% of adult male recovering gamblers stated that they started gambling before the age of 14.
Data from National Hot lines show:
Forty eight percent of the people who gamble, bet on sports.
25% of calls came from youth under 25 years of age
12% of calls came from senior citizens
40% of calls came from female gamblers
The average gambler owed more than $40,000 at the time they called for help. Anyone who needs help for a gambling problem can call our 24 hour national help line
1-888-LAST BET
