NZ - Chinese students’ gambling leads to loan sharks, illness
The NZ Herald -
5:00AM Monday February 26, 2007
By Angela Gregory
“Some Chinese students are gambling for days on end and ending up homeless while others treat it like a professional job, a new settlers conference at Auckland University has been told.
Wendy Li, who is researching Chinese international gambling for her masters degree at Waikato University, said some students had admitted gambling from 10 hours up to three days in a row.
“They’ll take a couple of minutes out for a snack and stay in their cars.”
Such self-diagnosed problem gamblers preferred casino tables to the pokies as they had higher returns and involved more skills.
Ms Li said the gambling had badly affected their studies, finances and health. “Some have experienced homelessness and approached loan sharks.”"
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