Students More Likely to Obtain Poker Gambling Debts
March 30, 2009
A study done this week by a financial expert revealed what many already knew.
The study went into detail explaining that the accessibilty to sites such as online poker rooms from the safety of their own rooms offers students more attraction to playing them.
The study showed that 45% of the students that were asked were players at a number of online poker rooms, playing real money stakes.
This isn’t news to everyone, with most having started playing poker during their study years.
University students offered a greater insight into the every growing number of students that have fallen into the online poker craze with many using their spare time to play online poker.
One student told the expert:
I use the money that i would spend going out onto the town and drinking.
This shows the draw factor that online poker has on students, reducing their nights out on the local town to fund their online poker gaming experience.
Students and poker are not a new pairing, with first hand experience of seeing how many students spend their ‘free time’ playing poker in the common rooms of the university halls of residence.
There are a number of students that have lost $100′s placing their money into the easily accessible onling gambling method but there are also a number of players who have converted that $200 deposit well into $1000′s.
I feel that people who address online poker as the reasoning for student debt are offering only a very small insight into the real issue with many of the students i know preferring to bet in other methods such as horse racing and football pools.
What are your thoughts on this study?
Did you start playing poker in your study years?
Are you a student that has made their deposit into much needed funds?
Tell us your success stories and about low points.