Gambling Among Young Men Grows Twenty Percent From 2004 to 2005

Poker is hot on college campuses among young men. Of the 2.9 million young people who gamble every week 80% of them are men. Gambling is glamorized in cable-TV poker competitions and glittery web sites. Because gambling is private and available on the Internet rules to combat campus betting don’t work. Experts recommend prevention strategies similar to those used with drugs and alcohol and that they be initiated by middle school, no later.

Gambling Stats*:

2.9 million – Number of Americans between the ages of 14 and 22 who gamble on cards at least once a week.
50.4% - Percentage of male college students who gamble on cards at least once a month.
26.6% - Percentage of female college students who gamble on cards at least one a month.
$3.1 billion – Revenue generated from Internet gambling in 2001.
$12 billion – Estimated Internet gambling revenue  in 2005

*The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s 2005 National Annenberg Risk Survey of Youth: Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC

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