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Approximately 75 percent of college students gambled during the past year (whether legally or illegally).

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The most frequently chosen gambling activities by college students are lotteries, card games, small stakes gambling and sports betting.

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Research has shown that teenagers and college-aged young adults are more impulsive and at higher risk for developing gambling disorders than adults.

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Approximately 1 percent of the adult population in the United States has a severe gambling problem.

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The most recent research estimates that 6 percent of college students in the U.S. have a serious gambling problem.

Welcome to CollegeGambling.org

While gambling can be fun if you’re of legal age, it’s not a risk-free activity. For some college students, gambling for fun can turn into a serious problem and have a negative impact on their lives.

CollegeGambling.org was developed by the National Center for Responsible Gaming (NCRG) as a tool to help current and prospective students, campus administrators, campus health professionals and parents address gambling and gambling-related harms on campus. This site provides resources to help you learn more about this issue and how to get help if you need it.

Download our easy to use, customizable toolkit to address gambling on your campus

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Welcome to CollegeGambling.org