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ISSUE SEVEN nov. 26, 2007 shawnee mission east prairie village, ks
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Recent study shows increase in teen gambling as sports betting gains popularity among students
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n less than 48 hours, he was down $175. In one weekend East student Wilson Rayner* watched as he lost the nine bets he had made on college and professional football games. He tried to win it all back on one game, Sunday Night Football,
Colts vs. Chargers. He picked wrong. “It just kept getting worse for me,” Rayner said. Rayner’s situation reflects a growing trend of teenage gambling, most recently researched by The New York State Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services (OASAS). Their newest study shows that out of 5,800 students from the New York area, 10 percent experienced problem gambling in 2006. Another 72 percent had gambled in the past year.
*name witheld upon student request
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