what is the impact of gambling on students?

[pieppiep]

I would say yes when the students are children or adolescents , but when the study is at a university things change drastically because it is a question of making decisions, one has to learn to see what the dangers are and what are the things that we must confront and overcome , it is known already at an adult age that casinos can cause Addiction if not controlled , and if we abuse the games then our life begins to go down the drain, because in the long term it is very risky to lose , if a Student does not have this clear it will become a disaster.

In the stage of life being a student it is really important to make decisions that will affect the future, including how one handles risks. Gambling highly depends on individual’s emotional state and should be undertaken only by patients with fully developed mature consciousness, which underlines the risks casinos and similar activities entail, although temptation is never very far away. For a student, building the personality is the core value taking education or getting practical experience the best thing to pursue in future. We know, what really matters in life and stay on the right path, avoiding behaviours that can harm our further journey.

[Betron]

You’ve raised a very important point. Gambling can indeed have serious negative effects on students, particularly when it becomes compulsive or addictive. The combination of academic pressures, social influences, and financial vulnerability makes students especially susceptible to the risks associated with gambling. It can lead to distractions from studies, mental health struggles, and strained relationships with family and friends, as you've mentioned.

However, it’s important to distinguish between harmful gambling behaviors and responsible, structured engagement in prediction markets or skill-based games. Platforms like Betron Markets aim to shift the narrative by focusing on fairness, transparency, and balance, ensuring no one wins it all or loses it all. These types of platforms are not about exploiting users but creating an environment where people can enjoy prediction-based activities without the extreme risks that traditional gambling often involves.

[bitterguy28]

However, it’s important to distinguish between harmful gambling behaviors and responsible, structured engagement in prediction markets or skill-based games. Platforms like Betron Markets aim to shift the narrative by focusing on fairness, transparency, and balance, ensuring no one wins it all or loses it all. These types of platforms are not about exploiting users but creating an environment where people can enjoy prediction-based activities without the extreme risks that traditional gambling often involves.

even if a student is a responsible gambler (which i doubt) should we really enable them to do so? these are minors who aren’t even allowed in casinos both live and online so i don’t know about allowing them to even participate in prediction game in other platforms

my main concern here is that these students aren’t working yet and the money they are spending are not from them but from their parents’ and most importantly not even supposed to be used for gambling most of the time if a student has money they asked for it from their parents in disguise they will say that the money is for a project or for lunch money or something similar

[pieppiep]

even if a student is a responsible gambler (which i doubt) should we really enable them to do so? these are minors who aren’t even allowed in casinos both live and online so i don’t know about allowing them to even participate in prediction game in other platforms

my main concern here is that these students aren’t working yet and the money they are spending are not from them but from their parents’ and most importantly not even supposed to be used for gambling most of the time if a student has money they asked for it from their parents in disguise they will say that the money is for a project or for lunch money or something similar

Instead, we should think of the risks that are long term when we don’t pay attention to the fact that, while the students are not able to be responsible yet, we’re allowing them to practise some sort of gambling. They claim that it can be done responsibly, but they're not emotionally and financially stable enough to actually make that determination. Additionally, sticking to these activities can develop bad habits that are hard to break once you decide, especially if done without a direction. Parents are the resources they use for these activities, and often parents give money in the hope that this supports more important needs, for the child’s development.

We should also do more as a community to incentivize students to waste their time and energy on things that will bring about long term, outcomes, such as skill development programmes or creativity driven competitions. We allow them to ‘upgrade’ from unhealthy, destructive alternatives into healthier, more educational ones so they can develop more positive character and avoid any associated negative outcomes. Not only does this preserve trust within the family, but the responsibility it conveys for young learners teaches vital lessons about what it means to be responsible before they age.

[Gurujebs]

You’ve raised a very important point. Gambling can indeed have serious negative effects on students, particularly when it becomes compulsive or addictive. The combination of academic pressures, social influences, and financial vulnerability makes students especially susceptible to the risks associated with gambling. It can lead to distractions from studies, mental health struggles, and strained relationships with family and friends, as you've mentioned.

The major reason why you see student engage in gambling most of the time isn't about the fun. I doubt if they get any fun from gambling as there are many activities in the school campus they can make fun from, they gamble primary because they want to make money else why will a student use his or her school fees to gamble and then run later to pay the tuition fee.

Another concern is that this numbers range from teen and 25 years old student, they just want to make money and feel like they have money and not about the fun. Some that doesn't gamble before are as a result of friends influence.

[Cryptsafe]

You’ve raised a very important point. Gambling can indeed have serious negative effects on students, particularly when it becomes compulsive or addictive. The combination of academic pressures, social influences, and financial vulnerability makes students especially susceptible to the risks associated with gambling. It can lead to distractions from studies, mental health struggles, and strained relationships with family and friends, as you've mentioned.

The major reason why you see student engage in gambling most of the time isn't about the fun. I doubt if they get any fun from gambling as there are many activities in the school campus they can make fun from, they gamble primary because they want to make money else why will a student use his or her school fees to gamble and then run later to pay the tuition fee.

Another concern is that this numbers range from teen and 25 years old student, they just want to make money and feel like they have money and not about the fun. Some that doesn't gamble before are as a result of friends influence.

You have a point here, students have lots of engagement in campus that they could derive fun from but thinking of gambling for fun by students is what I do not agree to.  I believe at some point of our lives we were students and too some point we had some pressing needs at hand to sort out, maybe tuition fee etc  and we had no option then than to gamble with the little we had then to see if we can be able to get something from it so as to pay up because that is the only way we can generate funds if we win but sometimes it does not work that way. 

It is true that at some point as student we wanted to have our own money and this drives us then into gambling which most time does not go well, the little we had all used for gambling and these are the problems in the society today that students become addicted so early and they keep it a secrete and as you have said, most of them got into gambling through their friends and to today the narratives have changed and some are addicted gamblers that would take extra efforts to change them.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

I have a strong feelings that gambling is not the best for any student being subjected to learning, we cant serve two masters at the same time, if he must acquire education, then gambling have to be excluded in his career, pending the time he would have been independent to know how to gambling, how time to do it as well as having the money to use for the same gambling purpose.

[Rubel007]

I have a strong feelings that gambling is not the best for any student being subjected to learning, we cant serve two masters at the same time, if he must acquire education, then gambling have to be excluded in his career, pending the time he would have been independent to know how to gambling, how time to do it as well as having the money to use for the same gambling purpose.

If a student give more attention to gambling, then of course it can cause a big disruption in his academic life. Gambling is not bad if it is for temporary entertainment purpose. But when one is not inclined towards temporary pleasure but towards financial income, then his real work will be disrupted. All the students who are addicted to gambling have ruined their academic life. So it is better not to gamble during the student's life. But if someone can maintain both in that way, then it is not a bad thing.

[Igebotz]

If a student give more attention to gambling, then of course it can cause a big disruption in his academic life. Gambling is not bad if it is for temporary entertainment purpose. But when one is not inclined towards temporary pleasure but towards financial income, then his real work will be disrupted. All the students who are addicted to gambling have ruined their academic life. So it is better not to gamble during the student's life. But if someone can maintain both in that way, then it is not a bad thing.

I will not advise a student to gamble because it is not a profitable activity; however, there are students who gamble and still achieve good grades. Reading is what allows a student to pass an exam, so if a student gambles responsibly, that is, without using money intended for any academic bill, while also studying, his academics will not suffer. There are students who do not gamble but do not read, and their academic performance suffers as a result. Conversely, students who gamble may perform better academically than them.

[Asiska02]

The impact of gambling on student is seriously bad, and it has impacted the student negatively in a way that it has affected the academics; poses failures in academic performance,mental health issue,risk of suicide,physical health issue and lost of family togetherness.
So problem gambling can be detrimental to student and it is dangerous for Ernest student because of the negative impact it poses on the students. What is your own opinion on this.

Gambling is what should or can be avoided for students from their early stages. It is very important to know that gambling has some addictions in it that when not control for students in their early stages, they’ll have to face a more greater life challenge for themselves. This may be for tha adults only, but it has come to the notice that even underage are allowed to engage in them especially the ones that are not physical and can engage in them from online. The danger of gambling should be a major topics on what’s to discuss on a daily basis until they’re all ready to face the reality of the world, at their maturity when they decide what they want.

[LUCKMCFLY]

In the stage of life being a student it is really important to make decisions that will affect the future, including how one handles risks. Gambling highly depends on individual’s emotional state and should be undertaken only by patients with fully developed mature consciousness, which underlines the risks casinos and similar activities entail, although temptation is never very far away. For a student, building the personality is the core value taking education or getting practical experience the best thing to pursue in future. We know, what really matters in life and stay on the right path, avoiding behaviours that can harm our further journey.

Yes, and also when one is a student there is almost no fear, if one wants to take a path one takes it and that's it, there are fewer obstacles, there are fewer things than we think, the responsibilities are minimal and the only thing that matters at that moment is doing well and passing the subjects, of course if you pass with the highest grades it is much better, however things are very different now, things are changing and some students have other options, the wealthiest ones already have companies, they already have stable jobs because their parents are the owners of companies or something, it all depends on their situation, but normally I did go to everything, I played in casinos, I bet, I did everything.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

The major reason why you see student engage in gambling most of the time isn't about the fun. I doubt if they get any fun from gambling as there are many activities in the school campus they can make fun from, they gamble primary because they want to make money else why will a student use his or her school fees to gamble and then run later to pay the tuition fee.

You’re absolutely correct and I totally agree with you.
I understand what it feels like to be a student, even if you’ve got someone who supports you financial, there’ll always be specific needs that you may not be able to relate with them, in such a situation, the student tend to sort for means raise the money by themselves to sort out that particular financial need.
And for a student that has absolutely no other source of income but know about gambling, of course they’ll definitely wanna take the chances, and in this case, fun is completely eluded from the picture and the primary goal becomes to make money from gambling.

This is why students are often encouraged to stay away from gambling as this could have even more disastrous effects on them, since gambling should be just for fun, they should rather turn to other activities for fun and not gambling.

[pieppiep]

Yes, and also when one is a student there is almost no fear, if one wants to take a path one takes it and that's it, there are fewer obstacles, there are fewer things than we think, the responsibilities are minimal and the only thing that matters at that moment is doing well and passing the subjects, of course if you pass with the highest grades it is much better, however things are very different now, things are changing and some students have other options, the wealthiest ones already have companies, they already have stable jobs because their parents are the owners of companies or something, it all depends on their situation, but normally I did go to everything, I played in casinos, I bet, I did everything.

Some consider the student period a very important period for development with quite big responsibilities where the main goal is to study and take well the results for the better life later. But everyone’s in a different place and have different opportunity given where they come from and things they decide to do. Nevertheless, walking that tightrope between exploring the multitude of experiences and prioritising your growth is what makes a person develop in the way he should. Any situation has more long lasting benefits to building skills and taking every bit of time available rather than just having fun for a while.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Some consider the student period a very important period for development with quite big responsibilities where the main goal is to study and take well the results for the better life later. But everyone’s in a different place and have different opportunity given where they come from and things they decide to do. Nevertheless, walking that tightrope between exploring the multitude of experiences and prioritising your growth is what makes a person develop in the way he should. Any situation has more long lasting benefits to building skills and taking every bit of time available rather than just having fun for a while.

That's right, things are always very good when analyzed from that point of view, but when one is at that stage and one is fully aware of what each thing means, what it can lead and what it can entail in the future, obviously an activity like studying and becoming a professional will always open doors much more easily, because there is respect, with a person who takes up an activity that they like, it is up to them to decide whether that will serve them Throughout their life, their future and what it will mean, that is why the best decisions have to be made at that stage.

[Findingnemo]

Let's just compare the impact of social media and Gambling among the students.

Social media influence almost 100% of the students and Gambling probably 5% so now comparing these two now we need to ban all the social media first before talking about Gambling but why do we always blame the gambling when people are doing it wrong?

Gambling addiction among student is really bad situation which I am not denying but it's due to the negligence of parenting.