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Gambling

By Sean Morgan

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Definition

to play at any game of chance formoney or other stakes.

to wager or risk.

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History Gambling has been around for hundreds of years There has been three waves of gambling throughout

history: 1. Colonial Period

2. End of the Civil War3. Great Depression Gambling has still been going strong since the Great

Depression There are forms of legal and illegal gambling in almost

every country

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History continued Gambling was once outlawed in most states at about the same time

as when prohibition took place

Atlantic City and Las Vegas are the two biggest gambling cities in

the United States

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Teenagers and Gambling Many teenagers are active gamblers

The most preferred methods of gambling by teenagers are by

playing cards and gambling online

Other teenagers like to gamble on sporting events like collegefootball and professional football

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Teenager Gambling Charts

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Survey Question #1

Teenagers gamble over once a month.Ages 18 and under:

1 - Strongly Agree

3 - Agree

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Ages 19-39o 1 - Strongly Agree

o 2 - Agree

o 1 - Disagree

o 1 - Strongly Disagree

Ages 40 and upo 1 - Strongly Agree

o 3 - Agree

o 1 - Disagree

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Summary of #1

Mostly everybody from all three age

groups seemed to agree that teenagers

gamble over once a month.

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Survey Question #2

Teenagers have a chance of developing a

serious gambling problem if they are gambling

at a younger age

Ages 18 and undero 2 -Excellent

o 3 - Fair

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Ages 19-39o 1 - Excellent

o 3 - Fair

o 1 - Poor

Ages 40 and upo 3 - Excellent

o 2 - Fair

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Summary of #2

Mostly everybody thought that teenagers

can develop a serious gambling problem if

they start gambling at a younger age.

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Survey Question #3

Teenagers gamble if their parents gamble

Ages 18 and undero 1 - All the time

o 3 - Sometimes

o 1 - Not at all

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Ages 19-39o 3 - Sometimes

o 2 - Not at all

Ages 40 and upo 1 - All the time

o 4 - Sometimes

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Summary of #3

There were mixed feelings on if

teenagers gambled if their parents

gambled, but most of the people from thethree age groups agreed that this happens

sometimes.

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Opinion

I think that there is a problem with teenagers and

gambling. More teenagers have gambling problems

than people realize, and something should be done to

solve this problem.

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