Topic: Casino/gambling center near an institution of learning? - page 2. (Read 593 times)

That definitely is something in several countries only. Because next to my school, that was located between 9 floor houses in suburb, in basements, there were slots based casinos and 24/7 working liquor stores. I am pretty sure that the owners of those places would not mind if a school kid would buy alcohol or gamble. However, the lower class contingent that was always around such places was a good example that we must study and work hard if we dont want to be like them.

IIRC, there has to be rules about these institutions that there should some kilometer radius far away with these kind of establishments from the universities that they won't allow them to establish businesses like this near to them.

I'm not sure how it works in some other countries but I guess that the local government there are wise enough and understands the cons of this kind of business that are near to their students.

Because they'd surely be affected on it if they're so close to it and their visibility is just on the naked eyes of these students if they passes by.

Even before the addiction, it can be disastrous to students. Because most student gets tempted and think that they can multiply their money so they use their school fee for the semester to try their luck, and in most cases, they fail and lose it all. I think it can be done by the school to write to the government mentioning the negative effects of having a casino just next to a school.

Are you talking about schools? Every offline casinos has a security guard and that person will never let schools kids gamble or even in. In addition an object of interest of school kids are far away from gambling. University students might be more interested in gambling, as they get their first access of freedom of adults life, however I doubt that students would have free money for gambling. Instead, students would rather grab a beer during breaks if there is a store nearby (that what students used to do during lunch breaks when I was in university).

Legally there is nothing wrong with having casinos around institution of learning but I think it should depend on the level of education we are talking about. If it is university, the effect will be lower because the students would have come of age and can manage their time and resources better so that they don't face major distraction as a result of gambling. But for lower level of education, having gambling around them might pose serious dangers. So if I have to give my opinion, I will suggest that casinos should not be located around younger children environment.

I see nothing wrong with that and even if students go there and gamble, it's not the fault of the casino or the owner of the casino for opening it near a learning institution. Let me tell you that a person who doesn't want to gamble won't do it even if they have a casino in front of their house, and someone who is into it would travel miles only to get to a casino so that they can gamble, so it all depends on a person and what they wish and want to do.

Students shouldn't get easily influenced by such things if they have sensible personalities, only those with lose personality and not having the ability to think critically about things, especially about their future, would get into such things because they wouldn't care about the negative consequences they might have to face because of this.

I don't have to think much... In Serbia, according to the law, the distance between casinos and schools cannot be less than 200 meters. There are several cases where this was violated... but does that serve any purpose when there are advertisements everywhere, is 200 enough?


I think an even bigger problem is that there is no real education about what gambling really is, at least not here in my country. It's all on an individual level, most learn from their mistakes... it's probably something that should be taken much more seriously.

That's because you're a good person.
But many casino owners don't care at all: their casinos will be visited by students, or hard workers, or someone else. Such casino owners do not care that students are often yesterday's schoolchildren, and that their psyche is still considered childish.
After all, if everyone remembers himself at the age of 18, he will understand that at this age his head is empty, students do not want to study or do something serious. Students want to have fun, get quick results and believe in miracles, which are traps in the adult world.

Casino/gambling center near an institution of learning? Yeah I don't agree if there is a new casino been built near school I mean brooo it is obvious even tho maybe some student cant get entry to that casino but still some students might still curious about casino and if the big university kick in it would be more dangerous in my opinion because their age might above 21+ so they are legal to entry the casino at that point.

If I the casino Owner Im not gonna put a gambling center near institution of learning

At this point, what happens to the students at the institute in regards to gambling is a self choice, because as educated persons, they ought to know more, the implications of getting addicted. It doesn't need to be taught in class  before students of high institution should be able to understand its effect if they get addicted. Things like this are common these days as casino are only trying to get good locations where they can easily get bettors to patronise them especially with the fact that the young ones gambling more than the aged due to curiosity and urge to make money swiftly. And this another reason why self discipline should be taught at home, because we never know the kind of peer pressure they might be passing through at school or anywhere beyond our watch.

It will.

Because during break times, there's a tendency that those students will enter the premises of the casino. And from there, you know that it's gonna affect them once they get addicted.

During my college days, there have been some kind of distractions like that and many of my batchmates weren't seen onto the next years of my college time.

That's why it's a big factor for the students to not see those kind of establishments near the schools and universities.

100% will influence. I saw it with my own eyes, even many years ago when casinos and slot machines were not legalized in my country, not far from my university there were gambling establishments and yes, there were always students there who played. So there will be a connection between the student and game in this case there is no doubt.

Yeah, actually the security in casino that near an institution should be more tougher because in case there's an underage went to the casino, the casino might be sued and lost everything. So, they would be making sure there are no underage that gamble on their casino.

If the student want to gamble, they will high likely gamble on casino that far from the city since the security is not that strict or illegal ones.

in my opinion it doesn't influence, I say this because looking at today's society, I realize that even if the casino is not close to the school or university, people who have problems and are not able to solve them still enter the world of alcohol, drugs and games of chance. So just because a casino is located close to a school or university does not mean it will be a bad influence on studies. There are class opening hours and looking at these schedules it is clear that there is no way for students to have time to go and play in physical casinos close to schools.

Quite clearly it is a negative overall consequence.

Brains of people under 18 are still under development, and if they get too exposed to addictive things they will be addicted much worse than if they learn about it and are exposed to it when they are older.

It's a know thing, that's why the fast food industry targets kids with their meals and toys, etc, it's easier to get them hooked when they are younger.

For some reason fast food for kids is still widely promoted. At least casinos are usually for adults only.

You know the answer to your question my guy, don't need to put up a post like this.

but since you already did anyway, let's humor this.

Back when I was in primary school there was this stall where kids could "gamble" for toys, coins, and small pets, of course it was selling hotcakes and it did so to the point that kids are both looking to it at the end of every schoolday, and to the point that the parents either had to stop giving their kids from giving money in favor of home-cooked meals, cause they'd end up spending the money trying to snag pets and toys or whatever, or some affluent parents granting their kids more money so they'd still be able to eat. Pretty crazy if you'd ask me.

Now, I'm not saying that the same could happen with the setting you proposed, cause at the end of the day most casinos at least from where I live demand that you be at least 21 years old before they let you in, but with parents fetching their kids from school and then going to the casino to have some prime time it may expose them to gambling at an earlier age, which is not a good thing.

There's nuances to this, but the thing is it's not about good or bad lol, it's about if the kids will be affected negatively adjacent to their parents ending up on the casino, or if we're talking about older students.

Once they experience a bit of gambling, they will feel the excitement and thrill of the first winnings, what will trigger even more desire for gambling. It can disturb their focus on the school and its subjects, as they will keep thinking and talking about gambling all day long with each other, probably even imagining they don't need to study anymore for a living and professional career in the future, since gambling seems the perfect alternative on this case.

It will take some time until they realize gambling is a bad idea for earnings, and that it should never replace school and education. It can prejudice these students a lot until they reach that conclusion, while others are likely to not even reach this conclusion by themselves. So, to have a casino near an educational institution is definitely a bad idea.

Not only got distracted, but also will be a real problem to students. Many students would be distracted from the existence of the Casino/gambling center near their learning place. Local policy needed to bring a local wise to prevent this problem, maybe the local government need to discuss and find the problem solving regarding this problem, and the final result will be an educational briefing to their students.

The relatively large impact on students when a gambling center is so close, it clearly implies that the participants are students, people who have enough curiosity as well as recklessness and lack of knowledge but in some ways, I think the organizers will be relatively amateur and will soon be destroyed when education is a great foundation, once threatened, there will be protection from the government. In addition, no matter what kind of family background students have, they do not have a stable source of income, cannot have a stable number of customers, this audience is not suitable for making large profits.

Well, let’s talk about my high school years to give an answer for your question. When I was in high school, I’m following the sports of my favorite team and that’s why I can easily guess which matches are we going to win on football and basketball. After a point, one of my friend said: “There is a betting office and it’s so close to our school. Let’s play a bet and won a huge amount of money because we guess every match correct!”. Than, we started to sports betting and at the beginning we guess almost every match and earn very well from bets. However, after some point, we start to lose and play more than normal and become additional.
For summarize, having a casino or betting office close to the schools or institution of learning, it may cause the people or children to getting addicted to gambling.