UK schools crack down on online gambling

At least two elite public schools in the United Kingdom have decided to start offering courses on the dangers of irresponsible gambling. The Daily Telegraph reports that Harrow and Kings College have both brought in experts to lecture on the risks involved with Internet gambling after uncovering problems on their campuses.

"There are all sorts of problems with pupils on the internet and gambling is just one of them," notes Harrow headmaster Barnaby Lenon These sites are very, very addictive. At boarding schools it is slightly easier to manage because we can monitor its use. It is harder when pupils are using the internet at home and parents are not really aware of what their children are doing."

"With new technology, children have even more access to ways of gambling," notes Professor Mark Griffiths of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University "It is clear that adolescent gambling on the internet and other remote media is likely to become an issue of increasing concern over the next few years."