Online gambling prohibition may help college students

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<p>Although it’s not clear that the Safe Ports Act will actually pull the plug on online gambling, it will be interesting to see how it works out.</p>

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The bill, signed by President Bush as part of the Safe Ports Act, makes it illegal for banks and credit card companies to process payments to online gambling companies…
He said individual bettors would not be breaking the law, but representatives of financial institutions processing payments to online gambling companies could face up to five years in prison.

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The ban on online gambling will hit some college students especially hard, and colleges may find themselves providing counseling services for kids going through withdrawal from their gambling addictions…</p>

<p>Now that online poker and other games are disappearing, students will either be studying more, returning to illicit music downloads or hitting the Asian card rooms.

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<p>Worse things could happen I’d say.</p>