A debate has erupted in a Pennsylvania University over whether students should have access to online gambling sites or not.

DeSales University in Center Valley hosted the ninety minute forum to give both students and faculty a chance to discuss the whole online gambling issue and whether it is in the students best interests to have online gambling sites completely blocked.

The debate follows the case of Greg Hogan Jr. a former sophomore class president who was sentenced to a jail term after committing armed robbery at a bank to cover a huge debt when he began wagering in gambling sites.

The debate panel was represented mainly by anti gambling proponents and seemed to support the idea of blocking students from visiting gambling sites. Greg Hogan Sr. was also present as a speaker to talk of his son’s situation and to fight the corner that strict regulations should be put on students to ban internet gambling sites on campus. The most important comment came from the DeSales President the Rev. Bernard O’Connor who was adamantly against the prohibition of online gambling.

The students argued their case that they should be free to make their choices as adults and if they want to spend their time playing poker online then so be it. They debated that there were several examples of students who have made a good living from playing poker on gambling sites and have even made money to help cover their tuition fees. This fact aside, the student body put forward their point that the main issue at stake was the intellectual diversity and individual freedom of choice. Students should be treated like adults and be allowed to choose how they spend their free time, whether it be gambling online or looking at pornography.

By the end of the debate the outcome emerged as the student body argued that if the decision was made to block all students’ access to online gambling sites, then they would fight that decision tooth and nail to the end.

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Check out two of the most commonly used methods of boosting gambling success in online casinos……

Re-invest your gambling winnings
Imagine if you had a gambling bank of £100, and played roulette with level stakes of £1 per spin. Now if you focussed on even money bets exclusively, you'd receive £1 for every bet won. Now, let's assume you win 60% of your wagers in a session of 100 spins – a statistically high but still realist gambling session. You'd make a profit of 20 x £1 = £20. However, if you'd re-calculated your 1% stake level after every winning wager, then there's a good chance you'd have ended up with more than £20 profit. The concept is called compound gambling, and is the same method used by investment bankers, or anyone who has a pension left after the credit crunch! Some gambling fans recalculate after every wager, while others choose to double their bank before compounding their stakes.

Gamble strategically
Strategic gambling is all the rage on the Internet – ranging from complex video poker systems, to easy casual gambling systems that claim to 'guarantee success'. Of course, there's no such thing as guaranteed success, so should recreational gamblers avoid these strategies? Well – the very fact that they're called guaranteed gambling systems should make you both interested and wary at the same time. Essentially, you can use even money bets with strategies that have a seriously high strike rate, such as the Martingale gambling strategy outlined below:

> Place a 1 unit wager and gamble on even money (such as red/black roulette)
> If you lose the gamble, double your stakes and re-bet on the same selection
> Keep doubling until you win (1 credit of profit), or you reach a stop loss limit

However, while probability dictates a high strike rate, they are by no means a guaranteed way to gambling success. Even the most statistically certain outcome can fail – and it's the same with most gambling strategies. However, this doesn't mean you shouldn't give them a go, because with the right bank management and a cool head, thousands of gamblers have used the systems to create winning sessions on a very regular basis. Check out the gambling tips which are a vital tool when using gambling strategies in casinos………

> Firstly, set a stop loss limit on your gambling strategies (such as a max number of losing progressive wagers – many players use 6 bets and then re-set to 1 credit)
> Play with leisure cash to prevent any losses you can't afford!
> Start with the minimum credit value and don't get greedy!
> Never bet with a credit size that's too big for your bank to handle when using a gambling system
> Skim off half of your profits and re-invest the rest

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Gambling allures its victims by the prospect of a flashy life where money is easy to make. Gambling brings about euphoria that is similar to that brought about by drugs such as cocaine thus explaining the addiction. Advertising is another avenue that is used in attracting people to gamble.

People are bombarded with adverts on the television that show how someone placed say a state lottery or lotto and their life dramatically changed. Big companies promote their products by organizing events such as raffles for flashy things such as cars. The result is the cooperate world makes it seem gambling as a safe way of getting quick cash concealing its dangers. Once one has begun gambling addiction is first brought about by a phase known as the winning phase. In time the winning does not become enough and the gambler begins to want more and more, so he/she pours in more cash. The urge to win more increases and in no time the gambler is looking for other gambling options available that offer higher returns.

The gambler finds himself/herself taking part in more than one form of gambling to the extent that the form of gambling no longer matters so long as it has some gains. The next phase that causes further addiction is known as the losing phase. The gambler begins to lose and because he/she had now become a big cash injector, the losses come in huge amounts. This stage brings the feeling of wanting to get back all that is lost and get back to winning ways. The losses may become so great that the gambler can no longer manage on their own, for they have lost more than they ever won. The gambler then resorts to getting loans from friends and credit facilities. The debts become so great that the gambler can no longer afford to pay back and the only way he/she could pay back was to get back the winning formula. The gambler is left with no choice but to continue being in the game and try get back to winning ways even if it means going deeper and deeper into debt for it is no longer a game but an addiction.

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