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Public‑health witnesses urge annual campus gambling awareness as student betting rises

Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee · March 5, 2026

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Public‑health students, researchers and the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling urged the committee to pass SB 381, requiring at least one annual gambling awareness program at public higher‑education institutions and enabling contracts with nonprofits to provide clinical expertise and screening. Witnesses cited campus studies showing elevated rates of gambling and problem gambling among undergraduates since online betting expansion.

Public‑health researchers, students and the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling testified in support of SB 381, saying that recent expansions in online sports betting and prediction‑market platforms have increased gambling exposure among college students and elevated the risk of problem gambling.

Chen Jing, a Yale School of Public Health master’s student, said a UConn‑led study…

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