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Classroom Attack on Gambling Problems

AUSTRALIA -- As reported by the Herald Sun: "School maths classes would be used in a federal plan to stop children being caught in an explosion of problem gambling. Community Services Minister Kay Patterson wants to teach secondary students about the odds of becoming a betting loser.

"In its first major policy move since the election, the Howard Government is preparing an assault on gambling. More than a quarter of Australia's problem gamblers are under 25.

"Senator Patterson said new prevention strategies were needed to stop young people getting hooked and becoming hardcore gamblers for life.

"'We might need to tackle them differently to older groups,' Senator Patterson told the Herald Sun.

"'Perhaps you could do it in classes with mathematics, in probabilities – so that people could realise the likelihood of them winning. It's one way of showing how mathematics can be applied in everyday life.'..."

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