University opens gambling studies department
The New-Jersey based Rutgers University has announced that it is to offer degree courses covering all aspects of gambling, to be held at a new Center for Gambling Studies.
With the state’s economy partly driven by its successful gaming industry that includes the ever-popular Atlantic City, the university has expressed its desire to provide sound and objective expertise for both the gaming authorities and venue operators.
Richard Edwards, the dean of the social work faculty at Rutgers, said: “There is considerable debate and research about gambling, as a policy issue and as a social or personal problem.
“But there aren’t many places in the country that take a multidisciplinary approach to study gambling and its effects on individuals and society.
“We want our center to do that.”
Alongside offering training relating to the social impacts of gambling, students will also be able to analyze sports gambling as well as the online poker industry.
Just recently the US-based Casino College announced that it intends to train up to 100 poker dealers to work in this year’s World Series of Poker.