UNL Appreciates Online Gambling

November 21, 2007

University of Nebraska at Lincoln students are never at a loss for a good poker game – in fact they embrace it. Some play online, some play at local establishments, but no matter where they play – they are playing.

Over the years the number of campus organizations that have offered and embraced both online poker and live poker games has increased. Not only do local establishments offer the games, but the university offers poker events as well. Over the past several years, the school realized that people were participating in online gambling and small poker games in their dorm rooms, so why not make it easier for them to play?

The different organizations enjoy offering these opportunities to their students – some free, some not. They have beaten many schools to the punch, as many colleges are now just coming around to the idea that their students may be participating in online gambling right in their backyard. UNL meanwhile, has been offering free poker tournaments, sponsored by sororities, fraternities, campus clubs, etc. that want to be involved.

For many of these on campus games, they are really just a way to meet people as they don’t really pay much. However, Lincoln itself is more than accommodating to those that are looking to turn their money into a little more than that. There are free roll tournaments around at many local establishments, with some of them offering more than $400 for their prizes. You do have to be 21 for most of these though, so check age limits before going.

Many think of it as a nice alternative to online gambling as it brings you out of your room and allows you to interact with other students. The school prefers those that choose to partake to do so with other students instead of the online gambling in their dorm rooms, but to each his own.





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