There's a limit. There are a lot of interesting people there, and there's always the chance you will win money. You never know when your streak's going to end. Like right now I want to go gambling within the next five or six days. In Iowa, Helle believes there's a problem because casinos are ripping off people and their main concern isn't really the people, but rather making revenue.
College students have such easy access to cash.
At Mesquaki there are three cash machines. Many officials say in the past year there has been a large increase in gambling in the state, but students with a gambling problem are not easily identified because it's easier to conceal than other compulsive problems. And while no students have gone through the doors of the ISU Financial Counseling Clinic yet, Anne Swift, supervisor of the clinic, is certain those students with problems will seek help from them eventually. Swift and some of the counselors of the clinic were just recently at a workshop at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Des Moines where they had seen that the number of calls going into hotline numbers for gambling problems have risen. Although 95 percent of people who gamble do it for recreational purposes, Swift said there is still that 3 to 5 percent have a gambling problem.