On this post, we quote a news report citing how students in Gainesville - home to the Florida Gators - play online poker to earn money.

Some students wait tables, lifeguard, bartend or do office work as part-time jobs during college.

Others play online poker.

For Daniel Stermer, 19, and Kevin Laird, 20, playing online poker is not only fun, but a way to put money in their pockets.

“If you are good enough, you can make money,” said Laird, a University of Florida sophomore. “Then it can be your part-time job.”

Online poker began in 1998 with the launch of the Planet Poker Web site, according to the CBS News Web site. Since then it has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry.

Among males 18 to 22, online gambling doubled in the past year, according to a report by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. More than 50 percent of college-aged males gamble on a monthly basis, the report stated.

Laird has played online poker for two years, but didn’t start playing for money until a year ago.

In that time, Laird has won about $8,000 and plays five to six days a week.

“You have to take poker seriously,” he said. “You have to approach it as a game of skill instead of a game of luck.” full article here

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