STATE HOUSE — An estimated 88,000 adults in Massachusetts are problem gamblers, and another 390,000 are deemed "at-risk" gamblers and may bet more than they'd planned or borrow money to gamble, according to study findings presented Wednesday.
Research required under the 2011 law that legalized casino gambling in Massachusetts found that 1.7 percent of that state's adult population were considered problem gamblers and 7.5 percent were at-risk gamblers, said Rachel Volberg, the study's principal investigator.
Enrollment at the five University of Massachusetts campuses shot up 27 percent over the past decade and surpassed the 74,000 mark for the first time this year, university officials reported on Wednesday.
Over the past decade, student enrollment at UMass has risen almost 27 percent – from 58,939 in the fall of 2006 to the current 74,678 – making the system "one of the fastest-growing universities, public or private, in the nation," according to UMass.
