Do you think having a casino or any gambling center close to an institution of learning, will influence the students somehow or should I say be a positive or negative reinforcement on them, in anyway?
I see nothing wrong with that and even if students go there and gamble, it's not the fault of the casino or the owner of the casino for opening it near a learning institution. Let me tell you that a person who doesn't want to gamble won't do it even if they have a casino in front of their house, and someone who is into it would travel miles only to get to a casino so that they can gamble, so it all depends on a person and what they wish and want to do.
Students shouldn't get easily influenced by such things if they have sensible personalities, only those with lose personality and not having the ability to think critically about things, especially about their future, would get into such things because they wouldn't care about the negative consequences they might have to face because of this.