The major causes of this is as a result of, (1)most Parents aren't taking proper care of their children or engage their children with skills that will fetch them money while they're studying, because these university students, when they have problems in school they start looking for alternative ways to earn easy money, I remember my course mate that almost used off his school fees back then in gambling. secondly students are influenced by some of their association of friends and in some cases not even the betting companies that lure them.
I don't think parents should be blamed for their kids t gamble while in school, parents gives their kids the best they can provide for them nd if it is not enough for the child their is nothing that can be done about it. And if a student is not having enough to solve some his problem in school, this not make the child to think gambling is a way of making money. Their are other ways of makings good money as a student. You can make money by doing fellows student assignments and also to make researches for students with this you can be able to accumulate some money to assist yourself than gambling. Gambling will cause a student to even lose the little money that was giving by the parents.