“In an age when poker tournaments are a regular sight on ESPN and other stations; gambling is as easy as ever with the Internet; Texas Hold ‘Em cards being sold everywhere, including gas stations; and two of the world’s largest casinos are a relatively short trip up Interstate 95 and are constantly expanding, officials at Fairfield Warde High School are not standing idly by. Earlier this year, a gambling prevention program was piloted at the high school. It’s called WAUGE and stands for Warde’s Awareness of Underage Gambling through Education. While the high schoolers are too young yet to gamble at Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods Resort Casino, they will be 21 in a few short years.
“This is a prevention program,” said Dave Ebling, Fitts housemaster at Fairfield Warde. “We’re really looking to give kids knowledge about the risks of gambling…”
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