A survey shared by the NCAA and conducted by Opinion Diagnostics suggests a majority of college-aged adults are betting on sports, even with restricted access to the legal sports betting market.'
The survey was conducted from April 18-25, and it included 3,527 responses from people 18-22 years old. Of those survey participants, 1,702 of them are attending universities in the U.S. The survey found that 58% of respondents have placed a sports bet, and 67% of students living on campus are bettors. College students regularly wager on their own school's teams (41%), and about one third of college students have used a student bookmaker.
State legality and age restrictions didn't hamper betting activity, the survey found. Of respondents, 71% were either too young to bet legally or lived in an area without legal sports betting, but 56% of members in that subgroup engaged in sports betting activities.
The NCAA survey was conducted prior to a sports wagering scandal at the University of Alabama and wagering violations at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.'