Can gambling be useful? You bet
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Incorporate risk and uncertain outcomes into lessons and you’ll be on to a winner, Darren Evans writes.
From furtive games of pitch-and-toss in the playground to friendly bets on a classmate’s sporting prowess, gambling games have always been played by children in school. But can gambling, or gaming, with its associated and usually negative elements of risk-taking and instant gratification, ever be used in a positive and constructive way to motivate learning in the classroom?
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