College students returning to campus this month are no strangers to debt, navigating rising tuition costs, student loans and an ongoing cost-of-living crisis that stretches finances to the breaking point.
The average New York student federal loan burden is over $40,000, ingraining for many a significant financial stress into daily life from early adulthood. Yet loans tell only part of the modern student debt story.
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The proliferation of online gambling options is a growing strain on young people’s wallets, with the potential to deepen debt loads at such a breakneck pace that the good-paying jobs a college education historically has promised after graduation may not be enough to…