A college student in China leaped to his death after losing more than $3,000 gambling on the World Cup, state media reported Tuesday.

据法新社报道，中国国家媒体周二（24日）消息，一位中国大学生因世界杯博彩输掉1.8万多元人民币而跳楼轻生。

The second-year student, identified only by his surname Lin, jumped from the seventh floor of a building on his campus on Monday, the Information Times said, citing a witness.

据《信息时报》援引一位目击者的话说，事件发生在周一，一位大学二年级林姓学生从校园里一栋楼的7层跳下。

"I heard him say 'do not force me' and 'give me two more days and I'll return you the money'," the report quoted the witness as saying.

报道引述目击者的原话说：“我听到他说‘别逼我’，‘再给我两天时间我会把钱还上的’这样的话。”

"He talked on the phone for more than 10 minutes. I saw him hang up and stand up and then all in a sudden he just disappeared," she said.

目击者描述：“他通了十几分钟电话，我看他挂断电话后站了起来，后来一下就消失了。”

Lin was rushed to hospital in Panyu in the southern province of Guangdong, but doctors were not able to revive him, the newspaper said.

报道称，这位林姓学生被紧急送往广东番禺的医院，但是最终医生无法挽救他的生命。

Another student described as a classmate of Lin's said the gambler had lost nearly 20,000 yuan ($3,200) in bets on several World Cup games, it said.

另一位他的同班同学透露，这位林姓学生参与了几场世界杯比赛的投注，输掉了2万多元人民币。

"We heard that he borrowed quite a lot of money and the interest rate was rather high," said the student, according to the report.

据报道，这位知情同学说：“我们听说他借了很多钱，而且是高利贷。”

It did not specify which teams Lin had backed.

报道中并未提到小林具体投注了哪支球队。

China has millions of football fans, some of who are both devoted viewers and passionate gamblers.

中国有数百万球迷，一些人既是热血球迷也是铁杆彩民。

Sales of a government-run World Cup-related lottery reached four billion yuan by Saturday, nearly twice the 2.3 billion yuan sold during the 2010 tournament, the China News Service reported Tuesday.

据中新社周二报道，政府运营的世界杯彩票（国家体彩）投注额截止周六达到40亿元人民币，是2010年世界杯23亿投注额的近两倍。

Total sales of the tickets are expected to exceed 10 billion yuan, it said, citing an official with the General Administration of Sport.

据国家体育总局一位官员透露，彩票总销售额将有望突破100亿元人民币。

（译者 Lari 编辑 齐磊）