Topic: At What age did you start gambling? - page 6. (Read 1722 times)

Unfortunately, in life, even those who gambled and did not lose much money (they were lucky) think that they are lucky. And they won because they have some skill and know how to gamble and bet. But the fact is that such people simply did not get into that huge number of gamblers who could not get out of the water dry. But this does not mean anything in reality. And they have no right to teach others, gambling is equally dangerous for all those who do not have self-control, and do not know how to save their money, and know its true value.

I'm having a hard time believing that this is a true story. How did a 14-year-old teenager find $8,000 to gamble to begin with? How has he signed up at a casino without providing KYC and has deposited such significant amounts of money? Can someone drop out of school that young? It's illegal here to not receive the basic education; the choice isn't up to you or your parents. Where are this kid's parents, and why are we discussing the possible benefits of gambling? It doesn't make much sense, does it?

I started a little more than a year ago, perhaps closer to two; I can't remember exactly when. The only "close" resemblance I had with gambling was when I used Freebitcoin's faucet and Bustabit, which was then offering a free faucet. I personally wouldn't call that gambling.

So many users who has started gambling before they turn 18, and none of them is addicted, nor hardly ever complain about his gambling experience. In nearby topics we complain how bad gambling is for  underaged, how they are not prepared for stress and consequences. What do you think about it? Adults worried about underaged gambling, when they had been gambling since childhood themselves, and   "got dry out of the water".

I started gambling at the age of 18, that's how it was back then. I still remember clearly the lottery era, I followed my parents in placing numbers, out of all the money I spent, I never hit the jackpot number, after losing a lot I stopped playing, until I started playing again with slot games, but that was because of fomo.

I first started gambling when I was 17. It was a big offline casino in the mountains. It was very similar to the Casino Royale from the eponymous film about the spy, agent 007, James Bond.

The dress code for men in this casino was tailcoats and formal suits. The dress code for women was evening cocktail dresses. I went to the casino in a blue suit and a bright Italian tie. The atmosphere in this casino was luxurious and comfortable. I became addicted to playing roulette.

I liked the atmosphere of the game itself, the opportunity to bet and win. Although I rarely bet on a sector or a number (mostly on red / black).

Very much possible to distract them from gambling because when you are studying and having that Joy that you would hit a very huge amount and it turns the opposite, the shocked and heart break wouldn't allowed them to focused because gambling is not a game of certainty rather a game of probability which the outcome is undefined. People do not understand that games that are not won are not their money even though they are too sure that something would happen they will have winning that doesn't mean they should be planning and hoping for the winning.
So, as a student couples with underage it will serves as a major distraction from graduating or even causing them to entirely lose concentration and focus since the shocked of losing huge amount wouldn't allow them to focus and read or study their books.

We all need to have close contact and communication with teenagers, while having authority so that they listen to us. This is not easy to do, especially in the modern world, where teenagers are told on the Internet that they are unique and do not need to listen to anyone. Without the Internet, the role of an adult was more important, because an adult could share experience. In short, we need to try to explain and find the keys to reach teenagers. This will be better than them finding out and losing money themselves, although of course, if they want, no one will stop them, because they will do it secretly.

If he is playing and losing such money that means he probably is also making money from it but unfortunately he started at a wrong age and will hardly take a good decision.


This is the characteristics of a child that is not well taken care of by the parents. Where you have parents that are not well coordinated then their products will also have such character and less control of themselves. At large, it is the society that will bear the ultimate effect of a child not well groomed because of different addictions including armed robbery.


Not at all and most times it leads to multiple addiction in drugs , corruption and other illicit dealings because the young lad will lack moral and emotional control of himself.

All teens don't respond to forbid in a good way. The more you say no, the more they want to do it. Its just nature and the way the brain and chemicals and hormones are, its fact

Education, awareness yes. And most important is example. A smoking parent can't tell kids not to smoke, a gambling parent should expect their kids to pick it up.

A responsible gambler parent will teach everything about that.

Maybe it is hard to be addicted on gambling if you are younger but we never know if they can prevent that when they are playing gambling. They can playing gambling when they are hanging out with their friend but we know that friend's effect can be very strong and can interfere our decision. Besides that, young generation are not stable with their emotion and when something is not right, their tension can be high and will do something bad.

Maybe they need to have many activities to distract their minds from gambling. They can use their spare time to make themselves busy in all day long. That can be for young generation and adult people so they can prevents the gambling addiction and the bad thing will not happen to them.

When we have many obligations that we must fills, we must think about that and make it our prioritize than just to playing gambling. We can playing gambling in our spare time but when it is time to do something that more important, we must stop gambling and leave it so we can do that important thing. But when teenagers playing gambling, they can forget their obligations and everything will ruins including their lives especially when they become addicted to gambling. They will not think about their prioritize because that thin already change and only use gambling for their main activity. It is better they don't playing gambling in their ages especially when they don't have an income that they can allocate to playing gambling.

In this case, the boy's parents are really wrong, where a parent should keep his children away from gambling addiction, in some places, the boy's father has started telling his 10-year-old son everything about gambling, as a result of which there will be a negative impact on the boy's future, because the boy is not yet an adult, and leaving a minor child in the grip of gambling addiction can be really very dangerous.
In this case, the boy's father should understand that what he is letting his son into now will eventually take a seriously harmful form, and the boy's beautiful future will be ruined, and the boy's father is the only one to blame for this.
In addition, it is best not to allow children to gamble before the age of 18, because at this age they need to be taught something good, it is the responsibility of every parent to keep their child safe and raise them in a healthy environment. So that they do not get addicted to bad things.

A dark future, that's what he (the teenager) is feeling right now.
Not sure when I first gambled but as far as I can remember when I was little I saw my father gambling poker and I think since I was little I knew gambling and when I was in school around 12 years old (as far as I can remember) I tried to play poker cards with my friends without any bets (fun play).
Now I feel the impact and realize that expecting a successful future in gambling is a mistake and now I prefer to bet according to my own rules.

And now I have a little question, didn't you give him advice to choose to work rather than gamble?

The father shouldn't have shown him anything relating to gambling at that age of 10 the boy might likely get distracted when addicted to gambling as it may affect his educational journey and getting addicted into gambling may ruin his life as he might end struggling with life activities because any income he made will be channel into gambling as this might also lead in selling of property.
And the age that permit gambling is from 18 years and above they it is believe that at that age you know what is right to do that probably you can take responsibility of your self.
Technology has exposed children to gambling.

At age of 15-16 on Gamdom.com most shit casino ever
Despite casino knowing im underage they didnt ban me
In 2018 there was older guys in the chat rooms who liked to troll people and mostly underage kids this site is full of kids 12-16 They have asked me how old are u and i have said my real age 16 moderator noticed this and muted me for 24h reason being please dont talk about your real age next talks about your age u will get muted pernamently

now in 2024 after im over 18 and know better laws and everyting i have tried to contact them and explained everyting this happened in 2018 im 22 now im legal to gamble they answer was you are now banned for being underage xdd i tried to contact them try email but all they say is get a lawyer and sue us if u can  i have tried to open complaint on casino guru but they say this is older than 1 year and we cant do anyting

All I can see is I'm glad that I did not start gambling from a very young age. My life without being in shambles right now. In the era where I grew up parents were more intentional about raising their kids and being involved in their lives and knowing what activities they were involved in under the type of friends they hang out with. I can't see the same thing for right now. Most parents are more occupied with scrolling through social media than knowing what is going on in their kids live. And the truth is this if you don't raise your kids the society and they are bad morals would. And that is why we are saying kids of 13 years gambling and even being bold to talk about it.

Well I think there are people around that age who are already earning working, they could earn online or some physical work, but the amount mention isn't something that a teenager should be gambling or wasting.
And it is true in that age they couldn't be called jobless cause it isn't the age where one should focus on earning.

None of us can choose where we will be born and what kind of parents we will have. Children who live in poverty all their lives are forced to look for ways to earn money, and gambling is not an exception from the list of possible activities. Many adults believe that you can earn money through gambling, let alone children. I have been gambling for as long as I can remember and I don’t think I have any problems with gambling, except that I often lose money. Although what difference does it make what you spend your money on - buying alcohol, cigarettes, food, gambling or some other entertainment.

Gambling has an age limit before one can start, but that varies depending on the country you are in. For my country, only those aged 18 years and above are allowed to gamble. Actually, you may see some little children engaging in gambling, but that does not mean they meet the gambling doesn't have age start. Most gambling companies set the age limit at 18 years. If someone under 18 years and even manages to win a bet, the betting company will not pay out their winnings.In my community, if someone under 18 years is seen gambling, they will be reported to their parents and ask their percents to discipline for bad act and advice them to start away from the bad habit. This is because if a child aged 9 to 10 years is gambling, the question arises: where are they getting the money to gamble? Children of that age do not have jobs, so the money must be coming from stealing or other inappropriate means.

I don't know if it's a fact or a fictional story. Because anyway, I don't think it makes sense that a teenager at that age already spent $8000. Even though he said he got the money from anywhere or everywhere, but for an amount of $8000, I think it's just a fantasy which means, maybe it's just a fictitious story. But even if it's true, then I'm sure the child is a child of a wealthy family who gets a large amount of pocket money per day or per month.

If that's the case, then it might make a little sense that he would have spent that much money on gambling. So, because he is the son of a richperson, then for me there is nothing to worry about because after all, his own family still gives him money and he will also continue to gamble without  anyone forbidding him.

If you ask me I would say is not a good way because it  could lead him into missing all the chances of becoming someone important, does it mean that he doesn't have a parents or someone to watch over him because if he has one they should have really see to it that he focuses on his education instead of dropping out for gambling, so actually on this case I believe the person is an orphan who  doesn't have anybody to guide him, though if his intention is going to school he should have been able to take care of himself because the $8k you mentioned is a lot of money that should have took him very far on his academics. So actually there is no benefit in starting gambling at a very young age.