Topic: Can Anyone +18 Play Gamble? - page 12. (Read 5001 times)

Yes, but kids these days definitely have way more options and influences than we did back in the day.  I mean, we had arcade games and ball pits.  But kids now have these crazy immersive virtual worlds and apps on their phones.  Some of them can get pretty addictive too - like those loot box things in video games.  My little cousin was telling me how he spends his allowance trying to get rare skins or something.  Seems harmless, but it kinda reminds me of playing slots you know? Except he's not winning money, just digital stuff and  still gives that dopamine rush though. 

And with all these streamers and YouTubers that are popular with kids, they see this kinda gambling-type stuff normalized.  Like it's no big deal.  But it can be once youre hooked.  I dunno, I just think about how much more impressionable I was as a 10 year old.  If this was around back then I probably would've been begging my parents for money to buy V-Bucks too! But at least parents are way more tech-savvy now and can keep tabs better.  Still, kinda crazy how fast things change and makes me wonder what kinda stuff my kids will be into.

As long as they don't end up spending my retirement fund on ultra-rare Fortnite skins or something! 

Can you explain how can kids get addicted to gambling if they dont have money to gamble? Or why you think that when they have million of activities to do, they will focus only on the gambling. Many believe gambling = money. Do kids really need so much money? I think they parents   who solve all their «I want» issues. Remember your childhood. How much did you really need money? How long you focus doing something to turn that something into hobby or addiction? I think during childhood, each week or day in kids life is different. They rarely turn something into habit or repeat one and the same thing from day to day.

During this period from childhood to adolescence, gambling may not improve much, but a child or adolescent may become addicted during this period. You are a mature gambler and you have the ability to make decisions and you can make the right decision at the right time like a child or a teenager but cannot think. Younger boys and girls are seen not to think before making a decision whereas middle-aged people are more likely to decide what might happen before making a decision. Decision making is very important when it comes to gambling. A gambler can lose all his money in an instant if the wrong decision is made at the wrong time. So I would say that the age range from child to teenager is not an adequate age for gambling at all.

If I go by the way you narrated gambling here, then I will not bother myself to think of the concluding part you wrote, because what is the arithmetic that will make the gambling you claimed is 90% luck-dependent to hand you success when it is obvious that you can't control luck? This will be a tough task indeed. But in my own view, I like gambling to be reviewed as luck is 100% needed in some aspects of gambling like when we play in the casinos, because anything skilful you know here is invalid to hand you the winning since it basically works on some algorithms that weren't planned to favour you easily.

But surely, when it is sports betting, it is 50/50, which means that you have to rely on 50% luck and 50% skills, and not that all gambling will be 90% reliant on luck. I do not agree with that. This calls for us to choose what we play carefully especially if we are gambling for the money. Experience will never help us in a certain aspect of gambling no matter how we try. It is smartness in choosing and playing that will be able to help.

Many people already become a gambler before they reach 18 years old.

If they play Genshin Impact, Valorant, CSGO, DOTA 2 etc, all of them have gacha, so if they ever top up to gacha, they're a gambler.

If they visit kids zone and play claw games, they're a gambler.

If they play a card game or other game with something they stake, they're a gambler.

So there's no reason a 18 years old person can't become a gambler.

Gambling have always been risky from day one and the gamblers who have proven to be experienced but without any solid evidence. Most of these women that's acquainted with sports have a little or more chances of turning gambling. A newbie have the tendency of accumulating huge winning but when comparable to experienced gamblers, it's not always about the strategy but what matters are luck and this is specially for newbies that are used.

There are still minors who continue to play casino online, and worst of all are those who do not have a stable job. The question is, where are the ones they play gambling from?
It could be from their parents, or it could be that I sold them equipment that they no longer use, and what was sold will be used for gambling.

And there are also adults who are 18 years of age and older who do not have a job, but they still manage to gamble; they manage to earn money to gamble, but they cannot make
money every day. .

In the end it doesn't really matter if the player is skilled or new.

Every game is an independent instance of a gambling event.

That's pretty much it.

And every game has a lower chance to win than losing.

Now that's a good idea, you continue my discussion above where it is true that the age of +18 is only the limit for someone to enter the maturity phase, which means finance is another thing that we can discuss further here. As you said that money is a requirement for everyone to be able to get involved in gambling while on the other hand not everyone has a good financial situation in life, meaning that there are always times when they don't have any money at all, and what about their gambling habit? This is the situation that is feared, which if they have become an addict then there is a high possibility for them to use any means to get money to finance their gambling activities such as maybe stealing or robbing or even deceiving many people.

This is another thing that is also a situation of concern, where I often also see a news broadcast that there are some people or gamblers who even dare to steal money from anyone including their family members, and there are also some of them who try to utilize and embezzle company funds for gambling purposes which can trigger more problems such as dealing with the police. So basically, yes, the age of +18 is indeed an age where one will experience increased maturity in terms of thinking but financial matters are another thing.

Any one is actually qualified To play gambling when you have reached the statutory age acceoted By your country. Talking about experience, I Did not think If it Can count in gambling though it is quite said that experience is the best Teacher But it does not Really Work more in gambling because even the experienced Gamblers lose their bets Too .

In addition, every budinesss is Established for the sake of making profit,which betting shops are not an exception. Also every Business have target customers And in gambling inexperienced Gamblers are the major customers for every betting shop.

Lastly , experience does not count more in gambling because of recurring change of formats And introduction of some Integrated System from time To time .

But if you have to study it more deeply, it's not just about the age of +18, it's just the boundary between age to adulthood.
But whether they are financially capable or not, since gambling requires money to gamble, of course they must have income.

If they don't have a steady income, then getting into gambling is a risk that needs to be avoided.
Because many teenagers get into gambling with their parents' secretly earned money or money to buy other necessities.

So it's not just about what age they can gamble, but financial independence will be an important foundation.

I don't think so if casino only accept for those who have already experience in gambling. Also that casino is made for income so once a newbie play with them so there's a chance that the casino will earn more unless those newbies is too lucky but if not then like what I said that newbie will loss and the casino will earn a lot of money. Also there are many gamblers who want to play so the bouncer of that casino will let all those people who want to play in their casino.

You can gamble as a pure game at any age from what I remember and games are totally natural safe so I never accepted any alarm over that topic.  For money big cash plays and certain games especially casino games is where it becomes an adult only activity.     The idea of a game even card games and you gamble anything at all, chocolates sweets whatever is perfectly fair.  Its just the 18 part when you start dealing in money because that can be its own risk in how people put in more money then they can sensibly afford, some do at least.

My take with crypto is it may increase safety because I dont tend to pay my real bills with crypto, I pay with credit card or whatever.  So in my take the money gambled via crypto is fenced off from the mainstream cash I use for the important bills etc.   I guess its not that way for everyone but I think of the two as separated and so safer.   Token gambling is a better idea and you just buy a set lot for that trip or day then thats your budget to win or lose.

Right I agree with your statement that experience in gambling is not really needed, and maybe most of looking for experience or learning something that aims to earn more in gambling will only waste our time because after all in the end it comes back to how lucky you are in running the session, meaning that victory will always refer to luck. This is why gambling should not be done excessively because it is not easy to always succeed in achieving such a lucky situation which means that if we are unlucky then we will lose.

In gambling there is nothing impossible, no matter if you are new to gambling or for example you are a beginner if for example you are lucky then you will also be able to generate even greater winnings than you thought, but on the other hand of course there is no such thing as consistency in terms of victory because there is absolutely no certainty to always be able to win at the end of the session, although experience is quite helpful in sports betting but still the name of betting activities will always be at risk.

For the age issue yes it is clear that gambling as a whole is only allowed for those who are already at the age of +18 which is the reason because someone who has entered or passed the age of +18 they have entered the adult phase of their life where most likely they are able to distinguish between good and bad which is used as the basis for decisions to be made, and also maturity is a phase where a person has the ability to control himself although yes I admit that not everyone can do it.

But if you are asking about whether or not experience is needed in gambling I think this depends on what type of gambling you are doing, if for example you are involved in the type of sports betting then yes I would probably recommend that you better learn about the track record of a team or player and its popularity and achievements that you will make as a basis for consideration which is also believed to increase your chances of winning, But if for example you gamble on other types of bets such as dice or slot machines which are live bets then I think you are free to get involved there even though you do not have any experience because this type of gambling is purely about luck which means you will only win when you are lucky enough.

We must have as a premise that only people who are responsible, of legal age, worthy who can respond to any case that exists should enter a casino, when you have money the cases become much more delicate and if it is younger it is even worse, it is synonymous with giving bad things to a casino, this is very simple, underage? It is not suitable for casinos, because everywhere we see that those who are minors go up and down with their representative, otherwise for a place like a casino it is not good, because a child, a teenager, knows that it is not Being able to be in a place like a casino, or making sports bets, is not the best thing that can happen, therefore, they must always be of legal age, so they are responsible for their actions.

Experience isn’t really needed as it mostly has to do with luck. Someone new to the gambling scene could win a huge amount at once than the accumulated amount of money that someone having been in the gambling scene for years and should supposedly be “experienced” has won.
You could have all the experience and knowledge but still lose out on your bets. Experience although may be important for some, doesn’t mean much when it comes to gambling. That much I know. If not, people who have been gambling for years and gained loads of experience should all be filthy rich.

Gambling is 90% luck and 10% skill, which is why even a newbie Gambler can come to a casino today and win a huge sum of money someone who has been gambling for 10yrs had never won, so as such, that alone should tell us that either experience or inexperienced is not the only factor to determine success in gambling, as anybody is likely to be successful, inasmuch as they are willing to take the risk.

And not only that but the ability to provide funds that will be used for gambling is another reason why age restriction is implemented, as at the age of 18yrs, it's presumably that such individual should be able to sort out for his/her funds that will be use for gambling.

Well said Mate.
The age requirement is only to confirmed that you are an Adult by virtue of the law. It doesn't really guarantee your informations concerning gambling. There are increasing number of under-age (below 18 years) gambling, even  most of them don't visit physical casinos but play online.

Inexperience is not about age but information and knowledge acquired. Some persons are more than 18 but yet Inexperience when it comes to gambling, but the truth remains that everyone was once a beginner so anyone can still learn and understand the risk involved.

I think the real value in considering age is concerned with emotion Management, that's same reason even outside gambling also in  financial market we see age restrictions. It Is believed once you are 18 you can handle, and make right decisions for yourself.

I believe that age is not always an indicator of maturity and readiness for responsible decisions. There are people who can already make informed decisions at the age of 18, and there are those who, even at the age of 30, are not able to think like an adult. Therefore, the idea of admission to the casino solely by age seems to me somewhat outdated. It is a pity that it is impossible to conduct psychological testing before visiting a casino in order to admit only those who really have a well-formed and serious personality. Perhaps in the future it is worth paying attention to other criteria when determining a person's willingness to gamble in order to protect the younger generation from unacceptable risks.