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There also needs to be a more objective element when talking about parents as well as placing them as the cause for teenagers to start gambling, sometimes they also want to have more time to pay attention to the child but being busy in return for adequate materials and facilities is still more favored, they also just want to build a good environment for a family. In some cases, imitating parents is also relatively unreasonable. Obviously, at this time it is difficult to prevent teenagers from experimenting on social networks.
You see this aspect of people believing parents can completely control what their children will do—the kind of things they associate themselves with—and the rest of them are limited. Like you said, you can't control what the children see on social media.
 
Even if you go as far as restricting them from having access to devices that are connected to the internet, will the parent also obstruct them from social interaction among friends? There are many ways in which children can just learn what they want and reshape themselves. What parents just need to do is be the children's best.
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As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.


Children and teenagers always have alternatives to be able to access online gambling and this is a problem that I think is difficult to solve. Teenagers can use the access of their parents or uncles or even other adults to enter online gambling that requires KYC. And another problem is that not all parents know how to use the parental control feature. Teenagers who play online gambling are teenagers who are not under the supervision and care of their parents. This makes them not know what is right and what is wrong, and then they become addicted to online gambling.
Teens should be restricted from using gambling platforms to play their bets. I could remember when we were small, we normally gambled but not to the extend of using money or going as far as online casino to play bets. Things have drastically changed these days and children now have access to the Internet which is good but they should be limited from using a casino or trying to play bets at a casino.
Sometimes the mistakes are caused by the parent. They may be want to be like their father, seeing him playing bets and being happy anytime he wins. Children might want to do the same thing that's why we need to be very careful and know how to exposed children into what they should not know about.
There also needs to be a more objective element when talking about parents as well as placing them as the cause for teenagers to start gambling, sometimes they also want to have more time to pay attention to the child but being busy in return for adequate materials and facilities is still more favored, they also just want to build a good environment for a family. In some cases, imitating parents is also relatively unreasonable. Obviously, at this time it is difficult to prevent teenagers from experimenting on social networks.
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It's the consequence of giving children unsupervised access to the internet, and the lessening care of parents to disciplining their kids for reasons that are either "I don't want to hurt my kids" or something else. You're hurting your kids more by not telling them what to do and what not to, and you'd probably end up with a gambling addicted teenager when all of this pans out. High-school drop-out, no chance of ever getting it back up cause you kept babying the mofo causing him to not have work ethics, and an utter failure of a person.

This goes without saying, but for all the parents in here, do not give your kids phones until they reach ripe ages. It's not cruelty, it's just sensibility. The internet isn't and can't be shaped around kids, cause it's made for adults in the first place, have the balls to own up and be more in charge of instilling discipline in your kids.

Parenting in the digital age is a whole new game. It can be really intimidating, but we can't let that fear stop us. Kids need our guidance more than ever, not for us to shut down their online lives completely. It's like teaching them to swim – we don't ban them from the pool, we teach them how to stay safe in the water. The internet's no different. Schools should be teaching kids about the risks of online gambling, and parents need to have open, honest talks at home. The truth is, kids are going to come across this stuff no matter what. We should equip them with the knowledge to make smart choices instead of just scaring them. And let's be real, we all made mistakes when we were young..  It's just part of growing up.

In the digital era like now, everything can be obtained easily, especially positive and negative information related to various new things, and all this happens because most people now prefer to spend most of their free time surfing the internet, many things are series and entertaining while as we know that the internet or social media is the biggest platform for casinos to promote their gambling sites, meaning yes as you said, we have to guide as much as possible. As I said above, we can get a lot of positive and negative things on the internet, which means that however and as much as possible we have to direct our children to the right path, such as teaching them how to swim and survive properly in the water.

On the other hand, in my opinion it is unlikely for schools to teach anything about gambling, or that is to say prohibit all children who go to school there from engaging in gambling, because children are those who have a very unstable mindset with a very high level of curiosity, and up to Now I have never seen a school that implements gambling prevention as a new curriculum, especially in my country, meaning that this problem all comes back to the parents.
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When I think of parenting in this digital era I cannot help but to remind myself how kids and teens have the advantage over their parents when comes to digital dextery and knowledge, that helps them to get away with anything they are doing on the internet within their parents even knowing what is going on.
It is something I have noticed with my own parents as well, they have had smartphones for a while and they still do manage all the functionalities at the one hundred percent. On the other hand, we have teens today who are capable of hidding applications, using torrents links, basic coding, and even carry out transctions using third party applications. It could be perfectly possible to have teens gambling their money away and their parents never realizing about it.
Though, fortunately, as this generation of teens start to grow up and become parents themselves, they will be better at parenting, because they would already know the same tricks they used in the past.
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It's the consequence of giving children unsupervised access to the internet, and the lessening care of parents to disciplining their kids for reasons that are either "I don't want to hurt my kids" or something else. You're hurting your kids more by not telling them what to do and what not to, and you'd probably end up with a gambling addicted teenager when all of this pans out. High-school drop-out, no chance of ever getting it back up cause you kept babying the mofo causing him to not have work ethics, and an utter failure of a person.

This goes without saying, but for all the parents in here, do not give your kids phones until they reach ripe ages. It's not cruelty, it's just sensibility. The internet isn't and can't be shaped around kids, cause it's made for adults in the first place, have the balls to own up and be more in charge of instilling discipline in your kids.

Parenting in the digital age is a whole new game, we have to get agree with the current circumstances and potential problems for our children. It can be really intimidating, but we can't let that fear stop us. Kids need our guidance more than ever, not for us to shut down their online lives completely, IMO. It's like teaching them to swim – we don't ban them from the pool, we teach them how to stay safe in the water, this is how it should work for safe circumstances.  The internet's no different, from this POV. Schools should be teaching kids about the risks of online gambling, and parents need to have open, honest talks at home. The truth is, kids are going to come across this stuff no matter what. We should equip them with the knowledge to make smart choices instead of just scaring them. And let's be real, we all made mistakes when we were young..  It's just part of growing up, we have to prepare both ourselves and children.
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"It's time for schools to focus on the root cause of online teen gambling by implementing gambling prevention education in all high schools. Health class curricula across the nation cover the typical risks for teens such as smoking, drinking, vaping, etc yet gambling education is nowhere to be found in our schools. "

This is what Colby Cotrone said when interviewed by NBC News about the article he published in NYpost about the online gambling trend among teens causing concern because, in the school halls, they can already overhear teens checking odds and their parlays like it's the most casual thing to do in the campus. This is due to the gambling apps easily downloaded by anyone.

When Marc Potenza the Director of the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research was asked whether they were seeing young patients calling for help, he said there is an increase of 90% in young males with sports gambling problems. Either the patient himself or the parents calling for them. https://youtu.be/pCDbvDDLpFg?t=313

What's striking the most of what Colby Cotrone said was that kids are unaware of what they are doing. Could it be that even the grown-up man may also not be aware of what he is doing as over time a gambler may be consumed by how much he enjoyed the thrills of gambling?

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They think they are doing something as simple as rooting for thier favorite players but it's turned more into making money than the game and having fun as a fan. - Colby Cotrone

And would you agree with him in implementing gambling prevention education in schools?

It's the consequence of giving children unsupervised access to the internet, and the lessening care of parents to disciplining their kids for reasons that are either "I don't want to hurt my kids" or something else. You're hurting your kids more by not telling them what to do and what not to, and you'd probably end up with a gambling addicted teenager when all of this pans out. High-school drop-out, no chance of ever getting it back up cause you kept babying the mofo causing him to not have work ethics, and an utter failure of a person.

This goes without saying, but for all the parents in here, do not give your kids phones until they reach ripe ages. It's not cruelty, it's just sensibility. The internet isn't and can't be shaped around kids, cause it's made for adults in the first place, have the balls to own up and be more in charge of instilling discipline in your kids.
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"It's time for schools to focus on the root cause of online teen gambling by implementing gambling prevention education in all high schools. Health class curricula across the nation cover the typical risks for teens such as smoking, drinking, vaping, etc yet gambling education is nowhere to be found in our schools. "

This is what Colby Cotrone said when interviewed by NBC News about the article he published in NYpost about the online gambling trend among teens causing concern because, in the school halls, they can already overhear teens checking odds and their parlays like it's the most casual thing to do in the campus. This is due to the gambling apps easily downloaded by anyone.

When Marc Potenza the Director of the Center of Excellence in Gambling Research was asked whether they were seeing young patients calling for help, he said there is an increase of 90% in young males with sports gambling problems. Either the patient himself or the parents calling for them. https://youtu.be/pCDbvDDLpFg?t=313

What's striking the most of what Colby Cotrone said was that kids are unaware of what they are doing. Could it be that even the grown-up man may also not be aware of what he is doing as over time a gambler may be consumed by how much he enjoyed the thrills of gambling?

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They think they are doing something as simple as rooting for thier favorite players but it's turned more into making money than the game and having fun as a fan. - Colby Cotrone

And would you agree with him in implementing gambling prevention education in schools?


Damn this is crazy. See this is a reason why KYC is important. If there become laws and regulations for casinos and they have tons of minors playing that could perhaps be a liability for the casino groups? I supposed it all depends on where you live in the world
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They do have a higher understanding of technology so the problem of identity may be that they can find a way to manipulate data including using AI in its implementation.
There is no doubt, children of this day are higjly  smart now unlile before. If you want to confirm this, give a child phone few times and watch the child use the phone to do things that will surprise you. This makes me think that the case of teens hlgeeting involved in online gambling really have no solution. Children can secretly play gambling and remain unnoticed. Like some people already stated, casinos that does not require KYC have even made things worse because they now make it easy for them.

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As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.


Children and teenagers always have alternatives to be able to access online gambling and this is a problem that I think is difficult to solve. Teenagers can use the access of their parents or uncles or even other adults to enter online gambling that requires KYC. And another problem is that not all parents know how to use the parental control feature. Teenagers who play online gambling are teenagers who are not under the supervision and care of their parents. This makes them not know what is right and what is wrong, and then they become addicted to online gambling.
Teens should be restricted from using gambling platforms to play their bets. I could remember when we were small, we normally gambled but not to the extend of using money or going as far as online casino to play bets. Things have drastically changed these days and children now have access to the Internet which is good but they should be limited from using a casino or trying to play bets at a casino.
Sometimes the mistakes are caused by the parent. They may be want to be like their father, seeing him playing bets and being happy anytime he wins. Children might want to do the same thing that's why we need to be very careful and know how to exposed children into what they should not know about.
With the expansion of online gambling, many changes have been observed in the way of gambling. Earlier gamblers were more interested in gambling only if they had a small amount of money. Moreover, it was very difficult to withdraw money in gambling at that time, but with the change of time, a great change has been observed in the gambling users.

If a child in a family is gambling, it should be understood that the child is less cared for because the child has so much advantage that he has also gained financial independence. Gambling should never be done with minors. This increases the tendency of children to gamble more. If this trend is not controlled in time, it can lead to major disasters.
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As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.


Children and teenagers always have alternatives to be able to access online gambling and this is a problem that I think is difficult to solve. Teenagers can use the access of their parents or uncles or even other adults to enter online gambling that requires KYC. And another problem is that not all parents know how to use the parental control feature. Teenagers who play online gambling are teenagers who are not under the supervision and care of their parents. This makes them not know what is right and what is wrong, and then they become addicted to online gambling.
Teens should be restricted from using gambling platforms to play their bets. I could remember when we were small, we normally gambled but not to the extend of using money or going as far as online casino to play bets. Things have drastically changed these days and children now have access to the Internet which is good but they should be limited from using a casino or trying to play bets at a casino.
Sometimes the mistakes are caused by the parent. They may be want to be like their father, seeing him playing bets and being happy anytime he wins. Children might want to do the same thing that's why we need to be very careful and know how to exposed children into what they should not know about.
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I have met teenagers who are very well versed in gambling games and come up with various interesting strategies and try to win, but even they are at risk and can lose everything. If we talk about ordinary teenage players who don’t even think about any strategies, then of course this causes a great degree of concern in society. Teenagers simply place bets and hope that they will be lucky, without thinking about the consequences, they just want to win and brag to their friends about their winnings. Also, among colleges, fashion for something, for example, gambling, is spreading very quickly; everyone wants to try what it is and place a bet.

Naturally, this will have consequences if left uncontrolled, minimal control is probably needed so that they play less, but I think the problem is difficult to solve, because with online CIC, teenagers can play from other people's accounts, posing as an adult player.

Well being a teenager is something like an exposure era because it's definitely going to really hard for them to control that hormones that makes them feel like gambling always and its what drives them also to make and take drastic decision without fully understanding that there are consequences to their actions most especially not when they are gambling because that's the least of their worries @being addict but in the long run of things the most addicted set of individuals in the Gambling world are I believe teenagers even if there isn't proper evaluation of this theory of mine.
Teenagers may be more impulsive under the influence of hormones, but it is also important to remember that at such a young age they are more creative. Of course, there are those who do not develop or are very poorly developed, without basic education and who grew up on the streets. It is precisely these teenagers that I would classify as the maximum risk zone in gambling. Because never having seen huge amounts of money can turn their heads. Such teenagers will think that they are smarter than everyone else or that luck is their middle name and will lose everything that comes their way.
Well you would be surprised to the number of teens I have seen that fall under this particular category or group of yours that you have stated above. Over here in my place , the active or growing amount of teens that rapidly involve their selves in gambling is just something else and for some of them they always feel at the advantage that they are more smart because they might have experience that Winning spree one or two times and also many of them are also lured into the act due to some random massive wins of their peers from which they might have seen or heard about.
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Honestly, I don't know the parental control feature. Luckily, my wife does. Cheesy
The sad part today is that you can play even without KYC as long as you are not hitting the amount that you need to show some identification before you can withdraw or deposit. Anti-money laundering rules. But if a child or a teenager keeps it at the amount that won't hit that surface then he/she can gamble as much as he likes because there's nothing that needs to be passed to prove that you are an adult.
This is the problem and yet many people are still against KYC. Kids can get in and out without being noticed and probably now many of them are playing without the knowledge of their parents.
Even if KYC was forced upon registration, teens will find a way around it as they are way better at using technology than their parents as they have lived with it all their lives, so a teen that is completely committed to gamble will find a way to do so, so what it needs to be done is for prevention campaigns to be expanded and for parents to have a talk with their kids, and in this way reduce as much as possible the incidence of teens gambling.

What you say is most likely true and in line with the fact that often young people are smarter in terms of adapting to technology along with having good skills in terms of searching technology to find things, I don't really know why but certainly they grow up accompanied by technological advances or their development period is accompanied by technological advances, so I agree that they are smarter than older people. In my place KYC is not a problem, or not something that can prevent underage children from gambling, because lately many new casinos have sprung up that do not require a gambler to register in a complicated way, on the other hand I understand that the actions of the casino have the potential to increase profits to be greater by facilitating registration rules in the casino. So of course the more effective way to prevent a child from being out of reach of gambling is back to the actions of parents, or that means parents must take various actions such as imposing many restrictions on their children to prevent them from falling into gambling.
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Honestly, I don't know the parental control feature. Luckily, my wife does. Cheesy
The sad part today is that you can play even without KYC as long as you are not hitting the amount that you need to show some identification before you can withdraw or deposit. Anti-money laundering rules. But if a child or a teenager keeps it at the amount that won't hit that surface then he/she can gamble as much as he likes because there's nothing that needs to be passed to prove that you are an adult.
This is the problem and yet many people are still against KYC. Kids can get in and out without being noticed and probably now many of them are playing without the knowledge of their parents.
Even if KYC was forced upon registration, teens will find a way around it as they are way better at using technology than their parents as they have lived with it all their lives, so a teen that is completely committed to gamble will find a way to do so, so what it needs to be done is for prevention campaigns to be expanded and for parents to have a talk with their kids, and in this way reduce as much as possible the incidence of teens gambling.
They do have a higher understanding of technology so the problem of identity may be that they can find a way to manipulate data including using AI in its implementation.

This condition is quite alarming if it grows among young people who are arrogant and full of ambition in their lives, when they do not have a stand in life principles then do not have a sense of responsibility and poor self-control will make it easier for them to fall into something that they do not understand such as excessive addiction and their character will become a bad young man, in my neighborhood also has people like that, not many but from the average of those who gamble they lose their direction in life as if gambling is a common thing for them even though the morals in their environment really hate gambling.
What you said above is basically very likely to be experienced by people who consider gambling as a source of income. They work and earn money, then they use all the money to gamble. Some of them may even get loans to gamble, cases like this are very common among teenagers today. Of course it's bad, but this is progress that is being misused by more than just teenagers.

The problem of teenage addiction to gambling has become the main focus of the government in my opinion. In Indonesia (certain regions), the local government has even asked the central government to block certain types of online games that are not categorized as gambling, while many online gambling sites are also blocked by the central government.
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Honestly, I don't know the parental control feature. Luckily, my wife does. Cheesy
The sad part today is that you can play even without KYC as long as you are not hitting the amount that you need to show some identification before you can withdraw or deposit. Anti-money laundering rules. But if a child or a teenager keeps it at the amount that won't hit that surface then he/she can gamble as much as he likes because there's nothing that needs to be passed to prove that you are an adult.
This is the problem and yet many people are still against KYC. Kids can get in and out without being noticed and probably now many of them are playing without the knowledge of their parents.
Even if KYC was forced upon registration, teens will find a way around it as they are way better at using technology than their parents as they have lived with it all their lives, so a teen that is completely committed to gamble will find a way to do so, so what it needs to be done is for prevention campaigns to be expanded and for parents to have a talk with their kids, and in this way reduce as much as possible the incidence of teens gambling.
They do have a higher understanding of technology so the problem of identity may be that they can find a way to manipulate data including using AI in its implementation.

This condition is quite alarming if it grows among young people who are arrogant and full of ambition in their lives, when they do not have a stand in life principles then do not have a sense of responsibility and poor self-control will make it easier for them to fall into something that they do not understand such as excessive addiction and their character will become a bad young man, in my neighborhood also has people like that, not many but from the average of those who gamble they lose their direction in life as if gambling is a common thing for them even though the morals in their environment really hate gambling.
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Honestly, I don't know the parental control feature. Luckily, my wife does. Cheesy
The sad part today is that you can play even without KYC as long as you are not hitting the amount that you need to show some identification before you can withdraw or deposit. Anti-money laundering rules. But if a child or a teenager keeps it at the amount that won't hit that surface then he/she can gamble as much as he likes because there's nothing that needs to be passed to prove that you are an adult.
This is the problem and yet many people are still against KYC. Kids can get in and out without being noticed and probably now many of them are playing without the knowledge of their parents.
Even if KYC was forced upon registration, teens will find a way around it as they are way better at using technology than their parents as they have lived with it all their lives, so a teen that is completely committed to gamble will find a way to do so, so what it needs to be done is for prevention campaigns to be expanded and for parents to have a talk with their kids, and in this way reduce as much as possible the incidence of teens gambling.
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As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.


Children and teenagers always have alternatives to be able to access online gambling and this is a problem that I think is difficult to solve. Teenagers can use the access of their parents or uncles or even other adults to enter online gambling that requires KYC. And another problem is that not all parents know how to use the parental control feature. Teenagers who play online gambling are teenagers who are not under the supervision and care of their parents. This makes them not know what is right and what is wrong, and then they become addicted to online gambling.

Honestly, I don't know the parental control feature. Luckily, my wife does. Cheesy
The sad part today is that you can play even without KYC as long as you are not hitting the amount that you need to show some identification before you can withdraw or deposit. Anti-money laundering rules. But if a child or a teenager keeps it at the amount that won't hit that surface then he/she can gamble as much as he likes because there's nothing that needs to be passed to prove that you are an adult.
This is the problem and yet many people are still against KYC. Kids can get in and out without being noticed and probably now many of them are playing without the knowledge of their parents.
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I have met teenagers who are very well versed in gambling games and come up with various interesting strategies and try to win, but even they are at risk and can lose everything. If we talk about ordinary teenage players who don’t even think about any strategies, then of course this causes a great degree of concern in society. Teenagers simply place bets and hope that they will be lucky, without thinking about the consequences, they just want to win and brag to their friends about their winnings. Also, among colleges, fashion for something, for example, gambling, is spreading very quickly; everyone wants to try what it is and place a bet.

Naturally, this will have consequences if left uncontrolled, minimal control is probably needed so that they play less, but I think the problem is difficult to solve, because with online CIC, teenagers can play from other people's accounts, posing as an adult player.

Well being a teenager is something like an exposure era because it's definitely going to really hard for them to control that hormones that makes them feel like gambling always and its what drives them also to make and take drastic decision without fully understanding that there are consequences to their actions most especially not when they are gambling because that's the least of their worries @being addict but in the long run of things the most addicted set of individuals in the Gambling world are I believe teenagers even if there isn't proper evaluation of this theory of mine.
Teenagers may be more impulsive under the influence of hormones, but it is also important to remember that at such a young age they are more creative. Of course, there are those who do not develop or are very poorly developed, without basic education and who grew up on the streets. It is precisely these teenagers that I would classify as the maximum risk zone in gambling. Because never having seen huge amounts of money can turn their heads. Such teenagers will think that they are smarter than everyone else or that luck is their middle name and will lose everything that comes their way.

When parents are very dedicated people, they pay a lot of attention to their documents and constantly control their bank accounts and monitor everything their child is doing on the internet, then there is little room for their child to get involved in gambling, because minors old used their parents' identity documents to create accounts in casinos and then used their parents' bank cards to play, but nowadays casinos and those who buy and sell cryptocurrencies have a very evolved kyc system that consists of the person taking the ID and holding it while the camera scans the face of the person holding the ID to see if that person's face matches the face on the ID, with this evolved kyc system, it has become very difficult for minors of age to use casinos, because in my opinion I do not think that the number of children who get involved in gambling is increasing
Of course, progressive systems with modern KYC stop some teenagers, but I’m just sure that if a teenager is obsessed with the idea of ​​gambling, nothing will stop him, because he will find any way to bypass this system and gain access to the game and bets. Various forums will help him with this, where they share experiences, his friends who know how to do it, as well as other options.

Well being a teenager is something like an exposure era because it's definitely going to really hard for them to control that hormones that makes them feel like gambling always and its what drives them also to make and take drastic decision without fully understanding that there are consequences to their actions most especially not when they are gambling because that's the least of their worries @being addict but in the long run of things the most addicted set of individuals in the Gambling world are I believe teenagers even if there isn't proper evaluation of this theory of mine.
Teenagers may be more impulsive under the influence of hormones, but it is also important to remember that at such a young age they are more creative. Of course, there are those who do not develop or are very poorly developed, without basic education and who grew up on the streets. It is precisely these teenagers that I would classify as the maximum risk zone in gambling. Because never having seen huge amounts of money can turn their heads. Such teenagers will think that they are smarter than everyone else or that luck is their middle name and will lose everything that comes their way.

And that is the very reason why education is very important for these people.
If they have the proper education, more than likely, their outlook in life would be different.
Their disposition also how to earn money will be more productive and of significance to the community.
We can't blame some of these individuals who didn't get education to pursue a rough path.
That's all they know how to get by in this life. And so the wrong choices they are making.
Of course, education influences the choice of life path in adolescence, and also decides a lot about what our parents instilled in us and how we were raised. Yes, I agree that we cannot talk badly about such teenagers, because anyone could be in their place, if we talk about independent reasons. It’s another matter when a teenager has enough everything in life, but he deliberately or for bad reasons wants to lose money in gambling.
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As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.


Children and teenagers always have alternatives to be able to access online gambling and this is a problem that I think is difficult to solve. Teenagers can use the access of their parents or uncles or even other adults to enter online gambling that requires KYC. And another problem is that not all parents know how to use the parental control feature. Teenagers who play online gambling are teenagers who are not under the supervision and care of their parents. This makes them not know what is right and what is wrong, and then they become addicted to online gambling.
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Teens got bullied at school, they face stress during exams, some have fear to confess they did something bad, many manipulate others and harass them online, and so on. What I am saying, that kids or teens today already experience a huge bunch of emotions, but many see them as silly little kids that cant control emotions. Until gambling became so available thanks to gadgets, teenagers already experienced emotional breakdowns at age of 15-17. And people cared little about it, and advices just to wait. 10-20 years passes, and people create a huge problem from teens and gambling, due to "they dont know how express their emotions, they might be emotionally unstable to resist gambling losses". What do you think about that ? Like previously kids did not gamble? Like previously kid did not have emotions.
So, you are trying to say that just because they go through a lot, they should get a free pass to gamble. Is that right? I don't agree with that. I know and agree with everything you say that they face a lot of problems and issues in their lives and sometimes people don't believe them or listen to them but that wouldn't justify it if they start gambling just because of their problems because this would mean they are increasing their problems and not solving them.

Someone who already face a lot of problems should try and find a way to solve those problems, if children or teenagers don't have the courage to share everything with their elders, they aren't supposed to start doing something that can be even more harmful than the other problems they have in the long run.

Not exactly like that. Many people see teens as a sweet white sheep's. At what age could teens turn from "I get everything I ask parents" into "I have my own life, I can own myself" ? At 13 or 15? At what age they start to realize value of money, and it can be earned different way. Definitely not at 10. By the time teenagers would understand that they can earn from gambling, they would be more or less emotionally experienced to face difficulties. I got on this, because one of the reasons I hear here is that "teens are emotionally unstable". Imho they have experienced stress already in their life and know more or less how to cope with it. My idea is that they should not get a free pass to gamble, but teens arent little babies that use baby pacifiers all the time and have to walk why parents holding hands. Otherwise it is somehow unbalanced, that people babysitting teens, and ready to kick them out of the house when they hit 18 in few years.
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They can deceive grannies to do this when they have a good relationship and afterwards use their accounts for their preferred purposes, the parents can offer parental controls in the emails in their devices and ensure those emails are not replaced by these young ones in order to stay abreast with their activities, else the more restrictive approaches by these companies, the smarter these lads are getting to bypass those security concerns.
As long online casinos and gambling sites are legal and easily accessible to everyone who owns or possesses smart devices and computers, teenagers and underages will always sort for ways and alternatives to gain access to them, regardless of the restrictions placed on those sites or their devices to stop or prevent them from participating in these activities.

Just like you rightly stated, the more you restrict them the smarter they become and the more you try to prevent them from doing something, the more you raise their curiosity and the more they become even more inquisitive to participate, so rather putting all that energy in tryna restrict them, it'll produce a lot more results when that energy is channeled on educating them on the possible dangers of gambling and how gambling can destroy a person's life who do not possess the required experience and skill to be a gambler.
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