Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 15. (Read 3505 times)

It cannot be hidden that there are many cases of bad impacts that occur when they are familiar with gambling or even addicted to gambling, and this does not happen to just one group, there are young people, elderly people or even those who are still in school who have get to know gambling, especially now that there are lots of online gambling advertisements appearing and of course this is an opportunity for them to get to know gambling themselves. In fact, it is no longer strange if there are people who experience a lot of problems because they become addicted to gambling. With the large number of cases that occur, young people are very familiar with gambling, perhaps in every group of young people, there are definitely those who know about gambling and even do it.

I think one of the reasons why many young people gamble is because they want to be able to get a lot of money quickly, what's more, we know that nowadays, young people's relationships are very sensitive, where they often cook themselves to be able to appear in a luxurious style that other people want to praise. Well, to fulfill their fashion needs they need money and gambling is one of the things they believe can make money easily, but instead of wanting to make money it actually makes them addicted to gambling and it is difficult to get rid of this habit that has stuck. What you say is correct, of course gambling is not a good activity for those who are still in school or have just graduated, because if at that time they are already familiar with gambling then their future might be ruined.

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.

This is true and indeed the majority of teenagers who are now familiar with gambling or have even been completely destroyed by gambling addiction are caused by their inability to focus emotionally on certain conditions when gambling.
They think that money is easier to get or can be done more quickly, especially when they can get big win then that is the beginning of their real downfall.
It also needs to be emphasized that teenagers will always think that what they do when they can get pleasure and satisfaction is an important priority, they will not think clearly in the long term if they are influenced by several activities that burden their minds.
I myself think that gambling is not suitable activity for teenagers or children who are still at school, and of course if they are familiar with gambling activities then there is chance of losing their future.

I may not confidently say that kid or teen don't have emotion, in my view without seeking any knowledge emotion is in born character just that to them that don't express it it may not showcase to the understanding of the closet around them until the showcase it, at little age it may appear infinitesimal but exposure to harsh environment and things that they can't handle may increase it reaction in the body of teen or kid.

Yes I concur that teen or kid may be emotional unstable to resistant if force on gambling or any thing that may currupt them or even leads to addiction and that is as a result of not attaining the decision making height for any that has reached the decision making stage is very hard to be unstable no matter what may leads to the emotional attraction.

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.

Not just education from their school but education from their parents is also important so their children will not trying to do something wrong for have fun. Children have many things to do to have fun and they can do that with their friends and parents but their parents must be closed to them so their children can share many things to their parents.
If children can gets a proper education, they will be more productive and can survive when they grow up and they will not use gambling to earn money. When their parents and teacher can teach many good things and always reminds them about the risk of playing gambling, their children will not trying to gambling and will stay away from gambling.
Their children know that playing gambling can makes them lose their money and will gets addicted to gambling if they don't have a good self control. That is why they will search for the other things that can gives them the fun and they will reminds their friends not to playing gambling.

I really don't think so currently as minors now do more of physical gambling in the casinos especially those of them with bigger physiques and you cannot tell how old they really are. Funny enough in my country, there is little or no physical restriction of minors in offline casinos, they are much welcomed, and their gambling activities entertained.

These minors have grown wiser now, they know very well that the bankroll of their parents can mean a setup for them, so they can even use that of their grandparents who are less tech savvy or that of their grown friends who are still gamblers like them.

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.

Of course I would agree with him on implementing gambling prevention in schools. Most of the young people all over the world have grown up with the development of online gambling. Now with the development of online gambling, the youths can easily access it with little privacy. Even though parents and teachers pressure them about this, they secretly indulge in online gambling through mobile phones. But I think every school should implement anti-gambling because if students get into gambling at the age when they are supposed to study and become human beings then their life will be completely ruined. Many may participate in gambling for the sake of fun but gambling is an addiction that slowly turns into an addiction through having fun. So I would like to draw the attention of every school institution and guardian of every student to prevent their children from buying mobile phones, if they can prevent them from buying mobile phones, they can definitely prevent them from gambling.

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.

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

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 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.

I believe you are missing one important aspect of sportbetting and gambling, specially when we talk about online casinos and bookies: the entry point or the money necessary to partake in gambling can be very low. Nowadays the digital gambling industry is both targeted to those with heavy pockets and also people who can only afford to lose 10$ per week or less. That is the advantage online casinos have over brick-and-mortar casinos, to gamble on the latter one, with the small budget of the poor, the travel could be of more value than the intended wager itself. One does not need to move anywhere to gamble on one's phone.

That being said, It is clear the critical factor is not the issue about teens whether having money to gamble or not, It is about the potential of falling into an state of addiction in a stage of their life in which they were supposed to be learning and getting ready to get a steady source of income in their adulthood. Gambling while they are dependants and teens is the issue. It could interfere with their development as helpful members of society.

I honestly don't think this is really that big of a concern.  I love to gamble, especially sports betting, but I really didn't get in to it until after high school.  I think in high school teens are more focused on where the party is going to be at that weekend and how they are going to obtain booze.  Plus, the majority of teenagers simply don't have enough money to buy their beer/weed and then to gamble on top of that, just too expensive for the majority of teens.

Well, the education of our children should always be a priority, for example I am one of those people who thinks that children learn by example, if the parents are engineers, doctors, lawyers, they will want to copy that example to follow, no matter how adolescent and rebellious they become, they will always have in mind that they have to and must do something like study in order to get ahead, and this is something that should always be this way, however it does not always work and who can do what they say and well, it is difficult, governments have to make awareness programs even for parents in order to protect their children, including the Inappropriate use of the Internet.

This is the same as when teenagers first found out what cigarettes were and started trying them and finally the government issued a policy that children under 18 years of age were prohibited from smoking, but for some reason in my country this is still not implemented well. I still see teenagers smoking and engaging in promiscuity even though doing things like that is not for their age, and currently online gambling is rampant in society when everyone uses smart phones so everyone can access gambling easily, unlike in the past there were only gambling places and teenagers. Not being able to play there is different from online where we don't know whether the user is an adult or a teenager.

Society should act firmly on those individuals who create online gambling by imposing conditions where teenagers have difficulty accessing online gambling so that teenagers do not gamble which will hamper their future if they know about gambling and provide education to high schools about the dangers of gambling which will make someone His life was ruined because of gambling by providing an example of someone whose life was ruined because of gambling.

The current government seems slow in providing education about drugs, sex, gambling and alcohol to young people, most of them are only busy with politics and money, I am also quite sad to see advertisements about slot sites or online gambling that keep appearing in the advertisements when we open Google, just imagine that nowadays children as young as 5 years old are exposed to advertisements like that, surely it will damage their minds in the future. Gambling is indeed a business that is legal in several countries, but not all countries legalize it. For this reason, parents must be able to educate their children about gambling, alcohol, sex and drugs from an early age so that it is not too late.

I agree. As the online gambling industry grows so does the number of young ones who are gambling. Then, there are social media platforms which had become the home of gambling advertisements. There are too many kids using those applications which is why I don't post any of my gambling tickets there. I will never boast about something that could harm another person.
In local television channels, it is true that the growth of gambling advertisements has gone up. Even the noontime shows are being sponsored by one of the popular gambling sites in my country which is scary. That is a noontime show where the whole family is watching which means there are kids too because of how wholesome the show is. But I think they didn't care because they needed that money.

It probably depends on the upbringing. When the teen already rebels, he will not listen to the parents anymore especially if this child already has someone they can also rely upon. But if the child also aspires to achieve something in life, I think he could get over with whatever he's into already. It will all pass, gambling and drugs will all pass as friends move on, they will realize it. Usually, it takes longer but the sooner the better.

Governments have been taking measures like bans and taxing casinos but ads are pushing. The internet is just harder to regulate for them.

In this aspect things with teenagers have always been very careful, it is said a lot that parents should be protective of their children, but I think that in adolescence parents should be much more alert, because it is very easy for them to choose what to do, personally I have always said something, parents have to pay more attention to their teenage children, because it is when it is easier for them to go wrong, with their tastes, with their things, their parents should be there to guide and supervise them, if they fall into the hands of casinos, you have to act quickly, before it is too late.