Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 24. (Read 3473 times)

Currently, gambling activities have become commonplace, both young and old are involved in gambling activities. And quite a few of them are trapped in the cycle of irresponsible gambling.

In the current digital era, gambling is increasingly easily accessible to many people, either via cellphones or other similar devices, so it is impossible if the current generation (young people) are not familiar with online gambling and are involved in betting.

Gambling is like mushrooms that are scattered everywhere, as are the promotions they carry out, where every gambling platform continues to compete to attract its visitors to gamble on their gambling platform through the promotions they carry out, be it on social media or others. Meanwhile, today's young people are never separated from cellphones and social media. But regardless of how intensively the promotion is carried out by gambling platform owners, when young people have a strong foundation and a good understanding of the negative impacts of irresponsible gambling activities, then no matter how intensively the promotion is carried out by online gambling platform owners, this it will have absolutely no effect and cause concern about online gambling.

Honestly it will really reduce the rate at which young people go into gambling.  The reason why young people easily go into gambling because their is no orientation,  nobody to advice how gambling can be dangerous to young people.  Introducing a curriculum will help young people to gamble with the right knowledge. Most young people that gambles believe if they go into gambling they can quickly make money from gambling. It is believe their are large numbers of school children that are found in school environment,  so if every school can have counselors that can counsel young people it will really make a positive effect in their life.

Majority of people who plays gamble are not even educate about gambling, I think people need education it will reduce the rate of addiction in gambling in our environment.

Yes I think it will be highly beneficial to implement gambling education in schools considering the popularity of gambling running between adults as much as it runs between teenagers too.

It is very important to spread awareness between teenagers of the harms and risks that gambling leads to, such as financial problems. If teenagers are aware of how bad these problems can be it might help them take better decisions and reconsider their actions.
I think early education can be a preventive measure to help stopping any gambling addiction from developing and help building a responsible behavior and wise decision making to teach kids ways of navigating a world where gambling is becoming increasingly popular.

Honestly speaking we have to consider the teens off the game for gambling, they should be more focused about their education since they aren't working yet to be earning and are still dependent, as parents, we also have to be mindful of the level of exposures given to our children at some certain stage, its not a bad thing if we think about changing our environment before of such influence on them, we must watch over them and guide them in other for them not to be exposed to things that may cause havoc on their growth and way of life aside the one we intend for them.

The syllabus may include some example of randomness in gambling but this does not mean that this encourage the students to experience the gambling in order to know the laws of statistics  
I think there are many other examples that can be co-related with statistics and we do not need to talk specifically about gambling. I think the gambling should be discouraged among the students as if students are involved in gambling, they will have a very bad impact on their studies.

Life is so long and there is ample time for gambling. I think the society, teachers and parents should make sure that students keep away from gambling and even if gambling is discussed in some subjects, there should be clear warning for the students, not to gamble and if found them doing gambling, should be treated strictly.

Smart kids won't play this because they know it might not end well. But all sorts of school hooligans and those who like to do something bad can get involved in gambling. Teenagers are at risk. I remember that at school in adolescence, the environment and the companies in which we are among classmates are very strongly influenced. If the majority gambles and shows off to others, then everyone else will most likely start playing so as not to look behind the supposedly cool guys. Although there are already too many advertisements on the Internet that can pierce the coldest hearts of those teenagers who did not intend to play. Moreover, sometimes I come across very aggressive and intrusive advertising that can affect the unprepared psyche of teenagers. Therefore, it would be worth thinking about protecting this in some way.

A birth certificate cannot be used as a requirement for KYC, because it will be difficult to verify the document and its easier to be faked than an ID card or passport.
Also It will be impossible for casinos or 3rd party KYC services to have access to birth certificate data in every country in this world.
Apart from ID cards and passports, video verification, paycheck slips and utility bills are more reliable than a birth certificate.

It should be taught in school and at home every adult has a responsibility for the young ones who will play a major role in the future of the home and of the country, some countries are not very restrictive on countries like in the case of the US so the parents and the school should take up the crusade to educate the young ones on the harmful effects of gambling in an early age.

I'm glad that here in our country, we have laws that protect our young ones from gambling addiction. Even though gambling is legal in our country, both the establishment and the home are doing their part to educate the young ones.

I think that's a very good idea cause schools have a big role to play in educating this kids on the disadvantages on gambling as a teenage, they should help them understand the effect it have on them mentality, gambling is +18 rated and not meant for individuals below that age, therefore i think they'll resist gambling if they discover that it's against the law for an ubderage to gamble

 I also think the gambling casinos have their own role to play as well, by implementing a comopulsory KYC policy upom registration it would help reveal defaulters and reduce the use of online casinos by teenagers to gamble. Adults could handle the traumas that comes with losing but i don't think most teenagers would be able to handle loosing their upkeep money. At that age they should be more focused on getting quality education or learning a good skill.

The problem here is that there are national lottery and gambling platforms, such platforms doesn't request for KYC rather they used account number to determine users and such system give rise to increase in number of teens in gambling, anyone can literally open a gambling account and then used an adult account to fund the gambling platform and bet his games while the casino might be using the account number to think it's an adult that is behind the account.

Strict kyc requirements is what casino need but even the casino doesn't request for KYC from th beginning and it increases under age gamblers and this is done deliberately to make money from people, it's after the person has gamble they later request for KYC and users that don't request for withdrawals on time might have gamble for months before making withdrawals.

In highschools, it is common for students of all ages to see mathematics classes, right? One of the branches of math is called statistics, which is supposed to address the mathematical laws which apply to chances and games which have much to do with randomness. I would be in favor of making schools to include some gambling examples during mathematical classes and how randomness is supposed to work, so they can be aware on how the laws of chances work and how they are used in the long term for the profitability of a casino.
They could also include examples on how casinos make money off betting and how odds are supposed to work in the first place.
It would not about encouraging or discouraging gambling, it would be more about education and making sure those teens understand how chance is supposed to work, so they can take their choice when they reach 18 years old or 21 years old.

Biggest threat to teens for gambling is via games which have loot box type gambling built into the game surreptitiously.  Its definetly gambling but has no fixed monetary assigned value and you always win at least a low value prize of some kind, in effect people are trying to gamble for the highest amount win like a roulette wheel.

This in game gambling is within some of the largest game titles sold globally and targets teens and pre teens age ranges with gambling for advantage of some kind in the game.   Its very lucrative earns billions and is a massive part of the industry now.

  If you ever wonder why there is so many free games of top quality its because of this kind of micro charges transaction within the games.   Personally I benefited from it because I already am aware of gambling, I can recognize it all but a very young child will easily be taken advantage of so its wrong to that extent.   This is definitely going to be part of the story mentioned by OP.

its very possible these kids aren't aware of the possible effects these gambling can do to them so they think its just all about placing a bet and been able to win the bet but over time they get to understand that its more and way beyond just placing games and getting to win them because in the long run you could get addicted and probably end up becoming a problem to yourself and those around you by extension as a result of your addiction because you probably are unable to control the attitude such that it becomes obvious and visible to everyone and probably gets to raise concerns around them so its very possible these kids dot seem to understand this just yet because they think its just all about the fun and them been able to jus getting to win bets.

Gambling education and probably education on addiction been taught or incorporated into high school curriculum will actually have a whole lot and goin a very long way helping these students been able to be able to get the proper knowledge and reason why they shouldn't go into gambling but sadly they still don't get to acknowledge it because its nit bee taught in there schools so they probably get to learn the hard way and get help for those who desire to and actually for those whos parents gets to know and it turns out a problem to them they eventually get to help their kids seek help.

Because most parents are in serious pursuit of money, they neglect paying attention to their kids and these kids can end up picking up bad habits along the way and the parents not even noticing it until the habit matures into something that becomes a problem for them to stop. Before a parent offers to give a child a cellphone they should take time to tell the child about the dangers and the kind of things that will be exposed to on the Internet because there is a larger influence online these days than even offline. There is a big role for parents to play.

Teenagers nowadays spend more time on social media. Meanwhile, many online gambling advertisements can be found on social media. I myself often block various types of gambling advertisements from my social media, because too many appear and tend to be annoying.

From what I found, of course very possible to be found on teenagers' social media accounts. The desire to try, the ease of registering and making deposits, are factors that can increase the number of teenage gamblers.

Then, the study^[1] states that part of it is caused by a lack of attention from parents to take preventive measures so their children do not fall into online gambling.

^{[1] https://mottpoll.org/reports/parent-awareness-online-betting-among-teens}

They should probably introduce some sort of education about gambling in the school system as some children probably will not be educated by their parents. If people know the risks, they may be less prone to do the activity, but maybe it doesn't matter either. People have been educated about the use of tobacco, yet millions of people still smoke or chew. People have been warned about the use of different types of drugs, but millions die everyday because of them.

It feels like teachers would just be wasting their breath since people don't listen anyways.

the problem regarding the growing trend of online gambling in teenagers is increasingly worrying, because nowadays many teenagers who should be focusing on school or developing themselves, are becoming gamblers and spending their pocket money to have fun playing online gambling. the government should be able to provide strict regulations on this matter, because when they are teenagers they should not be contaminated by gambling which will distract their focus and, even worse, cause the effects of addiction which will have a bad impact on their lives.

parents must also play an active role in providing limits and education to their children, because the best education about gambling comes from parents, so that these teenagers can understand that they should not gamble at such a young age.

Yes, schools should implement gambling prevention education in schools to anticipate teenagers playing gambling. With the internet becoming more advanced and easily accessible anywhere, it makes it easier for people, especially teenagers, to download gambling applications. They will not realize that they have taken the risk of becoming addicted to gambling.

The school and parents need to pay attention to this and always try to supervise their children. The relationships between teenagers nowadays are increasingly worrying. This requires support from all parties so that they can pay more attention to teenagers so that they do not take the wrong path.

If parents and schools can educate children about the dangers and risks of gambling, it can help them always try to stay away from gambling or negative things. This requires cooperation from all parties so that it can run well. If these teenagers could be given more knowledge about the risks and dangers of gambling, they would see that there is no need for them to approach gambling. There are still many positive things they can do.

Keeps kids informed with the addictive nature of smoking, drugs and gambling is not a bad approach. Keeping it a part of the curriculum means at least some of the kids will read the stuff and learn something. Even then it is a personal choice to use these things. Signing up on gambling sites is no issue today and even underage kids can do that with access to internet.

Preventing such addictions start from the home, the kids need to be taught by their elders about the bad effects and shown examples of the same.

Obviously, I think what you are saying is a fact, we must remember and must understand that after all gambling is a business for casinos where the main thing they want is to make a lot of profit, and they will only be able to make a lot of profit when more gamblers come and engage in gambling and also when gamblers treat their gambling activities impulsively, so of course agree and agree with you that most likely casinos will not care too much about how old someone is, the point is if they have money then they are allowed to gamble by casinos.

It is also a fact that 18 years old is just a measure of the age at which a person has entered the adult phase of their life, but it is nothing more than a possibility, or it means that not everyone who has passed the age of 18 years old can think maturely, The evidence we can see is that there are still quite a lot of adult gamblers who experience various downturns in gambling and all of that happens because they treat gambling in the wrong way where they cannot think rationally to really be able to make wise decisions and the best for themselves, meaning that not everyone who has passed the age of 18 is mature in thinking.

So if we talk about gambling then obviously the main point is that anyone who can treat his gambling activities properly and correctly without any elements that can endanger him then he can gamble regardless of his age, and also now I see quite a lot of online casinos that can be accessed without having to do KYC first so this situation makes it easier for minors to get involved in gambling.