Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 3. (Read 3514 times)

Though, Keeping in ming most crypto casinos ask for full KYC when comes to withdrawing, it would be a fairly strong way to prevent teens from partaking in gambling, they can join and deposit money in their casino accounts, but they would not be able to withdraw anything they happened to win by chance, right? as long as they realize that, they could stop getting into crypto casinos.
Though, if we are realistic, there will be always a small and shady enough casino which would not care about KYC.

If we talk about cash,.then it is obvious it would become more difficult to control. Nothing stops a group of teens with cash on their hands from gambling their parents money away and not getting caught.

when you check across you see that why casino and other online gambling is getting more traffic is as result of desperation of teenagers, currently you can not different the stake of teenagers and adults in gambling, at least we have to understand some procedures of gambling and know that any person that is not up to eighteen years is not supposed to be associate of gambling, so when you check the traffic gambling getting today is from people who doesn't know what's gambling.

Nevertheless, have you seen many teens gambling? I usually seem them hand out outside and laugh over something silly, talk or stick in their gadgets. It is hard to see what exactly they do in their mobiles, but since they hold them horizontally and use both thumbs to tap, I doubt that they gamble. At least I dont know any gambling game where it is required to tap and/or hold screen with both thumbs. I am worried about their level of education, as I often notice, that each years, they pass exams with worse and worse results.

I was discussing with a friend about this issue and we also came to the same conclusion that it will be very difficult to keep teams away from gambling especially now that we have online crypto casinos that do not ask for KYC. They are so aware of things now and can do most of these things in secrete without even the parents knowing. Even parents do buy their kids smart phones but not all of them are able to monitor what the kids do with the phone so how will it be possible to control their gambling when they have all the information they need on social media.

You cannot ask for much reliability on those kinds of studies, actually, because they usually deal with people who are vulnerable in a context which could make them suffer consequences of their actions. It's the same when people try to perform some study on the quantity of illegal people living in a country like the United States. Why would an illegal inmigrant would admit to be there against the law just because they are asked by an stranger in the street.
Those minors who could be interviewed as well would lie about their status as gamblers, in order to remain out of trouble.

Those studies will always show a percentage of gambler with is smaller than what is actually happening in reality.

Teenager also want money, it's true. It's hard to find  teenagers engaging in some genuine online money making methods spreading each day on same platforms they find out about gambling. Literally, casino ads are quite rampant than money making methods. Additionally, everyone wants a fast way to gather money, enough to buy their dream gadgets. No experience, and skill is needed to win in gambling. Hence, gambling seem to them a better place for young people who look into doubling their funds. Along the line, they'll be left with no options to have a rethink after losing out all the pocket money handed out to them by their parents.

Most teenagers are always looking for means to make money, and whenever they hear that money can be made from gambling, they do end up jumping into it without knowing the implication of trying to look for money when gambling. Immediately they can win from gambling, then that’s all. They will find it very difficult to control themselves, they will always think that’s already a source of income, which is really wrong. I checked my surroundings, and I noticed that most of the people addicted to gambling are the young ones.
 
If you don’t have the right orientation before joining gambling, then you might end up regretting why you decided to start gambling right from the beginning.  Seriously, teenagers should by all means be stopped from gambling because they can be easily deceived, or they should be properly orientated.

Are there real numbers how many underaged gamblers there are now compared to previous years? In the youtube video it was told about 90% increase, but are there any proof of that or any more details? 90% increase can be different. It can be that 10 out of 100k students were gambling last year, and now 19 students out of 100k gamble. That is a 90% increase, but in general that is close to nothing. 

The school has to be the one to focus more on this than those pronouns that teach them to be part of that LGBTQ. The schools today have lost their marbles and they even fired teachers who do not agree with these LGBTQ rights.

Schools protecting their children from addicting gadgets and gambling I think is a more appropriate approach, no phones allowed on the campus will be a good rule. And maybe making the campus a dead signal for wifi?

Without a doubt teens need to be educated about it, however are they willing to listen? After all we must remember that many teens today believe themselves to be more wise than other teens on the past and even wiser than most people in general, and when you believe yourself to be above others, it is unlikely those teens will hear their advice, so it is a very complicated topic as there is not really an easy way to solve this problem.

Kids today only need cash or crypto to join. Its hard to keep them away. They're smart and will risk behind our backs. Education is the greatest approach, not harsh bans. We need to get down with these kids and discuss gambling's pros and cons. They must understand the stakes, literally and symbolically, not just be told. Show them the thrills and dangers. If they can understand it, they may reduce their gambling on their own, which is great. We cant stop them, but by being upfront and educating them, we can help them make better choices. Support, understanding, and guidance (not control) are key. We can guide them through temptations that way

Yet still making KYC requirements necessary didn't stop them from gambling. Teenage years or younger don't they are the same, if the adult got addicted and hasn't turned their life around after it, these teens are more susceptible to gambling. Just looking at those casino logos with cartoon characters makes them want to click and play.


Someone else did it, and these kids quickly applied themselves using the apps and they were very thoughtful that they tagged fellow students.

18 is still an age for caution I agree and most arent that great at managing their money at that time.   I can remember that it can be hard to juggle all the bills especially when they are new and having enough money to stay in college isnt easy.

The biggest problem will remain gambling at early teens which is made available via mainstream games.   Normal sports games on a PC or action games can include some element of gambling and people have sued with that argument on the basis of losses which should not be part of a game or a possibility at an early age.

This is another reason to justify KYC requirements to wager on any type of online gambling platform. Obviously you want to discourage gambling until the legal age of consent. In my country you have to be 18 to gamble which is teenage years but I feel like the purpose of this thread is about younger teenagers.

We have to educate children about the pitfalls of excessive gambling. Maybe it needs to be done at school level.

In this era, doing gambling is not much difficult. You only need to have some money or crypto and you can gamble at most of the sites. It is very hard to stop teens from gambling, because if we deny them gambling, they may still do it hiddenly without their elders or parents knowing about it.
The best thing we can do is to educate them and have a consoling sessions with them. Tell them the pros and cons of gambling and let them or help them decide if the gambling at such an early age is good or bad for them. They will not completely stop gambling but if they are able to lower their activities, it will be an achievement.

Health classes sound great, but if these classes were effective, then all young people would be non-smokers, non-drinkers, and so on. I don't see anything like this around. The same thing will happen with gambling education - teenagers will not stop gambling.

And what solution do they offer? Ban smartphones?
This war against gambling was initially lost, because gambling, thanks to the Internet and the power of smartphones, is available to any child.

Children and teenagers are more susceptible to such influences, such as gambling, due to their age (not strong minds).
 
This will practically not change the situation for the better, because preventive education against smoking and alcohol doesn't show any fruitful results. History will repeat itself with gambling education.

Agree, we cannot object to technological reasons, but once technology has made such great strides, education should also rely on technology to make breakthroughs and change new approaches, there are quite a few families with knowledgeable parents, they know the impact of technology and rely on technology to better manage their children, not completely control activities, just to know what their child is doing and what the level of education is. This society needs such civilization, young people are sometimes busier and more educated and also reduce the frequency of gambling activities, that's all.

Exactly, gambling is growing very rapidly among the teenage generation because teenagers only see the positive side, namely when one of the teenagers often gets the jackpot and he often tells about his gambling experience, then by itself it will attract or encourage other teenagers to enter the gambling circle.

And it is true, now parents have not succeeded or are not maximal in educating and directing their children in positive activities, this can be caused by the lack of firmness and discipline applied in educating their children. Moreover, supported by increasingly sophisticated technological developments, teenagers can easily carry out the gambling they want without their parents' knowledge.

With the growing of the technologies, that should makes parents be careful to guide their children. Parents doesn't know what their children will do if they don't follow or not closer to their children. Parents can communicate and discuss many things to their children but unfortunately, not many parents can do that so many children have their wrong way to socialize.

What you did with your father shows to us that parents needs to adapt with the current situation so they can use the technology properly. They must learn that so they can teach their children for a good things and not use it for a bad things. But parents doesn't have to show their gambling activity to their children especially if parents know that can lead their children to curious for more and will search for themselves.

One of main problems on which my kids are really that addicted to the game Roblox on which it did really lessen out their social skills with other people and even to us parents where communication is really that
becomes less on which we know that this isnt really that good and this is why as a parent then we should really be that responsible as a parent and making our kids at least having that lessen or restrict or having limitations on having that game time. Yes, this wont really be that talks about gambling but we do know that in game purchases could really also make that be resulting into those kind of impulsive
approach which might lead to stealing on the moment that they would be finding some funds to buy up items on game which we know that it is really that bad.

Now that gambling is really that freely be that advertised on different mediums then high chances that our kids would really be able to see these ads and on the moment that their curiosity is really that been
hooked up then this is the time or moment that they might really be trying or testing it out.On the moment that you wont really be able to see or notice it out then
it would really be leading to possible addiction and this is why making up some open-forum sometimes with your kids is really that recommended.