Topic: Concerns grow over online gambling among teens - page 6. (Read 3538 times)

You are correct, most gamblers don't feel satisfied giving their details out, they feel it is not safe for them. I think if casinos takes kyc very strict many gamblers may lost interest to gamble with casino which they wouldn't feel okay giving identification out. Gambling companies feels Gambling being private will be better for customers. The truth is that even if casinos begins kyc underage people will still look for a way to gamble.  Kyc doesn't mean there won't be any way or any form of gamble for underage people to participate in gambling.

The only thing that can make casino and gambling companies to be strict on your young people is if the government can be involved in it then I believe for young people to get access in gambling will be difficult.

It's not a small problem as it sounds, first it starts with the advertisement by most of our gambling companies that are using every media platform available to them such that no one is spared to give gambling a try... Radio stations, TV, ad's on social media , billboards, major sports game's I mean even with the best gambling education I don't see this helping but it worth a shot giving the pros and cons of gambling at a tender age that should give the youngsters a balanced argument.. though we shall have those that try it out and win big and when they share this news with their friends it will spread like wildfire and all kids will want to try to gamble!!

Otherwise stopping teen gambling should start from their homes, but unfortunately if their role models that being Dad or Mom do gamble...then it's difficult to escape their destiny but either way it should be a collective effort.

Helicopter parenting isn't that effective in grooming a quality behavior for a child. But, clipping a child's wing on gambling is beneficial for his future. Allowing children to take responsibility builds their self esteem and bonds them together with parents. Excessively restricting kids don't contribute in maximizing truth in the life of children. Insofar parenting is a complete task everyone begins as an amateur.

Mistakes are expected, but consistently trying effective grooming techniques quickly advances a parent's knowledge on ways to treat children and enhance their ability to communicate easily to one another whatever troubles them. Recently was reading a site that encouraged parents to say to their kids “I Love You" multiple times a day. Never knew of this, but it helps them feel loved. Reading about parenting is the fastest path to becoming a great parent.

It's not only in school that kids learn about financial management; I think most parents are so practical about educating their children about financial management that they do it better. I would not say I learned that from school, but it was primarily from my parents; they made me understand the basic need for money, how to earn it, how to multiply it, and how to spend wisely, mostly on things that matter.

Even before I was convinced to start gambling, I already made a decision within myself that I would not see gambling as a real source of wealth because I knew it also had the ability to make someone poor. But at some point, I just began to have some thoughts in my head about being lucky enough to win a huge amount from gambling and use the money to establish myself, but I didn't see such a chance coming, so I had to remind myself of the morals I had learned from my parents. 

I understand that yes, as you say, casinos don't know the full details of the users or players who play on their sites, but on the other hand, honestly, I don't see any reason for parents not being able to check their children's cellphones because after all it's the parents. those in power or what this means is that they have the right to determine anything for their children as long as it leads to positive things, unless the parents are busy people who find it difficult to take even the slightest time to pay attention to their children, but if they have a lot of free time then there is no What's wrong with always checking your children's cellphones, because after all, the essence of this discussion is concerns regarding a child's exposure to gambling activities.

On the other hand, of course it would be best if the government were also involved in overcoming this problem because after all they are the ones who have the authority and power to create new regulations about what is permitted or what is prohibited. If the government can be involved in overcoming this problem then that's right. good, but that doesn't mean we just sit back and wait for the results from the government, because after all everything should start from ourselves, so there's no harm in taking or preparing all forms of prevention for the good of our own children.

but there are still many casinos that in my opinion do not provide this, with many people doing this online gambling because not all casinos provide these features or requirements so they can still gamble just by filling in general requirements such as name, email, cellphone number and telephone number. the bank. If all casinos provided these features or requirements, I don't think there would be many people gambling, apart from that, if we look at various countries, many minors are already gambling online and this is because access is easy and the requirements are not complicated.
parents will definitely do the best for their children, including by educating them properly and correctly, but it cannot be eliminated that social interactions outside the home can influence them, especially if they are easily carried away by the current then the education that parents have received can also be ignored, with There are many young people who are already gambling, it is unlikely that they will be able to leave, in fact I think even if their parents forbid them from gambling, it will not be able to make them stop completely because online gambling can be played secretly and of course that is a loophole for them to get involved. engage in gambling outside the supervision of their parents.

There's this nifty little thing called "child lock" on all of your ISPs which will give the parent access to ban certain sites from being accessed by all users within the network, of course including the kids. Maybe parents should try looking into that and actually using it instead of putting the blame on the internet and the people in it.

It's like letting your 5-year old toddler to walk dead middle in the street, and when he gets run over by a speeding truck you blame the driver, the road, the road signs, and the Lord. You're the problem, you're a parent and you're not doing parent things? Want me to call CPS?

The internet will never adjust for kids, nor should it do so, otherwise we'd get stuff literally watered down and the internet will not be used for anything worthwhile anymore. And while we can definitely create a segment of the internet that will be only accessible to kids, you could only imagine how fucked up that will be when predators get a hold of that.

Be at the forefront of taking care of your kids whether they are young or teens, especially when they are accessing the internet, it's that simple. There are a bunch of other ways you could do it, you just need to be more mindful.

KYC requirements have overcome the problem of gambling age restrictions although many customers debate KYC due to privacy concerns, I think establishing KYC for all gambling customers has provided the right solution to prevent youth gambling. Additional verification is required such as facial verification and other supporting evidence to ensure that gambling has complied with maximum regulations to protect customer data and restrictions on gamblers under +18 years of age.

However, the government must issue new regulations that regulate in more detail the age limit under +18, must provide education to parents and children to educate them about the dangers of gambling for children and must provide recovery steps for teenage gamblers to get out of gambling.

They are regulated too. I believe they are also not allowed to accept bettors of all ages. This is hard to prove though unless the government will go over their database.
Parents can't just go over to their kid's phones or check them all the time just like those casinos who wouldn't be able to look into their user's details or whoever downloaded their apps.

There is the need for coordination of big techs and government I think for this case to really control those teenager going into gambling through their phones and computers which there may be the need for AIs as well.

Exactly, we should think in this direction, in the sense as you said by not blaming the casino, because after all there is no coercion or even threat from the casino for anyone to get involved in gambling, meaning this is a choice, everyone has the right to the thing of choosing whatever they want even though sometimes it doesn't make sense to make it a choice.

But yes, I also can't blame them - children who are still underage because after all they are still very unstable in thinking and also can't differentiate between things as a whole about what is good and what is bad unless the object is an adult, which means For this problem, as you said, the ones who are to blame are the parents who are negligent in looking after their children so that in the end they are exposed to gambling which has the potential to have a bad impact on a child's future.

I agree with you said because without guidance and responsibility from parents, children can easily do whatever they wants including to try something that they don't knows if that can harm their life or gives a positive effects to them. If parents can guide besides them, children will knows what is good and bad for them and they will not trying to do a bad things because they knows the risks and the consequences for them.

We can teach them about responsibility and how to manage their time besides of other things such as discipline, self control and other so they will not have a trouble while they grow up. With having discipline, they also knows how to manage their time with many activities so they can do many good things in their life. If they see many good and positive activities, they will not trying to playing gambling even if that is a game for guess something because they knows they can often to play that.

But this is also the fault of the parents. If their child suddenly decided to play slots, it means that he did not appreciate the risk that arises with such a hobby. I will not tell you the information that most gamblers do not depend on the game. And they are calm and have self-control. I want to say that I will warn my children against gambling, because if everyone does so, then the general level of education of children in terms of gambling addiction will grow, and our society will be better.

Falsification of KYC information are mostly done by individuals than with groups. the taught that gambling is a way to make an easy stress free money without having to really do much work. interesting enough, in gambling you still have some work to do but because you don't have to stress to many muscles, it then appears like it isn't much work done for the kind of money always in anticipation of which it isn't really far from the truth.

For those who are very likely to fall victims of this attitude and are yet to come in contact with it just yet, there should be measures to keeping them away from this and making them underset the possible effect gambling can have on them at the time they would get into it.

We should not blame casinos on first place for growing number of teens who gamble. They only provide product to everyone, and it is parents responsibility, that their children are involved in gambling so much, and find it interesting than other activities. Instead of saying that casinos are bad, and due to them being so available for everyone, we should blame parents, who did not educate or gave enough explanation about gambling.

Yes, it should be, we should not only focus on the restrictions that we do to our children, it is a little impactful action because it is easy for children to trick their parents in various ways, giving understanding is also an obligation of parents and it really has to educate them.

I think that is the most basic thing to give to children before monitoring and limiting to see that children ignore what their parents say or not, or obey their parents or not.

That's true and some casinos who know that still try to open their business in area's where such KYC isn't needed in license and that's why they can continue offering their services without asking for KYC details.


Even those casinos that ask for KYC details are not interested in KYC verification unless someone deposit or withdraw high amounts.

I have never completed any KYC on casinos that require KYC and still I can use those casinos for depositing and withdrawing without any issues.

I'm not a high roller and I believe someone who isn't gambling with a lot of money will ever need to worry about that KYC thing. However, casinos can force a player to complete the KYC anytime and one should know that as well.

KYC is in place in some casinos because of their license. It is part of their compliance to retain their license. So even if they don't want to ask the details from their players, they need to because that's part of their protocol to maintain their license. They have no choice but to implement the AML/KYC protocol as part of the regulation of this business.

I believe in the current set-up of online gambling industry, gamblers are now more open to this kyc requirements because they understand that it is not coming from the casino itself but of the licensing authorities . It was understandable in the early days of online crypto gambling because license was not a big deal back then. But for today's scenario, to sustain and compete in their business, they need to acquire gambling license in order to continuously operate their business.

some countries that have a limitation of age before you participate in gambling but when looking at it some people refrain their age status before them participate in gambling that requires date of birth and the particular age that someone must ascertain before being a participant in any gambling platform but there are some countries that does not have a such rules and the regulation so it can be easy for any child to manipulate a date of birth in other to participate in gambling of he or her choice so it is the duty of a gambling plants form to take at the caution to figure out those people who is under age that the participating gambling a actual sense and the normal circumstance I don't think that it is good for someone who is not up to 17 years old and the 18 years old to involve itself in gambling

While I'm pessimistic about professional parental control apps, it appears to be the only practical blueprint to track the online activities of young people. Adolescents, technically will outshine their parents tech wise and most guardians are not deeply rooted in using such softwares. This creates a strong sense of uncertainty in the effectiveness of relying only on parental control apps, as a solution to the unending desire of young people to boycott gambling restrictions placed on them. Admittedly, without the app, one cannot properly understand the level of a child's indulgence in 18+ activities like gambling. But parents who possess technical information less than their kids should apply strict measures and physically observe what is happening clandestinely in a child's life. For the betterment of the family, parents should carefully implement this supervision.

Everybody want to make money online but is gambling the real way out of this. I'm not sure because the number of people that lose money in gambling is bigger than people that makes money here, the only reason why many of those gamblers stick around and don't give is because they don't have another alternative than gambling and they believe that one day, the are going to win a jackpot that will cover all the money they have loss in gambling but that ideologies are wrong. Gambling should never be a way to make money primarily.


Regulatory commission of gambling Board don't do there work as they should. If they want to properly scrutinize casinos, they will probably arrest all of them because they don't really do KYC as they claim or don't take it serious unless the time they are suspecting an account for some manipulating their games. Some don't even mandate their users to do kyc until it's time for withdrawal and it's bad.