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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.
No doubt for that because with the development of the technologies and the internet helps teenagers to knows and search for what they wants from the internet. They have smartphones that helps them to knows many things including about gambling and register themselves in certain casino. They can deposit using many ways so they can start playing gambling and the best is they can playing gambling in everywhere they wants.

They don't have to tells many people about what they do and can hide their gambling activity from their parents. This is what makes many teenagers becomes addicted to gambling because their parents doesn't knows that they often playing gambling. While casino will lets them playing gambling and as long as they can deposit the money, the casino will gives enjoyment to them and the hopes to wins some money.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.
I would like to add to what has been said that children are often interested in e-sports; this is a gaming discipline that did not exist before. 
And if at an early age football and hockey are not so interesting, then children enthusiastically watch the battles and battles of teams in Dota 2 and counter-strike 2. And this is the first step to betting on the betting platform.  This is another factor that children have now become interested in betting.
In addition to what you have said, there are now several play-to-earn games that are similar to gambling because they bring the money consciousness to children. Furthermore, children are becoming so financially independent these days because of peer influence and societal pressure, the means by which they make the money is immaterial and gambling seems to hold so much potential and this is why children are getting more involved in gambling. It will be difficult to change because online gambling have changed everything and make gambling more accessible.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.
Apart from the two reasons mentioned by you, there are many other reasons by which youth and young adults are attracted to gambling.
Among the mentioned conditions of gambling, it is mentioned that under 18 years cannot participate in gambling but it is mentioned in gambling but it is relaxed in terms of implementation i.e. KYC verification is not done because generally youth below 18 years are participating more in gambling.
As there is no form of government ban on participating in gambling, youths are more and more involved in gambling.  Stricter laws might have reduced youth participation to a large extent.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

Yup, that's the point or something that triggers the wider spread of gambling, none other than because now the digital world is increasingly developing and also most people are dependent on cellphones to access various social media, where I also feel the same thing, maybe I feel happy. or comfortable when browsing on social media, and this activity can really bring us various positive and negative things, increasing insight may be one of the positive sides and gambling may be one of the negative impacts which everyone, including children who are still young being a minor could be one of the victims.

On the other hand, the internet, especially social media, has become one of the biggest places for online casinos to carry out various promotions, one of which is that they often use the services of streamers to promote their casino sites, and in this situation there are no exceptions for the audience who see them, or meaning the casinos do it. promotions with the aim of everyone who sees them, including minors, meaning I quite agree with your idea that casinos do not check whether there are underage children who are affected or involved in their casinos or no, the point is that anyone involved in the casino if they fulfill the gambling requirements in the sense of bringing money to gamble then yes they are customers who will have two possibilities of winning or losing.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

I would like to add to what has been said that children are often interested in e-sports; this is a gaming discipline that did not exist before. 
And if at an early age football and hockey are not so interesting, then children enthusiastically watch the battles and battles of teams in Dota 2 and counter-strike 2. And this is the first step to betting on the betting platform.  This is another factor that children have now become interested in betting.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.
Even the younger ones than the teenagers have smartphones now. Heck, I've seen a 2-year-old kid already watching different videos on a popular streaming service and his/her parents cannot even take the phone back from him/her.
The plastic cards/credit cards on the other hand, I have not seen yet and I know I won't give that kind of thing to my kids because it's not his money that will be used. Also, I don't want them to get used to credit cards and I will teach them that I have not used such a thing from the day I worked until.
The reason is that you are just feeding the banks with the interest rates and it's going to be a problem in the future.

I think what we should be worried more about is the local cash applications because they are letting their users get credit as long as they fill up some of the information. It would shock us when the bills come in someday or an authority knocks on our door to tell us how much our kid has borrowed.
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Not all parents hand out few dollars to their kids just for lunch. Some kids are smart enough to trick their parents into giving them a bigger amount of money. Students are given by their parents almost everything reasonable they ask for, and such requests are being cooked up by peers. They're kids who appear to have gadgets other students always look out to have. When aske, how they were able to possess it, could say they made it via gambling. Maybe used their text book money or tuition fees to wager in the casino. Other children in the class like a plaque could begin to come up with lies about needing money for text books and all that, for gambling sake. So, while adults have high and low rollers, expect similar sets of people from teens.

But kids are always creative and can sometimes lie about something they need. Kids can ask for money, use them for gambling and buy themselves an expensive gadget. And they can always lie that this gadget they need for study and parents would buy. I would say that in some cases, kids are such manipulators, that they dont need to bother with gambling, when they need something expensive, because they can always ask parents for that.

I can suppose we have totally different experience, but as a father and a godfather of two, among potential 100 kids of 8-11 years, nobody gambles directly. Nor the kids havent heard that anyone from parallel class gamble. Kids ask sometimes for a purchase of in-game mystery box or something of that kinds (which sometimes looks like gambling, as you dont know what is inside), but I have never seen any interest in gambling among them. Even though they tend to save money for new or latest mobile model all the time.
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Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.
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Yes, some kids are so smart that they can bypass the parental guidance settings on the phone their parents grant them access to, but if the kids are always involved in gambling activities, they may not really keep a clean track all the time, and some observant parents can easily find out about it, while some parents are just too busy to even look at what their kids are doing. They maythink that parental guidance can do the whole job; they don't realize that they also need to be there looking at what the kids are actually doing.

Like you said, some kids don't realize the danger of gambling until they begin to get addicted or perhaps grow up with an addicted gambling lifestyle. 
A teenager will need to get money somewhere to constantly gamble, and I’m actually not against the fact that if there is a lot of interest, the teenager tries to play, so that he understands that it is very easy to lose money in gambling, perhaps this experience will be enough for him to understand that everything here is not as simple as it seems, that in addition to luck you need to have many other skills, without which there is nothing to do here. I doubt that from playing several times he will get some kind of addiction, but I believe that he will be able to understand that it is not for nothing that this activity is prohibited until adulthood.
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That is why they are still kids, they are immature but just have that headstrong which will put them into trouble if we allow them to do as they please. That is why we are there, we are to guide them aright and no matter what they feel about the things that are wrong at their age or adult-related, they should never be allowed to do it no matter how they feel. When children are getting to the age of 14-18, they are worse to tame, and if it is not a direct negative impact through the parent, it may be cryptic, which could be tougher to detect as it could be through the environment, friends and many more, children are also very secretive to make the matters worst.

This is why parents/guardians should even be more sensitive and prove smarter than their children/wards to be able to know what they are up to at all times. There is no way they can outsmart the sensitive parents, after all, we tasted the water of this life before them and there is nothing they are doing or trying to do now that we've not done before. Above all, most of these children are not working to earn money for now, so any children who don't work for their money should not be allowed to waste money. Even if you work for the money, you still have to wait until you are mature enough to make a better-informed judgment of your own before engaging in adult-related activities.
When we call teens "troublesome", aren't we starting the trouble? Teenage hormones and angst aren't all. Important growth time. If they feel unheard, they may be secretive. Imagine an environment where free communication replaces detective work. It's crazy, but isn't it crazier to demand honesty while we're watching shows like Big Brother?

Money, now. Non-earning teens don't devalue it. It's about table seating. Allow them to make financial mistakes with our help. Calculated yet worthwhile risk. Financial choices are like life's
I share some of your views but not all. Fine, we did some troublesome and crazy things when we were kids, nevertheless, if you are sincere with yourself, you could have done some things better or even avoided them entirely. Even if this is not your case (since we can't take the same path), it doesn't mean it is not what others would have wished they did differently. This could only mean that the guidance of children is limitless, we should do our best to upgrade our old flaws and guide them in the best possible way. This does not mean we can't connect with them, we can still be their best friend and also help them drop what we believe is not good for them at their age.

Anything adult-related is not supposed to be allowed for children no matter the defence, there is time for everything.

As for the financial mistakes remark, this is not necessary for them at that age unless it is just the normal mismanagement of their allowances or pocket money. One can continue to guide them still and show them how to do it better. But for them gambling, I don't call it a financial mistake but abuse of their age.
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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?


I wonder how far they will actually get in trying to implement this?? I had no clue that this was such a problem with teens I guess it does make a lot of sense tho, even toddlers have phones now. I wonder how young the youngest gambler is 😳
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This is the whole problem. When we talk about adults who gamble, we see many people who have problems with addiction and the fact that they cannot control their emotions. When we talk about children, everything becomes even more complicated. After all, children do not have the same experience, knowledge and maturity as adults, and they also do not bear responsibility for their actions. That is, children need to be protected much more from gambling as well as from drugs. I am very glad that in that place there is prevention of issues related to gambling in schools, this is very correct
Prevention is the best thing that can be, and it’s even better to hold, for example, an open lesson for schoolchildren and students and invite people there who have or had a strong gaming addiction to show with a real example and ask live questions, this will be much better and more reliable than empty chatter on television or on social networks. The younger generation always needs a living example; this will be much more effective.
To tell the truth, it is not possible to get any result by explaining the dangers of gambling to the youth, especially online, so many attractive gambling advertisements will be given that the youth are attracted to gambling after seeing that advertisement. Usually, children are deeply attracted to 1×bet, 1×Bat, betting sites at a young age, so thousands of anti-gambling campaigns have not yielded any results. No matter how much we discuss/criticize the horrors against gambling on radio and television, today's young generation does not attach any importance to those discussions and criticism, so no matter how much we create awareness as guardians, it is of no use.
The advertisement of 1xbet has gone viral, and to say the truth, most children under the age of 18 have a 1xbet account and they were attracted to gamble through 1xbet advertisements and other advertising that's frustrating. Why I said frustrating is because before I want open any page on my browser without receiving a 1xbet advert, but now I have set may browser advert settings that's why I can now browse freely without having any unnecessary advertisement. We are in a modern world and many parents have bought smart phones for their children, so if this casino advertise continue to pop up on screen one day the child will be tempted to click on them and register, before you know it the child have started gambling.
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Thank God people are starting to notice on stuff like this because this is a big deal, if children and/or teens are getting into gambling because they see it as normal, we'd be seeing an epidemic of future adult gamblers that are going to be addicted to gambling, I think that parents should be educated right now about this and that it's alright to be strict or heavy handed when it comes to gambling, we all know that it's going to be a bad time for them in the future so why not try to stop them now and tell them what they might end up in the future if they continue gambling, maybe having a monitor for your child's online activity might be the best option even though it violates their privacy.

If the teens are still under their parent's care, parents I think should have the right to know what their kids are doing online and on their phones. Whether privacy is an issue or not, my teenager will definitely be under martial law and I will check their apps and browsing history.

Teens are yet not fully aware of what they are doing just as Colby Cotrone said, they are fans of the sport but they are crossing the line already when they gamble. Government agencies may step in if it becomes an epidemic already. Australian government AFAIK is doing lots of things to prevent their citizen from gambling including banning ads everywhere.
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I think these days technology is advanced more that other years back. So presently, all smartphones have a feature called parental guide, this feature helps parents to control their childrens phone 100%. This is a nice feature that helps all parents to protect their child from online gamble and other online activities that makes children and teenagers not concentrate on other important activities. A teenager who understands computers so well can easily clear up their browser history anytime they are done with what they are doing. A teenager who's engaging on gamble both online and offline line doesn't know the dangers in front. As a teenager, you don't work and unless the person is a street hustler, gamble is a thing that a matured minded person should do because there might be a loss that a teenager will have an will not be okay with it because he's not matured enough to handle gamble losses.

Yes, some kids are so smart that they can bypass the parental guidance settings on the phone their parents grant them access to, but if the kids are always involved in gambling activities, they may not really keep a clean track all the time, and some observant parents can easily find out about it, while some parents are just too busy to even look at what their kids are doing. They maythink that parental guidance can do the whole job; they don't realize that they also need to be there looking at what the kids are actually doing.

Like you said, some kids don't realize the danger of gambling until they begin to get addicted or perhaps grow up with an addicted gambling lifestyle. 
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This is the whole problem. When we talk about adults who gamble, we see many people who have problems with addiction and the fact that they cannot control their emotions. When we talk about children, everything becomes even more complicated. After all, children do not have the same experience, knowledge and maturity as adults, and they also do not bear responsibility for their actions. That is, children need to be protected much more from gambling as well as from drugs. I am very glad that in that place there is prevention of issues related to gambling in schools, this is very correct
Prevention is the best thing that can be, and it’s even better to hold, for example, an open lesson for schoolchildren and students and invite people there who have or had a strong gaming addiction to show with a real example and ask live questions, this will be much better and more reliable than empty chatter on television or on social networks. The younger generation always needs a living example; this will be much more effective.
To tell the truth, it is not possible to get any result by explaining the dangers of gambling to the youth, especially online, so many attractive gambling advertisements will be given that the youth are attracted to gambling after seeing that advertisement. Usually, children are deeply attracted to 1×bet, 1×Bat, betting sites at a young age, so thousands of anti-gambling campaigns have not yielded any results. No matter how much we discuss/criticize the horrors against gambling on radio and television, today's young generation does not attach any importance to those discussions and criticism, so no matter how much we create awareness as guardians, it is of no use.
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That is why they are still kids, they are immature but just have that headstrong which will put them into trouble if we allow them to do as they please. That is why we are there, we are to guide them aright and no matter what they feel about the things that are wrong at their age or adult-related, they should never be allowed to do it no matter how they feel. When children are getting to the age of 14-18, they are worse to tame, and if it is not a direct negative impact through the parent, it may be cryptic, which could be tougher to detect as it could be through the environment, friends and many more, children are also very secretive to make the matters worst.

This is why parents/guardians should even be more sensitive and prove smarter than their children/wards to be able to know what they are up to at all times. There is no way they can outsmart the sensitive parents, after all, we tasted the water of this life before them and there is nothing they are doing or trying to do now that we've not done before. Above all, most of these children are not working to earn money for now, so any children who don't work for their money should not be allowed to waste money. Even if you work for the money, you still have to wait until you are mature enough to make a better-informed judgment of your own before engaging in adult-related activities.
When we call teens "troublesome", aren't we starting the trouble? Teenage hormones and angst aren't all. Important growth time. If they feel unheard, they may be secretive. Imagine an environment where free communication replaces detective work. It's crazy, but isn't it crazier to demand honesty while we're watching shows like Big Brother?

Money, now. Non-earning teens don't devalue it. It's about table seating. Allow them to make financial mistakes with our help. Calculated yet worthwhile risk. Financial choices are like life's
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Not all parents hand out few dollars to their kids just for lunch. Some kids are smart enough to trick their parents into giving them a bigger amount of money. Students are given by their parents almost everything reasonable they ask for, and such requests are being cooked up by peers. They're kids who appear to have gadgets other students always look out to have. When aske, how they were able to possess it, could say they made it via gambling. Maybe used their text book money or tuition fees to wager in the casino. Other children in the class like a plaque could begin to come up with lies about needing money for text books and all that, for gambling sake. So, while adults have high and low rollers, expect similar sets of people from teens.
I think it's a normal mistake for children to trick their parents into having more to buy their favorite things because I also did the same thing when I was little, but the mistake parents make is never monitoring their children's activities outside the home or in the home environment, because the reality is that the child you should not hide anything you have done and parents can find out all their children's activities when they interrogate their children in a good way and never get emotional towards their children. However, children are never wrong if they are still under the guidance of their parents, therefore, take good care of your children so that they are not influenced by bad things such as gambling.
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Yes, that's right, especially now that there are many married couples who both choose to work, it's not wrong to increase their income, but however we can never exclude a child in our lives, because of course a child definitely needs attention and guidance from both parents. Meanwhile, when both parents are busy working and entrust their children to other people, such as one of their family members, then of course there will be no attention to a child because even though for example the parents have finished their work, of course they need time to rest. .

This means that I think I am clear that it is very likely that their children could fall into various negative things including gambling, especially in their play environment when their parents are busy working. Despite directing proper education regarding the dangers of the bad effects that gambling can cause, I think it is unlikely for schools to provide such learning in their curriculum, because usually this problem is more directed at the responsibility of parents.
I agree that schools are shifting their focus to parental responsibility. But if everyone is busy shifting responsibility, then nothing good will come of it. It would be ideal if both parties paid at least minimal attention to this, I do not demand much from this. Sometimes it may even happen that parents will explain this at school, but children will do the opposite because bad things attract them out of curiosity.

Ultimately, everything will depend on the friends and campaign of teenagers and children. If they have a bad leader who does bad things, then everyone will also imitate him, because many will want to look cool. I myself remember how this happened in my childhood and the impact such bad guys had on others.

Although basically this idea is good to use as a prevention so that a child can really avoid gambling, yes, I think it is unlikely for schools to add this learning to the subject curriculum at their school, as I said, usually this is more directed at parental responsibility, but if the government really pays attention to this bad possibility, then maybe the government will order all schools in the country to implement lessons about the dangers of gambling. But actually, if we look at it from another point of view, I would say that telling a child about the dangers of gambling could also be the wrong action, because as we know, a child who is still a minor usually has a fairly high level of curiosity about anything. what they found, means that it is not impossible for them to try to do something that is completely prohibited because of their curiosity, especially about gambling activities.

In an environment where children are still underage, they usually always want to follow or have everything that their friends have, whatever it is, meaning that if in that environment there is one of them who is involved in gambling then yes, that is something that Maybe in the end everyone will try to get involved, wanting to look cool like you said. Returning to the initial discussion, in my opinion, one solution that might be more appropriate is that we as parents and perhaps also the school are better off keeping a child away from anything that is negative, especially gambling, because it is better not to know about it at all.
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As a parent then you would really be doing your very best on trying out to provide all the things on which our kids are really that needing and this is why on the moment that we would really be able to give out everything on which there would really be that potential risk on making them deal up with something since they do have the money that they would really be able to deal with.
This is why you cant really blame out parents or guardians on this regard because not all would really be able to filter or see or check their kids on the things that they are really that dealing on with.
This is why it would really be that important that you should really be explaining up your kids about the cons of dealing up with gambling so that on the moment that they will really be able to
encounter then they do know on what the things they would be doing.

It's quite crucial for parents to watch over their kids and maintain a good relationship with them and understand where they are getting things wrong. The kind of peers they walk along with in the neighborhood. As they'll be no way teens won't be making some money via their parents, and most of them also try to double the funds, so as to stay independent and don't bother over another strategy of getting funds from their parents.

Most of them who get into this troubles weren't greedy, they all wanted to reduce the load of expenses they place on their parents. That's why they try out multiple means of making money. Unfortunately, many fall into the wrong line of making money. Hence, parents have to play an active role in observing the operations of their children.
Parenting is one job that requires intentionality at it's peak because a little mistake from a parent over his/her wards might lead to eternal doom for such child especially when the child is still a minor. Growing up as a child in my local setting, there were several engagements some kids who never the opportunity of being raised by responsible adults were involving themselves with that I wanted to join them do but was restricted by my parents. I was feeling very bad then and was thinking my parents do not love me which is why they didn't want me to exercise absolute freedom. Those other kids were always free to do whatever they feel like doing like going out in the night, visiting places like that are exclusive to adults night clubs, gambling houses, cinema houses where movies that are meant for adults are shown and many others. To us that didn't have the freedom to join them then, we felt we were deprived of the happy moments we were supposed to enjoy but it was when we grew up to adults that we understand why we were stopped them by our parents.
Teens and children makes decisions based on their pleasures without minding the outcome of those decisions which is why they must be protected by every adult around them. The growing number of teens in gambling today which has now become a concern is caused by poor parenting if you ask me
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Teens have multiple means of extorting money from their parents. School, extracurricular activities, wears etc. You'd see it's endless and parent always try their best to be good to the young ones. By providing almost all their needs and replenishing their pocket money when exhausted. These are being done by parents for the sole aim of safeguarding them from doing something silly because of money, but the opposite still happen.

Most of them use the money for risky things like gambling, to make more money enough to compete with other rich peers. Teens also face challenges with monetary and materialistic competitions. Which leads them to participate in gambling. Stopping ads is not enough, gambling is a term filled all over every society and people don't need to see ads before they'll hear of gambling.

Of course parents give them money all the time, but this is lunch money. They get it daily, but not so much to be burden for a family budget. Maybe current kids are different, but when I was a teen, I got enough money to buy lunch at school, even though we got served lunch at school. I used to waste those money on sweets. Parents knew I spent money not on lunch, but did nothing about it. As they knew that with such amount, it was not enough to buy anything bad, and even if I spent them on video games saloons (or computer clubs later), I would not play more than 30-60minutes.

That is why I see situation with gambling and kids today following. They get around $5 as lunch money probably (that is probably enough to get a meal at school or at fastfood place). Probably spend some of them on soda and chips. How much they have left? Few dollars for gambling? They wont turn them into hundreds and thousands. And after a couple of losses, they would drop an idea to continue gambling, and instead waste money on little things and all sorts of nonsense.

Not all parents hand out few dollars to their kids just for lunch. Some kids are smart enough to trick their parents into giving them a bigger amount of money. Students are given by their parents almost everything reasonable they ask for, and such requests are being cooked up by peers. They're kids who appear to have gadgets other students always look out to have. When aske, how they were able to possess it, could say they made it via gambling. Maybe used their text book money or tuition fees to wager in the casino. Other children in the class like a plaque could begin to come up with lies about needing money for text books and all that, for gambling sake. So, while adults have high and low rollers, expect similar sets of people from teens.
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But if a person already knows or can get easy information about gambling, will reduce of ads seen really help? For example I dont see a lot of Coca-Cola ads around, but if I am thirsty, I most likely buy it. Or the situation with cigarettes. They are not seen at the shops, often behind nontransparent shelves, no ads, but people smoke a lot anyway. Even the high cost of cigarettes does not help.

Btw, if gambling gains popularity among teens, I wonder where they always get money from. They dont work, they cant ask endlessly money from parents. Then how come number of teen gamblers increase? 

Teens have multiple means of extorting money from their parents. School, extracurricular activities, wears etc. You'd see it's endless and parent always try their best to be good to the young ones. By providing almost all their needs and replenishing their pocket money when exhausted. These are being done by parents for the sole aim of safeguarding them from doing something silly because of money, but the opposite still happen.

Most of them use the money for risky things like gambling, to make more money enough to compete with other rich peers. Teens also face challenges with monetary and materialistic competitions. Which leads them to participate in gambling. Stopping ads is not enough, gambling is a term filled all over every society and people don't need to see ads before they'll hear of gambling.

Of course parents give them money all the time, but this is lunch money. They get it daily, but not so much to be burden for a family budget. Maybe current kids are different, but when I was a teen, I got enough money to buy lunch at school, even though we got served lunch at school. I used to waste those money on sweets. Parents knew I spent money not on lunch, but did nothing about it. As they knew that with such amount, it was not enough to buy anything bad, and even if I spent them on video games saloons (or computer clubs later), I would not play more than 30-60minutes.

That is why I see situation with gambling and kids today following. They get around $5 as lunch money probably (that is probably enough to get a meal at school or at fastfood place). Probably spend some of them on soda and chips. How much they have left? Few dollars for gambling? They wont turn them into hundreds and thousands. And after a couple of losses, they would drop an idea to continue gambling, and instead waste money on little things and all sorts of nonsense.
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