Thank you for starting this thread - I believe is important to raise as much awareness as possible and educate everyone in the process.
I also do believe that one of the first people to educate more on this sensitive topic are all the parents that have a children in their family as they are absorbing what the parents do. They are the one that should be taught the importance of not exposing gambling to them. Online Casinos have really not that big power here unless they do ask for KYC right away at the registration (I have seen casinos - even crypto ones that have this process).
The problem is also in the real world, as many bars, pubs in certain countries have games that are available to anyone including the little ones (see this infographic https://www.newcasinos.com/news/the-uk-wants-children-to-gamble/). All of this to say that is up also to each government to have regulated polices on this matters.
I hope this will be one of the last times a child is going to be exposed to such a problem. Utopic? maybe...
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August 17, 2020, 06:01:11 PM
August 17, 2020, 05:24:23 PM
KYC on crypto gambling site is not that strict because of a decentralized system but if those minors will search for a casino gambling site online, I’m sure KYC is there and they wont allow any minors to play. The only way to prevent minors is to educate them and guide them not to gamble because of the risk of losing money. We cannot blame this to the crypto gambling site especially that most of the players still prefer to play anonymously, if you see minors playing on any crypto gambling site better to talk to him and give some reason not to gamble at all.
August 17, 2020, 05:09:42 PM
It would totally remove out the true essence of Cryptocurrency gambling sites when the time they do consider out on having that KYC procedures just for them to avoid those minors to play into the site?
You cant really just say that it would only impose a thin line between privacy and regulation.How can you imply or integrate it because when it comes to verification then you will surely
need to comply on whats being asked.
Lets say you are trying to know on that players identity, then you will surely need corresponding documents, if not then someone can easily bypass it by just giving out false
information which can kids can definitely do.
This is a matter or problem of parenting because even on fiat world, these minors are still prone to this activity.
You cant really just say that it would only impose a thin line between privacy and regulation.How can you imply or integrate it because when it comes to verification then you will surely
need to comply on whats being asked.
Lets say you are trying to know on that players identity, then you will surely need corresponding documents, if not then someone can easily bypass it by just giving out false
information which can kids can definitely do.
This is a matter or problem of parenting because even on fiat world, these minors are still prone to this activity.
August 17, 2020, 04:30:48 PM
Having kids in the environment not fit for them is always not good epsecially casinos.
While I approve the age restrictions as it is known that your brain is not fully formed until your mid-20s, this means a kid and anyone underage is not ready to take responsible decisions with their money and they need to be restricted to get access to casinos.
In the case of physical casinos this is very easy to do as you could ask people to show you an identification in the case they seem to be too young to be there, but when it comes to online casinos this gets more complex, many fiat casinos allow you to play without forcing you to go through KYC and they only do that once you try to cash out, this allows minors to gamble all they want as long as they do not want to withdraw and when you add cryptocurrencies to the mix this seems like one of those issues that has no easy solution.
In the case of physical casinos this is very easy to do as you could ask people to show you an identification in the case they seem to be too young to be there, but when it comes to online casinos this gets more complex, many fiat casinos allow you to play without forcing you to go through KYC and they only do that once you try to cash out, this allows minors to gamble all they want as long as they do not want to withdraw and when you add cryptocurrencies to the mix this seems like one of those issues that has no easy solution.
Gambling and not withdrawing doesn't make sense. No one wants to come up empty.
But yes its always going to be complicated for an online casino to check their users. Minors can just use anyone's ID especially if the system doesn't use sophisticated AI that wil check faces and documents.
August 17, 2020, 03:53:08 PM
While I approve the age restrictions as it is known that your brain is not fully formed until your mid-20s, this means a kid and anyone underage is not ready to take responsible decisions with their money and they need to be restricted to get access to casinos.
In the case of physical casinos this is very easy to do as you could ask people to show you an identification in the case they seem to be too young to be there, but when it comes to online casinos this gets more complex, many fiat casinos allow you to play without forcing you to go through KYC and they only do that once you try to cash out, this allows minors to gamble all they want as long as they do not want to withdraw and when you add cryptocurrencies to the mix this seems like one of those issues that has no easy solution.
In the case of physical casinos this is very easy to do as you could ask people to show you an identification in the case they seem to be too young to be there, but when it comes to online casinos this gets more complex, many fiat casinos allow you to play without forcing you to go through KYC and they only do that once you try to cash out, this allows minors to gamble all they want as long as they do not want to withdraw and when you add cryptocurrencies to the mix this seems like one of those issues that has no easy solution.
August 17, 2020, 01:34:33 PM
This is important. Gambling is not something which allows everyone to engage into it. There's that risk of being addicted into it. If ever kids will not be prohibited to enter or play in gambling sites, not to be exaggerated, but this might push young people to steal in order for them to play. They don't have source of income more likely, so it is really possible.
Gambling sites should really pay attention into this matter by strengthening the requirements for a player to be able to enter the room. KYC sometimes is not enough and I hope there would be a way to regulate and avoid this possibility. And if there is already, I would like to know how it is done.
Gambling sites should really pay attention into this matter by strengthening the requirements for a player to be able to enter the room. KYC sometimes is not enough and I hope there would be a way to regulate and avoid this possibility. And if there is already, I would like to know how it is done.
August 17, 2020, 11:59:30 AM
Hello
I wanted to write this post because I recently stumbled across an article where apparently a minor was accidentally allowed in an offline casino and it got me thinking how it would be easier for kids to reach the gambling sites online.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/australia/australia-casino-underage-gambling-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
This happened in Australia.
I do know of wonderful online casino sites who are taking care of people who are struck by the pandemic at the same time creating a support helpline for the customers.
Few things I would like to discuss here:
1) If KYC along with other information is needed to make sure Minors cannot access the gambling sites , I do think we should support it , until and unless the company agrees to take care of the privacy and data of their customers that I know they happily will.
2) I do think we have to seriously take this matter in consideration , Gambling is a sport , an activity , a leisure for people , I do support it when done in moderation but when it comes to kids , I do think each and everyone of us is entitled to look into this matter seriously.
I want to open this thread to engage the attention of the esteemed online Gambling sites here , so that they can at least give this a thought.
Maybe we need to think beyond KYC, but then again there is a thin line between privacy and regulation , but I do think this matter is of utmost importance.
Please share your thoughts and suggest how we can tackle this issue.
I wanted to write this post because I recently stumbled across an article where apparently a minor was accidentally allowed in an offline casino and it got me thinking how it would be easier for kids to reach the gambling sites online.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/australia/australia-casino-underage-gambling-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
This happened in Australia.
I do know of wonderful online casino sites who are taking care of people who are struck by the pandemic at the same time creating a support helpline for the customers.
Few things I would like to discuss here:
1) If KYC along with other information is needed to make sure Minors cannot access the gambling sites , I do think we should support it , until and unless the company agrees to take care of the privacy and data of their customers that I know they happily will.
2) I do think we have to seriously take this matter in consideration , Gambling is a sport , an activity , a leisure for people , I do support it when done in moderation but when it comes to kids , I do think each and everyone of us is entitled to look into this matter seriously.
I want to open this thread to engage the attention of the esteemed online Gambling sites here , so that they can at least give this a thought.
Maybe we need to think beyond KYC, but then again there is a thin line between privacy and regulation , but I do think this matter is of utmost importance.
Please share your thoughts and suggest how we can tackle this issue.
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