Topic: Gambling awareness for adolescents (Read 619 times)

As I was reading some of the posts here, I tried to question myself. "Will many people participate in this program?"
I mean yes the main goal of the program is good but will they participate into it or they will just continue what they will doing which is gambling. Will they participate into it or they will just simply say that "They know already the effects of gambling and after all, I'm not gambling so why joining this program".

Well either way, the goal of this program is good because it prevents adolescents to get addicted into gambling because the number of gamblers getting addicted into it keeps increasing and increasing. I just hope that this will be a successful program and it will expand into other countries or other countries will imitate it.

The UK is known as a gambling-friendly country. Gambling is exposed starting from a young age.

The thing is, people there are used to gambling already and I believed half of the gambling population there knows what DOs and DONTs of gambling are.

If that education is a paid one then it's another business to me. Like taking advantage of the current trend and situation.

Yes, we are aware of this, there are many conveniences for them to get information related to gambling and how to enter it. They can get it easily.
And some of them consciously / unconsciously ignore the risks that may occur in the future, especially addiction.
We know that teenagers still lack self-control.
Starting from just trying, trying, and trying, until finally they are addicted and feel something is missing when they don't play gambling.
Hopefully, this kind of program can make them aware of what they should do when playing gambling and what they should avoid.

In addition, what needs to be used as a benchmark is the government's policy in the country regarding whether gambling is legal or not. According to what I've seen where I live, this is something that is still forbidden for young people to access gambling in any way they find without anyone's knowledge. Vigilance is indeed necessary to guard against things that are not wanted, but not too apathetic about what young people are doing.

This could lead either to addiction or avoiding gambling for life because they know what's gonna happen to them if they got addicted to it. Why? because teaching them about gambling will give them a curiosity about it if it is really addictive, and on the process of trying it out, they might get hooked to it because they've lost too much money on it, in my opinion, but it is still depends on the person.

The problem is much more complicated than you think.  Adolescence is the age of denying everything that was taught earlier in childhood.  For example, obeying parents and adults.  A teenager may deliberately do something different from what adults advise him to do.  And this is directly related to the addiction to gambling.  If adults say that gambling can be addictive, a teenager may deliberately try it.  And hence the consequences.  It may well become a gambling addict. 
I suspect that until now adolescent psychologists have not come to a consensus about how parents acted in order to maximally protect their children from such addiction.

An unbiased program but would focus on the dangers of gambling? That doesn't sit well to me. Thing is, gambling isn't the problem, addiction is. Gambling isn't meant to be used as a way to earn money, and I can't emphasize this enough. Gambling should only be played as a means of relaxation and enjoyment, just like most games. Sure you include money in the things that are at stake but you have to assume that in the first place, you shouldn't be gambling money you cannot afford losing.That's just teaching them how to gamble more. Teaching them techniques and tricks at a very young age will feed their superiority complex and would make them assume that every gambling session will turn out in their favor just because they learned a few tricks from a program. Although you have enlightened me on the part that it were to give them pure unbiased information about gambling which is cool because that's one of the things they need the most at such a fragile point in their lives.

But do you think that those in adolescents period is not really prone to addiction than the young one since they are know what they are doing. It is only for comaparing both since we know that everyone is prone to addiction with it. What should do is really educate and still guide them about it.

Before it can expand to all countries, we need to wait for the result from that country so we know what needs to be added and what needs to be remove so that can work well in the other countries. The other countries situations will be different from the previous country so it will need adjustable based on that country's condition. If that can succeed to be apply in many countries, the teenagers who addicted to gambling can be reduced and that means, teenagers will be carefully to playing gambling and always have control over themselves.

I think an understanding of gambling just needs to be reminded of the good and bad about gambling itself, and I don't think an educational program about gambling should be a special program. A basic understanding is indeed needed and it is only a basic understanding, because if a learning program about gambling is established it is very likely that they will learn about other factors about gambling itself that will allow them to be motivated to gamble.

I feel that there is something behind this program, I mean we used to keep away the youth to a thing that we know as an adult is not good for them but it turns out that these young ones will become more cautious about that thing like gambling and they will end up trying this worst if they may feel it entertaining for them they would keep doing gambling out of parent's knowledge. I guess this kind of program is just doing a reverse psychology on the child, like instead of prohibiting the young one to know it better to educate it properly about the possible effect.

I think it's an excellent initiative.

At the end of the day you should provide an unbiased judgement to them. The more educated they are regarding the issue of gambling, the more likely they will make informed and responsible decisions.

Talk about the mathematics & house edge that will make them lose in the long run. But also prove that responsible gambling is okay is moderation.

Probably the numbers of adolescents players are increasing and there’s a risk of that if they are not knowledgeable enough about gambling, this can be a good start but too late to educate them if they are already into gambling, well this can at least prevent them from addiction. This is not for charity program i believe, its main purpose to educate and not to encourage hopefully.

It might take time before the dividend of this pursuit would come to limelight but it's better to start a process and await the reward in the future other than sit back and watch systems go wrong on day to day basis I see this campaign a good strategy to prepare the present adolescent for the gambling industry and what to expect which might cut down on some unforeseen addictions and mismanagement of fund

Could there be a "something" behind this program?
Why is the target of adolescents?
Possible. But hopefully not.

But certainly, education related to gambling for teenagers who are already prepared is needed, at least they know the basic.
But back again on what the contents of the program. And certainly not only echo the positive side but also seen from the other side.
But if related to the Charity program, this might be useful. But still, the main purpose does not intend to attract these adolescents to be interested in playing gambling always.

Nothing wrong with me and that's a good initiative. That's for awareness and not totally telling the people that they should stop doing gambling.

It's good that they think of that kind of program for youths. Like I'm always saying, youth has no way to avoid encountering gambling that's why instead of limiting or forcing youths to avoid gambling, let them decide for themselves if they want to try gambling or not.

With that education program, somehow these youth will have an overview of what they will expect to see in gambling. No curiosity nor confusion once they enter and do the actual gambling.

For both, gambling and sex, i think it's necessary for governments who respect their people to find a solution for those behavioral issues with underaged. Especially that almost all of them see publicities for gambling websites in many of the websites they used to visit and same with sex (pornographic content ads are everywhere). Every addictional behavior has a harmful side and if the gov doesn't want to see a sick generation, many unusual programs should take place from now on to get a good result for the next decade at least (those programs take long time to get a result).
I think they should teach them about the bad side of gambling (does there a good side of it?) and how it may destroy their lives if reaching addiction which is so easy.

Useful charity work like this should be done in all countries not only England
my country has a high number of young people who are addicted to gambling and drugs but outreach activities to schools are almost non-existent

Gambling awareness programs in every school must have a big impact in saving young people from the trap of gambling addiction which will later ruin their future

young people are the future leaders of a country, it is a pity if they waste their potential on gambling or drugs and become the garbage of society

Congratulations for your post, you just nailed it. If adolescents were able to understand how maths, statistics, probabilities work they would understand they can't milk money from gambling in a daily, weekly or monthly basis and consequently would search for real ways to make a living and only then gambling could become part of their life in a responsible way.

Besides education, I think younger generations also lacks responsabilities in life. Due to technological improvements and social changes, everything is a lot easier to be achieved or fullfiled nowadays and not too much is demanded by the school and parents. This puts adolescents in a confort zone and make them believe money should also be easy to be earned and then they appeal to gambling.

As you mentioned teaching kids normal basic planning knowledge, it made me think to give adolescents more responsabilities, like managing the receipt and expenses of a house, for an example, would also be interesting for this project presented by OP be more effective. If adolescents learn they can't risk money they will need for their basic needs without any parents backing them I'm sure many will change their mindsets.

Statistical date and probability theories are great to have an understanding of the game but then there are other finer details you need to learn about the team before placing a bet. If you are betting in sport then the health of the individual is important especially if it is a solo sporting event any information about a niggle or sprain could change the outcome of the match irrespective of statistical data.

That is supposed to be going to happen, education about gambling is very important in order for us to be aware of what we've been doing.
However, this couldn't stop people from becoming addicted that is because it was their decision either. This is all about self-control, might that education have a good impact on the other people but might also it was just ignored from others.

There might be some interference from the government but you can see most of the time that they do only end up on those warnings and never intended for it to be banned or prohibited.Why?
because they are earning or getting big revenue from it or simply with tax and thats why they do still continue to operate despite of the addiction that it gives to the citizens.
Young age or children which arent that mature would always have that kind of curiosity in mind which it is likely that they would engage with gambling specially this one
could give out easy money from easy win but thats not how reality works as we know.

I agree, those that are against the gambling or the alcohol industry think they want addicted people to use their products and services but this is not the case, if anything they hate this because it gives them a bad image, they want people that can control themselves and enjoy themselves casually so they can make money without the government interfering on their business all the time, so a campaign of awareness to help the young is a good idea to prevent cases of addiction in the future.

I hope this program expands in all countries that dominate youth gambling. However, lately the pandemic has brought many young people into the world of gambling because they have been hit by mass layoffs. In fact, I can see that where I live, in every gathering place for teenagers there is always one gambling online and the other being watched. So it gradually affects the others. I need to think about the same thing in a small area, for example providing education about the dangers of gambling, especially to those closest to me.

You're right this kind of awareness program can actually stimulate teenagers to try gambling games. But what do you suggest to do instead of that? On other threads, some morons are complaining about the lack of protection of children against gambling activities and ask for mandatory KYC on all gambling sites.

This is a new approach, although I will be honest that I don't think that this in itself would be effective, given that the adolescents are given the chance to try gambling (and even taught how to do so) which leaves a door hanging should these same adolescents ever changed their mind. But, if these adolescents know how to process the information that they were given, and realize that the same negative effects that they are shown could also happen to them, then it would be mission success. I'd love to see the results of this gambling awareness campaign with a new approach, since the older ones which pushes the young ones away from gambling seemed to have failed, as more and more from the younger demographic appear to have succumbed from the gambling problem.

Yes, it is. Their parents will really help them to build self-awareness that has already been lost before so they can change for the better. If they can get full support from their family, their recovery process will not take too long because he will see that every people in his family does not want to see he is in his downfall. When a good meet big support, that will be a big power for him to change his bad habits because he knows that people around him will always help him.

What if it does more harm than good and actually provokes children to try gambling ?
Although the probability might be less since it would be taught as a subject or general awareness kind of thing but there have been cases where a particular awareness program actually stimulated people to do that particular thing.
But anyway, until the awareness is given in a positive way I think it's actually good to teach about the negative impacts of gambling to people.
At least gamblers would then not blame that they didn't know the impacts of gambling.

Do all have to study the material to be better? Shouldn't greatness according to talents and interests be a benchmark in order to provide something that according to him is suitable for each individual in finding identity?
How not all young people like the boring teaching of statistical data analysis and things that in the end only add to the burden on their minds. Because this is a form of program for them to avoid the abyss of gambling, the program managers know what they should teach according to their respective criteria.

Obviously, because of the motivational factors from family, friends, the environment also has the potential to provide a faster impetus in improving his bad habits. Especially if the motivation to change to something positive comes from self-awareness. Of course I believe their parents will be very supportive of what will be done as a form of education in a direction that can provide positive things. Trust the family is the first to give full support.

I do agree with you. The proper and real education other than those from supposed gambling sites is a step in the right direction. And I like that the target population is for the younger generation because you gotta catch 'em young. Teenage age is the formative years and that's when one can be taught to break old maladaptive habits and build new skills that pay off later in life.

If we can touch the teenagers to have or do something good that they can do and seriously do that thing, the teenagers will not even think to do something wrong in their lives. Even they will get to do the other good things to use their time to make a good thing. That programs is good but needs more supports from the parents who have children or teenagers because the first guard the young people is their parents. The government or instance or charity is a back up when the parents need help for more and hopefully, that can help the younger people to have a better life.

Teach them maths, statistics data analysis and probability theory is what I learnt when I was young and was a great guide to many normal risk vs reward events especially in finance.   Just normal education done right would help alot or previously I've read suggestions on teaching kids normal basic book keeping for planning paying of bills etc.  Everyone needs that skill but most never learn it formally or properly hence even without gambling its easy to get into financial trouble.

Thats really some good initiative rather than making out some full scale ban or prohibition of gambling considering that they do really have some big contribution in terms of taxes.

Spreading awareness like this is a good initiative at least but doesnt really give out guarantees on resolving such problem specially with addiction but somehow it do really

give out some little effects and contribution towards avoiding gambling addiction.

Honestly, anything that is educating anyone about the poor choices behind long term gambling is a positive move. Gambling as a fun event, enjoyed with friends in a social setting, maybe once or twice a year is the correct way to look at it. Getting tunnel vision that you must spin that next slot after you rush home from work and put in the final amount of your paycheck because you want to chase the rush you got years ago, is the worst scenario to be in - an all consuming addiction pattern that is terribly easy to fall into and only benefits the gambling company. The best form of education is really going to be a solid appreciation of math, critical thinking skills and a wide range of financial knowledge that should be taught in schools from an early age - ideally with real money at stake.

I am quite impressed when almost everyone does not care about the environment, even teenagers are often considered just a bunch of delinquents and have no purpose in life. An idea emerged as well as an initiative based on concerns that occurred in the field. Of course we will support this program. I hope all other countries also have this awareness, and make it a pilot program to empower young people to have a better living arrangement. Gambling addiction does need to be prevented, at least with various awareness of the surrounding community.

I am very pleased that this educational program for teenagers has been launched.  This is great news! 

Teenagers are very vulnerable.  They are defenseless against temptation. 

Gambling is a very dangerous temptation (along with drugs, alcohol, unprotected sex, extreme sports).  Critical thinking is completely absent in adolescents.  At the same time, they consider themselves adults.  Gambling is very attractive for them and at the same time very dangerous. 

I would like this educational program to operate not only in schools in Essex, Manchester and Northern Ireland, but also in schools in my country, as well as in all the rest of the world.

We were all children once! And what children need to learn is someone to awake inspiration in them... and that's never just a program with people talking and showing pictures for one class or two! Of course, they take big money for that, they go from school to school preaching their thing, but when I was a kid nobody believed those people in fancy cars preaching different things, because when the class is over and we go back to the street different laws and regulations apply!

I see this as some charity programs... they gather in their fancy cars and suits, all dressed up collecting money for food, water, and other stuff for poor people! If they just give that money that is spent on arranging charity programs, from that money that goes to their dinners and cars, diamonds there will be no hungry people in the world! But there is, and they still have their fancy parties and people are still hungry!

I think that this program will really help to reduce the level of gambling addiction among young people at least unlike those programs that prohibit gambling activities by laws. Any prohibited activity pushes teenagers to explore it out of curiosity. If the information about gambling is presented by qualified specialists capable of explaining the risks of gambling then it will give a completely different perception to teenagers. 

I don't think this will have a significant effect in my opinion the same as when the government encourages people to stop smoking but the circulation of cigarettes is increasing day by day, now there are many institutions formed by the government and non-government that continue to campaign for the dangers of gambling, but so far this has not provided any positive results, and even during the current pandemic, teenage gamblers are increasing, due to their limited activities in learning and playing, so they have a lot of time to access the internet from home and in the end gambling becomes one of their activities, from several surveys conducted  in my countri, even during the current pandemic, gambling addiction is increasing among teenagers between 16 and 24 years of age.

It's important that the younger generation would have their eyes opened about the risks of gambling so they wouldn't fall into it. It will be a big help so the youth of today will never have their lives ruined because of gambling. They deserve enlightenment so they could keep their path on the right track. I hope that more countries will do the same thing.

it's true at least something like this will get more positive things compared to outright banning it outright and indeed things like this must be done in several countries where the population of gambling addicts is large.
at least with this the younger generation can choose and sort out even though they can still gamble but they choose for themselves whether gambling is a good thing or not for themselves.
Put aside all possibilities that will occur in the future, but all forms with good intentions and goals will definitely have good results.

I understand how this program is to direct young people to be more productive and not fall into gambling which can eliminate everything. This is indeed a good initiative, so that young people are more effective in redeveloping their skills according to their areas of expertise, let alone being directed to quality classes that can certainly have a positive impact.
However, stopping gambling interest is not as easy as the program maintains. This requires people who not only provide programs but also at the end of the output have provided employment opportunities for young people so that they no longer approach gambling.

Creating awareness is good thing but it is really effective and reduces the gambling activities of young people? I don't think so even the gambling sites uses the loopholes in the laws of a country and still operates their gambling program in the name of sports,etc.

Strict regulations is very important before talking about the welfare of the people who is going into the field.

Not really new we have one in our locality where psychology teachers teaching the Youth about the harmful effect of gambling, it's a good initiative people have the tendency to lose control and fall into addiction, sometimes without their relatives' knowledge that they are hooked on gambling, there should be interference even in a young age even if a country allows young people to gamble.
Young people should have a recall of the bad things about addiction, and it can only come if they have something like this inculcated in their young minds.

  

It's not that I'm right, I'm just pointing the obvious in this one because I think that raising an awareness is the only right thing to do. And only getting only one side of this is going to make the effectivity less ineffective.

A good way to open such young minds, and that's true both government and gambling businesses will benefit from this program.

We can't deny the fact that there many young gamblers who attached themselves to these vices,
people which mostly prone to getting addicted and unable to control their gambling activities.
This kind of this program in where they'll be able to bring awareness by showing what's the actual
or possible cause of gambling problem.

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I agree, everyone should be involved in order to execute things the right way. I mean, it's not the youngsters
but also the parents. Involving them, They'll be able to provide the right guidance for their children..

How could you educate them about gambling activities by stopping gambling? It's a pity to read this kind of radical propaganda from people promoting casinos in their signature and avatar for few satoshis per week while they spit on gambling games and casinos.

Well, its a program to spread gambling awareness and it was also said that they will teach these youngsters base on the evidences and maybe the experiences that one gambler might experience so this might be a good way to start it.

On the other hand though, this is the first time that we will see a program regarding gambling awareness and I'm thinking that it is a bit complicated than what we are thinking of. There might be a chance too that the reputation of the casinos might affect because of this. Either way, when you see things for the first time there is this thinking to ourselves that we are a bit skeptical into it. Lets observe what will be the outcome of this program of them in a few years and if it will be a successful then good.

if they are gonna do this, they should contact and cooperate with the parents too. with things like this, the lesson shouldn't end at school, it would be for the best if the parents also have an Idea on how to properly make their child aware regarding gambling and the dangers it can cause to someone's life. anyway, I commend them for taking the initiative. I wish my government would do the same thing, and not just about gambling but other stuff that could ruin a child's life.

Firstly, it depends on where they, adolescents, turn their attention to, instead of gambling. Secondly, from what I know about this age group, they will always find a way to be the opposite of what older guys telling them to be. And they have a lot of reasons for such behavior. Unfortunately, older guys doesn't always mean better guys, and youth aware of that.

In short, the whole thing is so complicated that I'm always skeptical about the effectiveness of such programs.

Regarding this particular one, I don't like what James Grimes, Head of Education at Gambling with Lives, is saying. I mean those are just empty words. I wouldn't trust this guy to be "educating" my kids.


Exactly.

Right since sometimes ristrict them to do something especially on gambling can make them curious to know on why their parents doesn't want to try this for them and they will explore it secretly and that can be the start of the worse if we cannot guide them properly, that's why we need to have information drive to our kids or any young adolescents around us so that they can figure out that they can be at risk if they will engage more on gambling.

I hope this project becomes successful and continue to benefit the youth and gamblers as well, it's a win-win situation for the government and for the gambling industry as well, the gambling industry does not want to get the blame whenever there is one gambler perish from the harmful effect of gambling, the gambling industry wants their players to become a responsible gambler, they do not want a broken relationship and broken homes.
With this program it will ease up the burden and both the government and the gambling industry.

It's a good idea letting the youths and adolescents to know the disadvantages and adverse effects of addictive  gambling just like sex education is a welcome development, better still if the government can incorporate gambling education in high school curriculum I am not referring to teach or lecture them on how to gamble) but sensitizing them and expose them to taking a better decisions in term of gambling lives, of course we knew the overzealousness of youths can lead them to gamble addictively if not caution and we'll guided I believe other countries should also take such steps.

^ I think that you are right, this can help to educate young people who did not know the consequences of gambling, not to be exposed but it is an awareness, a knowledge towards gambling of what it is, not talking about money that they can earn but the risk if they will join without a stable income. But in the end, is their choice and their responsibility not to be addicted to any kind of this possible addictive activity. In school, we have an Economics subject which teaches us and educates us about family control, avoid drug addiction and relatively there is no difference in gambling awareness.

It's much more helpful if it's taught both sides, look at sex education, it can help that people understand sexuality and get curious and that's where the parents come in and tell them what they need to know about sex and how it's no t going to be good for their future if they don't do it the right way and without thinking straight. Same with gambling, I think that a diversified opinion will help the kid grow his/her critical thinking skill so that they can make or formulate their own decisions as they grow older.

I still think that school should only teach science and stuff, and problems like sex, drug, gambling, etc. (about morality) are still in the parents' domain. However, especially for gambling, it uses math and can be explained in math class, and the addiction (endorphins et al., can also be explained in biology/chemistry classes) so not really necessary to burden students with more topic. Most of the time, this kind of material, like sex education only be used as a joke/meme, remember? Hence, I don't think it can make a big difference.

I think it's a horrible initiative that will likely lead to those being exposed to it falling victim to higher than average gambling addiction rates.  Who knows though, they could be doing it from a much more educated perspective and in a way that will lead to responsible gambling for entertainment.  Still, you can't help but feel like children should be sheltered a bit from the vices of the world until they're old enough to be able to handle the responsibility. 

I think every effort by governments to prevent people from falling into gambling is welcome.
We have seen this sector grow exponentially and, along with it, advertising in every corner of the internet and also in stadiums and streets.
It's good that the government knows how to use taxes from this sector wisely for prevention campaigns like this.

I also hope that it bears good results and isn't just another expenditure of public money.

The UK government should give appreciations for the step from the UK charity with Lives that cares for the young generations, especially for them who know to gamble and playing gambling many times or have an addiction to gambling. It will give more supports to that charity institution or other institution to give more help to solve the gambling addiction. We know that the young generation is susceptible to something that they do not fully understand and with that help, that can give them knowledge about gambling. At least, this can help them to cure the addiction and if need to go to rehabilitation, they can ask for that from the charity or go to the government to ask for help.

They can't be aware of this if even their parents don't even care about them, as you've said, the family is largely to be blamed in this scenario because they are the one responsible for the child in their formative and teenage years.

Yeah, I think even in our country we have this kind of program, but not sure how effective it is though. The pandemic has somewhat increase in record numbers the gamblers around the world. For example, we have this "online sabong", that is making a lot of young people getting into gambling. And it's a dilemma for our government, because according to the President, he allow it because they needed money to sustain them in this pandemic. Anyway, wish that this initiative could really be emulate by other nations.

If like says its name, it really educates young people to gambling then it can't be a bad thing. But if it's just a sanctimonious program rehashing gambling is bad, gambling is the devil like a religious speech, then it will only bring hate without efficiency.

Lol. You are right.

To me, educating young people to warn them of the dangers of gambling reminds me of educating them to warn them of the dangers of drugs. It was a program that had little, if any, effect. Perhaps a general approach to the risks of life would be better, as Hydrogen comments.

The problem today is the new technologies, which allow impulsive young people to play at the click of a button from anywhere (this could be applied to gambling as well as forex etc).

As far as the effectiveness of this gambling education is concerned will always depends on the person/teacher's way of introducing what gambling is and how he's going to pave his way on things to discuss that discourages the students to get involved on irresponsible gambling in the future. Though the aim is to educate, but it's always inevitable for an adult not to get hooked up with gambling once he had an enjoyable experience. So, their might be a little bit words of discouragement to gamble.
The best possible way to tackle this is to educate the young students how to manage their finances first, and how to save for the future, then everything will follow suit when they knew how important it is to save and be responsible for all the expenses made in a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

Totally agree, they should be the one responsible for creating a contributing member of the society. And they're the one's that molds the kid in their formative years. Also, we need to fix the education system because it's not catering everyone since it's a one size fits all style of teaching.

Showing the downsides of gambling is good given that it could quickly escalate and affect someone's life, its something that should be taken seriously because once you're in that situation it's very difficult to break the habit.

As what yoshi mentioned this awareness might not fully be effective in stopping future gamblers but imo it's better to do something rather than nothing at all even though it won't help every adolescent it's still a good stepping stone to learn how disruptive gambling addiction could be in someone's life.

I read about the educational programs that certain schools in Ireland are doing, for young people.

I can only draw one conclusion as said by: @James Grimes.

This is a very important point to determine whether the program is successful or not, the meaning of the word above is broad.

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For me for this program to run well there are factors that must be considered.
1. The parent factor, this is the main and most important role, schools and parents must work together in raising awareness of gambling for young people.
2. Factors of promiscuity, environment, friends and economy, at school alone are not enough to realize them about the risks of gambling, where children with promiscuity by wanting to have more money, they will make instant income for their income in promiscuity, what's more now online gambling has mushroomed on the internet.
3. The basic factor, if young people have studied gambling what else they have played and made a win, then the desire will appear again outside of school and want to repeat it and try it again.

If these factors are still in the minds of young people, it is very difficult to implement a gambling awareness program for them, the solution is to prevent these factors regularly and filter the internet for those young people.

I think it's a little difficult to do a gambling awareness education program for young people, in terms of development, promiscuity, friends, environment, especially for a developing country like Northern Ireland.

I like it. If it cannot be prevented thru force then just educate them. It's a different era of kids now and you don't want them being a rebels just because you didn't agree with them. I think just the proper lesson will make them think twice about gambling in an early stage of their life.
Traditional discipline is not working anymore because gambling sites are accessible thru their smartphones and a lot of gambling sites just ask if you are 18+ you will just have to pick YES and you are in.
Perhaps there should also be an education for parents on how they could handle this situations in a peaceful manner.

UK is really serious in dealing with gambling in their region , they are facing the gambling area with dedication and now even for youngsters they are getting ready earlier .
While other region is even pushing gambling the younger the players is , because those days are the stage that gamblers can become addicted and this will be the advantage and profiting for the site.

It is a good initiative from them to increase the awareness from the young generation about the danger of gambling.
Maybe it is too early to say that but at least, it can give the young generation can share/discuss/tell their story to the right community that can help them to solve their problem in gambling.
That program can also help to solve the other addicting problem that happens in the young generation so they can get the solution and not keep it for themselves.
If it succeeds, the other city or country will try to reduplicate or study more details about that to help the young generation.
In the long-term, hopefully, it can reduce the number of people who are addicted to gambling, especially to the young generation.

Everything that is aimed at awareness and good things in my opinion is a very noble concern because their initiative realizes that gambling is not good for them, and effective or not at least can minimize gambling addicts.
and I'm sure such ideas will evolve over time and will improve what needs to be added and new ways to improve their plans to be effective and successful and I really support it and for the future of young people.

I do think it is better to have some sort of initiative rather than just leaving it unnoticed. The fact that UK government has recognized the potential risks and harm of gambling says a lot about its impact on the health and livelihood of the youth on their country. With this kind of program, while it may not completely prevent gambling addiction, it provides an extra layer of security against it.

Nowadays, lots of programs have been created against gambling addiction. There are also programs which promote gambling awareness especially to the youth in which their curiosity might spark their interest on it.

This is a good thing. It is good that there is such a charity in the UK that is spreading awareness about gambling and how it could impact people's lives. It is also very strategic that the targeted age is adolescence. These are the youth who are about to leave childhood and face adulthood. It would be very important that they are already formed properly before taking responsibilities for themselves and their personal lives. Young people should know about gambling implications before becoming gamblers themselves. 

I hope other countries will follow this.
Always remember that "Prevention is always better than cure". Especially in gambling, we all know how risky it is and what is the effect of it for those people who don't have control, it will rekt your life.
With discouraging gambling to people, it will help them to avoid and not try gambling for sure, good move.

Well, it's a good initiative, just that, it stays there, as an initiative. Its effectiveness is still to be questioned and honestly, it doesn't really look like it's going to be any effective. It's for a fact that teaching this stuff in schools would obviously get traction since it is in a school (from what I understood anyway) but it doesn't mean its effects would last long. Heck, I can't even expect them to actually remember the program contents after a week or so. I do hope that the program is effective, but really, as someone who was a kid back then, it doesn't really allure me that much.             

I think this is a good step towards the result of a less addictive person who will gonna lead himself to destruction after he loses everything in gambling. they will become aware of what they are about to do because, in this awareness, they will gonna learn about different scenarios and events where some people have miserably failed their life because they went overboard about it.

It's good for me. At least not the harsh part where they will be stay away by concern people out of gambling. It's good to have that subject to create awareness because there's no way they can't encounter gambling in their everyday life.

Not totally can result on a decrease number of young ones being addicted but that plan will help people to understand the risks they are going to face once they enter gambling and the possible events they can actually experience, good or worst.

For now, what they need to see is the effectiveness of the program since personal experiences are different when talking about gambling. I'm not against with this idea but they should put someone who has an experience of gambling that has finally change coming from rehabilitation center. I think this is the most effective way to let them learn the exact experience so that they could be more aware about the possibilities of what will going to happen to them if they ever engage in gambling activity.

At least they were all aware already during their adolescence that might be enough for them to decide what they would do with their life in the future.

And that educational programmes tell people that slots, roulette, blackjack, etc are all rigged and it's calculated by casino to give away only 20% of income and other bla bla blas. I say this from personal experience while I know that the real situation is different!
The knowledge program should answer the question - why are people getting addicted to gambling? What's so amazing in it that causes serious addiction, similar to cocaine. Just one parralel, it's easy to say that drugs are bad and it destroy you, etc but why are people getting addicted? No one ever mentions dopamine and other happy hormones and their role in addiction. No one mentions that you are getting addicted because you experience the euphoria thats out of this world and it's unforgettable. And the more you use it, the brain adapts to higher levels of dopamine and this level becomes a new normal for it. Then you are getting depletted and are diving into deep depression. This is that we should explain people, the reason why gambling is addictive and the reason why we should gamble responsible and how to technicues if we want to really get the desired effect from this program.

Media sources adopt a stance where they portray gambling as containing risk. While stock markets, asset trading, FOREX, business investments and similar things are portrayed to be "safe" containing no risk.

It might be more fair to educate youth as to everything in life containing various degrees of risk. Which people must learn to cope with. Rather than illustrate an inaccurate picture of risk being found only in gambling.

The 2008 economic crisis showed how risk is present in normalized jobs, financial markets and the economy which are supposed to be "safe" and "secure".

This quiet war being waged against gambling doesn't make a ton of sense to me. The poor and homeless have far bigger issues than gambling. Substance and drug abuse are rampant. It simply doesn't make sense for gambling to attacked the way it is IMO.

usually, we look at gambling more on the negative facet of it because of those situations involving gamblers - theft, debt, addiction and other related gambling troubles. but if we look at the bright side, if you are going to casino to enjoy and unwind after a stressful day, this will uplift your spirit. that is, if you know how to handle and control yourself when you are in front of the casino table. now, with more awareness starting adolescents, they will somehow understand how to handle themselves when it comes to their games. at least opening their minds in this industry as early as they can be and allowing them to understand better about its true nature. so they can better manage themselves when the time comes that they get involved in this game.

Well, in my opinion, I believe this kind of awareness is relevant, especially in countries where gambling is totally free and a part of the population likes this type of entertainment.

This is interesting, and let's see if in fact it will create any positive results that are very relevant!

If the sole purpose of this program is just awareness and there is no bias information that can be shared, this is good.  
People dont prohibit gambling but instead, make them educated about the outcomes either positive or negative outcomes in gambling. Gambling addiction is very worst when you are gambling, those people who are planning to enter gambling should know this in an early stage and I think this awareness is very helpful between the gambling operators and the gamblers as well. They are very lucky they understand how gambling going on the possible outcome.

anything that is related to making awareness is good, that is why their head emphasized that there must be a real change to regulation and enforcement to protect the public.
if gambling regulations are to be discussed, it almost assumed a ban on gambling and then punishment to show examples of what government will do but i don't think the UK government will do this.

this is unrelated to the thread but i remember years ago there was also some kind of gambling addiction program in our city. nothing was ever published about it after. you just can't see where the program goes when the charity program is sponsored by a casino.

Of course, every concept against Gambling is very good, but not sure how effective it is as we have seen the gambling addiction numbers is still way high in every country. Not just for ordinary gamblers, but we have seen a lot of sport athletes dabbing themselves in gambling and how much people around them advise to control themselves it's going to be very difficult. Hopefully though, with this kind of programs, young adults could be successfully swayed against the potential ill effects of gambling.

As long as it aims to raise awareness so that these young folks will be able to understand what they need to control if they let themselves engage in gambling. It's not just all about having money but also about being responsible not just for yourself but also the way you handle money. While it educates the young folks, they should also be open not just to this age bracket but also set for the young adults to adults because there are a lot of people that are also in that bracket that should be raised with the awareness.

This is way better to educate them as early as possible and let them understand the possible risk of gambling than to know this activity alone in online site which put then on a bigger risk. The generation that we have right now is very different, they can access online anywhere they want and without the proper knowledge, they might ended up into addiction very badly. UK seems more concern about gambling activities, spreading such information at the early age is fine as long as the purpose is to educate them and not to force them to gamble.

Early sensitisation in the form of awareness can very effective in curbing the increasing number of compulsive gamblers and people with other vices in the society. 

Curiosity has driven many people into many things they didn't know that will later be a problem to them especially at an early age. The importance of talking about these things like gambling to adolescent is very important, not just to expose them to it, but to create an atmosphere where they are free and comfortable to verify from you what they hear from their peers and others around.

At least, facing the reality here and finding a way how to address the issue at hand.
Because in most cases, people don't want to talk about their gambling habits, they even hide it to others.
So if they are open about in this issue, they would know how to tackle this problem if in case they will encounter in the future or they know someone close to them battling such trouble.
Maybe, it is really time to face this situation even at school, because one way or another, they will go thru this path along the way.
And if that time comes, they already know how to address their potential problem.

Yes but honestly in most places people try and ignore and force the laws down, if they are going to explain it to them really nicely and tell them what's gonna happen and how does it work then I do think it might be an amazing option for kids.


The results might actually depend on how it's implemented. The concept is good, they have good ideas and intentions, what's left is to implement it in a way that it would have a good audience, plus they can also talk with the universities and schools as well to get a wider audience. I think this might work if done correctly. At least they are trying something.


It's idea, implication, concept improvement according to the results and all of this is quite going to be complicated.

As long it do shows up some effectiveness then that the time they could tell that it is a success but i doubt that results wont really be that on point which means this would be a long wait

but im not really that against nor do tell that this isnt a good one but rather on the middle side of things since spreading awareness  motive is good initiative but actually these things doesnt really

need to be that complicated or really go into certain extent which makes them impose this kind of act.

I think it will take a lot of time before this education program bears good fruit so I guess I will just have to wait for the results. If they can save at least a few youngster from future irresponsible gambling or addiction then that could be considered as a success.

Not really unique approach. Maybe just new to them.

Apparently there is going to be a new education program for youths which would teach them about gambling, it would be not only unbiased but evidence based as well, they are going to put roles out in the open regarding the predatory market and how it's influencing the adolescents at this moment, I do think that this might be really helpful for certain cases because they are not shoo-in things away but rather teaching adolescents and talking about their issues.

What do you think about this initiative??
https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13127/gambling-with-lives-launches-new-gambling-education-programme