Topic: Have you ever introduced an elder gambler to online betting? - page 10. (Read 1446 times)

I kind of tried to do that once. I was trying to explain house edge to s friend of a friend that was obsessed with scratch tickets and literally asked me for money out of the blue to buy tickets and split the profits. Saying that because he had lost on fivd tickets the next one had to be a winning one... Well though luck, the scratch he was playing only had a 55% RTP! Which is cray low!

I tried to explain to him the advantages of online crypto dice, how it is provably fair and how it can allow for custom odds being set with only a 1% house edge. This was all very nice sounding but I guess some people don't want to hear any of it. I guess if they are not receptive let them be.

I found it awkward to introduce someone to gambling if, in the first place, I knew to myself that the person was already a gambler.

Can we just allow these elderly people to do their current usual activity rather than introduce them to gambling?

They might now have graduated from doing that and just want to enjoy other things at their age. If you try to get them back again in gambling, they might end up in an unusual behavior that they can't probably control due to their current old age. It's not healthy.

The elders are almost loss of funds at the old age,So the gambling may not be the right choice for them at the old age.If they are gamblers at their younger age,they know some unique tactics in the game.So I will share my experience with the old age age people who play their game at the younger age.But I had never introduce the gambling to the old age people who doesn’t have any experience in the gambling site.Because the younger generations are fit for the gambling at any years,but the old people doesn’t manage funds at the old age.

I always avoid exposing old people to gambling, this is because the tendency of older people will be to spend many hours gambling with their retirement money while they need the money to buy medicines and pay for hospital treatment, imagine what it would be like if a old person became addicted to gambling, the children of that old person would not have peace, every day they would be living in terror of persecuting their father addicted to gambling, every day they would be solving the problems that the father addicted to gambling would be causing, things like the old person playing in a casino and losing a lot and due to many consecutive losses and being very nervous the elderly person getting sick with tension problems or heart problems

As in the hospital they always ask if the patient has no relatives, so the elderly person would be forced to call their children to the hospital, this means that the children and he would not live in peace. That's why I wouldn't say anything to elderly people about games, much less about gambling. Elderly people need to rest, watch TV, read newspapers, do physical exercise, talk to friends, go for a walk, and that's what elderly people need to do. elderly people should not get involved in gambling, I have seen cases of elderly people who got involved in gambling and it didn't end well, they developed depression problems

I’ve tried already and it’s not easy but the good thing is he’s willing to learn because he’s into gambling as well and want’s to gamble everywhere. If you’re going to introduce online gambling to elder people make sure to have more patience with you because they can’t get it in an instant and most of the time they will still ask you, this is like teaching social media platform to the elder people. 

Yes, to my uncles, I know they are not to be considered elderly, but still, they like physical casinos, and they visit some places that they know and have played for years, so I tried introducing online casinos to them. When they saw me playing casino online, they got curious, so I took the opportunity to invite them to online casinos. They tried it, yes, but they missed the interaction in a physical casino. They spent time hanging out with their friends in a casino while playing and having fun, so I don't push them anymore. At least they have another option if, for instance, they really want to do gambling but for some reason they can't go, then they can still satisfy their desires of playing casino. I think it will be hard for them to just let go of what they have a fondness for; it will be a challenge or impossible for an elder to transition their wants in gaming into online casino.

Not a direct introduction but in my case, it was during a drinking session and some oldies around asked me why I'm was busy with my phone. I told them I was playing slots and one of these oldies began asking further questions about that. I did some basic explanation and the rest was history. Until now that person is now hooked on playing online gambling lol.

It's not my usual practice to introduce gambling to anyone regardless of age or if they are known to be a gambler before.

Not unless they ask me some gambling-related questions, that's the only time I will share some details about gambling.

When you virtual betting, I was lost for some minutes until I read the other part where you described it to be online gambling. I thought it was that virtual kind if bet drains gamblers money before their eyes, if you are a regular sport bettor that use bookmarkers, you will understand the type of virtual I'm talking about. I once recommend a particular betting platform for an Uber driver after he told me that he was been cheated with his games. He won with the gambling platform he was using but instead they return his money and canceled the bets. I have his number and never has he called to complain of such happening in where I recommend him.


Other than introducing them to gambling, they know some things way better than me. I engage them when we have discussion and sometimes. There are experienced they share is always adorable, share some of the mistakes they have done in the past while betting, no way of discussing with elderly people without giving you advise, it's cool when we both learned.

I think I have done something like this before and I can remember vividly that he was the person that actually came to me and that is my would my elder nephew, he was so inquisitive about the winning that he kept hearing about people with gambling and decided he wants to try out of which I literally warned him that the game is not always that favourable that the loses are more.

I would never want to introduce gambling to anyone especially someone who is elderly because I understand the dangers involved with gambling, and how it can change the life of someone who first starts out gambling as just a way to have fun. For any habit that has the potential to make someone addicted, I'm always careful when I introduce it to someone because I would not want to see someone become addicted, depressed and even take their life because of something that I taught them or introduced them to, I would never be able to live with that guilt.

Boredom beats chronic addiction, allow people enjoy their boring lives, don't try introducing people to things that can damage their lives.

I'm just baffled at this .... I mean, unless the old woman needed to gamble, why would you introduce her into it?.. I haven't tried that and I think any old fellow down here would better stick to their daily routine etc..

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if she's been feeling bored to stay all alone, I guess it'll be a great way of entertaining herself - but how much does she have to be spending some quota for fun??.. there are other things she could possibly get busy with.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

It was not a good idea for me, I'd rather stop them rather push them into it.
If I am going to introduce online gambling, it could be those who are the same age as me. We are supposed not to do that with the elderly as we are making them more exposed to gambling rather than enjoying life. The more they spend time on gambling, the more possibility they fall into addiction which I don't want to happen. It could be better for them to stay in casinos at least, there is a gap of time in gambling, and at least they could take some break.

Some people tend to not like trying new things as it's just not what they grew up with and not what they're used to. Facebook for example, my dad is 60+ years ago and has within the last 5 years I got him on facebook. He has no clue about technology and keeps losing his password, instead of clicking forgot password and resetting his pw, he makes a new account everytime. I now have about 6 profiles of him in my friends.

Older people and gambling is likely the same way. They grew up in an era of getting out and meeting people, not like us where online is much easier.

You are right, the elderly ones are used to land based casino, since that is where they started gambling from. Online casinos just came out recently and they are not use to the technology behind it. Online casino gives gamblers the opportunity for them to gamble from home or anywhere that they are as long as you are with your phone, iPad or PC. It is for people that love a private life.

The elderly ones will see online gambling boring, as it wouldn't give them the chance to interact, and meet new people. Another thing is that as elderly people, it is good for them to move around and have fun, and land-based casino will give them such pleasure. I have never thought of introducing any elderly person to an online casino because they will not want to give it a try.

I've never introduced anyone to gambling and I never will. I don't want to be blamed for their loss and possible addiction. When I know that someone is gambling I'm fine with talking to them about online and crypto gambling because many people bet online, especially when football is involved, but they use fiat bookies. Crypto is much better for this and I even have a friend who hides his bets from his wife and who knew about cryptocurrencies but never used them to gamble. I keep people who gamble and people who don't separate and draw a line between the things we talk about.

Exactly...

I will not introduce gambling to anyone including the trading and investment that you mentioned, I don't want them to get into trouble just because of my invitation if they don't master it then they may lose money while I myself don't want to guide them all the time.

It is better to be silent than to introduce gambling for me this could be more dangerous if they lose a lot of money because of my own invitation.
It is enough that we ourselves gamble without involving others, so life will be more peaceful.

Most elderly people do not like online gambling because the social interaction factor is missing there. Yes, maybe they can take advantage of the live chat feature, but that's not what they want.
Of course, they like going to the casino and meeting different people every day and also getting to know the real faces of the people they talk to.
This is very different from young people who prefer online because it is easy to access wherever they want to play. And they are also very used to features such as live chat.
So far I have not succeeded in getting elderly people to enjoy playing online, because I can understand what they are thinking about online gambling.

No, and never.

Never be the guy who introduces gambling to other people. I mean like trading, investment and gambling just do it with your self because some people might get financial problem from losing their asset.

So, rather than make a problem to someone else. Better to keep it on your self.

The type of online gambling has the advantage that it makes it easier for everyone to access it or makes it easier for everyone who wants to gamble when they don't have much time to go to a physical casino because here you can gamble whenever and wherever you want, and if this scenario is experienced by the elderly then maybe I will look at the fitness which is where an elderly person as we know that they are not very fit which means not as fit as when they were young which means I think it is quite advisable for them to be better involved in online betting types such as slot machines because they can gamble without having to leave the house, but if the main reason is that they want to feel the atmosphere of the crowd like in a physical casino then maybe I think all the decisions are in their hands because we can't force them to get involved in online betting types although I think this is the best advice for someone who is elderly.

On the other hand I have never suggested or introduced gambling to the elderly because I always see in terms of the adverse effects that exist in gambling which is always a possibility for the elderly to end up gambling in the wrong way such as gambling to pursue victory which will actually make them down and suffer from stress due to the number of losses, so for me it is better to avoid suggesting them to get involved in gambling.

Chances are close to none, unfortunately. The elders I know struggles when it comes to technology and some are even prone to scams that we don't let them do online banking -- they stick with the good old passbook only.

This is why the older generation in my fam stick with the brick and mortars because it's simple and less complicated for them. Only the millenials and gen z's in my fam have dived into online gambling -- from what I know.