Topic: Increased Gambling Risk for the Younger Generation - page 4. (Read 1004 times)

I have few numbers of cousins and they are all male, they don't have any interest in gambling, I look out for them because I care and whenever I bring up gambling they ridicule the habit, they also give examples of their colleagues in school that got ruined because of gambling.

Not all younger generations give a F about gambling, some do and some don't, it's not all of them, the environment they grow up in always says a lot about the behaviour of these young generations, some are desperate to do anything for money and even their parents won't correct them, as it's clearing that parents are the ones turning those young people into what they are today.

Like a old man once told me, he said not all parents of today are worth been called a parent, they themselves should still be in their fathers and mothers home for some lecture about parenting, and honestly I can't say that this is a lie, judging from the little I have seen around me.

The younger generation must also have good self-control if they want to gamble because with the many temptations that exist in gambling, it is feared that they could be tempted and end up using all their money to gamble. Moreover, the younger generation is not yet working and is still dependent on their parents, so they could lose all the money that would otherwise be used to meet their daily needs. This would be very unfortunate because, in his teens, he could do many things, but because he was more interested in gambling, he became addicted to gambling, so this would have an impact on him and his future. Few of the younger generation have a sense of responsibility for themselves. Hence, there is a possibility that more teenagers will experience gambling addiction, and if that happens, it may be not easy to cure it.

I have read and seen a lot of stories that people have encountered with gambling that they are really young and continued to adolescence. Some have been addicted and have them being secretive on what they are doing. They feel like they are guilty, which they probably are but it's ever increasing with how the online casinos are doing now.

I hope that the parents have some way of intervention in helping the generation build themselves that kind of guidance when growing up so that they won't be at risk with gambling.

I think parents and teachers need to talk openly with youngs about the downsides of online gambling. Letting them know the real deal about addiction and its consequences is important for making smarter choices and having a good time without going overboard. It's all about giving them the lowdown in a way that clicks because i think when you tell them not to do something, that's exactly how the become curious and try

You have a point, that's why it's better to have a guidance and proper conversation between parents and kids nowadays. It is important to answer their questions and curiosities if they have , so that they will not seek answers from other people which usually turns to become one of the reason why they know how to engage in this kind of activity, Usually some other kids really wants to find an answer by the help of the internet which cause them a lot to become more curious, that's why having one on one conversation will easily help them to know and to understand why they shouldn't try gambling.

Parents have lots of work to do in the society, although the current parents who don't know much about the tech world, have done their best, but seems they failed in their teachings regarding the use of gadgets for longer period. Hence, a new set of parenthood would be emerging soon, which include the tech savvies and computer trained people. Then we'd know if the problem is from the parents or the schools. It may be the fault of the parents to some extent, but the society has a lot of duties to do with young people to stop their excessive engagement in gambling. Most of them hide these activities from their parents, and it's getting out of hand, even in the recent world economy, parents hardly spend time with kids. Both parents go to work for long hours, some do shift, to get more money to settle the family bills and take care of the child.

While they're away to work the child may engage in different activities due to boredom. Going out with friends and peers, is their best fun time. So, it'll be a tough thing to change the mindset of most young people to begin to see gambling for it truly is, other than a way of earning money. Online casino has made it very simple for youths to gamble excessively and get addicted in the process. Many youths are lonely and have nothing doing, that's why they spend their stipends or pocket money gambling. However, other youths are getting deeply addicted to video games. Which is about to ruin the social lives of the young people in the society. The electricity lifestyle has pushed the society to a way different level and things are expected to remain the same.

Teenager gambling is a big no-go and needs to be adressed quickly in my opinion. At least in all the countries where I have gambled before, the minimum age for gambling was always 18 years. It makes no sense to allow any minors to gamble, because there is no real concept of money yet. Without working for the money yourself, how can you understand how difficult it is to make enough money to have enjoy things like gambling? When visiting my local casino we always have to show our IDs when entering, this is not only to check for your age but to also not allow in people that have been banned or self excluded them from the casino. It's just right to have a similar level of protection when it comes to online gambling. I know that many people are against KYC and don't want to share their personal information online, but when there is a rise of teenagers gambling something needs to change. Putting pressure on the parents and teachers is okay to a certain extent, but we need to realise that full supervision is not possible during teenage years. The teachers only see the kids in the morning and afternon, after school they have no impact on what the kids are doing. As for the parents they likely spend all day at work and will only be home in the evenings. It's really hard to try and any block something out of the life of kids if they really want to do it. Limiting their access to money might probably a good way to avoid teenage gambling in the future, but it's going to help prepare our kids for their own life to be independent with money.

The access to information through the internet has indeed made things easier and also been of great advantage and just like the way everything has advantage, also several disadvantages comes with this too and one of them is this particular issue you pointed at because I won't lie the younger generation are indeed likely to suffer from this free and easy access to gambling especially when they do get involved from a tender age and that's why so many young people here in my place are starting to exhibit the habits of addict at a very young age and most of them their parents are unaware that they need help seriously.

Maybe good idea to do but we also need to consider that this is not the only thing that can lead them to gambling so maybe just have proper supervision towards their activity made online is what needed since if you try to limit the usage of their gadget children may feel bad about us for doing that.

If we see them participating on any gambling activity then its time for us to step up since for sure we are the one who can explain all about gambling as we have experience to deal with it and for sure once they understand about what they are saying then our children will be the one will avoid participating on any of it. Proper guidance is all what they need here also I will not stop them if they gamble since its like part of their growth and maybe they can learn a lesson for taking part of risk involve on this activity. If we are worried about the risk we make sure that we are always available if they need our presence.

We can see many parents who are struggling about their kids. I think this also has to do of them being spoiled by us. So for those who are planning to have a child, they must avoid this as early as possible. Some kids are too wise, that they know how to access our wallets.

Also there is a free version of gambling games which are available in the store (for phones and pc). They can still play it and develop an addiction by there. Most ads are based only on our activity but the thing is that there are so many influencers now who promote a casino. And a kid can see them anytime. But there must be a social media app for kids which filters these kind of adult contents.

Well, casinos are everywhere, at least in my country. There are casinos on every corner... The law says that "the casino must be at least 200 meters away from the school", this is not respected. As for advertisements, they are everywhere, on all TV and radio channels at any time of the day. They advertise their land-based and their online versions, they give huge bonuses and different prizes. So it's stupid for us to act surprised that the younger generations are more involved in gambling...


I agree. My kids are still too young at the moment, but I do agree that it's on us to educate our kids about the world outside and all the pros & cons of specific things. And for sure there is the right time for everything, we just need to be smart and notice when is that time... I guess it sounds like a simple thing.

This is thoughtful of you, and it is a discussion that is not so common even though I and some other people would have thought about this. Well, I pity the next generation, if things are not being done to avert issues now, it will be so bad for them, especially these days that parents are not even wise, and most of them are still to be trained not to talk of them training the children. This is why you see bad products everywhere to the point that you will not even be sure if they (children) are trained at all. But that aside, gambling is a concern truly, and this concern is mostly about addiction which can cause a waste of money and insanity in people. If adults are still battling with gambling addiction without a green light of hope to be free, how much are the younger ones, especially those who would become addicted at a very early age and later become adults still doing it?

This can't be fine at all as it will be more difficult for them to let go. Technology is partly blamed here, as good as it is, it has its evil too, but still, everyone's hands must be on the desk in this regard to save the coming generation. The parents, the teachers, the concerned friends, neighbours and relatives and even the government should have the roles to play here. The best is to educate and let this younger generation know about gambling just like how they are encouraging people about sex education. They should expose the bad and good sides of gambling to them and give them tracked/practical examples of how gambling addictions work and how it has affected a lot of people. Maybe this will go a long way in creating fear or awareness which could cause caution in them before they become engrossed with what might affect them for the rest of their lives.

Well, not sure about teachers but parents do need to educate their children about certain things that they need to stay away from until a certain age or even after that, and gambling should be one of those things. It's their upbringing that will matter when the children grow up. This education shouldn't be putting pressure on the children or making them afraid and stuff, but it should be based on true and correct facts and realities regarding gambling or other activities that the children need to be careful about.

If parents don't believe that their children would listen to them and they might still get involved, they should start following up on them and regularly checking up on their activities, and electronic devices since every child has them these days, and if they find something while monitoring, they should remove it and then handle the situation calmly and in a good way so that the children understand.

Yes, currently there are many young people who participate in the world of gambling and there are even quite a few who do it, as is the case in my environment, many young people understand about online gambling and do it in hangout places and this is something that is commonplace among the younger generation nowadays. now and most of them are unemployed and only rely on gambling as their source of income and the gambling they play is slots where the game only relies on uncertain luck.

Not all parents understand technology nowadays, some do, some don't and usually the age factor can be a particular reason, for parents who understand technology and understand online gambling, they can definitely limit their children from gambling. But for parents who don't understand technology and don't understand what online gambling is, they don't know what their children are playing so they can't prevent their children or forbid them from gambling.

I agree with limiting the use of gadgets. Increased supervision in accessing 18+ sites is also necessary. Apart from that, we also have to monitor our friends, if possible, we also have to be selective in choosing our children's friends and environment. The environment and friends can be the main factors in protecting children from falling into gambling or negative actions.

It is not secret Internet, communication and electronics have paved the way for more accessibility to services and goods, gambling one of them.
To me it is rather responsability of the parents to correctly watch over the activity of their teenage children on the internet.
Keeping children and teens off online Casinos are one of the uses of KYC policies which I openly support, to be honest.

The neglect of parents or the lack of parenting skills is the real problem, the root problem of teens getting into gambling instead of doing what they are supposed to and go to school or have a summer job.
Obviously, besides of factors, casinos are not supposed to target teens and children with their advertisement campaigns, I have not seen some relevant casino doing so, though, video companies seem to do it, through the implementation of loot boxes and other elements which resemble gambling.

The internet has made it such that you don't have to go to a land casino before you will be able to access a gambling facility but before now you may have to visit a land casino and be of the required age els you will not be permitted but now people who are much younger fill up false details so as to get access to the online casinos and get on the platform.

Teachers and parents talking to them will not be just enough because some may later go as far as trying it out in the closet where no one sees them especially the very curious Ones who gets too inquisitive about any thing new they get to know about so I think restrictions I best, restrict them from using gadget that are not PG regulated, so they have less access to +18 sites but if they are using regular gadget then it will be more difficult because talking and scolding alone wouldn't help and you can't be with them all the time.

Sometimes I am also thinking that we are over reacting on those risk but we forgot something that gambling is somehow fun to participate. That's why we are here now we enjoy it that's why we gamble. Its just we really need to guide our children so that they would know how to deal something on those gambling site and also how they approach on those people mislead them towards those site they are trying to promote them.

Once they are aware of everything by our guidance and also we are available to answer all the question they would ask for sure all those risk is nothing then our child would understand that nothing is easy on gambling. Then for sure with that they would have nice approach toward the games they encounter or catch their interest to play.

I think I just tackled this on the other thread but it doesn't focus on the younger generation though so this is good that we talk about it.

Kids. I always want to try to leave them alone and learn what they can. But there must be a limit. If ever they will bump into gambling, porn, and other 21+ stuff then I must intervene because  I want to keep them innocent for as long as possible until they can understand everything completely.
This generation, kids are too aggressive about everything and they think they have the right to freedom for anything they do because that's what has been said on social media by other people. It's wrong. When I was a kid there's no such thing as freedom. When we are still leaning with our parents then we must obey everything they say. If not, then we can go our separate ways and live on our own. Too many spoiled brats in this era and they think they own this world.
Gambling has been a problem for generations, we must be more aware now of how we will introduce it to our kids because there are always chances of addiction.

Yes, that's right, online gambling is growing, which is the leading reason why younger generations can easily access gambling. The widespread presence of advertisements, betting websites, and online gambling is making the online environment toxic, posing many risks for the young generation to be lured into gambling. Children really do not fully understand the severe harm of gambling. As you said, if families, schools, and the government do not strictly manage it, the young generation will plunge the country into darkness because the young generation will be the backbone of the country in the future. Families with young children should proactively manage this issue well. Don't let things go too far before finding a solution. Gambling can quickly become addictive, especially with the naive minds of the younger generation.