Topic: Increased Gambling Risk for the Younger Generation - page 8. (Read 935 times)

if these are just kids playing outside the house and just betting on whether they could shoot the ball inside the basket, i would just let it pass and let them be but gambling online most parents would draw the line for their kids. kids today can access digital money already and sometimes today, their allowance is already a digital money that they could use to buy in the cafeteria.

once a kid learns to gamble online and shares the experience with his classmates, it's going to spread faster. it's hard to monitor kids' phone time when they already know privacy and boundaries.

That is normal nowadays and a big chunk of important education falls heavily in the family right now.If the parents are not careful to talk to their children since early age about risks of anything that is bad including gambling and if they have received such advice constantly then there is little to no chance for the youth to fall prey to such dangers.I blame parents and families for people falling into gambling addiction,also any other bad thing,if the family is not careful to check what the children are doing then the children risk to get to bad company and friends which can lead them to stealing,drugs,alcohol,whores or gambling and that is full responsibility of the parents,not of the young generation falling into this.

This is because of gambling can be accessed anywhere and anytime because of the internet, social media ads (suggesting gambling/games), many kinds of affordable smartphone devices and online casinos. Imagine even a 11 year old kid can access internet with their device. Just click the "I'm +18" button when accessing the casino or any adult type of entertainment then it's easy, or use their parents IDs just to pretend they're adult, i knew some minors do these, unfortunately.

Discipline and guidance from parents/family is the most essential, teachers from schools are not so effective, many high school students are lazy lol. But different from me since I came from a circle of family of teachers, my aunts both from father and mother's side are teachers, my mom is teacher too so yeah we were disciplined to the thoughts of what you think. Grandpas are so strict but having a lovely grandmas, so yeah, it's balanced. So we live as good individuals, well, not so good since when we touch college everything changes since we have our own decisions and with our own.

Totally depend on a certain individual even if we do speak about those younger generations. Yes, is true that they are really that prone to those risks considering that accessibility nowadays
is really just that make everything easy when it comes to those connections and possible dealings including gambling and also in other stuffs on which anyone could really be having that kind of involvement on which they would really be that kind of possibility that they would really be having those kind of engagement which might cause those kind of addiction.
Just somehow not all would really be falling into that stuff since we know that not all youngsters would really be that impulsive on which there are those ones who
do really still be able to think up well into the things that they are dealing with and act accordingly whether it would be good or bad.

Teens always need surveillance from their parents. In a physical casino they can not gamble because it will require ID to present. In online gambling they can easily use someone else's ID but if the parent is well educated with technology then they can at least make it hard for their teens.

Parental control activating from the ISP provider helps a lot.

There is some evidence to show that the younger generation gambles more often online, especially through internet access and mobile technology which continues to develop due to ease of access and convenience in using it.
And this should be our concern and also our obligation after our children grow up, to provide guidance and education as early as possible about the dangers of online gambling.
And this is a concern I have for my children as they start to become teenagers, and I have to exercise extra supervision when they use mobile devices that I have to check periodically to make sure they are not involved with online gambling.

This generation of teenagers can't be controlled, as we all can see. Many of them are doing extremely well on the internet, as they are now content creators and all of that, and they are earning massively from that. So are many of them who are into gambling unknowingly to both the parent and the casino companies.
 
Even if you impose KYC on them, they will still look for a way to pass it and make sure they have access to the casino and place their bet. The best thing, which I just think is the best thing to do, is to educate the mind of this teenager on how to go about gambling and how to have self-control over themselves. At least that will help, as there is no guarantee of them abstaining from gambling until they are off age.

The images that OP posted was about young adults and not underage. The only thing we can do is to advice them when they are young and also still continue to advice them when they grow ups.

The problem is not gambling itself, the problem is that they are gambling with the amount of money that they cannot afford to lose. If anyone can not control addiction, the person should stop gambling.

As for young age, government should try their best to have good regulations that will discourage underage gambling. As for parents, they have role to play too by making sure they discipline their children.

The internet itself is really a huge distraction despite how huge it could help a child's education. Even adults are not safe from gambling risks.
Protecting the kids from gambling risks is now essential they should not engage in gambling and win big in their first game because this is exactly the reason why a person will try to keep on gambling in hopes that he can win bigger than before.

I have a kid that I have to keep the conversation really alive and interesting just so he will come with me walking in the park and not just watching youtube and playing his phone.

That's a fact and it's true that ease of access is what makes many young people easily become addicted to gambling. In my country there is probably almost a high percentage of young people who are starting to get addicted to gambling, because gambling advertisements are getting easier to access on social media and it's even clear that it's not prohibited. by social media, making it easier for them to access gambling and get to know about gambling, especially with the role of influencers who promote gambling, there is a lot of easy access to gambling which the government should be able to minimize and stop.

The role of parents and teachers is also very important in directing the younger generation because it's a shame that when they are young, they don't have a bright future just because they are addicted to gambling and looking for entertainment in gambling. The younger generation should play gambling responsibly, sometimes they always play openly. careless, so they easily become addicted to gambling just because their economy is low, thus making gambling a way to make money and win big.

I am very concerned about cases of gambling addiction in my country, which are almost on average still not very mature and they are the younger generation who should be people their parents or even the country can be proud of, but instead they are addicted to gambling.

sadly, with the advancement of our technology where the information is at the tip of our fingers, this is inevitable to happen. the only way to combat this is proper awareness of all the risks that gambling has, also bringing proper awareness about the risks gambling has will affect future generations on how to properly conduct themselves when it comes to gambling.

I agree with this, schools should really add this into their intervention programs.

This is important for parents and Casinos to note. Although, the casinos already have their warning against underaged gambling but I think the bulk of the restrictions depends now on the parents because some parents pay less attention to the things that their children do at home and they would never know what they also do while they are not present. The age of smartphones and internet connection has caused more children to grow into adulthood while they are still teenagers.

Also what influence they have with the older students in school have a way of negative influence on them, causing them to be exposed above their age and involving in gambling when they are still of underaged.

The level at which, underage gambling is growing lately have give us alot of reasons to ve concern of what the future holds for the young generations, most times, the elderly people have tried to advise them against such early addictions to gambling and how the resultant effects can affect the future growth, but the young lads believe that its fun for them and making money is now the top of their desire which have fueled they quest and desperation in they pursuit.
In my vicinity,  kids are not only addicted to gambling alone but to other substances that fuel their desire to see after fun all the time, but you can hardly see that with the older people and for that, kids become the most affected in suce outcome and this really saddens many of us.

The appearance of Internet has pros and cons then the existence of blockchain cryptocurrency-based online gambling has pros and cons.

I agree with you that teenagers need to be protected when they have yet matured in physical and mental aspects. But to be honest, I really can not know how to achieve it in sense of 100% success. Like proposals to KYC all cryptocurrency wallets, addresses just to control citizen money flow and tax better.

It is unrealistic and I see similar unrealistic hope to block teenagers completely from gambling.

With the easy accessibility of the online gambling sites and tools, the younger generation is more involved in gambling. The risk for them is not only that they will lose money but gambling at such a high rate and at the age of teenage will cause them a lot of problems like lack of physical activity or no interest in the studies as they will more inclined to get easy entertainment in the form of gambling.

The most effective way to address this issue is for the parents and teachers to play their part and convince the young generation the do and don't of gambling and how it can harm our personality and life if we are addicted to it.

Gambling risks are rising for young people