Topic: Is it proper for younger ones to gamble? - page 5. (Read 1765 times)

When gambling only thinks about business profits then these rules are just regulations that are not implemented properly and are just written warnings so that people think that these rules are really implemented by the gambling house, but unfortunately it is because of naughty individuals like this who only care about their business where everyone has the right to gamble as long as they bring money to gamble so that the age limit is no longer a barrier for someone to gamble. This regulation should really be implemented by casino owners not to allow children under 17 years old who are not yet entitled to gamble because at that age they still have to catch up aspire and learn better to become young people who excel.

The bad impact of gambling is very clear, so it is better to prevent young people from gambling because it is true, as you said, if they experience losses, it will affect the psychology of those who have not been able to earn money and they are willing to set aside their pocket money to gamble in order to make a profit but instead the money runs out. to gamble, after all, parents work hard for their children's future so that they become better individuals, not educating them to become gamblers.

You are referring to 2 boys that gamble on a physical casino then.
I'm just curious. Yes, they did put some restrictions, but they did allow these 2 boys to gamble despite them wearing uniforms. Are they wearing school uniform? I just wonder if they really did put some restrictions on them.

You are thinking only on the physical casinos, but do you know that younger ones can gamble online as well? With online casinos being advertised rampantly especially on social media, and with these young people having access to smartphones and social media as well, it's only a matter of time until they hear about an online casino, and its up to them if they will spend time and money until they get addicted on it or not.

If you're referring on physical casino, there are some casinos that aren't allowing students to gamble, but I still believe there are some who are allowing (for some reasons). As for online casinos, I believe there's no restriction because there's no KYC on online casinos.

To me everybody is allowed to gamble, but let it be from above 15 or at least above 14 before you think about gambling because as anything below that you can help it you’re taking money from your parents or you’re stealing money from parents or you are taking money for something that’s supposed to be used for for you to come so I don’t advise because it will definitely affect your mentality. At least you can start thinking about gambling from 15 1718 at least them from 18 above is hundred percent accepted.

Valid point. The difference between Adult and Youngster in this context is emotional intelligence and source of funds. This Youngster still depend solely on there parents for everything, so such group getting involved in gambling is already doom because this will be the birth of bad habits like stealing, pickpocketing and the likes, just to finance his addiction and to gamble. And we all understand how the impulsiveness of gambling hits us imagine that happening to a youngster. Lack of emotional intelligence is another of which is the key edge most gamblers have over others, how to cope with losses and other challenges gambling throw at us wether you do it for fun or for money.
This can't be overstressed as it totally wrong, and condemnable.

No to under-age gambling.

@bakasabo, I understood your perspective view clearly. It is true that more looses are accounted when an adult is addicted to gambling because the adult would always have those privileges to source for money so he could keep gambling.

But bear it in mind that there would be more tension when a child is addicted because the child can as well attracted to illegal indulgences also for source of being able to gamble more when the child got no cash within the moment.
It could also traumatize the child to loose concentration while learning because all that would be ringing in his head is either for school to dismiss so he could go gambling or going to gambling during school hours, most interestingly, the child goes beyond control as not limited where the adult can sell his valuable just to gamble the child could as well indulge in selling the parents properties for same reason.

It becomes more tension when a child is addicted to gambling because he can not summon courage by himself to stop it like the courageous adults could be, so by so doing, the child could grow up by it by becoming a chronic addicted and wayward adult that was breeded from the childhood.

I believe that each country has their gambling limit and people need to respect I don't see a good reason why the little or young ones would have to gamble when they are not supposed to. If children starts gambling at a tender age, that means before they reach the youthful age things would have become addictive which is something that is not meant to happen. Gambling is supposed to be regulated even though the government is trying to regulated so that things would not go bad that little children would be gambling when they are supposed to think about something else. It is important we corect our younger ones and stop them from involving in any form of gambling.

The spread of gambling addiction among school and college boys and girls is like a curse for future generations. However, in all countries where gambling is legal, gambling is legal for students and they can participate in gambling within the permitted age. But in my country like in your country children are getting addicted to gambling at a young age and also students in school uniform are getting involved in the horrendous addiction to drugs, so they are heading towards a dark future and we cannot expect anything good from the next generation.

It's not really nice to see a young student still in uniform inside a casino. Instead of studying at school, they spend time gambling, something that is not good to see, and at the same time, it also destroys the focus of attention on learning.

Maybe the students who have been seen in physical gambling have experienced winning, so they go back and forth to that gambling. They think that the small amount they pocket can turn into a large amount of money, but there should really be a prohibition or restriction on students.

If we go into analysing gambling well, the rate at which young  people that are below 18 gamble is much and if gambling is restricted from underage u don't think gambling companies will make much money . The reason why we see so many underage people in gambling is because they want to make money so quick and gambling is a means which they think they can involve themselves to generate money. I think young people just need orientation to stop gambling,  because even if their is a body that controls and restrict young people from playing gambling in gambling shops they can still have access by gambling with their device.

Nothing but good orientation that will help in reducing the rate young people go into gambling. The goverment can also help if they come up with a law to close down any gambling shop allowing young people to gamble, I think this will help most gambling shop to sit up and not to welcome young people that are not up to the age of gambling.

Yes, if there are casinos that do not apply any restrictions or do not apply the rule that a minor is not allowed to participate in gambling activities in their betting shop then yes, the government should step in to solve this problem, and if indeed from the beginning the government only allowed gambling for people who are adults then yes, I think there is no reason for any defense for the government not to immediately solve this problem.

At least the government must act decisively by giving sanctions or penalties in the form of fines or other penalties if indeed the casino still allows children who are still underage to be involved in the betting shop. On the other hand, it is clear that for casinos, they certainly want the freedom to allow everyone including minors to be involved in their betting shops because their goal is to generate greater profits from the number of gamblers involved, meaning that I think for this problem it is back to the government who must act decisively and also indirectly this is also the duty of parents who must be stricter in protecting their children from reaching gambling.

I don't know how it is in your country, but normally such casinos could be fined or even closed. It's similar to selling alcohol or cigarettes to those who's underage. No matter how much you concerned about making profits, you shouldn't do that.

Also, like you said, "gambling must still at least possess that sense of decency". It's immoral to allow young people, people who don't possess certain knowledge essential for safe gambling to play games of chance at your place.

All gambling must still at least possess that sense of decency.

Back in the days when we had no access to online gambling platforms, we were unable to enter the betting shops because it was restricted for persons under the age of 18, especially in secondary school then but we usually hid or begged an elderly person to help stake our bet for us, though at first, they'll be reluctant but after few warnings they will help us play.

But these days people are more concerned about making profits, they don't care who's playing, they will tell you if I don't allow him to play here, he will definitely go use the online platform.

It's good we guide our younger ones on the risk of gambling and the addiction part of it.

Younger or under-aged?
I don't think there is any country in the world where there are no restrictions on under aged gambling. Under aged gambling addiction can have a terrible impact on the society, firstly they understand less about money management, moreover due to their low maturity they can do anything when they need money for gambling. In this case, there will be more chaos in the society, currently as a third world country, in my country, most of these under aged people are known as juvenile gangs and they are becoming very scary day by day.
Now I think what you should do is if under-aged gambling is illegal in your country then you will take legal action against them to punish them for it.

This all concerns morals and ethics, I am sure that even in countries where gambling is legal, there is an age limit for players there but it is difficult to implement it effectively, for example in our country, online slot gambling is very common, even those who are older In "10 years" there are quite a lot of people who end up becoming addicted, this needs attention from all parties, children who are still students should focus on studying because losing at gambling can really affect their psychology, even worse, it can make the person stop going to school.

What type of gambling? Did they just placed a bet and collect their tickets or they were there playing live games? The reason why I am asking this is to allow me draw my conclusions accurately without being unjust to the teenagers. Sometimes, you will see this underage in the gambling places placing bets but they actually have no idea of what is going on because they are being sent by elderly people with a code to generate the game. I have encountered series of cases like this and you will be surprised when you ask them.

I am also guilty of this because I have done it sometimes back. That very day, I have no enough money to place bet on my account but I need to play that game while I also have another engagement at the same time. I don't have other choice than to book the game on my phone and sent a teenager with a code to help me print the tickets. I felt so disappointed in myself for doing that I hope not to repeat it again. He brought it back and asked me whether it is my school result and say yes, lol.

That's exactly why gambling should be prohibited for younger people. They don't understand the limits, they ignore all the rules. That's how many of us had been behaving when we were young. We are lucky that we weren't introduced to gambling at that age. The reality is that our lives could have been ruined either way: whether we lost or won because having access to big money at a young age does more harm than good.

When we were in school we were banned from school that we couldn't use phones at all and if we ever brought phones to school the teacher would punish us severely. Every week our school used to make jokes about the guardian and what his child was doing and how much they were addicted to mobile they would directly talk to the guardian as a result of which we didn't get much chance to use mobile then. But now smart phone has become a very accessible thing and guardians teachers are not very aware of the student or the child due to which easily a student gets involved in gambling. I don't say gambling is wrong but I definitely say gambling underage is wrong and underage gambling can lead a student's career in wrong direction.

I think most casino owners only care about the profits they make, they won't care whether someone gambling is old enough or whether the financial situation is secure or not, as long as they have money. It is true that according to the law, letting these students gamble may be an illegal act, but as far as I know, small betting shops usually ignore it.

I remember when I was a child, about 20 years ago, there were many small betting shops with small slot machines opened, and the main customers of these shops were mostly students like us. They often do not open publicly but secretly to avoid inspection by authorities. Honestly speaking, where there is demand, there will be supply, access to gambling games like this is nothing new to the current generation of students. And those who supply these services are not foolish enough to ignore this customer source.

Yes I am talking about some countries that legalize gambling in their countries especially those that give licenses to physical casinos that run there, and I think obviously this is a fairly effective way to solve the problem of minors involved in physical casinos by establishing agreements with physical casino owners to impose strict limits on the prohibition of minors to engage in gambling. Another thing is yes I understand what you mean here, although I think my opinion is quite reliable if we are talking about physical casinos but yes we should be able to open our eyes more that lately the population of gamblers involved in online casino types is increasing.

I'm not forgetting the fact that online casinos are indeed more frequented by most gamblers due to the convenience that makes it easier for gamblers to engage in betting, but above I just talked about one formula that I think is quite effective in preventing minors from getting involved in physical casinos. At the end of the day it's clear as you say that it comes down to each parent really needing to be able to limit a child's activities, keep an eye on them to prevent them from going to betting shops and also limit their use of smartphones or laptops to minimize a child's exposure to online casinos.

Any country in the world that have gambling companies saturated all over the country both online and land based but doesn't have enacted acts prohibiting young underage persons from being allowed to gamble, there's no other words to use in describing the government of such country than saying they are the most  useless government on earth as their priority lies squarely on the profit they make through gambling taxes far above the quality of their country's next generation.

What I have noticed in my part of the world is that, despite how much the law makes provisions restricting against underage gambling, the problem is in the enforcement of these laws by the agents saddled with these responsibility.  On the other hand, another factor that increases underage gambling irrespective of the laws in that location, is the high rate of poverty.