Topic: Minimum Age to gamble - page 3. (Read 4032 times)

But if it is their own biological child I don't think there is anything limiting including privacy, because obviously parents have power over whatever their children do, they have rights. Yes, I agree with that, parents are supposed to direct every activity that their children do, if it is bad then both parents should direct it to something better, and let them know that the actions they do can be bad for themselves or even for others. Like small children they have a high curiosity about anything, so parents must be able to really educate them to something better. If they are caught gambling then yes you have to limit them as much as possible, do anything that can keep them away from gambling such as for example limit the use of cellphones, keep them away from bad associations in their environment, it is very important.

For money problems too, yes we have to be a little suspicious of them, if the money you give runs out quickly then you have to ask them where the money is allocated or they buy anything that makes the money run out quickly, if the reason is odd enough then you have to suspect it and check what they are doing. Especially what they access on their cell phones, because as you said online gambling is very easy to reach. We cannot eradicate this gambling problem completely because it is almost impossible, removing one online gambling site then after that hundreds of new sites will appear. So what parents can do is prevent their children from reaching gambling on their cellphones, it is very dangerous and can damage their future.

It's difficult as a parent to supervise because I think it might also invade his privacy, it's best to just give directions about what is not good and what is good for him, for example if we ask about gambling we can explain the dangers of gambling, a child will definitely ask his parents before doing it. something they don't know about and we can also check the finances given to our children, sometimes if our children are too wasteful we can ask what the money is spent on.

At least we can know where the money is spent, if he is involved in gambling, he needs to be closely monitored and guided not to go too far in gambling. It is true that nowadays online casinos sometimes make it easier to get people to want to play on their sites, even young people under the age can play slot gambling and if asked for verification they pay for someone else's identity and then pay. There is no influence of the minimum age on gambling, but the duties as parents have an important influence on their children not being involved in any gambling.

100 percent agree with you, for children of this generation mostly, it's better to completely keep something you don't want them doing; away from them, than tell them, or let them know about it, and then warn them not to do it for the dangers associated with doing it.
Majority of children in this generation will want to try that thing to confirm if truly, there is any danger associated with it just as you have told them.

This is why, right from the onset, Ive always said that, there is absolutely no need education children with or on anything that has to do with gambling, for in doing so, we might just be indirectly showing them the next adventure to explore without we knowing it.

You are right, and even aside legal bribery or what ever any body chose to call it, as long as gambling casinos are paying taxes and other renumerations to the government, they (the gambling casinos) which I believe to be the ones running the gambling industry at large, will always have some say in what should be regulated and what should not.

That's a slippery slope though, introducing them to gambling in the hopes of educating them the consequences of doing at an early age is going to end up with the education being a gateway for them, you have to understand that children are a curious bunch and that education might end up having them trying it out instead, I believe that there are other ways to instill to children the virtue of discipline and being a responsible person in general.

Regarding regulation, it's another can of worms because not every politician can just make those regulations much stricter because gambling industry is a business, there's bound to be a lobbying or as I like to call it; the legal bribery that's going to happen that will make sure that those old and relaxed regulations will stay.

Yes, they ignore these rules, in my opinion, it is natural that anyone can play gambling, because with the capital of gadgets and the existence of an internet connection it has given them the opportunity to gamble, even children who are still underage can do it if they already know how to gamble, the importance of parental supervision so that their children do not enter the world of gambling, access to gambling is now getting easier, with the existence of online gambling this makes all groups able to play it regardless of gender, age, or ethnicity. They can all play it if they understand how to gamble.

Although gambling sets a minimum age limit, this will not affect. As long as they already understand how to gamble and when they see gambling advertisements on the internet, maybe they will try it. With the initial intention of just "trying", what I'm afraid of is that with the beginning of trying over time they will get hooked and become addicted. As you said, even children seem to have the opportunity to do something like this because now many small children are always playing PCs and cellphones. It's just that they have no curiosity about gambling yet. So their parents should be able to monitor things when they play cell phones, because no one knows what is in people's minds.

Maybe it would be better if there was education about gambling for young people because they are vulnerable to finding wrong information if they are not accompanied by people who understand gambling. They can find what they want from many places and will find out more about gambling or other things that may not be appropriate for them. Maybe the regulations regarding gambling need to be changed to keep up with the times because, nowadays, everything has changed with increasingly advanced technology. Providing counseling or explaining many things about the risks, impacts and dangers of gambling can help children understand it easily and they know how to react to it. Teenagers are very vulnerable to all the temptations they see and they tend to follow them to see how it feels. What's dangerous is that teenagers often lose control when they gamble. Even though adults experience this, teenagers are still unstable in their thinking and often do what they like.

Age isn't a measurement on the maturity of a person so restriction on gambling and other vices is utterly useless because it maturity of a person on mind and behavior is different for each and everyone. What really needs to be done if we really want to prevent people from gambling too early or doing vices too early is to teach them basic responsibility and not in a way that teaches them using boring videos about the negative effects portrayed by art students that needs to do it for extra credit, also it's worth mentioning that a stricter and more stern punishment for illegal gambling will help big time in preventing early introduction to gambling. If you ask me, there should be no minimum age and as I have said earlier, the metric should be on how mature a person is and not their age because it can be deceiving.

This is definitely going to happen if an online casino does not require a KYC verifications. Though as we all know KYC possess grave threats from identity theft, but it would definitely helps us to protect ourselves and our children, ONLY IF it's being used on what's supposed to be it's purpose.
But then again, it's still risky giving away your vital information to a company/organization over the internet.

There's actually another way of monitoring your child's activities in his device by installing a monitoring app. It's one way of knowing if they are visiting online casinos or not, including websites that does not suitable for children.

Parents do play a vitale role, but it is also your other social ties and what kind of activities they pursue. I know a lot of guys who got into poker just because their friends got into poker and it became a normal thing to play the game at parties or barbecues. From there it hasn't been a far way to also get into online poker and gambling. There is only so much that parents can do for as long as they have a significant impact on your decisions. But normally as people grow up this impact also declines, which I think is normal.

Minimum age does make sense because it works like a line of orientation for everyone. This doesn't mean it stops anyone effectively from doing something because that's not the case, but if some activities weren't limited to some minimum age, it would be more difficult for everyone to assess whether something is wrong or right.

That's right, many gamblers in their stories about addiction mentioned the fact that they became gamblers only because casinos and betting have become so accessible today. You literally need to install the app and the betting world is open to you. Therefore, children who have smartphones everywhere today can install these applications very easily. And it will be very difficult to track on their smartphone that the orebenok began to gamble. Although in the past, children would need to visit a casino in their city and get to it. And no one would have let him in there. And now the children only need to click the check mark in the agreement "you are 18 years old."

Isn't this kind of thing detrimental to gamblers because every tax is borne by the community?
Even though this is only film I am sure that films like this are usually taken from true stories and aim to raise awareness among the public that gambling can never produce truly clean profits.
A similar thing also happens in several countries where every tax will be borne by the gambler but this is if the gambler wins, but they assume that the proceeds from taxes like this will be allocated as aid to those in need and also for social purposes such as charity.

The age of 18 to 25 years is the productive age for teenager who is growing up to be able to develop it's just that in some places people of that age are already familiar with the black world such as drugs.
Just consuming alcohol and smoking is normal but drugs or gambling should be something that must be avoided for those who are in the developing phase.
Unfortunately, age limits cannot really be benchmark for every activity especially in the world of gambling and the streets.

Parents play a vital role in how their kids will behave towards a certain thing. If they are the type who have good communication and connection with each other, it will be very easy to educate them on how things are being done and what can be the result if they get involved in gambling.
 
But there is also one thing about parents and children in the aspect of the kids taking their advice very seriously or not. The manner in which some parents pass information over to their kids most times is not really helpful as they use forceful ways to communicate as if they are fighting or quarrelling with them, adding fear to the child's body, which doesn't really add any positive value to the child.

Even if gambling seems to be a bad thing if one can't control themselves, if parents don't use the right manner to educate a child, they will never learn, adding to the fact that we are in a technological age where they can learn anything online.

Even people who are old enough still behave in a childish manner when gambling and are not able to control their gambling activities well, let alone underage children. Apart from their inadequate capacity and not being able to make mature decisions, financially they still depend on their parents. And what I fear is when they fall into a gambling addiction while financially they are unable to fulfill their desire to gamble. And this could encourage the child to behave badly, such as selling family items without the parents' knowledge or telling other lies to the parents in order to get some money for gambling.

Adolescents still need guidance from their parents so they don't go down the wrong path, but in reality, there are still many children who go down the wrong path due to a lack of supervision and guidance from their parents. Many teenagers see violence in their households, which makes them run away from home and choose to stay at a friend's house. If his friends understand the problems he is facing, they will always support him, but if not, they will only influence him to take the wrong path, and in the end, the teenager will also take things on the wrong path. So if the age limit for gambling in casinos could be increased to above 20 years, perhaps it could prevent children under 20 years from entering casinos. But I thought that nowadays, there are only so many online casinos that can make it easy for teenagers to access them without anyone knowing.

Having a good communication and comprehension between parents and their child is one of the major thing that needs to prevent having a vices at the young age. As you've said,  Teenagers is quite difficult to control because they are at the age wherein curiosity is a high level. better to talk with them and explain what will be the effect of being involve in gambling at such a young age. Living in this modern society, we can't deny the fact that kids (under legal ages) are more open and aware about how gambling works.

The role of parents is very important, especially in introducing something good or bad. something they can do or not. and there must be responsibility for all actions. that will make teenagers more responsible for what they do. To be honest, teenagers will be very difficult to control. What parents can do is provide understanding and reasonable reasoning to their teenagers.

even though gambling sites can be accessed by anyone, not even bound by age or gender. no matter rich or poor, those who want to gamble must be responsible with their finances. Don't let it involve or even harm other people.

Nowadays, we notice that young people are the subject in most crime cases of rape, killing or gambling, because even you said that children or young should take their part too it, in reality they were not its because they still need a guidance from whom? Of course, guidance from their parents. I know always parents are not to blame always always for their children being in gambling or crimes, but notice a large percentage of young age being associated with gambling or in crimes are the children's that doesn't get enough attention and guidance from their parents, also the poverty are to one also to blame, that's why many young age will find a way to earn money in result to their exposure to gambling. You see, without proper guidance, children will be on the wrong path. So, even if the online casinos set up a minimum age, the age will still find a way to access it because the rules are easy to bypass online.

There has just been a new documentary about gambling and the cost it causes for society compared to the tax revenue gambling businesses generate. There was a conservative estimate that the cost for society is about three times as high as the tax revenue generated, meaning that gambling never is a positive net profit business for the government in most countries. Maybe you could argue that it depends on the tax rate and so on of course.

Age was also discussed there and the rate of 18-25 years old young men getting into gambling is currently going through the roof. So yes minimum age to gamble, it is difficult because I think any adjustments of minimum ages for either alcohol or smoking hasn't really changed much either. If there is a way to do something, people will try it out. I think it should never be too low, but hoping that minimum ages change entire social landscapes is a broken dream.

Restrict or not but still there's no way that you could really be able to stop your kids on seeing gambling and even if you do restrict them then their curiosity will really be pushing them to check out
on whats gambling. So it would really be that better that you should really be teaching them about on whats gambling and what are the risks that imposed into it. If you wont really be that
giving those basic ideas about on what it is then they might be able to miss out on what are the best things to be done on the time that they would be able to encounter gambling ahead.
We know that young people would really be that curious on what are the things that they do encounter specially on first time and since we do speak about making money on easy way
then it would really be just that normal that they would really be that getting interested.

Many people thing their was no need to restrict the kids to the gambling sites.But the kids also learn the game from the gambling and play to win more then their father.Many global based gambling sites doesn’t require the age as the break for the gambling.The developed countries doesn’t consider the gambling as the problematic for them.The children below 14 was strictly not allowed by the government an the gambling sites based on the law created.The parent gambler should not allow their children below 14 for the game,because at the age of 14 or low children doesn’t have capacity to take the decision.