Topic: Minimum Age to gamble - page 34. (Read 3733 times)

I started gambling only after my 18th birthday, so I can't really tell if casinos would allow underage gambling. But so far I haven't seen any articles where parents complain that their underage children where accepted at an online casino. I really hope that casinos take the age restrictions serious and don't allow any children to sign up at their websites. This doesn't include children that use fake IDs to try and get access to online gambling. When it comes to alcohol and gambling, there is a reason why we need to be at least 18 to do those things. In both cases there is a risk of becoming addicted and especially at younger age the risks are higher. Another question would be also why casino always ask for KYC documents if they don't follow them anyways.  I do think that most casinos are serious about their age restrictions and don't want any children on their website to gamble. Also kids usually don't have any regular income, so it's hard to gamble regularly for them. If casinos would deliberately accept children to gamble then the parents could take legal action against them ask for the money back the children lost. 

I believe the standard age to gamble is a minimum of 18 years as this means the company isn't dealing with minors and they are considered fit to make informed decisions and seeing these states have gone an extra step of bumping the minimum age means they want responsible people to play on these casino's!

As for online casinos following this minimum age, I suppose it's a yes and no answer because were  KYC isn't mandatory I suppose minors find their way here to test their luck, and were KYC is almost mandatory this is a no go area for children.

Honestly I don't think so, but morally upright gambling platforms need to stop such clients from having further access.

If you know were to find them yes legal action can be taken.

The majority of online casinos clearly stipulated the age that they can accept to play on their platform but we know kids today in this present generation, are curious and thinks that they are mature enough to try everything.

Everything is accessible online and platforms have no ideas who are using their platform, much more on casinos, it's when they are asking for KYC that they only found out the real age of their players.

Playing online and playing in physical casinos are very different when it comes to issues about age, because on physical casinos if you look young they will ask for a valid ID to confirm your age, on online casinos, they will only ask about your documents if your activity in their platform is questionable.

So young people who win a big amount and security asked for KYC run the risk of getting their winnings confiscated and their account banned.

maybe your question already has answers from several people here but I think we all already know the rules of age that are allowed to gamble are always 18+ and always be warned on any site with an 18+ warning and if there are minors who are still gambling secretly with a small amount to avoid KYC, I believe they will be caught by the system soon.
and of course we all know that all gambling always avoids all risks that make business complicated or cause losses, such as cases where minors enter gambling and the site allows the child to gamble and after the authorities find out about this problem the casino is prosecuted by law . so the casino has to deal with the law and spend some money to solve the problem. So I'm not sure if any gambling site will allow minors to still gamble or even if the casinos find out about this it will get the child banned immediately.

That is simply not true. There are still a few casinos without KYC requirements and most do not require KYC upon registration, only upon exceeding certain account or wagering levels. So the underage still have plenty of room in crypto-space to gamble.

The minimum age for gambling may be between 18 to 21 years. Still, in reality, children under 18 years have started gambling especially if they can already visit online casino sites, making it easier for them to access gambling. And if they find a crypto casino, they can play gambling even more freely because many crypto casinos don't apply KYC too strictly.

Casinos restrict underage people from gambling but also have a hard time knowing who is underage. Legal action can be taken but the kids won't be jailed like the adults and maybe the kids will be put in a rehabilitation center to cure it.

Many underage children gamble on online gambling platforms, the fact is that where I live, many underage children play online gambling for example football betting sometimes there are volunteers. Think of him as an admin who has an account on the gambling platform. KYC has been verified, so the underage children entrust the money to that person so that when they get a win, the winnings are deducted by the admin fee.

But there are also sites that do not limit the age of some casino games such as slots so there are lots of slots at my place, but even then you have to be careful playing because it is illegal in my country who is caught red-handed will be prosecuted, therefore when it comes to almost average age gambling platforms have a minimum age to gamble on their site, usually age exempt gambling platforms, they want to make money by dirty means attracting underage children to gamble using them by cheating which in the end ask for KYC after the child wins big then if he doesn't can complete KYC then the money will be frozen.

But in reality, many people who are underage freely play gambling in online casinos, somehow they will complete KYC when they make large withdrawals but everything can run normally.
Gambling is now being entered by all people and knows no age, so it is difficult if you want to limit the age that is allowed to enter the casino.
So far there are also several non KYC casinos making it possible for those who are underage to be able to play freely without the need to think about the KYC that the casino will ask for when making a withdrawal.

I anticipate in gambling activities, although I've master how to control the mind. Online gambling is becoming more popular every day, putting our children in danger. They have no idea how to deal with gambling, utilizing any additional money they have to play, which can result in profits or losses. Engaging in gambling activities at a young age will only result in addiction, and believe me when I say that the road to recovery is not simple. The legal gambling age is 18 years old althoughi preferred 21, and it is considered appropriate for such a teen to begin gambling, have a steady perspective toward gambling, and never back out.

This area of the regulation is not really giving attention to. If casinos have been found to go against the regulating laws of the country or their rules in ToS then they should be liable to it. Quite a number of casinos have gone under the slap of the regulating authority, like this case of Mount Airy Casino  where the regulating authority in Pennsylvania issued a fine of $160,000 for allowing 11 and 13 years old to gamble.

Yes and yes. Sadly, afaik, it can easily be bypassed. Some people can still bypass that KYC problem by borrowing an identity, say they're parents (there are a lot of crazy parents out there, trust me) and they'd end up allowing it. Naturally, they can use the KYC documents for defense and in those cases, it's probably the parents who's gonna get the brunt of the issue. And if they somehow manage to actually play without their parent's help, they'd probably still be protected due to underage laws? Not sure but afaik that helps them get away with a lot of stuff.

Granted that you can actually learn how to gamble outside of casinos. And that's usually the start of something developing, which should be fixed if we really want to solve the problem of addiction. Though I guess this simply applies to anything really, like phone addiction by most kids.

I believe most online casinos out there always follow that rules. I find not only legal but illegal casinos as well still follow that limited age. What the problem now is many people with under age bypass it even was click not under 18. We can't limit it, because this is a moral problem for young people. We don't know how to avoid it, maybe massive advertisements on tv and youtube make young people under 18 curious to play. maybe better to limit it and make rules about advertisements like reducing the image or animation.

in my country the minimum age is 18 years old, and this is not only for gambling, it also serves for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, marriage, employment in the government or company, even for the person to open an account at the bank, in my country the person needs to be 18 years old or older. in the case of online casinos, it is difficult to control all the people who create accounts in the casino and this task of controlling so that people under 18 do not stay in the games of chance is a task of the parents, one should not blame some casino, the people should blame the parents who don't stay villainous, don't take good care of their children

casinos do their part to ask for kyc, but parents at home should watch what their children are doing, most parents are not asking their children what they do on the internet, what they do with the phone and computer, they don't look at the phones and their children's computers, they don't sit down with their children to talk about things like gambling in a way that makes them understand that they should only gamble when they are over 18 and that they shouldn't lie and break the law by playing in casinos knowing they have less 18 years old, are things that parents at home should do

in recent years, even 8-year-olds already have a phone, they are already on instagram, and I keep asking myself why do certain parents give an 8-year-old a phone? two years later the child is obviously already playing in a casino and age is a lie, in some cases even the child asks someone aged 18 to create an account in a casino and kyc and give him the account, it is normal for some 13 or 15 year olds do this kind of bad stuff

Minors were playing online casinos before KYC became a thing in crypto casinos, and I believe they are still doing so in casinos that are not rigorous or haven't adopted KYC yet. Also, I'm sure they'll figure out a means to avoid KYC, such as discreetly obtaining adult IDs, such as their parents, and so forth. We have what we term "perya" in our area, and children, including grade schoolers, are allowed to gamble.

Each region is always different in terms of the minimum age to participate in gambling, but the average I see is 18+.
Online casinos are almost the same as the minimum age with this data, for example, stake.com is 18 years and over to be able to play there, maybe other online casinos follow the same rules.

For online casinos it is still difficult to limit minors if they don't do KYC, maybe casinos cannot identify every player who enters, but according to the rules it is 18 and over who can gamble.
I don't think there is any casino site that allows children to play gambling, if there is, of course they can take legal action because it is against the rules that have been set.

The application of the player's age only applies to casinos that implement strict KYC, but to casinos that do not fully implement strict KYC there will be no such restriction. In fact, some of the children aged 15-17 do a little gambling and the game they enjoy more is the slot game. even access to slot gambling is now even easier and is available with a mobile slot application that can be downloaded from the playstore. Although not strictly gambling, it is a gambling game and is played by minors. Somehow the laws of minors play gambling, Every country has different rules.

There is a fixed age limit for gambling which is 18 plus years. In some cases the age limit of 21+ has been fixed.  But in some traditional gambling cases in our country, secondary and primary school students under the age of 18 are involved in gambling. Moreover, in the case of online gambling, school and college students under the age of 18 participate in online gambling without any age limit. However, in the case of gambling, a certain age limit should be set above 21 years and no one below 21 years can be involved in gambling.

Upon checking google, all the blame will go to the underage, i
Or its parents. Its account will be automatically banned/closed regardless the balance in it.

If parents will file a lawsuit to the casino of accepting minors, i guess the casino can file also a case to the parents back which i guess is much heavier case since the sole purpose of registration is on the underage even though casino prohibits underage to register.

I can see casinos easily restricting some minor from playing after going through the classical KYC methods. On the other hand, legal actions against a casino would rather depend on whether it is a registered one in some country and where their headquarters are, in theory the casino is supposed to follow the rules of the country it is registered and those it has gotten permission to operate in.

It isn't being followed based on the policies of the casino, they'll only follow up a kyc if it seems you're winning a lot and you're withdrawing at most times with huge amounts.

We will never know if how many of those have they encountered but this isn't like an open secret to them. They're probably aware of it but if no data is provided then, a customer is a customer on them regardless if the age is hidden.

Maybe but it will only happen if a concerned parent found it out and it won't be cheap to do that I guess.