At early age of mine as I could remember I was 10-11 years old I already knew how to play cards, but what the good thing was my mother didn't really encourage me to reall engaged myself in gambling.
That must be a good example of good parenting. When you are under age (hope in your country also 18 years is a legal age to gamble), that must be a wise decision not to allow you to get into gambling. Because, if you found good profits from gambling then you may plan to live your life out of gambling only but there cannot be any assurance your gambling will support you to live out of it. So prohibiting you when you were under age from gambling, must be a very good decision a parent could do IMO. 
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The sad thing is that their parents are perpetuating their own mistakes on their children, even if it is a bit hypocrite they should tell their kids to do as they say and not as they do, they should try to get them out of gambling but those parents that are addicted to gambling probably do not care anymore about what the kid does or does not do, and in some cases they could even encourage that behaviour as the kids end up bringing money with them and more than anything that is what those that are addicted to gambling want.
Well, that is a sad truth and it seems we have the same experience. However in my case though, my parents are not that much into gambling they only play when there's an occasion or something, and through their play, I was able to learn from it. At a very young age, I managed to play gambling with a small bet on it (my parent didn't encourage me gamble I just test it out on my own), for me it was fun and really interesting but just like my parent I only play when there's an occasion, perhaps I learned it from them. What I am glad about is that even though I was exposed to gambling at a very young age I was not able to fall into addiction, I just play gambling for purely fun not without the intent of winning, and if win that would be just a bonus.
The sad thing is that their parents are perpetuating their own mistakes on their children, even if it is a bit hypocrite they should tell their kids to do as they say and not as they do, they should try to get them out of gambling but those parents that are addicted to gambling probably do not care anymore about what the kid does or does not do, and in some cases they could even encourage that behaviour as the kids end up bringing money with them and more than anything that is what those that are addicted to gambling want.
I think it depends upon the environment/upbringing of the person and his tenacity to play around with a highly speculative game. I've known some kids here in our country (Philippines) as young as 12-13 years old to gamble against adults, especially those who were born in the slum areas. They are usually children of gamblers as well, and they learn at an early age how to play against the psychology of an adult in a game in order to earn a bit of cash.
Well, that's illegal of course, and that's not a perfect age bracket for someone to gamble. For sure these kids are doing illegal stuff as well like stealing money from their parents or worse from another person.
I have seen children like these as well, and they are stubborn as hell. The least you can do is to report this to the authorities before anything worse will happen.
Now I know who Gives Merit to that Shitpost , Have you read the Malawi rules? does that gambling rules applied for Online betting only? Watta heck ..
What else would you expect from a Hero Member account who has 'earned' a total of 8 merits so far?
12-13 years of are is very young to start gambling in my opinion. In my country you need to be atleast 18. I remember when being 16 that I really wanted to go a casino, but even with my parents it wasn't possible. The only thing I could do was play scratch cards at home. With hindsight it was probably good that I couldn't go gambling because the risk of getting addicted is much higher in younger ages. If the young gamblers where supervised by their experienced parents than it might be okay.
I think it depends upon the environment/upbringing of the person and his tenacity to play around with a highly speculative game. I've known some kids here in our country (Philippines) as young as 12-13 years old to gamble against adults, especially those who were born in the slum areas. They are usually children of gamblers as well, and they learn at an early age how to play against the psychology of an adult in a game in order to earn a bit of cash.
12-13 years of are is very young to start gambling in my opinion. In my country you need to be atleast 18. I remember when being 16 that I really wanted to go a casino, but even with my parents it wasn't possible. The only thing I could do was play scratch cards at home. With hindsight it was probably good that I couldn't go gambling because the risk of getting addicted is much higher in younger ages. If the young gamblers where supervised by their experienced parents than it might be okay.
I regard gambling as entertainment, therefore, I think that mature age is optimal for this activity. If you are young, then, firstly, you have much more cheaper ways to tickle your nerves, and secondly, gambling is dangerous because it can cause addiction, so it is better to avoid it when you are young.
Even you are already old and engage with gambling, you do still have the same odds on getting addicted.It does matter on how someone would handle out the riskand been aware on how he'd been doing.
Its non deniable that young minds cant able to handle up themselves and due to curiosity you would really be testing out things neither those are bad or not.
Everything which you do dealt up too much will always have some negative effects.Gambling isnt bad but when you do play too much or spend up much
and thats where problem begins.
I disagree.
The mature age is the right age for someone to engage in gambling to know his responsibility and risk, because if a kid or a teenage would gamble, he'll be just to carefree to gamble all of the money he has and the money or his parents that he could steal if he doesn't have any money left on his pocket, worst case scenario is that he would steal money on other people, that's the disadvantage of kids when introduce in gambling in an early age.
The effect on adult could be minimal or not, but in a child? it will be always worst.
I think it depends upon the environment/upbringing of the person and his tenacity to play around with a highly speculative game. I've known some kids here in our country (Philippines) as young as 12-13 years old to gamble against adults, especially those who were born in the slum areas. They are usually children of gamblers as well, and they learn at an early age how to play against the psychology of an adult in a game in order to earn a bit of cash.
Well, that's illegal of course, and that's not a perfect age bracket for someone to gamble. For sure these kids are doing illegal stuff as well like stealing money from their parents or worse from another person.
I have seen children like these as well, and they are stubborn as hell. The least you can do is to report this to the authorities before anything worse will happen.
I think it depends upon the environment/upbringing of the person and his tenacity to play around with a highly speculative game. I've known some kids here in our country (Philippines) as young as 12-13 years old to gamble against adults, especially those who were born in the slum areas. They are usually children of gamblers as well, and they learn at an early age how to play against the psychology of an adult in a game in order to earn a bit of cash.
Well, that's illegal of course, and that's not a perfect age bracket for someone to gamble. For sure these kids are doing illegal stuff as well like stealing money from their parents or worse from another person.
I have seen children like these as well, and they are stubborn as hell. The least you can do is to report this to the authorities before anything worse will happen.
In Malawi, this article[1], says that age 5 and above are considered legal to gamble.
[1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
We ever discussed it, mate. Trust me, it is a very bad regulation to allow children at age 5 to play gambling. They still don't know what they are playing, they think it is a fun game only. But if it continues, they can be addicted to the game. Finally, they will be gambling addicts at a very young age. This shouldn't be followed by other countries. [1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
I can't even take this seriously. Do they also offer instructions for the 5 year old kids on how to sign up and get ready to gamble?
Credit cards also no problem at age 5? Just call your bank and order the Amex!
I think it depends upon the environment/upbringing of the person and his tenacity to play around with a highly speculative game. I've known some kids here in our country (Philippines) as young as 12-13 years old to gamble against adults, especially those who were born in the slum areas. They are usually children of gamblers as well, and they learn at an early age how to play against the psychology of an adult in a game in order to earn a bit of cash.
I have never thought about it but I think you may have a point, however when it comes to the right age for people to gamble most countries accept this to be the moment you are thought to reach adulthood, but as we know people have different maturity rates, I have met persons that were 15 years old which were very mature and I have met people that were 35 years old that were very immature so age alone is not a perfect metric but it is the best that we have at the moment.
My father never teach me about probabilities at my early age because I'm the one who discovered about it and at an early age, I found out that it's really hard to win in gambling especially if you'll take it as your way to earn some profit. The only thing my father said to me is to value money because it's really hard to earn money and yes, I understand all of that so I'm away from gambling and just focusing on other recreational activities. So I guess, I'm pretty lucky to have him because he taught me more about money even though he doesn't know about the probabilities and the mathematical explanation on gambling. 
In Malawi, this article[1], says that age 5 and above are considered legal to gamble.
[1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
We ever discussed it, mate. Trust me, it is a very bad regulation to allow children at age 5 to play gambling. They still don't know what they are playing, they think it is a fun game only. But if it continues, they can be addicted to the game. Finally, they will be gambling addicts at a very young age. This shouldn't be followed by other countries. [1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
I can't even take this seriously. Do they also offer instructions for the 5 year old kids on how to sign up and get ready to gamble? Credit cards also no problem at age 5? Just call your bank and order the Amex!
Credit cards also no problem at age 5? Just call your bank and order the Amex!This is possible if the authority doesn't mind about it and they will make it looks like it's something in their culture or customs that only exist in their country but the truth it's not. They took advantage of the current situation like for example in some of the villages in our country a long time ago when the festival came, they allowed such kind of act to happen where minors can place a bet without any guardian looking at them and this became normal even after the said festival. Thankfully they've stopped it because it doesn't make sense at all anyway. there's no such thing where those young minds will be allowed to play like that.
In Malawi, this article[1], says that age 5 and above are considered legal to gamble.
[1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
We ever discussed it, mate. Trust me, it is a very bad regulation to allow children at age 5 to play gambling. They still don't know what they are playing, they think it is a fun game only. But if it continues, they can be addicted to the game. Finally, they will be gambling addicts at a very young age. This shouldn't be followed by other countries. [1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
I can't even take this seriously. Do they also offer instructions for the 5 year old kids on how to sign up and get ready to gamble?
Credit cards also no problem at age 5? Just call your bank and order the Amex! In Malawi, this article[1], says that age 5 and above are considered legal to gamble.
[1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
We ever discussed it, mate. Trust me, it is a very bad regulation to allow children at age 5 to play gambling. They still don't know what they are playing, they think it is a fun game only. But if it continues, they can be addicted to the game. Finally, they will be gambling addicts at a very young age. This shouldn't be followed by other countries. [1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
In Malawi, this article[1], says that age 5 and above are considered legal to gamble.
[1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
We ever discussed it, mate. Trust me, it is a very bad regulation to allow children at age 5 to play gambling. They still don't know what they are playing, they think it is a fun game only. But if it continues, they can be addicted to the game. Finally, they will be gambling addicts at a very young age. This shouldn't be followed by other countries. [1] https://www.bestonlinecasino.com/blog/gambling-age-around-the-world.html
Depends how you view perfect because health wise its not best to have teenagers gambling but obviously gambling is one way business wants to target the disposable revenue of young adults. Even the plain banking industry tries to target demographics they think will grow as a sector which definitely means extending credit and other services as soon as possible.
Ideally people should be 21 when gambling and fully aware its a leisure activity that doesn't mean riches occur despite wins its an item to spend on not expect to be profitable. Realistically people dont ever gamble rationally entirely but they should be given the chance to consider it properly.
Ideally people should be 21 when gambling and fully aware its a leisure activity that doesn't mean riches occur despite wins its an item to spend on not expect to be profitable. Realistically people dont ever gamble rationally entirely but they should be given the chance to consider it properly.
If any hobby (in this case, gambling) does not harm you financially, then any degree of involvement in it, including fanaticism, is normal. Someone spends all their time on computer games, someone on table tennis - if they live happily at the same time, this is normal. And the older I get, the more I believe that any activity that tickles your nerves and brings back the taste for life is good 
It does not matter if the hobby is in gambling while our finances are still safe so for me it is appropriate, meaning that we can still overcome addictions even though we often play as a hobby.For now, after the pandemic 1 year, we have been at home often, of course, our daily lives are definitely in front of the computer to spend time, it is not impossible in the future they can also play gambling but not often but can be used as fun when finances are normal .
hurting our finances then it can be still considered good or does signify that you are really much aware on what you doing.Age bracket wont really that matter
but the best age for this one is on the time you are fully matured on understanding everything not only limited to gambling but on other things as well.
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