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In the gambling platform, there are different stories every day across the world. This 16 years Nigerian citizen used his school fees to play bet and was planning to win big amount so he can use it to solve other problems but along the line he loss everything and he went to the contact of the company and begged them to refund the money back to him because it is his school fees. Is it possible for the company to refund the money to the boy? As for me it is not possible because the played the game and loss. And also the boy was too small to gamble because gambling is meant for mature mind because you have you to face things like and when you loss, you have to move on. And these are some the reasons why casinos always specifying that before you play gamble, you must be above 18 years plus  that is in short form 18+ and some people and sportsbooks ignore this warning and this is one off the result. Click the picture for more information.
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The answer is obviously no since it seems pretty clear that Sportybet doesn't allow underage and that the boy violated the terms. I don't think even the government could step in and help the kid. The only way I see that they could be forced to refund is by social media pressure like cancel culture. Although I think it's less likely that the casino would give in but you never know what happens when kids or women starts crying on the internet hehe.

The 16 year old guy is a fool, sorry for saying that. He thinks the gambling site will give him back the money? That is never going to happen. Only what can now happen is for people to open a lawsuit against the gambling site for allowing underage gambling but I do not think that is going to happen. We saw on this forum too as a young school guy gambled and lost the money and killed himself. In those countries that things like this is happening, gambling is not well regulated and nothing will be done about it.

For a company that have long standing operational success and reputations,  they won't care about whatsoever social media pressure or campaign that the boy will pull that will get they attention since of obvious that the boy played and lost the bet so I don't see any reason why the casino should refund or even listen to the boy in any ways,  because the boy have violated the casino rules by all means since he know that the age limit on gambling before going ahead to gamble and lost.

So he should be able to handle whatever outcome the result of his action become and leave the casino out of it and I am also sure that from his complain the casino is going to discover his real age and ultimately block or can the account access.

No and I do not think that his money would ever be given back.

When people gamble, they fail to realize that this is also a risk for the gambling company. They either win or lose some money, although they have a slight advantage, depending on the outcome of its games. If you plan to gamble your money, then you should fully understand the risks that are associated with it.

With this example, the boy risked his school funds in order to gain some profit for a good cause. But he failed to understand that by risking his money, the gambling company is also risking their money and the result could go either way. This is the reason on why I fully believe that underage teens should be banned from gambling due to incidents such as this one.

Obvious no if he will just beg for it since company won’t allow it because of their strict company rules. However, there’s a chance to refund this if he will bring this to the court since he is minor which he has an advantage to convince the judge to refund his money. He needs to find a decent lawyer that will do pro bono case for him to make this possible. But I bet someone will be interested to do this trouble just to refund kids money.

The guardian who let their kid trick them to verify the casino account should be the one to blame here because he can’t play in the casino if no one will give him the id to verify his account before he can make any deposit.

Before I give my two cents on this issue lemme ask one question. If the reverse was the case what do you think social media will talk? Let’s say an under aged boy played with his school fees and won a huge amount of money do you think that social medial will pressure the boy to return the money that he won because he’s not up to gambling age? I highly doubt they would, you’ll only hear things like “he’s lucky”, “let him go”, “it’s God’s doing in his life”.

No matter what the media will talk in this issue, sportybet will not refund the boy’s money… he did accept the ToS of the casino. The only thing that can happen or that will happen is for social media handlers or celebrities to help the boy pay his school fees I have seen something like that happen before.

Na, I don't thinks it's the guardians that should be blamed here. Parents aren't always aware of their kids in and out. kids these days tends to play smarter. As long as they have a mobile phone which is normal, there's nothing impossible for an underage kid even to register on these casino or some adult sites. Restrictions don't hold them anymore. It's funny to see the boy begging the casino to send him back his fund. This typical shows why children shouldn't be allowed to gamble. They will create problems for these casino any time they loss.

As Cantsay has said, he won't get the money back, but maybe some celebrities might just be pitiful to assist him with his school fees. I guess that was his plan initially before making his loss a trending story.

We don't give a shit ~XD

He can think for the winning, so he also think are gonna to lose the money. These question is a little bit dumb for my opinion, now the question if he win due he under age can casino refuse his winning ?

I don't think soo, he are gonna to be mad:
- Lose mad asking for refund
- Win mad because casino refuse to pay him

These stupid story ~XD

This little kid should know the risk by using his school fees for gambling. The gambling site is not even making a mistake here. I meant if this kid would not gamble his school fees and that's fine, nothing happened with the gambling site.
That's pure kid's fault. That kid can try go bet till he will pass 18 years old and he will able to withdraw his money after he will able to fulfill KYC requirement.  :D

Even though if the site was refuding his money and what's gonna happen if the gambling site was forcing him to verify his identity to withdraw his money? The better for him to apologize for his mistake and ask his mom to pay his fees school.  ;D



The kid won't even care to read TOS. he is only caring to play and beg to the site once he will lose his money. What a poor kid. He should be able to do better with his money.

I doubt he'll get his money back unless the gambling site knowingly allowed the teenager to gamble on their gambling site, then the kid can try and report a complaint against the gambling site and ask for a refund(or something, not really sure what are the consequences if a gambling site knowingly allowed a teenager to gamble on their gambling site). I hope this incident becomes a lesson for that teenager, using school tuition for gambling is a huge NO NO! As always, only gamble what you can afford to lose.

saw this part in the article, that kid(from what I understand this is a different kid) is going lose more money. A lot of gamblers who think like this will end up with more losses than wins. I just hope he starts to realize when to stop and give up the losses.

As long as betting or gambling is concerned, money lost is lost, regardless of age or whatever be the main purpose of the lost money, casino can never return such money to the gambler, even if the parents of the boy drag the casino to court, lost money can not be returned in gambling or betting, even the law recognizes this.

So the boy should stop chasing clouts, he is even underage and shouldn't have an account on any casino in the first place, this is one of the reasons why it's important for kyc enabled casinos to ask gamblers for kyc verification before allowing them to deposit to the casino, not just ask kyc when withdrawing.

I don't think so, since before you can sign up, there's a rule that you must be 18 years above in the terms and conditions. The boy ignored this agreement and gambled his school fees. In my opinion, once the Sportybet company refunds the money in this case, many will copy this kind of scheme. Or the boy will not learn his lesson. Who knows what will happen when the company refunds his money? What if he gambled it again? I hope he will not bet again and resolve his problem by working or helping his parents pay his tuition.

It was purely the fault of the 16-year-old teenager, how could the platform return the money that had lost the bet, it was obvious that the child seemed to be addicted.

By sharing on Tiktok, isn't he ashamed of himself because many people mocked him? How will the family and school respond knowing that this child has lost all the money for school in gambling? This is clearly a very fatal mistake.

The funny ;D thing is that he bet on a Man United match and lost, was it against Crystal Palace?

The gambling internet is littered with these stories. Some of which are even worse than these and there will be more.

I want to put it that the school lost to gambling is the tuition the boy has paid for his naivety and silly just to put it mildly. For the rest of his life, he won't ever forget thos experience but whether this painful experience will make him quit gambling until he is mature enough, that is why we do not know.

And no gambling company will refund any money lost no matter the story that has been told. It is always stated on gambling websites for their customers to gamble responsibly. Therefore, they cannot be held liable for any loss incurred.

If I were the owner of the gambling platform, I would not yield to the kid's request, It is a bad precedent and it would just encourage minors to gamble because they can always request a refund if they lose their bet, in the first place even if the minor win they should not allow the minor to cash out, again it will encourage minors to gamble.
The gambling platform should be very strict in implementing its rules and they should never allow minors to gamble if caught they should confiscate it to discourage minors from gambling.
Here in our country, we are very strict if the platform is caught letting minors bet the government will impose a heavy penalty, the gambling platform should call out the parents of the child so they be the ones to discipline him.

It the casino will return or refund the money, then it will set a total precedent in the gambling industry. As much as we pity the boy and what had happen to him, the fault is on him, he shouldn't gamble the money in the first place.

And again, so this is a lessons for everyone that we shouldn't gamble money that we can't afford to lose. Otherwise, there will be a bad consequences and you will be put on a lot of mental stress. And there are instances that people go as far as taking their own life because of the money that they have lost that is supposed to be assign to something very important in their lives.

The only one who has broken the law is this 16 year old kid.Now this kid has not only lost everything in his school fees but he could also face some sort of reeducation in some reeducation centers if the casino is bad enough to open a case against him for cheating on the platform.

What this guy should do is ask for pardon to his parents and keep his head down,forget once for all about gambling and be focused only with his school and lessons,like his friends do at this age.

The casino platform has a ToS which clearly states that all players must be over 18 years old and players must be aware that the money they spend on the game cannot be refunded for any reason. So the casino platform does not have any responsibility to return the money to the child because it is in accordance with business procedures.
This could be a lesson for other children that gambling is not a trivial thing. Gambling is very risky that their money can be lost at any time, so they must understand that gambling is risky and they should not approach it.

How did a 16-year-old boy end up on a gambling platform? Looking for money? At that age? That's a bread flag on it's own, that boy should care only about his studies for that age, the parent needs to handle that boy before he turn into something they will regret later on, I mean what the hell is wrong with kids of today? They are always in hurry to make some money, what is he trying to use the money for at his age?

The casino also didn't do well, they shouldn't have allow any underage of 18 to sign up on their platform and gamble, it's the boys fault to use his school fees and I don't feel pity for such person, this will serve as a lesson for him and also, his parent will be able to know what he is up to right now.  

This is how children lose their heads at a very small age and they will start skipping classes, if I own that casino I won't listen to the boy, he deserved to be punished by the school or by the parent, there is time for everything, he is too young to get serious with gambling.

 What annoys me is that he started crying and begging for a refund after he blew everything away. They will not listen even if he were at a mature age to gamble much less now he's underage. I wonder if he'd have sent the message had he won. Probably he'd take his winnings and go brag about much of a risk taker he was that he had to use all of his school fees..
Another thing that irks me is I'm sure he didn't seek the help of more experienced and mature gambler, who knows he would have been guided against it.
 His actions just go to depict how immature and childish he is and even if there was provisions for a refund, I won't even consider his request because at his age he should be bothered about his academics and if he was so hellbent on tripling his funds, why not but some BTC and DCA? Too bad that because of his carelessness his education will suffer.

He playing dumb after losing his money. Anyone who bet is expecting to win and if this boy wins, he will get the money.  But this will teach the kid a lesson about risks.
While I agree that his money is not to be refunded for him to learn his lesson.  It is too mean to post the image of the boy, whoever posted the image of the boy does have the intent to shame him.

Now he has to answer to his parents while his parents will also be put to shame.

What was the song about by the way?

I think the question actually should be, how did the media got to know about this incident?, was it the betting company that shared this incident with the media, or was it the boy himself, who ever shared this with the media is the one who shared also shared the boy's image, and in this case, I think it's the boy himself.

Judging from the fact that he is still too young to understand how important privacy is to one's life, most especially in this generation we live in, he probably shared this on one of his social media account with his pic, and the media finding it an interesting story took it up.

The little boy may have a case against the casino if only the casino is a licensed casino and also if the have full KYC rule implemented, but from the look of things is like the buy gamble unverified and that is what he was able to bypass the age restrictions.
The news is incomplete and this will definitely lead to a lot of other questions, as the age and location of the boy are not mentioned to know if the country is casino-friendly or anti-gambling, which also can increase or kill the chances of the boy getting any help.

There is no way the casino will return a bet that has been lost, this is a ridiculous request but the boy by contacting the platform hopes he has some hope of returning his money, maybe something like that. LOL

The child must be supervised, otherwise he will be addicted to continuing to bet again if he has money from his parents.

I don't think it's possible for casino companies to spread to the media, but my guess is that this man has uploaded his video on tiktok until it goes viral so that the media finds out because the video becomes FYP and then spreads it in his article.

Seeing this video has been watched by many people, namely more than 250k.

Well i don't even know what to say. I think this is one of the most foolish things anyone can do to themselves. If this gambler had worked this his school fees himself maybe he would have had the wisdom to know that the money was gotten through toiling and should all if he want to gamble should be put into it.

This kid friends are definitely a bad influence on him. If they aren't at least I know he would have opened up to one of them who would have advised him against it. But I think he friends may have supported him and cheered him on.

Always read the Terms and Conditions on a gambling website.


T&C from the Sportybet Website.

This is not even a question, as far as I am concerned and as a fellow Nigerian it's illegal for someone below the age of eighteen to partake in gambling of any sort in Nigeria, so if he played this game in a Betting office as an under age the owner of the shop he played that game can be involved in this case.

Firstly I would say gambling platforms in Nigeria are getting it wrong when it comes to the age restriction there is no policies to prevent underage from gambling, anyone can just step into the shop or go online to gamble with is wrong. For now I think the big case here is that the boy is an underage gambler .

No, that boy would be facing up the consequences on what he had done because if he do make those amounts to win then for sure he wont really be making out some complaints but rather he would play more.  :D

Its not an excuse that you are that a minor or whatever reasons it might be,because you had that decided to take up some betting then you are really that responsible with your actions and its true that
most of sites or casinos does have that kind of age reminder and whatever those terms been flashed out on the time that you do really make out some bets or tend to make a deposit. There's no way that
a site would really be granting out that refund request after you have decided on taking up a bet. Its all final and that boy would definitely be needing to face up those consequences and realize for himself that
gambling is never been that recommended for those young people and doesnt have that their own money to play on.

Being thinking about those amounts on being big or getting how many folds then it could be possible with gambling but we must know the odds on losing those funds
and this is something that could avoid us from harm if you are really just that minding about those risks.

The best form of resolution for the boy right now is to open up to his parents about his mistakes and predicament and face the possible punishment for the sin committed because his parent will be the only one that can give him another school fee to avoid dropping out of school due to lack of payment of fees,  but bringing the issues to the public instead of handling it within the family may seems a little bit of wrong move to me since who knows his parents may get the information from the news before he thinks of telling them.

Unless the image shared in the ops is not the real image of the student of it is then I will say that he has sold out his privacy and that can increase his risk of getting help,  but looking at the situation of things I don't think the casino will make any form of refund to the ops.

I know it's the boy. He uploaded it on his TikTok. This data will be there forever and he will really be remembered all his life by this and probably get bullied also. This Legit Buzz spreads it for the clicks, blogs always want to find clickbaits and found this boy. Why this boy also uploaded the video is beyond belief.

You can't seek attention that way where you put your life story under the spotlight for the world to see. I already heard the song not sure what it's about but the idea I think was that he was calling mother for help.

It depends on the casino, but it is customary for money not to be returned to those who lose their bets, it doesn't matter if the bettor is a minor or an adult, what is certain is that a loss is still money lost, If the casino returns the money, it is dangerous, it could be infected again by those who have the same fate as the child, the parents will also demand the same thing.

Question: what if the child gambles and they win, the parents will be happy, will the casino ask for the winnings again, of course not.

In fact, in cases like what happened to this child, the ones who should be blamed are their parents and the casino.
1. Parents do not supervise their children in gambling activities, they should control their children.
2. The casino is also guilty of allowing underage children to gamble there.

This must be blamed on both parties, demanding the money back is not an option, parents should be a valuable lesson in this case in the future where they really deal with their child's activities, the same goes for the casino, minors are not allowed to enter.

In my opinion, the child was not betting for the first time, perhaps it was the umpteenth time, perhaps that day by chance bad luck happened to the child.

This is a serious issue, but I don’t think the gambling site will pity the boy. I haven’t seen or heard about any gambling site refunding money to their customers after losing. The boy is underage, he violated the gambling site rules, which give the gambling site the right to block the boy’s account even after winning, but unfortunately the boy lost. I don’t know what the boy will do, but I don’t think there will be anything like a refund for the boy.

It’s just painful when I see stories like this. Children should be given proper orientation about gambling from their parents, don’t hide anything from them, tell them all what they have to know. Children should know that gambling is not a place where you can multiply or increase your money. A boy like this can end up doing illegal things just to source money to pay his school fees back.

When I read the title of this thread, I immediately thought: this boy's parents are very disappointed in them and should seek psychological help for him, because this boy is more likely to have become addicted and is not just addicted, but addicted at the level more advanced, advanced level and when a person starts betting with money that they should not have the luxury of losing and that is not theirs. I highly doubt that this boy was his first time making a bet, he probably already has a longer history of betting and using money that shouldn't be used to place bets, my theory is that he was already used to doing this type of thing of things, but as money values were low, he was able to hide it by replacing the amount spent

but this time because the addiction had already consumed him and he was accustomed to using money that he could not afford to lose, he took the money to pay for school and lost it and he probably realized that it would be more difficult to replace that. money so early to the point that the school was not pressured to pay, as he had no other choice, so he decided to ask the casino to give him the money back. But in this story we need to look at it with a more emotionless look, maybe the boy was lying and wanted the casino to give him his money back so he could play again or maybe this boy was actually telling the truth. But the question is whether or not he is sorry for his bad actions

The boy's parents are partly to blame, they were negligent in not paying attention to the things their son has done every day, because as I said earlier, I highly doubt that this is the first time this boy has done something bet, he's probably been in this world of gambling for a long time and has become addicted to gambling, I highly doubt that I'm wrong about my theory, the parents will have a lot of headaches when dealing with this child

Even if the boy is not underage and he is above 18, no casino will give back money that you lost to them in your gambling activities back. The boy thought that he can gamble with his school fee and after his lost, he will beg for the money and using the excuse that it was his tuition fee that he used will make the casino have pity on hime but he doesn't know that casinos are different from your friends or relations that can have pity on him and refund back the money.

It is obvious that many underage people gamble secretly and have no idea of what they are doing because they are not working, and they will end up using the money that is been given to them for something important to gamble or they will end up stealing to gamble. This is one of the reasons why we must keep out gambling activities secrete from our kids.

This is actually one of the lamest questions I've ever read in here... It's obvious that the funds cannot be refunded for any reason; the casino said that for more clarity already...so what's the point of asking insensible questions ?? To me, this post has no quality at all and should be put down. if you were really keen about writing on this, then there'd have been a better way to do so...

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gambling shouldn't be presumed a way to make money; only a few have made it through that route randomly...so I feel it's not worth the time, stress and anticipation... To y'all out there still below the age of 18, avoid gambling away your funds!!

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

Dumb decisions bring you dumb results. It's not a matter of what you hope to fix by doing that. Sure, if you suddenly killed off half of the world, wouldn't the other half have better opportunities, space, food, etc.? Would you do it? That would be no, cause you'd probably die first, maybe second. There can be a ton of solutions for a problem with varying methods, and it's up to you to filter out dumb ones from that, regardless of whether you want to help someone or not.

I highly doubt casinos would offer a refund, the image already says it all. They RARELY do refunds, if ever at all. They're a business, not a charity. In the first place, it was the kid's mistake for gambling when he was below 18. It might be grounds for a legal punishment on his side if it ever went to that. If it involved KYC, then boy the one who's identity was used may even be included in the punishment as well.

Is it possible? Yes. Will they do it? No. Is it because they don't want to? Possibly.

Lots of people quick to judge the casino here for the prickly reply but the kid is just as much to blame here. You could argue that it was because he was still prepubescent and therefore isn't on the proper mindset that an adult would have but at the same time, it's just massively stupid. Regardless if you win or lose there's not much to gain from betting your tuition and even I know that lol. Hopefully he gets a pretty good ass-whooping after this (which I'm pretty sure he would cause this is Nigeria we're talking about and the level of parental discipline there is just as great if not better than SEA punishments but I digress) as he definitely needs it. Let this also be a lesson to parents becoming more vigilant on what their kids are looking up on the internet.

Yeah it seems the post blew up and the media feast on trends like termites. You'll see similar posts about this on multiple blogs, soon. The boy is meant to have a name and with that, his photo can be found maybe on Facebook. The boy's problem is double. He doesn't understand the implication of gambling as an underage. Experience is the best teacher. His peers may have staked their school fees and he's trying to imitate them. The kid needs an Iphone. Or whatever may have been freaking him out, to take such a decision. If the casino refunds him, what do you expect of every other person who lost money in the casino. The question or this thread, have a simple answer. Casinos follow strict rules and chatting with their social media manager cannot change anything. It's impossible to refund him! I don't think he is addicted yet. He is anxious of what could be the outcome of his decision. A remorseful teen, wouldn't post his nonchalant attitude online, seeking for help. Teachers need to begin moral instructions for students like this boy. He's not stopping soon, if care is not taken. The possibility of him, paying the school fees even when refunded is very thin.  If gambling can mess with adults, what more a 16 year old? nothing unfamiliar. We see worst cases, not just online, but in our society. I've seen people risk their school fees and lose. But, they always have a way of tricking their parents, as a plan B. It still boils down to waste of resources for the family of the boy. 

The gambling platform has no obligation to refund the money. They didn't force anyone to play in the first place.

If that company will refund the money out of consideration, for sure many will likely do the same since it is a possibility and chance to refund the loss money in case of a loss. I feel pity for the kid but I do side with the decision that no money should be refunded and serve that as a lesson to anyone.

What the gambling company can do is, talk with the child and put him under good counseling to prevent further emotional damage.

Weekly quota posters are here again. Your vast knowledge in the society is narrow. Let me tell you a story, which was told by an elderly man in a Moonlight story time. "A biological father of a daughter impregnated her and his wife took him to the law court, and in practical, the man bought a new suit and torn it in the courtroom and told the court that he own the suit and used it the way he wants and he won the case". What is the moral lesson, when you take a case to the law court, it is the capability of the lawyer will tell you whether you will win or not. If the boy took the case to court and he has sound lawyers he might win the case and all depends on the angle the lawyers will look at the case. Yes we all know that the boy violated the Terms and Conditions of the casino but if he want to take it to the court, then he has the freedom to do so, and I also believed this is a good discussion thread so that when it happened again , this might be a reference thread to solve issues so I don't see why you said the post is low quality, yet you contribute. Can you define low quality post? So I can learn. I don't want to exchange words.

People nowadays really using the power of social media just to get advantage in every situation either it's good or nonsense, especially if it trends. The management should take this seriously and shouldn't listen to those who side with the boy, it's him to blame in the very first place.
And just like that, the management already said their side and so be it.

This 16-year-old guy made a terrible mistake, and he deserves what he's getting right now so he can learn from it and never make such a decision in his life again.
 
But let's look at things this way: most gambling sites have a rule of not allowing anyone who is under 18 years old to bet on their platform, not just a few casinos but almost all, as these rules are also applied to street and real-world betting shops.
 
Now if it happens that this boy was lucky enough to win this bet, he risked his school fees to play, and the casino owners later found out that the boy is under 18 years old and yet he used their site to gamble and earn that more, will they agree to pay him his winnings? I doubt they will, as casinos don't joke with their rules, especially when they know they are the ones to gain more from the incident. So why can't they treat this matter as an underage gambling situation and look for possible means to make things right? At least take the right decision for one's

16 years old!
this is the common age when you discover that money doesn't grow on trees and you need to work harder to earn a decent living.
for sure casino has some lack on checking age/other stuffs of people involved on their platform. meanwhile the guy should learn a big lesson this time :(

Why should the gambling platform return the money? The money was used to gamble and lost. Whether that money was supposed to be paid for school fees or for food or for bills or for medicine is immaterial. That doesn't matter.

But here's the twist which I think could happen even on top gambling sites. Had the money won and the gambling company learned that the gambler was a minor, they could have declared all games null and void, and they wouldn't pay him at all. He violated the terms. He lied. He shouldn't have been playing in the first place. Worse, the platform could have locked the account along with the money deposited.

That boy was trying to freeroll the sportsbook, if he won the bet, he probably wouldn't reveal his age and walk away with his winnings. After things went south, he's trying to find a way to get his losses back, similar to the cases that we sometimes see here in the gambling section.

I doubt he'd get a refund when it's already too late and maybe it could've been a different story if he was caught while the money is still in his account.

He can plan to win a large amount but doesn't know whether he can win a large amount or lose it all. It would be unwise for him to do that because it would cost him all his money. If he uses it for gambling and loses all the money, the gambling company will unlikely return the money to the child.

He had already lost everything and he couldn't beg for his money. What if he loses? And if the company asked for the money back, would the child want to return it? Gambling companies are not charitable companies that can return money used for gambling. So this is a lesson for the child not to do it again in the future, whatever the reason.

That is why underage children are prohibited from gambling because they can use all their money to gamble. And if the money is for school fees while they lose, it will make things difficult for them later. Hopefully, no more underage children will use their school money to gamble.

This is commonly found with gambling platforms. Once lost is lost, and this kid could've experienced it for the first time. Over time he'll understand better about gambling and realise his mistake. Maybe by the time he could be in hard debt. By now the parents need to start monitoring and keep things in order.

I've personally did this during the very early days of gambling. Small losses doesn't affect us big, once I wagered big and lost everything. I requested the support team and they were clear with the explanation. Out of my situation, they took my request to the higher authority and from there I got the same response. So, we need to be careful while spending on gambling platforms.

In my opinion, it's not about whether it is possible or not, but how a minor can gamble on a gambling site, how he can gamble without the casino knowing that he is still underage, so while many people don't like KYC, KYC can also be done to reduce the use of gambling sites by underage children.
The gambling site has no obligation to return the money unless they have their own considerations to prevent the child from committing other stupid acts, but what I am curious about is how much school money did he use? I think it's not big and according to the story he gambled to get more money to solve other problems, I suspect there was a debt and it could be because of gambling, if true, it's quite sad to see what he is facing.

That story just doesn't hold water. First and foremost, comparing owning a suit to "owning" another human being is completely off the mark. I'm not sure where this case originated, but I can confidently say that there isn't a single country in the world where you can legally "own" another person, especially when it comes to children and minors, who are given even greater protection under the law.

What I gather from this is that either this case has been fabricated, or someone might be pulling your leg, making a mockery of the situation.


Could you provide an example of such a court case, where a player won? I'd be genuinely interested in learning more about it.

Well I made it clearly that it was African Moonlight story so I can't really tell where he got the story but was purely for entertainment purpose. But one thing we have to know from literature perspective, real stories are coin from fictional stories. Just like George Owell wrote Animal Farm to portray the capitalist world in reality. I am still standing on the point that, if the boy took a good lawyer he might win the case. Yes the boy is a minor or under age which has already violated the T/C of the company, but then why did the casino agent allowed the boy to play the game, if the boy hide his age was the stature of the boy was also hidden? the sportsbook agent would have prevented the boy to play the game. And the only thing I know that the boy will not go to that extent because he will not have money to take the case to court. Because there are lot of questions the casino will also answer.

I really smile for this your comment. In Africa, the real culprits or the corrupt leaders do not loss case, they are the ones win cases in Africa. The presidential election tribunal that is going on in Nigeria is one of the good example. Good lawyers determine your case in Africa, the real winner of the election did not win the case. And it is only in advance countries that justice is always prevail and not in Africa. And that is why because of the corrupt level of the African judiciary and the police, we believe in jungle justice. Definitely those people (players) would be arrested but they gain freedom easily. I believed you heard what happened in Nigeria in the past few weeks, a singer life was threaten and he went to the police to report but no action, until he was finally killed. Well I don't want to go further. There is always a moral lesson in all situation. The boy who loss his school fees to the gambling company has learned his lesson and I believed he will not try it again if he is not an addict.

I believe some casino allows to make deposits without completing the KYC first then later on ask for it once the user will withdraw the balance like the typical KYC protocol on crypto casino. I have account on multiple online local casino which only requires mobile number and email to create an account. I believe there’s a disclosure that you will agree that you are 18+ above which automatically lift the liability of the casino to a minor players once they agree on it. 

On this case. The boy will surely don’t get the refund by just begging for it since doing this will make the casino an easy target for same situation like this.

I also believe it is worth discussing even if the answer is obvious, the scenario is still possible or there could be people who out of curiosity will check a discussion online to see the possibility of a minor asking for a refund because he gambled it wrongly.

There are thousands of discussions that could happen in gambling we have millions of people gamble, and if members think it's not worth discussing then he or she is free not to participate and let others who want to participate in a discussion do it.

We don't know if the player is truly 16 years old. Anyone could claim he's 16 and can easily falsify his information online. Also, the gambling platform explicitly states in its terms and conditions that players must be 18 and above, and there's no way they would have known that he's underage. Being under age does not qualify him for a refund or any kind of pity, if he had won the bet, would he had returned the money that he was underage? Hell no! His school fees is gone and what happened should serve as a life lesson.

Exactly this is one of the disadvantages of not asking kyc at the registration or signing up process. If the casino ask the boy KYC at the beginning probably this wouldn't Happened and I believed this is not the first time such scenario or thing has happened. I am not blaming the casino in any way but there are somethings they (casinos) should do to prevent such happing in the future because this one now is like a warning to both the casino and the under age people that are gambling. Many out there are still gambling in the hidden places and when they loss big amount of money which meant to do something that is when they would come out to blame the casino. If you are not up to gambling age don't gamble and parents should also warn their wards to avoid gambling. You don't use probability to play gamble. Example. Let me use this my school fees to play gamble and win big so I can balance something in the school. Gambling is not your mate if you loss you have to wear thick skin and if you win then you complete your mission. Gambling is 50/50. All blames goes to the boy and not the casino. And one thing I always says, the casino KYC should be done at the initial time and not the withdrawal time.

Any gambling company will not return a customer money for any reason, if user has put in his money to bet, it is the same as accepting all the risks that occur when betting and if gambling returns the user's money just because the money is to pay for school, how much? millions of gamblers will ask for their money back and use this as an excuse to get their money back.
This the negative impact if children under age or under 18 when they find out about gambling they will only think about money and winning without thinking about the risks that will occur if club they choose loses or is even cheated by a gambling site.
With this experience, perhaps the child will be scolded by his parents for spending his school money on gambling, but for me it a valuable lesson for him so that in the future he will be better and will not repeat gambling again just to chase his losses.
I'm worried that the child will one day still have a grudge and try to catch up on that loss and as a parent you have to know this or else it will get worse in the long run.

Totally true that no one should be stopped on creating topics or discussion something like this even though it isnt really that something having no sense because if you do really check out the situation then it would be obviously that boy wont really be getting his money no matter what because the money that you had spent out on making bets would really be just that final and doesnt matter what those funds real usage would be attached into it then its none of others business or on platforms concern because once you had place out the bet then its considered final and dont make yourself that being that too desperate on asking for some refund.
It would really be just that normal that this boy would be ignored and if things becomes that too noisy and affecting a certain platforms reputation the they might be reconsidering on taking it back but in overall
gambling rules and regulations then its most likely people around do already knows on what would happen.

It would be taken normally that boy having that costly lesson learned into his life and would really make him that realized that gambling is never been that a safe thing. Yes, it could make money
on instant manner but doesnt mean that you would really be out from that risky situation or very dangerous on which you might be losing those funds that you do have in your pocket.
Its not bad to play as long you do make use of the amount which you can afford to lose.

In the incident, there is actually negligence and guilt on both sides. First of all, let's start with the mistakes made by the child;

The money to be used for school fees should never be used in a very risky activity such as gambling because every individual knows how risky gambling is. Of course, this may differ for children but this is why there is a minimum age limit for gambling. On the other hand, it is certainly stated in the contract which was accepted without reading it at the time of membership that the minimum age limit for gambling is 18. In other words, that contract signed without reading actually explains under what conditions no refund will be provided.

To talk about the mistake of the casino service in this incident;

In accordance with the laws of many countries casino businesses must perform the KYC procedure for every individual who wants to gamble. When the child is created a membership in this casino service the casino service had to apply the KYC procedure and reject the child's membership at this stage before performing any transaction. In other words, the negligence made here actually caused the child to gamble and a legal obligation was not implemented.

Well, I had no idea what the "African Moonlight story" actually meant until I googled it, but if your idea of a fun children's story includes a father impregnating his own daughter, and gets away with it, then you live in a very sick society as far as I'm concerned.


So, it was a brick-and-mortar casino, not an online one? But regardless, he could still lie about his age or use a fake ID to get in. Unless he can provide irrefutable evidence that the casino was fully aware of his minor status, I don't believe he has a case against the casino.

Agreed. I believe those whose siding with the boy doesn’t know what’s the terms and condition use. They are only using sympathy with their decision making while this boy will probably do it again once he received refund. He will not gamble his tuition fee if he has no further experience on risking his money before.

This kind of discussion is simply law vs feelings which we all know what will govern in the end. Allowing a refund on this situation will surely open up with chaos on asking for refund when they lose.  :D

I agree the terms of service have no exception if they allow the minor for a refund there will be cheaters who will create a fake claim with fake evidence to present to the casino to ask for a refund, you cannot cheat the casino when it comes to their terms of service they are strict on it and they expect all players to abide by their terms, even if the child bring it on the court, the court will just deny the plea and will favor the casino for upholding their terms.
If the casino knows that a minor is playing on their platform they have the right to confiscate his funds as stated in their terms, this is to discourage minors from playing in casinos online and offline.

And it seems like there is no chance for the child to get back the money he used for gambling. After all, he had lost his gambling and wanted to return his money. The casino didn't want to comply with his wishes because no one was forcing him to gamble and the rules at the casino clearly prohibited minors from gambling for any reason. The child really has to realize his mistake and take responsibility for himself and hopefully, he can use it as a lesson so he doesn't repeat it in the future. But the problem now is that he can't pay his school fees and has to explain what happened to him to his parents. Hopefully, the parents are not angry and can accept their child's mistakes.

Regardless of whether you are underage or not, the fact that you agreed to the terms implies that you met those requirements. Asking for a refund because the money was supposed to be for school fees is amusing. That's why kids are not allowed to gamble; they often don't handle losses well, but when they're winning, they might think they have superpowers.

Even if an underage individual complains that the casino accepted bets from minors, it's hard to beat them, as they know what they are doing. They are in the business and are well-prepared for these kinds of tricks.

Money used for gambling cannot be returned as far as I know, especially if the money is lost due to losing in gambling, after all in every casino or gambling platform site there must be a warning board about minors, but if they miss it and don't read it, that's not the casino's fault but the child's own fault for gambling with his school money.

I'm sure there is someone else behind this child who is trying his luck with his school money and gambling, usually in children like this there is something that encourages him to gamble, but only that child knows the reason he gambles, but on the one hand I know the casino will not be able to return the money that child, after all it has written prohibitions and regulations that every user must agree to. So this might be an important lesson for him in the future and for other children.

Even if sportybet allows underage to gamble, there's no way that money will be refunded as it was clearly stated in that respond that money lost are not refundable. The question should be why will sportybet allows him to register in the first place to gamble when it's against their rules and policy. What have they put in place to check underage and stop them from registering? The boy is too young to go through this trauma. I blamed the parents or guardian for failing on their responsibility by allowing the boy to handle his school fees and end up throwing it on air. During my days in school, I don't know how my school fees are being paid because my parents pay it by themselves and hand me over the necessary documents.

This is an eye opener to his parents and the rest of the parents who doesn't care to know what's going on on their children life. Having access to smart phone at early stage is also responsible for this. Always check your child phone from time to time to know the type of apps or sites that he visits often. Forget about privacy and protect your children from becoming a victim of what would have been averted by proper upbringing. Some good samaritan might help him out by giving him the money but sportybet will definitely not return the money.

The answer to this question will depend on the terms of service of the betting company and the laws guiding gambling in the country. If the terms of service forbid a gambler from getting back their money after losses, then the young man has no hope of getting back his money except on humanitarian grounds. The company might decide to help him and also use him for public awareness. But the consequences will be that more people will do the same thing and expect refunds.

But if the law of the land mandates the casino company to ensure that underage gamblers are denied access through KYC, then the casino might be held accountable. Since they failed to restrict underage gambling, the young man might receive back part or all of the money he lost. This will be a legal matter that will be determined by the court.

During my secondary school days I gambled, I lost and I also won in between. But you should know, whenever it's gone you can't get it back. Only way to get it, is by winning.
You're simply making this very difficult and and long, the story is boring and ohh GOD! Phew!
The Betting Company will never give a listening ear. If OP is feeling very generous, he can go ahead by giving or providing parts of the fees if not all.

With SportyBet, My highest staking power has got to be 30,000k. The games didn't go as planned and I lost, going back to ask and plead for help from SportyBet? That's fuckrey.

Things would be different if the boy won with his money. Let us be fair; either you lose or win. I pity his parents ‘coz more likely, the amount he lost wasn’t his own money. Think of this; if the boy won, would he be having the same reaction? Same thing with the gambling platform. We just regret things once the negative outcome take place but will boast when we happened to win something. To the gambling site, well it they haven’t done anything wrong unless they would be proven something. Some lessons in life are learned the hard way. If the platform won’t refund the amount. And for that kid, search for its there for a reason.

Don't you think this is just SportyBet marketing stunts?
There's another OP's thread about the lady crying after she lost money on this platform. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5469303

These are like patterns to make the casino viral and although we sympathized with these two victims, I'm already feeling like SportyBet is paying the kid and the lady for their posts. Who would want to publicize all this crying unless they are not benefiting? They say people are donating but on their pages on TikTok they never even mention donations.

Gambling wager is not refundable. The boy broke the casino rules and is lucky that he is not being reported to the authorities for punitive measures. That boy sure has to be taken for therapy and rehabilitation. He is already showing early signs of gambling addiction. Parents should pay more attention to their kids. He's a ticking time bomb. From using his tuition for a bet only heaven know how far he'll be willing to go, steal money? Lie or do whatever just to be able to gamble.

One of the reasons on why i dont really buy up the drama or whatever things that i do saw online on which it would really be just particularly be that trying out to make something been hyped.
This is why it would really be always that better to ignore about these stunts and its true that its really that impossible that they arent that benefiting. Just to look at those common names
which it is really that mentioning about "SportyBet" then you cant really blame out people on having those kind of impressions that this might really be just that a marketing
stunt made by them and just simply trying to make out some exposure via with these kind of common gambling affects but if we do speak about exposure then its odd
that they would really be focusing that much on devastation part? This isnt how that normal marketing works but rather they would be focusing into positive things
rather than on devasation.

Poor boy, he didn’t realized that gambling is a serious matter and anything that you lose into it will never have the chance to be refunded, unless if the casino is at fault. But it’s very clear that this boy has faked its age and now look where he is. This is why minors are strictly not allowed to gamble because they really are not aware how to take and manage its risk. For them, gambling is just a game that when you get lucky, you will double your money, but when you lose, everything you have is gone. Now, he might have learned a lesson but in a very unfortunate way.

The boy will realized fast that sportsbooks are not running charity, where you can request to refund your money if you want to.
There's a chance to refund his deposit if and only if, the bookie, looked at his situation, and for some humanitarian reasons,
they decide to return the money to this boy. It means, such initiative will depend on the bookie itself.
They have no obligation whatsoever to return the lost money, as you accepted the terms when you played on their site.

Obviously not. Gambling sites have assumed it already that once we enter into betting, we are responsible enough to manage the risk and its losses, and that is the thing that this boy lacks. Since he’s still a minor, he’s still immature on how gambling will affect his life. But with this kind of experience, I don’t think he’ll try to gamble again using money intended to pay the bill. Now, his tuition fees are now gone, that even if he beg with blood in his eyes, those amount will never be refunded anymore.

They are businesses and not a charity which it is really that the precise thing to be said or should be minding of because you do make out some bets then its considered final. For sure you wont really be making any complaints if that bet would turn out to be a winning bet but you have done on the different approach on which making up some begging after you had lost a bet? thats not how gambling works and that
boy should really be realizing that now. He wont really be getting that school fees or whatsoever it is because its final and there's no way on getting it back. He must accept the consequences of the actions that he had
made and pretty much sure that he would really be scolded by his parents basing up on the thing that happened. Well, mistakes are really that something could be avoided specially if you are still young and also
gambling thing isnt for children. So how the heck he do end up on playing and making out some bets on a particular site? Common influencing things? Yes it is one and this is why it is really that always relevant that we should really be that checking out our kids whether they are dealing with something like this specially on gambling because we know the possible effects that it could give.

Gambling platforms will never refund any funds lost in their platform.  Whether it is made by a minor or a person in the right age.  The epic reply of the casino of saying the fund can't be refunded is to be expected.  Besides, who knows if the issue is just a made-up excuse to make the casino refund him the money?  There is no proof that the student really gambles the money except for the request made by that minor.  It is possible this minor is being used to possibly trick the casino into considering the request. And obviously it won't work because business is business, and the "kid"  won't also send back the money if he happens to win a huge amount instead.

The casino company will not refund a dime to anybody not even to the boy, because it is assumed that the young man is an adult, on the betting site of every casino company, it is specifically written that it is from 18+ .
What this means is that the young man must have lied to the company while registering or opening his account in telling them that he was 18, probably use any other person's ID card that was 18 to find his way to the registration portal. The company wouldn't given a dime because if he had won the game he would not be writing to the company directly for a refund, he would have been happy that whatever prediction he made has come into fruition, so I think the young man is a sore loser that Is just trying to play some sort of sympathy game that will not take him anywhere.

Let the boy take accountability on his actions. It's a consequence of his actions and he should take full responsibility of it. There's literally nothing the gambling platform should do with this as the boy knew full well of the risks and still decided to push through with it. If he won against the casino, would he heed the casino's pleads to give them the money back? I don't think so.

It won't hurt for the boy to have a taste of the consequences of his actions every now and then. He will learn this the hard way with a huge price to pay.

Before any company is been established they set their rules and regulations that will be guiding them and serve has security for them in time of issues like this. This issue that just happened to this boy the company might have solution to all this issue not even social media platforms can fight for the boy, so what if the boy won the bet the company will give him the money. Now the boy has learned a lot, so let him face the consequences of his actions. Truly I don't pity the boy at all because he just wants to make quick money, he will definitely have regards to his parents and also respect them so much, he will know how his parents are suffering to pay for his school fees and other things.

I think that's impossible. Gambling should be a game that has been agreed upon. if you lose in gambling it will not be your money back. The problem is how can a 16 year old child be allowed to gamble? At that age, he shouldn't be able to gamble. doesn't this seem illegal? I know how it happened, but I believe this child must accept defeat and lose whatever the reason.

If public sympathy would carry the boy far I don't know but people could be looking at the plea for his school fees and I won't be surprised if someone comes out to pay for the school fees but definitely not the gambling company because if he had won, they would pay him and nobody would say he is underaged so don't pay him.

Government also has a role to play on game house falling ignorant or mistaken to allow underage to gamble with them. Hence, they should be seriously penalized and made to pay heavy fine and by that they would be serious to scrutinize the age of suspected underage.gambler.

Although, such scrutiny would be difficult online but if an underage beat such underage limitations and gamble then it is at the peril of the underage but if it is offline then a proper scrutiny should be done and where in doubt , the age or birth certificate should be produced so as to be show the gambling house projects itself.

Even the casino is illegal, it can't be used as the reason to refund the money. How someone can learn when they're always hoping the world and everyone will always agree or help you? such thought can't be used here since world is full of bad people and most of people don't care about you.

It seemed he was hiding his identity as a student so he could gamble at the casino. If the casino had known from the start, the casino would not have allowed him to gamble, and he would not have been able to gamble at any casino. It was his own fault for gambling, let alone using his school money. And the casino also won't return his money when he has lost all his money. Yes, the child really has to accept his loss and explain to his parents that he has used his school money to gamble.

That will give the minor to justify his action since some people will come to rescue him, kids should know the penalties for their wrongdoing, wrongdoing should not have a happy ending, minors in the first place should not gamble especially using their parents' money, he should understand that the money come from his parents sweat.

The casino should have a firm stand that violators of their terms should not have a chance to refund, all the kid can do is be honest with his parents that he lost his money for tuition on gambling and accept whatever his parents' punishment will give to him.

He is definitely not getting a refund, there is never a time a casino refund anyone their Money they lost because the money was so important to the person or for any reason what so ever, this is probably because if you were fortunate to have won you definitely wouldn't aske the casino not to pay you because you feel pity for them, rather in most cases you would take actions against them in the guise that you have been scammed.

The child has violated the rules of the site to even start with, that alone should be enough reason for the casino not to refund because he has gone against their policy which is usually placed during registration and KYC, it's possible he has aswell forged a kyc document so he could use the services of the platform which is definitely wrong and enough reason to ban his account.

His parents or guardians should keep eyes on that guys and make sure he becomes accountable for every money he is giving for academic purpose and probably other purposes, they shouldn't allow his take possession of his fees or any of such huge amount again because there are tendencies he would most likely go back to try again if he could recover the money he lost.

They will not of course, this could be a lesson to all minors out there that they should obey the rule and they need to follow it that if they are still minor they don't need to pretend that they are old enough just to gamble. I know that there are more kids out there that do the same thing and they should not used high school funds nor their tuition fees. Parents should be aware and learn from this too, they should guide their kid because gambling online is too easy to access nowadays.

I think just to be safe, maybe the child needs to be looked after in the future, although I'm not sure that the child will come back to recover his losses, it will be a trauma for him and at the same time make him aware that gambling has a big risk of losing money completely, so he won't be like that. Adults in general who often do this gamble all the time just to recover their losses but end up spending all the money they have.

I'm sure this will be an important lesson for that child, never gamble just because a friend invites him to gamble using his school money, it will never be good in the end using money for his school needs, that's why you are always reminded of gambling with money that is ready to be lost, meaning unused money so that when you lose you don't have to chase it and cry asking for it to be returned.

Yes, they can refund.

But do they refund? No.

He clearly violates their terms since he is 16 years old and assumes 18 years is the legally accepted age to gamble in most casinos also he bet and lost the money so there is nothing more to discuss. He took the risk and lost it, now begging it won't change anything. So whoever want to gamble can think twice, thrice or x times before betting the money but once the bet was made there is no way to look back and change things.

Gambling addiction is a result of greed. The boy was very greedy here because he thought he would win a big sum of money by betting. But unfortunately the boy lost. Here my question is no matter how much the boy begs for his lost money back he will never get his lost money back. Here are the company's rules stating that winnings are never refunded and entry of children under 18 is strictly prohibited. However, even if some platforms do not have such rules, the company will never refund losing bets. But all the students should learn from this boy because many parents spend a lot of money for their education, there are many students who use that money for bad things, so they start blaming others instead of blaming themselves. And I think the parents of every boy and girl should first be aware of what their son is doing. If the parents of every child can be aware then their children will not run into bad paths.

Just think for a moment, if that school boy had won the bet, then what would have happened? Would he have returned the money to the Sportybet that he made a mistake and he is returning his money? At that moment, he would have withdrawn, enjoyed the money and never cared about the casino etc.

So, all this drama is because he has lost the bet and now wants a refund. Things don't work that way and gambling is not running a charity organization and their source of income is these greedy persons.

Regardless if the casino is reputable or not, I don't think they will give in to the request of the boy. In the first place, it's the boy that break the rules and continue to bet and lose, so the casino is clearly not at fault and does not owe any explanation to the boy. If he loses his tuition fees, that is no longer the problem of the casino but only the boy itself.

Hmm, just weird though, because this is the same casinos that has been mentioned here, a thread also open by the OP,  A Lady Cried After Losing to Sports Bet. Gambling is Not Your Mate. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5469303.0)

So by now, something is not right with this casinos, although we can't say directly that they have been scamming people or it is just that this kid and the lady as well can't control their gambling and chooses this casinos to play and then they lost some money.

Or it could be another way to bring some bad publicity to this name casinos as well. But it any case, we all know that gambling is not for everyone and we should always play with the money that we can afford to lose so that we won't encounter the same issues as this two individuals.

The boy's money will not be refunded because there rules and regulations that's governs the gambling industries. Moreover it's a careless mistake and a greedy decision for the boy to gamble with his school fees. Secondly on the company aspect they don't refund money that has already staked, it's also said to use your spare money to bet. Gambling is a game for matured minds and shouldn't be meddled with underage, imo that boy Is supposed to serve a community service for breaking the  law against underage gambling to serve as deterrent for others.

Just like a case of an underage girls that gave birth to a baby and the society where in confusion as to who to blame for such incident since the girls was underage,  although the man that impregnated her was sentenced to jail for rap and child abuse,  which seems to be the right judgement for him.

But what then becomes the judgement for this situation,  as the boy is 16 and normal gambling age is 🔞 so for this case the casino is not directly connected to this case so for that there will not be a judge or at obligation to make a refund for the boy,  so the boy is all at risk of never seeing anything from the casino and have to move on.

This news could be good for local post but still on still we can discuss it over here and people who don't have the matured mind to gamble to should stay away from gambling honestly, because let say if they win huge there's no way they would write to the gambling site to refund them some certain amount for over paying him or to retuned the amount won from the platform.
So in simple language there's no way a gambling would refund the little boy who is under age, I know there are ToS so they should read them properly before getting involved in gambling to avoid labeling the casino and gambling site a bad name.

The gambling community had lot of stories because of the win and loss from the game.This story speak abut the school student who loss their money and beg to the gambling site.Since that gambling site is not the real one,they had refused to reply for the mail.The mistake made by that school children was,he used the scam website for their money.If you play in the good gambling website,after you had made a mistake bet without knowledge.That gambling site will do the refund atleast 50 percentage of their used money.

I like the attitude of the boy. I'm not referring to his gambling habit but it is when he thinks about solving is other problems. He is too young for this. Most of us want's to win in gambling for the same reason but it won't work just like that. There is a big chance that we can only lose our money and it can add up to our existing problems.

Now to the question, if he will get the money back. The answer is already in the video. The more the company won't return the money because he also break another rule there which is the age restriction. Even though he is already on the right age, there is still no assurance that he can think mature enough and won't gamble or limit himself.

Most of us will play the gambling and do the acceptance of the win or loss in the game.If we get win of some dollars,So we enjoy few months with the winning money.If we loss the game,we accept the loss in the game.But the younger kid had tried to get back their money,So it show his dependency of the money.But the should accept the loss,because he agreed to start the gambling by taking the money responsibility in the gambling.So he should not again blame the gambling sites,after the loss in their game continuously.

This will serve the boy lesson for him to further avoid gambling in the future.

Surely, the gambling platform will not be able to refund him as the funds has been gambled and ultimately lose. Not only did he violate the terms of the age requirement, he also lost his funds while gambling. No one can just request for a refund after you lose . Also, imagine if the boy won while gambling and was able to withdraw his winnings, will the casino be able to request the winnings back knowing that the player was underage?

Here if the boy wins the bet and goes to withdraw his winnings, the casino platform can never request a refund of his winnings. Because that is the money he won on the bet. Here the boy loses the bet and gets his due lesson. From here he may refrain from participating in betting later on. And every one might have been warned by this boy's lesson in losing bets. I think students should stay away from gambling completely. Because if a student is addicted to gambling, his whole life will be ruined. I won't blame the casino platform here for not refunding his money.

The company is going to be happy about this one, because they have an escape, since the gambler is underage that's their new excuse not to pay up the money, this is the play of most online gambling platforms and even the offline ones, they don't just pay the money if it's a very large sum, they will take their time and see if you break any rules on the platform, I am sure that they will never pay this boy, and they reason is obviously there.

The case of this young boy is different, he doesn't win any large sum I guess and he is also underage, this will be a good lesson for him because it's not good for any underage to expose themselves into gambling, it can ruin them pretty faster, but let's just imagine that this boy won millions of dollars with his school fees, do you think he will get paid? Even if his parent knew about it there is nothing they can do to get the money out, the boy is underage is going to be the excuse anyway.

I think the boy will be in trouble with the parent because now they will have to know that their child hasn't pay up his school fees, I hope it get traced by to his gambling activities, I do hope well for this kid that's why his parents must know what he really uses the money for.

The casino can only claim the excuse of underage and further stated explicitly that winnings from underaged are not redeemable, otherwise if not stated about the ban of underage gambling from their platform in their ToS it will be difficult for them not to pay the boy. If that is not written their in the ToS, the parents will claim the winning for the boy by contacting a lawyer that will file a court action to prosecute the matter.

But even though the child's parents will sue the casino because they refuse to pay the child's winnings on the grounds that they did not write down the prohibition in the ToS, it seems like it will only be in vain because the casino will usually always win when in court because the casino will also use reliable lawyers and have many money to solve the problem.
However, if the parents threaten to take action in court, it seems to depend on the law in the country whether minors can gamble and if the state law says minors are prohibited from gambling, I think the parents' efforts will be in vain.

         -   You have already answered your own question: Why would the casino refund the gambler's money if he did not break any rules? Then that is a mistake of a Nigerian. Why would he think of growing his money in gambling as if he was sure that he would win and grow the money when he was holding the money at that time?

It seems that he took stupid action here. Sorry for the term I used, because that's what he did. Yes, we are here because he has a problem. Didn't he think that gambling is a place where luck is the only reason why you win? Why did he think he was lucky the day he played? It wouldn't matter if the gambling platform itself did something really wrong.

Whether the casino will give the winnings of the kids or not, we never know but I believe consulting a lawyer is the best action here.  It would be biased if the casino wouldn't return the lost funds of a minor when they won't let a minor collect it winnings.  More or less What Gozie51 stated may do, having the guardian or parents claim the kids prize.  But mostly the bet will be void because minor's bet is illegal and illegal bets are often voided.

Technically, no.

He just lost it fair and square. Unless that casino gives him a refund, it's on their decision but I don't think that they'll ever do that. Because other losers will also ask for the same thing and will reason out that it's for their medication expenses, for rent, for mortgages and what more?

That's why it's better not to give it back to the kid and need him to learn the lesson that he shouldn't gamble with the money that he doesn't own or else, this is the consequence that he deserves to learn.

If in good faith of that casino that they'll return the money, better to do it privately.

There's no sense that this would really be pushed through legal matter because i dont see for those complainant would really be able to win with this case because the casino would really be having the rights or everything would really be that final considering that you had made out a bet on a platform whether you are a kid or an adult then results would really be that final and something that cant really be changed. It did really just turns out that people are really that too having those false sympathy into a kid just because he did make out such mistake on betting and the worst it is really that intended for his school fees or expenses on which it is really that impossible that you arent that aware on how gambling works or how it do operates.

Even with your young mind then it would be impossible that you wont be able to point out even using up your common sense that everything had been bet would be considered final
and results whether it would really be a win or lose then it would be always final. There's no point on fighting on something which you do know that you
dont have the rights on making out such complaint. hehe

I don't think there will ever be a refund in a case such as this because the company actually had restrictions for underage gambling and more over gambling in a young age is actually not supported and the reason would be one as follows as the particular case here, young children mild are not as strong and they easily get influenced and even addicted to such act and this is a perfect example of why there is a age boundary or limitation to gambling.