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Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

It depends on the country and their legal framework concerning gambling and how the law enforcement services are in such regions as regards to under age gambling.


But in general this is the worst scenerios, because gambling addictions will always be present in such location since there is nothing like under age gambling restrictions.

On all gambling sites and gambling places like land based casinos and betting agents, there is a restriction for under 18 not to gamble. But the rule is not taking seriously in some countries like Africa and Asia. If the teenagers are under 18, no gambling platform should allow them to gamble but they will not even ask the student of their ID cards to know if they are eligible to gamble it not.

It is absolutely, terrible for younger ones to gamble. I had a friend, who started gambling at 16-17, and by 18 he was homeless. He gambled, with dice and plinko on Stake. Couldn't seem to stop no matter what, altered the course of his entire life. It's just like any other drug or addiction. I feel as if it is one of the worser ones although.

If you are sure people you saw are teenagers, you have every right to walk them out. Question the shop manager or agent, whichever one it appears to be, because I believe in almost every country.

Irrespective of which one you saw those kids gambling age should range from 18 years and above, so what those school kids are doing is illegal, and if you are a troublesome person, you can also report both the shop rep to the authorities, where they can be prosecuted for such.

Well that experience you had or saw wouldn't be the same in everywhere and I believe why this is occuring more frequently is maybe due to the poor regulations on gambling in the particular area you are staying and I believe this is also similar with the way teens are going about with their gambling habits in my country. Gambling is some countries are strictly prohibited and regulated so that a specific age limit is observe although I understand that these regulations can't all be the same when we relate it to online gambling.

Without having to go through your story we can already tell what the answer is going to be; which is “no” it is not okay for underage people to participate in gambling. 

Personally, if I had a younger sibling who was interested in gambling it would be my outmost priority to try to convince or get him to see why it should even cross his mind to try it - and the same goes for the rest that are not up to the age but have heard how people were able to make millions of gambling with just a penny (that’s the reason majority of them want to gamble, so they can become rich).

I don't know if this can happen in other provinces of my country, but particularly in the city where I live, this cannot happen. If a cashier or the manager of a casino sees underage kids at the casino, he will command them to live immediately, and if they disobey, they will be forcefully dismissed. The reason why this is done is because if anyone reports that incident to the police, they have implicated the casino. 

Although some may also allow, rarely will you see such, apart from one time witness. The world is
 modernized, and lots of teenagers now use their cell phones, so they dont need to visit the traditional casino. 

But, @OP, you only mentioned teenagers but did not specifically mention the age range of those kids, and by right, a 20-year-old kid is still classified as a teen, while gambling is allowed for 18-year-olds and older. 

18 years old. That is the minimum age that I have seen most gambling platforms put as a restriction and as far as I know, it's illegal to gamble or even drink when the minimum age limit is not reached. The sports betting shop owners are just oblivious of it or they're simply greedy without minding the damage that those kids are being exposed to at this early age. With proper education about gambling, I personally think it is harmful to be exposing them to gambling right now.

Kids that age should be focused on getting the basic education they need not gambling. It's a sad reality, really.

It depends on the society where it belongs and also it matters on how the parents guide thier young children. Some of us here know that gambling is not good  in our young ones cause once they involve in gambling in very young ages then there's a chance that they will be got addicted and we all know what are the possible outcomes once a person got addicted. So for me children in young ages is not good to involve in gambling but I'd the society is full of gamblers then we can not assure that our children got exempted on that.

The OP is just over exaggerating the whole incident, even if those children are 18 years old and 19 years old, they have the legal rights to gamble if gambling is legal in their country. There are some kids that looks so small but they are older that 18 years and should be allowed to gamble if their parents give them the right to do so.

Wrong board, move the thread to gambling discussion.

Parental guidance is needed for those kids and to the owner of the betting shops, they should have age restriction before allowing someone to enter inside their premises.

As it is your concern, why not report it to the police so that they're going to be strict for allowing these students entering their betting shop?

The big question is, will all those age restriction works where there is no child protection right because the casino agent will be after the money their will make to keep the business running so, their will not pay attention to individual coming in to gamble on their casino or book a gameein their shops
This money aim have made it hard for the prevention of under 18 year individuals from gambling unless in countries where the law is strong enough to monitor and control the activities of casinos owners and agent's to checkmate the underage involvement.

You should research whether in your country the government has imposed age restrictions for minors to be prohibited from getting involved in gambling. If there is a law in your country that prohibits people under 18 years of age from playing in casinos, then you could report to the government of your country that there is a casino or place that is accepting minors to play, the government of your country will go to the place you mentioned and they will carry out investigations and if they prove what you said, then they will close the place, they will charge a fine and they will criminally prosecute the owner of the place and it will be up to the court to judge the owner of the place

Now why does this place allow kids in uniforms to play? when you have a government that is unable to carry out periodic inspections in casinos and in any place in the country that has any gambling activity, then it opens up space for the owners of these places that carry out gambling activities to allow all people, including minors from playing as long as they pay money to play, in other words, the owners of these places where they play, start to only look at the money they will earn from minors when they lose

I am not sure to what extent it would be true to say gambling has become more important for the youth than going to school or have a proper job in the future, it is not something I have seen myself here in my city or at least, I have not noticed it. Perhaps, it is something which is very endemic of your society because of some societal problems, like poverty or the widespread lack of supervision from parents to whatever their children are doing.
I would also suspect there is some corruption going on between the operator of the betting place and the authorities which are supposed to prevent those teens from gambling in places like that, all for the sake of profit.
Anyways, my opinion is simple and quite straight forward, if anyone of them are not 18+, then they should not partake in gambling or betting, it is that simple.
Only Gods knows how many of those teens cold become addict to gamble and ruin their full potential future because some corruption going on within the policing system there in your place.

There should be an age restriction like 18 and below are not required to gamble or even entering a gambling house. Just like in our country, 21 and below can't enter any gambling house, if they won't follow this rule, the security will have no choice but to escort them out of the house.

However, this still depends on the country where you live. Maybe your country does not have a strict regulation when it comes to gambling. They don't implement restriction for underage to gamble. This is improper, but if the government does not have any law regaeding this we can't do anything about it.

Do you think the children are 18+? Usually that is the minimum limit for gambling, some start from the age of 21 years old to be able to start gambling depending on the regulations in the country.

I don't know if the gambling shop agents don't care about it or if it's a common thing when a teenager still wearing a school uniform goes to a gambling establishment, but I'm not sure if they are allowed, maybe it's a teenage acquaintance where they want to play but in the casino shop there are no strict rules.

Younger children should not gamble because of concerns that they will gamble excessively. But we will find it difficult to forbid them from gambling because their current relationships are difficult to control. Only guidance from their parents can help these children not to approach gambling.

After all, parental guidance really helps the development of their children. Their children will not try to approach gambling if they already know the effects of gambling on themselves and their lives. They will also try to limit their interactions with their friends, especially if their friends could have a negative effect later.

Parents must be aware of this to guide their children well. Nowadays, children's social interactions are freer than a few years ago, so parents have to be more active in supervising their children. With good and correct guidance, parents can hope that their children will not do something that could hurt their children.

I think this kind of scenario is alarming to see younger individuals prioritizing gambling over their education. School should be a time for learning and personal development, not for engaging in activities like gambling, they may be neglecting their responsibilities as students.

If these were my children, I would be deeply troubled to see them gambling instead of focusing on their studies and personal growth. We must guide and support younger individuals in making responsible choices and prioritizing their well-being and prospects over immediate gratification.

you don't know if they are taking gambling seriously or not because you just saw them once and not everyday , you seems to be exaggerating on that part accusing them to focusing in gambling instead of going to school.there might be reason for that.

its normal to care for others but life has more things to deal than giving a Sh*t into other problem , why not just do your bet
and go home? instead of  making those boys your problem?

back in our days when I was a young kid there are occasions that we choose to gamble than going to
school but this is super secret that no one knew where we are doing this gambling because we are scared
of others knowing our gambling as for us then this is a crime (from our parents and school teachers) but in
your post young gamblers are caring nothing to show people about their activities and with that this is really
alarming .

In general the permite age for individuals to gamble is 18+ i don't know if there are any countries that permits individuals who  fall below that age to do so. Though most online gambling platforms where KYC is not required had made it very easy for kids ranging from 15-17 years to gamble online without being noticed that's the more reasons i feel the KYC policy is important to tackle situations like this.

 Well if those kids are above 18 years then they've got every right to do so but then what if they were skipping classes to gamble, that's one thing i would've been very curious about if i were the manager of that particular betting shop, also i think they're gradually becoming addicts cause if it might be that they're done with school for the day but then instead of going home to rest and refresh their memory they decided to visit a gambling shop instead.

What country are you talking about OP? I'm curious, because as others said the general rule in most countries is that you have to be 18+.

That's reasonable because if I'm not wrong the prefrontal cortex, meant to control impulses, isn't fully developed until that age or even later, so they aren't supposed to be capable of gambling with responsibility.

Having a restrictions when it comes to gambling is also depends on which country you came from because there are countries that gambling are not allowed not unless you are age 21 and above and we need to accept that but you have a point, minors should not allowed to gamble because it will leads them in more serious problem in the future, we shouldn't normalize or tolerate them in doing it because there's a possibility that they will develop addiction by doing it at very young age.

Absolutely not.
Gambling is a sort of entertainment where you use and lose money you don't rely on, so it's an expensive "hobby".
Younger people obviously don't have that much money and don't really know the value of it.
Sure, nowadays people are acting all grown up much faster I think, but still it is not good to gamble at an early age.

I don't see anything good for it, unless for places that offer better. They should use the money they earn to build a life, get an education, create experiences and memories at this age. Everything else is a waste of time, money and brain cells.

unfortunately, the illusion of easy money is really risky for young people.
above all, it is very serious issue to put gambling over studying, that allow building solid foundations on a professional level.
This is not to say that gambling cannot be done as a profession.
However the "winning is easy" approach is a really risk and dangerous approach in a young... they are not just risk to losing large amounts without even realizing it .... they risk also to become dependent and entering the vortex of addiction....

At the young age, everyone just loves to have fun, so in this case, gambling has become a good means of entertainment for the youth, and while playing there, they gradually become serious about gambling, due to which at one time they become deeply addicted to gambling. But avoiding this issue is almost impossible for the youth these days as gambling companies are promoting them by hiring a lot of influencers who are catching the attention of all the youth.

These types of things happen in countries where regulations and laws are not properly enforced.

This is where adults should step in and take responsible decisions to protect the younger generation. (You can report it to local law enforcement or social services, if you do not want to get directly involved.)

The community should stand together to protect their children, because some governments are corrupt and they might ignore this problem or those operators might pay them bribes to look the other way.

It should be the responsibility of the betting shop to not let them go inside. Teens always want to show off to their buddies that they get away with breaking rules though and sometimes they need more than slapping the wrist to learn.

But because it's not your place to scold those boys, maybe just reporting authorities will make them stop going to the bet shop.

This person is not really a knowledgeable person and I suspect he is a man, the kind of father that doesn't bother how their children are raised. Everybody knows that there are limitations on what children shouldn't do at a certain age until they get to an appropriate age and that includes gambling which in most jurisdictions it is 18 years. 18 years is taken as the age where a person is considered to be about to give informed decision and able to take care of themselves to such extent to know right or wrong or give consent to certain decisions. So if school children work into a gambling house, the management of the place should be able to identify them and send them away because it will be a violation of the gambling age if children are allowed to gamble.

Agreed , these kids does not know what they are doing(at least do not know what awaits for them if they continue) so we as adults must do the necessary thing in which reporting the gambling business that catering these kids and of course those kids that for sure their parents does not know what they are doing away from home.
parents believe they are studying and not this way.

In all parts of the world, there is either illegal gambling or underage gambling restriction. I think because of how gambling is in their country, the laws are taking for granted which makes underage to gamble. But we do not know their age, they can be 18 or 19 years which are not underage because in most countries these ages are legal to gamble. The OP did not know their age and he should not just conclude. But if they see underage gambling, it is better to report to gambling regulators in the country about the casino or betting shop.

Oh believe me frenn here in Indonesia slot gambling is very very popular I just write very twice because it is highly popular here even some kid that are in the middle of school already play slot. Easy to deposit and withdraw make everyone want to try and the animation is crazy and don't forget about the prize too.

Most of them watch an adult play and maybe they know about Jackpot that can won hundred of dollar so they eager to deposit some money in hope they win some money in future

In general 18 years old and above are allowed to gamble and play in casinos and other gambling platforms but younger than that and still wearing a uniform, that's really a problem. First they should not allow people to play especially if they are wearing a school uniform. There are some rules here in our country that students who wear uniforms are not allowed to play in computer shops as they are tended to get addicted to play, what more on a gambling site right?

Though just like what I have said as long as the student is 18 years old or above, it has it's own decision whether to play or not.

Maybe they have been influence to much on what they are watching online since online casino has been promoted so bad without having any limits to what those promoters doing since what they only like is to get money from people who could see from their advertisement. That's why those young people will have bad impression that its easy to gamble since they can earn a quick cash if they do this activity which we know it really doesn't give any guarantee to anyone.

For the question if its proper for them to gamble at that situation I guess not. That's why there's KYC implemented on some casino and there's 18+ so it could able to protect those minors for possible harmful effect of gambling since for sure at that age they can't decide well for theirselves. If they are participating on any gambling activities ad we can't see anything action done by their parents I guess they are living on harmful environment and that's what those young people see to them so they think that their activities done are so normal.

maybe he is familiar with their uniforms that's why he knew that they are just kids considering that in my locality i am also familiar with school uniforms to distinguish how young each student is.
but lets give those kids benefits of the doubt that they are 18-19 yet as a parent that bringing your children in school and here they are spending money/allowance to gamble?i think still not to give concent what you think mate?

At first, we do not know the age bracket of the younger generation you are talking about and another is that you do not know the age of the boys you are talking about but I think it is wrong for them to have allowed the boys go in there with their school uniform still on them to gamble. It is not right to have allowed such irrespective of the age bracket of those boys. They should have changed up before going to gamble.

Looking at the fact that they went there possibly they might be of age for them to have gone there because these days age does not matter anymore when it comes to engagement unless there are restrictions from the government of a nation based in that aspect of activities or engagements.

On the other hand, the casino would likely not drive them away because they are their client or customers paying for services. They would assume that they boys are of age for them to have walked into the casino as every one is old and matured enough to read the casino policies before they gamble with the casino. They would capitalise on it that everyone has freedom of association so therefore the gamblers already know that so  so why questioning them.

Nowadays things have changed a lot, youngsters take money making too seriously like their lives depend on it, most of them don't want to do this but their parents are the ones fueling this idea onto their kids, they aren't telling them to visits the casino directly though, but most parents today are simy raising kids to have a comfortable life soon, if the kids are boys they will start pulling them when they get to a certain age, like 14 or 15 years, I have seen this happened many times.

What do you expect someone at this age to have up in their skulls? This is a crucial age stage where you don't want your child to be addicted to anything, because it could be something they won't be able to get out from as they grow older.

Young people should not be thinking about money but trying to build their career or something, but since the parents are not the type to be having children they will lead the kids astray, forcing them to go out there and hunt for money as if that's the reason why they bring those kids into this world.

If parents can't guide their kids right what is the fault of the government who don't care about their supposed future leaders?

Youth is the hope of a country, so they should be properly taught and nurtured with what's valuable in life; the government should not allow it. The government and the home are responsible for this; the youth will eventually neglect their study, stop their schooling and just gamble in the hope that they can make easy money here, in the end, we will have future problems with this youth, so the government and the parents should stop it.

Here in our country, we have very strict regulations about allowing youth to gamble; it is considered corruption of minors, and a company found doing it, will face stiff penalties; if they keep doing this, allowing underage to play on their platform, they could face a jail term.

Those who are underage should not be introduced to gambling, especially for those who are still in school, who still depend on their parents to meet their living needs, meaning they have no income at all.

This is because gambling can be a real threat to those who are underage, where if they are trapped in a cycle of irresponsible gambling, if this problem is not addressed immediately then the gambling activities they engage in can backfire and destroy their lives and future. .

Therefore, monitor the daily lives of our children and siblings, give them lessons and warnings about the negative impacts of irresponsible gambling activities. Don't let them know about gambling or engage in gambling prematurely. Because quite a few young people drop out of school and behave negatively as a result of the domino effect caused by gambling addiction problems. And don't let this happen to one of our family members. If you like gambling, then never show your gambling activities in front of those who are not old enough, because this could be a bad spectacle, and could motivate them to do the same thing, namely gambling.

I don't believe that younger kids are more focused on gambling than school because that makes you say this after encountering some of them.
Don't mistake the word gambling for fun.
You don't always have to focus on your studies. Teenagers are an age full of mischief that they will remember when they are old.

Younger children receive guidance when gathered at home with their parents. When they are outside the house, they are busy with their activities. If they gamble, that means that's what they're busy with.
The age limit for gambling has been regulated. If there are still gambling places that allow it, it is outside the provisions and needs to be dealt with.

Nope- I cannot envision a world where young people are exposed to gambling and its effects. Imagine, grade school to high school students would gamble regularly and that will definitely cloud their judgement when it comes to any decision making involving money or financials.

I cannot stress enough the importance of having a good education and background in order for the betterment of the welfare of the youth. Their welfare is their topmost priority and anything that sways them from this road should be avoided and neglected at any cost.

In conclusion, gambling is for adults that have the means to do it. If you are a growing child, avoid anything that can destroy your youth as everyone knows the negative effects of gambling.

You should record (photo or video) what is happening in this betting shop and report it to the relevant authorities to check the legality of their activities (providing services in this area to minors should be punishable by law in your country), which will force this betting in the future shom reconsider the policy of providing your services (including from the moral side).

If this is not done, then your children may take the place of these younger ones, and what will you then say about your indifference to what is happening?

"Is it proper for younger ones to gamble?" -I believe there are legal age restrictions for gambling (18+), therefore this is not acceptable. But how can you restrict them from online casinos? The actual restriction becomes impossible, therefore, all that remains is to influence the fragile minds of children with words (refocusing their attention on other types of activity and explaining the harmful consequences of gambling in order to develop immunity to gambling).

It's more on the influence of gambling nowadays as let's say like 10-20 years ago wherein there is no online games and the youth can even get to traditional base casinos as they are very strict as far as the age of people entering their premises.

But it's obvious that we don't want our youth or even our kids to gamble at the early age. In your example, if the government does allow gambling but restricted 21 and below then it will be illegal for betting shop to allow this kids are they are in uniform. Maybe they are just fly by night betting shop, but if they are regulated by the government then this is a serious offense and should be reported to the police.

It is not recommended, gambling may be wiser for adults who are old enough. the reason is, this type of entertainment requires funds as capital for gambling. apart from that, gambling is fun but has impacts that must be understood by someone who does it or enjoys it. there is a part of the risk that must be aware of, as well as the importance of understanding in gambling. by the way, the shop owner should not have allowed a teenager in a school uniform to enter his shop. Moreover, if there are regulations and licenses that do not allow someone in a school uniform to carry out activities in a gambling shop. if so, it is already violating the rules stated in their license.

If this story is true, the shop's license should be revoked and the biggest sanction would be having to deal with legal issues. The point is, very clearly, the shop has violated the rules stated in the license they own. Well, we definitely agree, especially if what you say in this post is true. The shop has committed a violation. However, I'm not actually sure whether what is said in this thread is a real incident. Also, each country, region, usually has regulations regarding gambling laws. especially, in countries where gambling is legal. Cases like this must be studied properly and it is important to know what is permitted and what is not permitted.

Exactly the rate at which young ones gamble is really alarming and besides no restrictions is being followed to put that on effects,it's really not proper seeing younger ones doing this because it will only limits their nurture and ambitions of focusing on their education.
And I think any land base sites that overlook restrictions for under 18 should be sanctioned and dealt with,cause with this it will only make the society and country worse and we might end up getting toxic people in the society.

Definitely no, if you already have a kids, do you want your kids become a gambler?

It's surprising how the betting shop's employees allowing young people to gamble, they're the one who should reject them. Since you know that betting shops allow minors, why you didn't report them to police? remember if you didn't take any action for wrongdoing, you're technically a part of them.

It is not proper and shouldn't be encouraged. Anyone supporting underage gambling doesn't know one of the rules of gambling that states that a youngster below 18 years shouldn't gamble or find their way into a gambling house.

I wouldn't stay in a place where I would see younger ones gambling without reacting badly to what makes them think of gambling at a young age. What exactly are they looking for in a gambling house, is it to make money in gambling at a tender age and forget about education?

OP, it is weird that someone could ask whether is there any age restrictions on gambling. Like, it is free to allow underage to gamble at any place we find them to be since there are no restrictions given by the gambling house that those below 18 years shouldn't gamble.

It's a shame if they are still in school but already know about gambling and even gamble. I think it's possible that they could become addicted to gambling, because what is currently happening is that many young people are gambling. especially with the existence of online gambling nowadays which makes it easy for everyone to access it, also with today's young people where they can't stay away from cellphones and the internet this makes it easier for them to get to know it.

Of course parents will provide good guidance to their children, it is impossible for parents to provide bad guidance, because that is not a good thing for their future. and with their activities outside the home and outside school, the surrounding environment can determine who they want to mix with. If they have the wrong social circle, maybe they can do bad things, such as getting to know and also doing gambling or other bad things, but even that depends on the children themselves, if they can differentiate between good things for him and bad things for him.

It's very wrong to get into a casino or the gambling house as the case maybe to gamble with a school uniform it shows disrespect for the school a d a bad representation of such school. Secondly the age of such teenagers should aswell be put to consideration because almost every casino has got that age restriction so it's very far from it saying that gambling should be for everyone, there's an age limitations of which if these guys aren't up to the age I don't think they should be in that place at that time doing any form of gambling as it's very wrong and not responsible to do.

Gambling is ment for both Young and old but there's still restrictions as to the age limit with which you can gamble not minding if you are young , you must attain that age which accounts for your ability to make decisions as an adult.

If they are underage, then it is illegal as per most countries laws. But uniformed people does not necessarily mean they are teenagers, they may be early college goes with a college that has a uniform. The fact here is that this could also be a bunch of kids smoking in the public in place of gambling, these are all vices in one form and another.

They are spending their own money on gambling so you have no place to stop them. It is definitely wrong to do that irresponsibly but you can only spread the awareness about gambling and its bad effects, just like smoking and alcoholism.

I understand your points but do you aswell think it is just too easy like you said. There is every reason why the manager kept a blind eye to the teenagers gambling, who told you he never knew it was inappropriate to let them gamble, he let them because he was getting good profits from the teenagers so he has less interest if they keep on playing or not. For you chasing them out means the manager lossing some money which may arise to a dispute between the both of you and as we know this teenagers are now very saucy and difficult to accepting corrections, they might aswell gang up against you instead of them learning and correcting themselves.

Such cases often occur, where young people who are still students are caught cheating and are caught gambling. This is no longer a strange thing.
The point is: parental supervision and including the responsibility of the casino owner is an important role in prohibiting students from gambling, but what is human, lust and greed, Such cases are often ignored, as if the casino doesn't know about it and allows them to bet.

However, not all casino shops allow students to gamble, but sometimes it cannot be denied that we will see such things with our eyes, the role of the gambling shop owner is very important, If the casino owners are indifferent and the parties responsible do not act, maybe in the next 4-10 years, we will see elementary school children caught gambling, the community and the police are responsible for these actions.

School going youths should not gamble because if they get addicted to gambling it can ruin their future. Gambling is very interesting thing especially it has more impact on kids because kids love to play games and gambling games are very enjoyable to play. Although adults use gambling to earn income, school-going youths use gambling games only for fun, but this fun puts their future in jeopardy. so I don't think school going youth should gamble

Land based or physical casinos carries the 18 years warning sign to deter underage from gambling but sadly, people do not heed to this warning in some countries. The gambling attendant do not need to ask for IDs to verify their age, seeing the school children on uniform is enough reason to chase them away. Even if they've clocked 18 years, after school hours they're supposed to go home, freshen up before anything else. If it were in some part of the world, the he could get locked up for allowing the kids to gamble.

although it will be difficult to control young people not to gamble. But at least the casino management encouraged the children to change out of their school uniforms.
There should be an age limit for casino users. but sometimes those limits are not used. After all they brought money to bet with and as long as they didn't make a mess there probably wouldn't be any problems.

The question that may be asked is how these school children get money for betting. although I'm sure it's not a big game bet. but still they get limited pocket money from their parents for eating, not gambling.

You did not mention the country. Your country is so lax when it comes to gambling regulation, or they do not have one, or they have one, but they are not strict in implementing the law.

The government and the home are the two institutions that should take care of the youth and exposing them to gambling at an early age will ruin their mind. This is a corruption of minors, and when they grow up they are misled by thinking that there is money to be made in gambling, if your country had a law about gambling against minors then you should report the betting shop to the authorities if there is none then its better to tell their parents so they will be the one to teach their children.

In uniforms? Which means they could be somewhere between 12 - 17? Am I right?
Well, I don't think they should be gambling at that age. But if those are college students who are also working in their spare time then it might be okay for me. At least they are using their own hard-earned money rather than other kids who are using their parents' money to gamble.
I think they already have the right to do that if they are working because that way they already know how important money is especially if they lose it in gambling. Frustrations will happen and it could become a learning point for them to not do it again the next time they get their salary.
But if they are dependent, then someone should stop these kids, especially the owner of that gambling place. He should know what it will feel like if it is his kids who are on that position.

I think the store is already abusing it their business license. Stores must not allow minors to enter there. The solution you mentioned above is much better, it can scare children or deter them from entering gambling shops.The reason is, they are not old enough to know the game. There will definitely be bad impacts for the teenager, whether it's stealing or something else if they are addicted. If they are found not complying with business permits, the authorities must act decisively, not only in shops but also at schools, they will give strong warnings to both parties.

That's ugly I would have asked them to leave the premises or asked the betting shop not to let them bet unless youth gambling is allowed, the children are on the bad track if they continue betting they will stop their schooling and instead focus on gambling, that's where their future gt busted.

The betting shops are responsible people for allowing the youth to vote they should've been ashamed of themselves; they are hungry for profit, I will talk to the betting shop manager and remind him of their obligation and his responsibility as a mature individual, a gambler should not patronize this kind of betting shop, I think a boycott should be done in this betting shop.

In general, I agree on this since students in my country is not even allowed to enter on computer shop which is play for online games only when they are on school uniform.

But the OP never mention what is the exact age of the student because there’s an instances that a college student has an age above 18 when their course is 5 years or they repeat some school year. I have a lot of classmate before that is around 25 above while I’m still 18 on college since they stop many school year due to poverty then later on back to school after they already have money to finish their studies.

I doubt this is the case on this discussion but I’m totally okay if these students is same of what I’m referring.

gambling has become open to the extent that when you fail to hold your children tight they will think that the gambling is the best option, in normal circumstances any child that is not up to 18 years is not supposed to participate in gambling and that is another reason that we encourage people not to discuss anything that have to do with the gambling whenever they are around home because their children we think that it is the best thing so far to do is don't participate in gambling so gambling is meant for adult not for children so any child that is up to 18 years and above is eligible to participate in gambling

what? you saw two teenagers with uniforms gambling and you automatically thought that younger ones were taking gambling more seriously than school, I'm sorry but how in the hell did you land on that conclusion? Are students in your area constantly gambling? if so why not report the betting shops letting these kids gamble on their betting shops? I suggest taking pictures as evidence when you present your complaint to the authorities. that being said, I can't help but wonder whether the authorities will actually do something about it.

In the past, people used to look out for one another but it is not so anymore. Rather than looking out for one another we simple look for what to put on social media for likes and validation. We all have a collective responsibility towards these kids especially the underaged kids. They should not be allow around a betting shop let alone even granting them permission to enter into the betting shop.

It is a failure of the society and this needs to be addressed ASAP if not we won't have kids anymore. Back in the days, all kids want to do after school is go ride bicycle with their fellow kids and play in the park. Parenting was intentional. This is not so again. It has all gone bad and the government needs to increase their campaign against underaged betting. I say a bill should be passed that fines the bet shop operators that allow these kids in their premises even if they are not betting.

With current technological developments, of course it will make it easier for anyone to access gambling sites. As parents who fail to supervise their children, this will be very unfortunate because those who gamble before they are more than 18 years old will of course find it very difficult to control themselves and will has a bad impact on their lives, of course it would be better not to talk about gambling in front of our children so that they don't get curious about it and try it themselves.

Gambling companies have a stipulated age for gambling which I think is 18 years, this is 18 is believed to be the age that every growing person can be able to have control over him or herself and take decision of whats right.
The story you narrated I think the bet shop cahier and the owner of the shop should be arrested because normally the shop owner would have instructed his employee on what to do, for you as a bettor to see that, it means that it is not the first day such thing will be happening, the society at large has changed and things are been done differently this time because of love of money, i think place like this should be exposed so that they will face the law adequately.

What if the school knew maybe the two teenagers would get punished for playing gambling in school uniform, the owner of the gambling shop should have prohibited it but did not know what their rules were there, if the category of children then it was not allowed.

Gambling is now angrily penetrating into children who maybe they saw the beginning of it on the internet then tried it and got addicted to playing, but with this situation it goes back to the parents who educate them he must know that easy generations should not play gambling unless they have reached their age limit.

But because the country may be legal, there are no restrictions on who enters the store nor does it question the age even though there are clear rules.

In such a scenario, I think the gamblers left school to gamble just like they usually do for video games. Things have changed and kids are beginning to develop interest in gambling more than they do in video games and other gaming activities. This is for their interest in money. Every kids needs money due to the pressure from peers in terms of possessions and gadget. Some claim they got it through gambling, yet it's not a good reason for kids to focus on gambling when they are meant to read their books. Assuming the young school kids came without school uniforms it would have been better than showing up in the gaming house with their school wears. It's a better reason for the shop managers to ouse them from the room. But they don't do it, because they need the kid's money.

Amidst all 18+ products I think alcohol has a better restrictions on young people. Gambling doesn't offer such a complete restrictions due to the differences on individuals. Some adults always bypass these kids because they are not related to one another. If they were close relatives the managers would have asked them out. It's a kind of pathological selfishness. Where everyone cares about their loved ones alone and don't give a damn on others who are not friends with them. However, those kids are only risking their mental strength. As they may not be able to control the impulses. That's why it's crucial they are being helped out of such behavior earlier as teenagers.

Government only regulates the casino but they don't make sure that the casino keeps to the law. This is why you see that underage are gambling in betshop, and that should not be so. The government is not helping issues, because from what I understand they are only after the money coming out from the casino as their taxes and not about the casino activities to make sure that the casino is not abused or used by undeage. I will also blame the attendants on the betshop for allowing such child to book his bet. However, we might still put the blame on the parents and guardians of these children, because sometimes the parents or elder brother send these children to go and book a game for them, while they stay at home.

Although I am not an active gambler, I do not want my child to become one.

And what happens in the OP's case is very unfortunate if a betting shop allows children who are still at school, even those in school uniforms, to enter the betting shop. And what makes me don't understand why the police and other officers at that location don't take firm action against this betting shop, and it seems like cases like this often happen in this betting shop. This is because there are no inspections and strict rules or prohibitions against minors, especially those who are still in school.
And if that really happens, then their future will be bleak if they are already involved in gambling because they are still in school and should be studying well.

And OP better provide photo evidence because I don't think that makes sense, and if it really happened. In my opinion, the casino shop must have received protests from the local community or been closed by the authorities.

The school would definitely punish anyone engaging with gambling, drinking and smoking while using the uniform, in some cases, depending whether the school is a religious one, it could go as far as reaching to the professors and teachers themselves, so they have to make sure not to wear the uniform while doing those things. My bet is that the school never figured it out and nobody was willing sell out the identities of those teens to the authorities of the school anyways.
Again, if there is something I have learnt in this situations when people who is not supposed to be able to legally gamble manage to do it anyways, most of the times the clues point to the greed and the seek for profit which comes from the operator or owner of the betting place / casino.

Since all this is about money, then the solution would be easy, just by enforcing fines to those casinos/betting houses to allow children and teens to gamble would be enough for them to learn the lesson and ban children from entering the establishment completely.

If it is legal then there is nothing that we could do about it, it is part of the parents job to make the younger ones understand how gambling could affect their future.
Honestly I also used to gamble back when I was in highschool so I kinda understand them, the only thing that they need is someone to guide them, so that they wouldn't succumb to it, and wouldn't get addicted that they would throw away their future or get their future be destroyed.
We have been there before and some of us eneded up pretty well.

Wearing school uniform is definitely not a good idea to gamble. Those children are not interested in studies. Moreover, the biggest thing is that they are not even of gambling age. I think any casino companies or gambling companies must have a policy. Those who are minors should never have been allowed. But nowadays the people running the casino or gambling companies don't pay any attention to those things. They feel that minors should also be exposed to gambling to get more money. Because of their flexible position, those minors get access to the platform. Any such work should never be supported as it may lead to minor changes which will not bring any good to the society or the country.

The average online casino has specific requirements regarding the age of its customers, meaning there are specific restrictions that they must adhere to. But this age limit can still be ignored by most teenagers who are interested in gambling, especially at casinos that do not have special requirements to pass KYC when creating an account.

Wearing a school uniform to gamble at a land-based casino was something I found hard to believe. Casino security guard would know what to do and he should be able to prevent school children (in school uniform) from gambling at the casino. I'm not sure where it is or what the local gambling laws are, but this story seems unreal to me.

If you are really that in concern with those kids then you would really be speaking into the head or owner of the said casino or betting place on which you would really be making out such complaint on why there are students on the vicinity on which they've been allowed on doing such thing on which we know that they shouldnt really be there in the first place. Its a right approach that you have said something like this.
No parent would really be liking on seeing their kids on doing gambling specially into their puberty days. lol. They arent that matured enough for them to be able to handle out on how gambling should really be
deal with.

On the time that you would really be allowing those fellas to play then it would really be turning out for them to become those gamblers at very young age on which this is something that
must be stopped while its still early. As a parent and seeing those kids lurking around then it would really be just that a normal approach to have.

It's likely the betting shop is commiting a crime by allowing teenagers dressed in school's uniforms to gamble inside the building. Even illegal casinos don't allow underage gamblers inside, because the sentences and punishments for such practices are more severe in these cases. To allow teenagers inside betting shops is really negatively seen by everyone around, including other gamblers. For the own good of the people behind this betting shop, it's better that they pay more attention to who they are allowing inside, and if it's an employee's decision, better that they instruct this employee on how to act accordingly to avoid creating issues for them later.

You did well by asking and raising concerns regards this situation inside the environment. Now you can just hope you put some good sense on the heads of the present people, so they will change their indifference towards the situation from now on.

That good profit that he is making, which made him form a blind eye over teenagers who come to gamble in a betting shop under his custody, is enough reason to not let him go unpunished. Anyone who helps the other person commit a crime should also be served the same punishment as the person who committed the crime because he is also an accomplice. 
 
Laws are laws unless they are not noticeable and can be easily ignored. Okay,  because he is looking for profit for his business, he should allow schoolchildren to skip school and gamble comfortably in his shop. That doesn't make sense. If anyone deems it necessary to take any action against the person, he will definitely not go unpunished.

I agree that it is not appropriate to make things Simple for a person under 18 years Old , I think that the rules should always be established for what they are , I can say that it has to be about the players who are older, and If anyone wants to play, then simply, you have to wait until you reach the age of majority, I do not recommend that you do or try to go against the rules of 18 years Because there will be problems everywhere, so due to these things it is better to continue that simple rule and not continue doing things for the sake of doing them but Always focusing on what is Essential to avoid problems in the Future, with money things must be clear.

I think your are talking about those third world countries, Am I right ? So there rules and law aren't properly implemented on the people or peoples of that countries don't follow their law of government. Under age gambling is never can be a good sign for a casino so stop them and take step against them who allow child on the bar. Or you may complain against them to your authority of country.

There should be a minimum age for a person to be allowed for gambling in any country and I hope there is one where you reside too and if the operator doesn't seems to care about it and allow kids to bet then you can call the cops or any security services related to handle these kind of things. But isn't the job of their parents to supervise what their kids are doing?

Agree with this one, not to discriminate but thish is really that reality on these developing or 3rd world on which law implementation isnt really just that too strict and even if its strict but ended up on being that corrupted then these platforms or places would really be that easily getting away with possible trouble if ever there would be some complaints about having some minors that been found into the place. This is why it would really be that so sad that they've been allowing those students to be playing up or could be seen on such place on which its not really that right and should be stopped or prohibited. If there would really be someone who would be that mindful about the condition of those kids then telling them on not to gamble is something the right thing that must be done but of course those kids wont really be listening.

They wont really be on such place if they werent that been allowed in the first place. So the gambling casino is the one who should really be blamed for this which they should have not
let those students to get inside. Even if there would be no laws or prohibitions that had been said but this is something ethical that should be done.

In my country, the legal gambling age is eighteen and above. At this age, most children have graduated from secondary school, except for a few exceptions. So it is very rare to see students on uniforms in any physical casino. I have been in many betting shops where underaged children who wanted to gamble were sent back and some of them were reported to their parents and school authorities. They don't allow underaged gamblers in their casinos because the operators of the casinos can be fined or persecuted by regulatory authorities .

But some casinos are so interested in profit-making that they can accept anybody to use their gambling platform. I will report any physical casino that encourages underage gambling because they are endangering the future of these inexperienced children.

Right, and I think it's a fact that most people especially young people prefer to spend most of their time on the internet which means that online casinos have a high possibility of reaching more people especially young people to get involved and gamble in them. There are so many things that we can find on the internet regardless of whether it is something positive or negative that we might include gambling in one of the negative activities here.

Of course this is something that should be a concern for most parents, because of course there is a big possibility that their children can reach gambling very easily which in addition most online casinos are now doing a lot of promotion or advertising on several social media with the aim of reaching more people, And I agree with your opinion that it is unlikely for someone who is still underage to be able to control themselves when they are involved in gambling, they are still unstable and their mindset is still undirected and also unable to make careful considerations, and one of the ways that I might suggest to minimize this possibility is by limiting them in terms of using smartphones to limit the reach of the internet.

It's bad for a gambler that's not up to age of gamble to be inside a gamble hall because the child will not learn anything there except how to gamble, and it's stated boldly that any one who is not up to 18 years shouldn't gamble because they are not matured enough to handle losses. Government should hold the family and any casino that allows underage children that gambles, more essentially the casino that allows children to gamble. If a gamble manager do not allow the child to enter the gambling hall I don't think that the child would ever go into the gambling hall with a school uniform.

Like it has already been stated that before anyone should gamble the person must be above 18 years to gamble but nowadays, a lot of children gambles because they understand what gambling is all about and they enjoy gambling even more than the elders or I should call it the other ones that have been gambling for decades so therefore everyone intention is to make money so I don’t see any reason to stop anyone from gambling as long as you understand or gambling is you are free to gamble that is my own opinion.

If I were the president of the Nation that it experiencing the epidemic of children gambling I will institute a law or  legal framework says that the parents guardian or anyone in charge of a child gambling will face six months in jail without the option of a fine or will have their kids taken from them and placed in to a government assisted foster home. Furthermore the gambling center where kids are caught gambling will be shut down and the owner arrested and jailed for 6 months without the option the a fine. This will curb reduced rate of kids gambling.

what I'm saying in essence is that we have to monitor our children very well in anything that has to do with the internet because internet have a positive impact and they also a negative impact in anything that has to do with it so I know very well that gambling is something that is not good and involving ourselves in gambling I know that it might result at something right or wrong but we cannot extend it to our children or allow our children to take part for gambling at early stage that will bring a distraction to them not to focus and do what they are supposed to do as a child.

I believe that as we grow up, we very quickly forget what we experienced when we were 15 or 20 years old. Our way of thinking changes so much that at 30 we think that we have always seen the world as we do now. But I remember that in my youth everyone was more carefree and cheerful. THIS is why gambling at a young age is so dangerous. At 18, no one thinks about the consequences. Everyone wants a lot of money and the sooner the better. That’s why I’m often glad that in my youth I didn’t even know what gambling was. God saved me.

Obviously, it is not really advisable; gambling actually is not advisable to any people 'coz it should be engaged with one's initiative. The downside of gambling at early age is simply lacking the permanent source of income to sustain this vice. No natter how good you are, there will always be times of losing especially on days you wouldn't be lucky. Another factor with age is risk-taking tolerance. They tend to have higher levels and that makes them more prone to gambling addiction. They are most likely to bet huge amount of money due to theit drive of becoming rich as an adult, but lacks the idea when it comes on handling the consequences of doing so. When they encounter big loss, they are most likely to either bet more due to frustration. And how would they sustain it if most of the younger individuals are still studying and not working? They'd use their parent's money in form of their allowance and thiw could push them to either lie or steal if it won't be aided. This is just a general possibility and ofcourse it will still depend on the individual, but this is just the common possible outcome.

If the kids are taking gambling more seriously than their school then they have to check out the parents if they're guiding them properly.

If you know someone personally OP that they've got kids or the kids themselves are more focused to gambling than their studies, report it to the school administrator and to their parents.

With too much usage of the internet is also helping these kids to get more of gambling and that's why, proper guidance and limit of their usage is a must which is the duty of the parents.

I agree with you. Lack of parental supervision is also one of the major factor causing the increasing rate of bad habit and practice in teenagers. If the parents play there role with a strong hand of discipline I doubt this will be the case at least the fear in the children will limit the extend to which they incorporate such habit.

If those teen now take gambling as a source of income how then are they gonna live in the years coming.

Gambling has been around for a long time and it seems that many school children, especially those aged 15 and over, have started to learn about gambling using their pocket money. I am no longer surprised to hear that in this more modern era, gambling has become commonplace and many people are getting to know gambling, even school children who are just getting to know their identity are interested in gambling and even now many school children smoke even though it is prohibited, many naughty children nowadays try things that are detrimental to themselves, usually they are influenced by The surrounding environment and even parents also play a big role in educating their children when they become teenagers.

Where I live, there are lots of young people still at school who gamble on slots and make deposits using their pocket money. I also can't advise them because I'm not their parent or relative. I just think it's a sad and sad thing I can't even imagine my child as a teenager doing deviant things, this could affect his future if he hangs out with the wrong friends.

I suspect that if the school found out that a student went to a casino shop, then of course he would get punished because it worsens the image of the school, let alone wearing a uniform unless he is not wearing a uniform then the parents themselves punish him.

Yes, it's like that, the school doesn't know about it outside of that, as for people who report to the school, most people don't care unless the person reporting it really wants to save him from gambling addiction, but still, if he is reported, he will get a severe punishment, maybe he will think again.

The authority to fine casinos is the government, how should the policy be carried out if there are rogue casinos that allow it, but this seems intentional if a child enters wearing a uniform and then gambles.

And again, parents are to blame. The thing is, yes, parental guidance is a big factor or responsibility of a parent so that their child's will not commit crimes or do bad influence and bad things that are not appropriate to their age, but we all know parental guidance or parents looking out for their child is not 24/7, meaning if the child is going for their child is not 24/7, meaning if the child is going to school then the child is out of the guidance of the parents. No matter how strict or how the parents guide their children, if the friends or the people surrounding them are a bad influence, then there's nothing a parent could do that.

In short, if the child is in the right mind, he or she will not let himself or herself be involved in something like gambling, which may result in bad happenings following that. The parents should not always be blamed; they can't monitor their children 24/7.

Herein lies the very important control. Parents become the most influential person in maintaining children's habits. If at home they are able to provide the best approach for children, then when children are outside the house are not fully affected by association.

Parents can only be able to at home, when children are outside the house, the child will be far from the reach of parents. At least with the approach that I mean is done well while at home, children will be able to think of what they do.
Still the child's habits have not changed, as parents have done their duties and the risk will be borne by themselves when he finished school.

Still, the casino always warns that those under 18 years old should not play, but while this is easy to check in offline gambling, casinos that do not have a CIC before starting the game will not be able to do this. Moreover, players under 18 years of age can use tricks and go through the procedure of uploading parental documents. However, CICs have now become more reliable and require an online selfie of a person with a document, which will not allow you to go through this procedure.

Of course, it is better for young people not to play, they will have time to do this in the future, but I think that the danger lies in the fact that some of them have an irresistible desire to play, they are sure that they will win and will not have to do anything, including study. This undermines the foundations of development; the danger lies in such trifles.

Everyone has an interest in gambling, so anyone can gamble as per their wish and there is no restriction. But age should be given importance. Because if the age is low, a gambler will be addicted but he will not get rid of that addiction. Moreover, those who are minors will fail to manage money for gambling. They have to rely on others to provide money after loss and at some point they will covet other people's money. They will not hesitate to do any crime as well. But the big problem is that it is difficult to determine how old someone is. So I don't think we can bring much clarity on this. Not all gambling platforms take this issue seriously anymore.

Minors should not be allowed to gamble especially these kids are still wearing their uniform. The owner must have a certain rule about the age of gamblers who can play on their betting shop. Here in our place, it is prohibited for younger ones to enter in a physical casino, they're strict on following the set rules.

Aside from minors are still young to engage in gambling, they are still relying on their parents financially. Therefore, the money that these kids are spending in gambling came from their parents and probably meant for school needs and as their allowance. That's why it's crucial also for parents to monitor their kids. Proper education is really necessary.

What I think about such situation is that its not upright to allow teen-ager to participate in gambling, knowing true well that they are under age children and may be addicted to it. The fault is from the agent in-charge, he shouldn't have allowed such thing to happen. It is not advisable to allow children to gamble. though it depends on the country in question or the government policies on gambling. It depends on government and their jurisdictions. If the law parmit then it's fine but if it doesn't parmit, then it is the responsibility of the agent to take care of such thing since the government can not be present in every casino shops parhaps they should be able to handle such case themselves by not allowing them to play such gamble.

I know it is normal that gambling as a teenager is an illegal act and I have seen in online gambling platforms and in physical gambling shops it is statec out that gambling is for people who are 18+ plus above but even with this rule some people who are below still go ahead to play gambling, and in physical gambling shops agents working their are aware that some of the people coming to play gambling are underage but they still collect money from them to allow them to play gambling.

The gambling law is not a strict one, even if they ate not in support of underage to play gambling by their own rules, some underage still go ahead to play gambling and nothing is being done. It is not right for underage to play gambling but when they are caught playing gambling their is nothing that will be done because the law is not a strict one.

In this situation, the responsable who let these children enter that place must be blamed. Not only is gambling forbidden to the children, but the risks go beyond that and reach their lives. They are not in the right place to spend time and play.
I think the matter is not in your hands or in my hands. Many things have changed, and the attraction of young people to gambling is noticeable these days, as you said. I personally started gambling at a young age, and this is what I do not advise young people to do, but the matter remains in the hands of the parents in raising awareness and advice in the first place, and then Society. In our time, everyone can gamble with  fake identity  , especially on sites and online casinos, and they do not realize that the risks are great. Some may even steal from home or engage in crime... So this is absolutely wrong

I totally agree with you and I’m not familiar with underaged gambling in a physical store but rather This very act is very much common in online gambling and the fact that, there is a warning for people under the age of 18 not to gamble,that doesn’t mean they might be restricted as I think the warning was only advising under aged from gambling as there are a lot of complications and complexity in gambling which they might not be able to handle and I think there are some underaged who are matured emotionally matured way above their age.

In conclusion, I stand in the fact that, letting under aged gambling isn’t a good one and the government, as well as the gambling regulators also need to look into this.

I don't want to even read further. It's simply unacceptable. Their parents or their teachers, or both, should find a way to explain to the kids clearly that firstly they have slim chances of winning life-changing amounts and secondly even they win they will not be able to enjoy it without being educated people. The right way of going would be this: get the best education you can, find a proper job with good salary, and then entertain yourself with gambling however you like. But not the other way round.

The betting shop is the party at fault because it does not prohibit the school child from gambling even though it is clear that they is still underage because still wear uniforms when gambling. It's just that you need to check the rules in your country on what the age limit is that is allowed to start gambling. If it turns out that the betting shop is breaking the rules then you should report it to authorities to take action.
Letting school children gamble is a stupid act because they might use the money for school fees because the funds they have are of course limited and not being old enough to gamble will make them unaware of the risks of gambling.

While, there are parents that does their duties. There are also kids that are hard headed and no matter what reminder and supervision they get from their parents, they don't obey them.

Many of them are going to realize that if they're going to treat it as a source of income, they'll be having hard time in doing that.

That's why they need to study, gain a skill and work their asses so that they can earn money when they grow old and just gamble as a pastime.

Even though it is prohibited they will still play in online casinos, so in my opinion every betting shop may have a certain age limit for gambling there, in my country there are no betting shops like that because they are considered illegal, so I can't give much comment in this regard. This is the case, but talking about young people who play gambling, of course I also won't agree because our children could do the same thing, but it also depends on how parents educate their children. If they educate them properly, I'm sure they will stay away from gambling.

There are many types of gambling games that can be played by young people, so even though they are prohibited there, they will definitely play in online casinos or online gambling. I often see school children playing slot gambling around my house, but it seems their parents never know that their children gambling, that's what's wrong that every parent is responsible for their children, therefore if we see young people gambling and we see it, we actually don't have the right to forbid it because that won't stop them, unless the parents themselves advise it, that would be better, you can tell his parents about his son gambling at the betting shop.  ;D

I'm not making them my problem, why can't we see what's wrong and say it. We won't die if we speak the truth.

but since I don't know their parents but I know the owner of the betting shop, I think he'll still help out a little. If someone sees your kids gambling with their school uniforms on them. And they report to you, would you be happy?

thanks for this, cause we the elderly ones seeing the younger ones going the wrong way it's bad. Even if I'm not their parents but I'm also considering cause they're kids trying to grow and thay aren't going the right at the moment. Thanks

underage people, for whatever reason, are not allowed to gamble, especially when they gamble in a gambling shop wearing their school clothes, the gambling shop should try to prohibit this and not allow them to gamble.  because at their age they should not gamble and be exposed to places like that.  i don't know why the owner of the gambling place allows children to gamble at their place, is he so mindless that he ignores morals and allows children to gamble at his place, and that's just quite sad.

In reality, parents won't be able to supervise or even guide their children all day long because they certainly have their own activities. but what you say is true, when parents succeed in educating their children in the home environment, I think they can control themselves, meaning they may be able to refuse invitations that are not good, such as by not being influenced by things that lead to bad things that could be detrimental to themselves, but they can't It is also hidden that children certainly have unstable characteristics and thoughts, so even if their parents' upbringing or their parents' approach is successful, there is still a possibility that the child could be influenced by the surrounding environment.

and when they finish school or graduate, they begin to be able to determine their own relationships, and this is where their parents' upbringing will determine them. If parents give them poor attention and upbringing, there is a possibility that they could be influenced by relationships that could be detrimental to them. Currently, many young people are already familiar with gambling even though they have just graduated from school, but that does not guarantee that they will be safe. Of course, the influence of the social environment around them can determine them themselves.

Just 2 students and you can make a conclusion that younger take gambling more seriously than their education?
That's just a small example if you ask me and it does not represent the actual fact about young people globally.

The betting shop should have a regulation and they should not allow young students to enter and play.
In this case, there are some parties to be blamed:
1. The betting shop because of allowing young students to enter and gamble
2. The students because they should not do it ofc
3. The parents of the students because they do not monitor their children better.

If a child is addicted to gambling at a young age, that child's life can never be good. So we should prevent young children from gambling and if we do not discipline our children properly, our children's lives will be affected.  We have to go through life through many hardships. We know that gambling is very bad and then we are busy for gambling. But if we can take gambling as a reward, it is good for us.

This isn't a good example to younger generation engaging themselves with gambling, but we can't blame them if they saw their parents also doing that kind of thing. The upbringing of their parents also reflects towards them, then it's basically what's happening to these younger ones.
Same at my local community young people got influenced from seeking lucky wins from ongline gambling apps that they easily got from playstore, ads is one of the reasons why they're attracted with.

I don’t consider this as a form of addiction but rather just a curiosity to explore gambling at young age. Addiction is different from being curious to try things until you make it a hobby.


This is the tricky part. At age like the subject on OP which most of the bettors think of them as good to bet means there’s no way to control all of their movement especially on gambling since you can’t monitor them 100% when they are at school.

Limiting their money allowances is the best way to control this behavior because they can’t gamble if they have money to play.

Young people shouldn't touch betting because when they see a way to earn money with minimal effort, they will not focus study and socialize, but they will focus to spend all of their time just for gambling. They think if they have spend all of their time and effort for gambling, they will become a professional gambler and will high likely to earn. But, the reality most gamblers are in loss.

I was deeply troubled when I witnessed two teenagers gambling while wearing their school uniforms. This unfortunate scene revealed the darker side of adolescent behavior and the risks that some young people take. Though they looked clean-cut and studious in their uniforms, these students were engaging in a forbidden activity that could endanger their futures.  Their eyes were locked intensely on the cards and money. I wondered if this was their first time dabbling in gambling or if they had already developed an unhealthy addiction. With the right community support, they should stop this and engage in wholesome activities, work hard in class, and build bright futures for themselves.

Well the idea is quite reasonable, finding a place that can give them money for nothing with little effort is a disease, if for example it is obtained because they have expertise or skills such as painting, editing or something else then maybe it will not be a problem, but if we talk about gambling then obviously it is best not to approach gambling at all, because putting hope in winning in gambling will only lead them to many disasters in their lives and we can see that there are already quite a lot of gamblers who have experienced downturns due to putting their hopes of "earning" in a place that has absolutely no certainty and any guarantee to always be able to get a win. But on the other hand, to be honest, it is very difficult to tell people who are tempted by something that looks tempting, especially if they are typical stubborn people who will be very difficult to advise.

I am never in favor that young people to gamble.The restriction in physical casinos should be clear,not allowed to gamble unless 21 of age because when you are young you don't have a clear idea or a clear vision of what to do in your life.When you are over 21 you are still young but you are a bit more grown up,more smart and now most likely your ideas are more clear also and that is why I am always in favor of such restriction.

for me the Accurate age should be from 18, cause by 18 we all know what's bad and good and knowledgeable at this age.

When we were high school students we were not allowed to enter the Internet Cafe while the class still going on no matter what suits we were wearing despite such restrictions, we still found a way to play because of our addictions. Put that in those kids' situation while they don't have anybody to prevent them from playing while they still wearing their uniforms, it's like a playground for them and nothing can change them with that kind of scenario and the worst part is, the next time you see them, they're not gonna be just two of them rather they bring a whole bunch of student who are gambling addict too hype their bad habits.

Its a major issue for our children. I've seen the industry's good and terrible, and this is bad. Kids gambling? Thats disastrous. They cant tolerate that risk since their brains are still developing. It ruins their schooling and future

Watching teens gamble in school uniforms? Thats poor regulations and an indication of our directionlessness. We need strict child protection laws. Period. Any parent knows you want your kids to create a future, not gamble away. Just simple sense. Set the next generation up to win, not lose. Teachers, parents, we must collaborate. I know gambling is fun for some, but our kids? A firm no

It depends on how old they are, usually people under the age of 18 are restricted from gambling but that depends on the country they come from.

Gambling is an activity that is taken as a bad habit just like drinking alcohol or smoking, they could be fun but they got a lot of negative sides. Just like it is forbidden for kids to encounter these bad habits, I think that it is also bad for younger ones to participate in gambling because when someone is in a younger age they could behave irresponsibility and impulsively which makes them take stupid decisions.
Gambling is an activity where the gambler should consider a lot of decisions and rules before doing it, that is why it is better for a mature person to do it.
Maybe if those young ones are more mature than their age, they could make some good money out of it and use it wisely.

  I dont think kids should be exposed to some certain things at some age, and gambling is one of them, if a kid get addicted at a very tender age, you could imagine what that kids could become if when they turn adults and start making their own money, a lot of people have mentioned that gambling could exposed kids to steal and I agree with that also since they do not have a source of income to fund themselves.

 They could start taking money without their parents concept to fund gambling, most of them would think it's a sure way of making money and before you know it they've become addicted to it. But I think parents need to caution their kids, let them know the consequences of involving themselves into it, let them know how risky it is an how bad it could affect their education, let them know it is against the law for them to gamble at a certain age.

I think that if these people saw their children gambling in this place, they would quickly change the rules. It is not for nothing that children around the world are not allowed to gamble, because they cannot yet make competent decisions and cannot be held responsible for their actions. I don’t know in which country this is happening, but I think that this is not normal and it will not lead to anything good. Here a lot depends on the laws of that country and what these laws say about the participation of children in gambling, if the country allows it, then it will be difficult to prohibit it.
It’s hard to look at adults who have problems with gambling addiction, what can we say about children?! This is the highest degree of immorality.

Most countries around the world unless in few will the age restriction work because in most places you still fine handful of under age gambling both in the offline and the online casinos.


The 18 plus roll is subject to some few countries who even try to ban gambling completely, this is the high way to tackles the Gambling addiction that can arise from under age gambling.

That is the fact that happens today whereas many kids under 18+ visits offline or online casino. They don't thinks that gambling is not for them and yes, that is not normal for their ages. But although we warn them, they still visits that casino and playing gambling with their friends. They seems doesn't thinks that playing gambling needs to have many things to avoids the addiction. Their parents must educates them to stay away from gambling and not trying to playing gambling games with their friends. They can't resist the tempts from gambling if they decides to playing gambling and will comes back to play the games and that can cause many problems in their ages.

Absolutely.
However IMO I think that every gamble hall should be able to have a security on the entrance of their shop/store so that not everyone can be able to go into the gambling hall. The work of the securities should be to walkout anyone that's not up to age of gambling and those that are mentally unstable. The reasons why they shouldn't allow children to enter into the gambling hall is because they are not up to age and they can't afford to lose anything in gamble and they don't have to the sense of making decisions. And the mental unstable people should not gamble because they are mentally unstable and can cause harm when they lose money.

Due to easy access or simply talking about internet and  the things that could really be able to deal up with then its not really that shocking that those youngster would really be having that kind of involvement towards
gambling considering that it would really be that so easy on trying out to access up these places without being that caught. If we do speak about physical places then it wont really be that much of a common scenario on this one.Although there might be some instances that these fellas could really be seen into the vicinity whether they had been allowed or something like that but its not really that right at all no matter what the angle that we would really be trying to look upon. We do know the risks involved when it comes on dealing up with gambling in having that not right on age because you cant really be able to bare up with the risks involved
until you would be finding yourself that devastated.

So true! We need to protect younger generation from betting and gambling but with every generation getting poorer and poorer , most of them are looking towards gambling like a life saver and that is a huge problem that no one wants to admit. Here in Romania , we finally introduce a law that erased all gambling shops from rural zones because those kids were stacking into a booking house daily , skipping school and just betting their pocket money that parents gave them for road travel or simply for a quick snack...

Yes I think your method can be useful to be applied in physical casinos, but I think this method will not really work if we talk about the type of online casino which is now increasingly popular and reaching more and more people because most people especially young people prefer to spend most of their time playing the internet and I found a news that informs that there is a significant increase in terms of statistics that in the last one year the population of gamblers has increased dramatically which most of them are young people and this is quite alarming news in my country.

On the other hand I understand that casinos can implement stricter systems such as implementing KYC so that minors cannot be involved in any type of online gambling, but honestly I see only a few online casinos that implement systems like this (especially in my country) which in turn makes anyone (including minors) free to engage in any type of online gambling with easy registration, and I think this makes sense because logically gambling is a business for casinos, They will not care about the safety of minors, the point is that casinos only want more people involved in their gambling sites regardless of whether they are minors or adults, because after all the more people involved the greater the casino profits, and I think one of the actions that can be taken to prevent a child from getting involved in gambling is back to their parents, or that means parents must be able to supervise their children to avoid gambling.

Younger ones can gamble but there must be age limit consideration before allowing for such, gambling is something that involves the use of money to do, we cannot expect a child who is still independent to be fully engaged in gambling, what will first come to mind is on how he managed to see fund to use for that purpose, but when a child is above eighteen years old, we can consider him to be more matured and at the stage of trying to get his independency from his parents to gamble after which he must have been involved in other things that source income to his pocket.

Yes, it's really abnormal for kids to gamble especially if they are not yet up to 18 or 20, because it will really affect their mental state of mind and I don't know if it's because of how the economic is, that is why younger ones gambling, but that shouldn't be an excuse for them to gamble at a younger age because it will really create an impact in them that can lead to gambling addiction, financial problems, losing focus on their academics and other negative outcomes. So in order to avoid such case, parents or guardians should also be vigilant and monitor their children way about or activities and the kinds of friends they make or have around them, also tell them the dangers and effect gambling will do in their especially if they an addict. So with all these awareness, we can help out younger ones.

In a country where there’s no rule on age limit to gamble or a bet platform that does not restrict any age group from betting, you’ll see more teenagers engaging in betting which is not good. A student that is under the care of their parents and have their needs taking care of shouldn’t be find in such places. When they are open to big money at this young age and lavish the way they like, the day they don’t have money again they’ll end up joining bad gangs just to have that money or even steal from home.

As the shop owner, he shouldn’t have allowed underage to play bet in his shop, but since they are no rules to penalise such people and they’re after the money they’ll get, they won’t bother allowing more teenagers come to bet in their shop. Can even to the extent of telling those kids to invite more if their friends because as a student, they hardly go out of money because they’ll need them in school for upkeep or other purposes which they can always ask their parents for.

Although age is just a number, and is not a guarantee that those aged 18 years and over have maturity in thinking and acting. However, gambling is still not a good place for those who are underage and still in school.

Financially, they are still dependent on their parents, and they themselves are unable to earn money or income. Meanwhile, in terms of gambling, it has quite a large financial risk. And the thing he is worried about is, when they enter the world of gambling and betting, because of their young age and limited experience and understanding, it seems that they are quite vulnerable to gambling addiction. And what's worse, when someone feels addicted to gambling, they will do anything to be able to gamble. Because they have not been able to earn money by working, they are very worried about being able to fulfill their desire to continue gambling, these teenagers have become short-sighted and have lied to their parents several times in order to get money to gamble. and another possibility, this could encourage the teenager to commit even more serious acts, such as stealing

Here in my country, there are too many influencers advertising casinos and even with the age of 18 under are being exposed to online gambling. They don't think about those audience that they're impacting with the ads that they promote casino. It's easy money for them and that's why they don't care at all but, there are still a lot of good influencers that don't advertise casinos because they know how impactful and influential they are with their audience even if they don't do it.

We all know that the social media platforms are mostly use by business owners, influencer etc for advertisement and since gambling platforms are business owned by people then advertising their businesses there is not a bad idea, due to the fact that the social media is crowded with lots of people every business owner see that as the best option for advertisement, moreover I do see some influencers indicate on the advertisement with a write up +18 rated to discourage people below such age from doing it. So I don't blame most of them if kids out of greed or love for quick money decide to go into gambling knowing fully well it's rated +18. Well I think parents are in the right position to caution children below 18 from going into the media cause lately, asides gambling there are many 18 rates stuff that could corrupt their mindset stuff like Pornography and the rest .

Firstly I think that younger ones Gambling is very wrong. The age restriction for Gambling is more like a safe guard to prevent unnecessary and irresponsible Gambling habits of an individual and hence the Gambling restriction of 18+. A lot of teenagers are not able to make proper decisions for themselves hence if they are given the opportunity to gamble they will end up abusing it and even harming themselves. One common issue is that in some countries they are unable to properly enforce the 18+ Gambling rule hence alot of these teenagers in such countries are able to do such things illegally.

Gone are the days when most social media platforms are only for socializing. This time, it's for an actual marketplace where everyone can meet from business to business and other industries. Well, it's part of their business model to have revenue and that's through the ads.
There's one thing that's being cooked in our lawmakers that they're about to ban the advertisement of gambling through social media platforms because a lot of people are seeing it not just the kids but also the adults that can't control themselves and gets addicted to it.

But these does not mean that it is proper for a minor to gamble.  I believe it is a global rule that a person should be at least 18 years old to be able to engage in gambling legally.  In any country, anything that is illegal is not proper so applying that logic, regardless of the minor's addiction or how freely they can engage in gambling activities, it is not appropriate/proper for them or let them engage in a gambling activity.


It can't be avoided, social media platforms are made to make a profit so any advertisement as long as it is not illegal can be shown on the platform.  The "meeting place of people"  is just a strategy to lure the masses into using their apps and actually planned so that they can launch the business model in their mind.

It's worse than you think. Those kids are not gonna quit even if someone talks to them about the damage it's doing to them  since they were already exposed to it earlier. It'd be hard to break off such habit now if they're already doing it with their uniforms on? That's really wild. They now have their balls deep in gambling. Whatever you learn in your teen days, is gonna stick with you in life for sure. That's why I fear for those kids especially if they randomly win, the dopamine hit will push them to bet more.

In those countries or societies it is simply not a priority for authorities to enforce laws on the casinos and the betting places, I guess. I believe that is one of the signals about how crime and law enforcement is doing in a country, but that is only a theory of mine.
In my experience, schools and educational organizations only care to punish their students if they are caught by someone in a charge or a figure of authority within the school, otherwise, pretty much nobody cares about students gambling or not.

I wonder whether it would be different in countries like The United States and those in the European Union, considering corruption is always present to some degree within all societies.

I agree that parents can’t monitor or be with there children all the time.
But we won’t neglect the fact that a child with a good moral upbringing will be hard to crack with influence as he/she will tend to move according to the subconscious training. A child with love and care from parent will also open up to there parent in terms of need or any problem, I don’t think such child will have the intention of gambling which might lead to stealing of money just to fulfill the addictive nature.
Parents don’t just train but also monitor the close friends, materials the children are exposed to, most of us didn’t gamble at that age or ever thought of it probably as a family man responsible for your won action you gave in for either reasons and disciplined on how you go about it.

It's not proper and it's a sign that you're a bad parent to let your child do the thing that you know will never be good for them. I don't really get the people that would say that it's proper because how can you justify it besides the awareness part? They can get that thing later in their life, anything that you child would be exposed to at a young age would leave a lasting impression to them and you don't really want that to happen because when it does it's going to be a big problem, what if you don't fully know your kid and then you came to know later on that they're going to be easily obsessed on that bad habits. I say that in this scenario, let the kid explore but you have to direct them to the parts of life that would leave a positive lasting impression to them rather than letting them explore aimlessly or even directing them to the bad stuff.

It's difficult to monitors their children all of the time but parents still have a chance to educates their children to stay away from something that can harm their lives. If their children follows their parents suggestion, there's nothing to be worry because their children can take care of themselves and knows what they should do if their friends asks them to do something that suspicious. That's why parents must stay closer to their children and always asking what they do while they are not with their parents so parents knows what they do and make sure that their children is okay. But many parents can't do this because they are busy with their jobs and that makes their children lack of their parents love which can impact to their lives. They will trust their friends than their parents because their friends is always besides of them while they have a problems while their parents still busy.

Gambling shops should not only think about profits, they also need to think about the future of the younger generation. If they gamble at an age where they are not yet familiar with gambling, this will affect their future, especially if children think they would prefer to gamble and they become lazy about going to school because they required by difficult lessons of course it will affect future generations so it's good for offline gambling shops to think about that and they prohibit underage children from gambling. It would be better if offline shops implemented identities such as KTPs. Usually school children are very clever at getting around them. come wearing normal clothes so the gambling shop has the right to see the identity of the gambler first to see if they are suitable to gamble.

A few days ago in my country there was a stir with the news of high school students who gambled on slots and took out quite large loans of around $9000. I also didn't expect that a high school student would be so brave in taking out a loan just to gamble. His parents found out and his parents were forced to bear the responsibility for the child's actions if are not responsible, how will child be able to pay the loan? that amount of money if it is not his parents who will return it, causing his parents' business to go bankrupt, so from this incident it can be concluded that underage gambling is very risky. Especially since they cannot earn their own money which will only cause trouble for their parents.

There is nothing to ask about this, kids gambling in a betting shop isn't normal and anyone knows it. I don't know what the rules and regulations are in your country regarding this, but I don't think anyone below the age of 18 should be allowed anywhere near a casino. I used to think that online casinos are not doing very well because they are easily accessible by children, but if physical casinos are like that then I don't think we can question online ones.

Government and local authorities shouldn't allow this, and even if they do, the shop owner should have some ethics and shouldn't allow children to gamble only to get a few bucks extra as revenue. Even if gambling is legal in the country, this is wrong to another level, if no one stops kids from doing this, their parents need to be responsible at least.

Some countries already have strict rule with respect to young people involving in gambling as illegal, but sincerely i also agree with them cause young people might not have developed good self control to be able to keep themselves from getting addicted to gambling.

Have you seen what pornographic contents do to underage children, they result to maturation and that is bad and those habits take a lot of time to fix even in adult hood, so it's best they stay off it.

Its not normal sight to see since there must be something illegal happening if we can see those young individuals going to those betting shops and they can able to bet just like what other people on legal age do.
They should not supposed to go there since they are prone for a lot of risk since young guys don't have proper decision making and that could affect them so bad especially if they go addicted or commit a mistake then lost a lot of money with that.

That's why I agree on what government is imposing and became strict on the casino regarding on this issue since if it happens that the law is not so tight for those kids then everything will be in huge troubles since we can see a lot of children will get off the good track.

For young people who are still underage such as under the age of 18 then yes usually casinos prohibit them from getting involved, which is one of the reasons why casinos apply KYC, namely to avoid some minors from getting involved, and other reasons yes as you said that someone who is still underage usually has an undirected, immature mindset and cannot make rational considerations for making decisions which indirectly usually their mindset leads them to the potential for greater disaster possibilities, plus they cannot control themselves.

If we talk about the impact, it is clear that if young people who are still underage are involved in gambling, it can threaten their future because they still have an unstable mindset and cannot make careful considerations in terms of each time they make a conclusion, but sometimes I quite often see some casinos that operate without involving the KYC system in it which makes anyone can be involved in gambling including minors, and I think for this problem, the rest is the duty of parents to be more vigilant in protecting their children from reaching gambling.

If we talk logically then it is clear that it is no longer appropriate for children to carry out gambling activities, because if it is just small game that is played with their friends in school can be considered as their entertainment.
Just imagine that they are still school children and whether they deliberately don't go to school or after school going to betting shop is not normal thing for school children to do, I sure if their parents found out they would definitely be very angry.
What is really unfortunate about something like this is the bad impact that could happen to them, such as gambling addiction, losing direction in learning, losing excessive money and the potential for things that go beyond the limit to the loss of child future.
They gamble without any control or proper basis so that they can easily get all the bad effects, betting places should have an age limit for being able to enter.
But basically things like this are happening lot now, even where I live there are several similar incidents, it will be very difficult to suppress or prevent incidents like this.

It is never wrong to protect children from negative and potentially imprinting marks on their consciousness, but there is always a reduction over time because what is known from childhood can mitigate the subsequent consequences, let the children are too mature and expose them, the consequences are unpredictable. Therefore, I also feel that exposing children a little early is not a problem, we can completely cut down on the evils as well as prevent them, letting them try gambling at a later time is just a lonely experience for them, we really don't have the strength in that moment to break their formed consciousness.

Agree with the opinion, though it is normal to have negative effects of gambling, adults can control it, but if minors gamble during their education, on the one hand, they are wasting their money, on the other hand, they are becoming addicted and everyone knows about its effects. From now on, if parents do not take care of their children, those children will destroy them. However, only parents cannot remove these children from such activities, to bring them under control, government laws must also be applied. If all children gambling is discouraged then it can be brought under control.

What surprised me was that the owner of the gambling shop understood that minors were not allowed to gamble, but he still allowed these children to gamble at his place even in their school clothes. I understand that he is also in business and money is money, but there should be limits on who he accepts the money from, he should be aware that it is not appropriate for him to accept underage children to gamble at his place. Didn't he think about how the child's parents would react when they found out that their child was gambling in a place like that? They would definitely be very disappointed with this, because no parent would want their child to become a gambler at a young age.

Now, the idea of using gambling to teach... There are risks, right? We know it gets hard to stop doing. However, telling our kids there is no gambling will not help them. It's like those stock market games you play in business school. We could make a gambling version of it. Show them how it works and how the odds are against you. This will take the shine off of the whole thing

Kids skipping school to go to betting shops? There's more to that than just gambling. They want a thrill or an easy way to get money. Maybe they're bored at school or feel bad at home. Those things need to be fixed. If you make school fun or help them with their home lives, THEN they won't want to go to those shops as a way to escape

Individual differences matters in the attitude of gambling shop admins. Like you said some agents focus on money but forget the necessities of respecting the restrictions placed on young underaged players. Allowing such people to gamble in their shops will degenerate the respect some adult have for the shop. Adult players or high rollers wouldn't mind leaving the shop to a more moderated gambling shop. Those agents who don't enforce these restrictions by allowing school kids to use the gambling shop is causing harm to the society.

On the long run the gambling shop will lose out more customers that won't accept such idea; gambling in same room with kids. It's embarrassing gambling with some young folks. Sometimes the gamblers are blamed for showing their kids the gambling house, taking them along with them to the gaming shops. Henceforth, the young person would think it's normal to gamble there since his dad has once taken them to the shop. On the other thoughts the child's parent can be aggressive with the gambling shop for not bouncing out the young school boy from the gambling shop. The emotional downside it causes to the player will cause a lifelong bad effect on the player.

Op I am not in any way  supporting them for coming To the betting shop with their uniform To gamble But in the other way round there is no specific uniform for Gamblers And you can gamble with any cloth in as much as you are up To the statutory age required By your country to gamble . Life is quite difficult that even teenager's go after the money too to support their family and at same time take care of their daily needs too.

Moreso. Another thing you will have To put into consideration is his or her upbringing And the environment where he or she is raised bacuse the environment is one the major factors that influence children . If they grow in an environment where virtually all their mates are gamblers they will also be gamblers or in their school as well where all their peer groups are gamblers they will likely try their own possible way to practice gambling so as to have the same experience as their mates .

But in actuality it is not proper for a teanager  to gamble and at same time with school uniforms, but the society is already corrupt and the government who are supposed to regulate such circumstances are also corrupt so the whole system is just corrupt from the head .

I know this is crazy but I heard before that too much discipline given by the parents to their children is also one of the cause of their rebellion. Maybe the proper way to care them is that we won't be too strict and we won't spoil them too much. Just equal only.

Even on other things, we also have a saying that everything too much is not good anymore. Same goes with everything that is too less. Teens still have a young mind and all what they want is to have fun. If in case they earn something in gambling, they will only use it for playing again or buy other things they like. There is still nothing wrong to treat gambling as a source of income but as long as you are earning successfully with it. 

Government of different countries have restrictions on young and teenage gamblers. worldwide, there is a set age at which a teenager must reach or attain before he or she is allowed to gamble, for USA, I think the age is either between 19 and 21, while over here in Nigeria, the age is 18, every country of the world where gambling is legal and regulated has restriction on underaged gamblers.

But then on the other hand, what I've personally noticed is that, the law banning underaged teenagers from gambling is no longer enforced, government seem no longer interested or care about this laws being enforced, and casinos also no longer take the enforcement of this laws serious since they themselves are also looking for more and more customers, and they seem not to mind serving underaged teenagers as well, this is a very bad thing in our society today and it's something we all must discourage.

I bet that there are still some smart kids amongst them who would discover the dangers and threats gambling pose to their finance, even without anyone telling or advising them. It's improper for a kid to gamble under the restricted approve age by the government and the gamble itself,  it lets not assume all the kid who would gamble under the he age are dumb enough not know what they are getting themselves into. Though their minds are not yet mature enough to make good informed decision, but let's not forget that they are becoming smarter than what we use to be at our team age.

The society is really closing eye on how the young ones are gambling of recent. You are actually right about seeing teenagers in physical gambling shop trying to make little end means from gambling and I actually blame that on bad parents. A child is not supposed to gamble when they are underage, it's body written for a person above 18 years but people will play and the funny part about this is that even the casino will let them play because the agent is actually making money for the casino so he can get paid.


The thing is that if you send them out of that physical gambling place, they will go to another one and gamble without any stress, it has become normal and it's hight time the parent start looking at this behavior seriously. There are ways to check this, most of this kind of people hardly get good results in school, always follow up what they are doing in school.

answer: definitely not. Minors have nothing to do in such places, and their parents should more carefully control what their children do and with their money. And there is a problem that children will start looking for money for new rates and skip school. If I were you, I would leave a complaint to the manager so that he would be more attentive who comes into the establishment.

anyway children art whether good or bad it is the front of the parents if you are allow your children to be mindful of looking for money or making money they will not Focus and interest to the place that they want them but the process whereby you have a plan for them and you resist them to not participate certain thing that they are not supposed they will desist from it immediately knowing that they are not taking a good step or rightful step

This exactly is my main point. Kids , teens no matter how grown or matured they seem to be are under no circumstances allowed to involve them self in Gambling activities of any sort. Sadly some countries have poor management of rules and regulations that restrict individuals below 18 for being able to gamble or even place bets in casinos. This is even better enforced in area's with traditional and regular casinos since it is quite difficult to enforce such rules online.
When kids and young adults involve themselves into Gambling activities at a very young age, it usually has some level of negative effects on them even in terms of behavior and intent and love for money. If you observe properly many under 18 gamblers gamble mainly because of the financial benefits and nothing more.

If they are not strict with their regulations, it will surely be abused or ignored. Gambling in their younger years has different impact as the way of their thinking is usually not yet mature. Most of them are just after for the winnings. Once they experience loss or incurred debts, it seems that it is the end of their life, which we all know is just part of gambling life. How they handle stress and losses sometimes is quite dangerous. Do remember those news in which young individuals commit suicide owed to gambling.

Youth commits suicide after falling in debt trap due to online gambling  (https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/youth-commits-suicide-after-falling-in-debt-trap-due-to-online-gambling/article65998516.ece)
 Study finds 4 per cent of suicides in Victoria are gambling-related, but number may be much higher
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For older gamblers, they already experienced a lot in life. So a loss or losses for them is just part of this game. Should not take it too seriously, otherwise, you will go crazy chasing those losses. Also, better not to incur debt for your gambling activities. This is where the situation can easily get messy. And you will have chaotic life if you will subject yourself to debts.

Well to me everyone have their right to decide what to do and what is obtainable for them, I don’t see any fun in telling them no to gamble, as long as they know what is good and bad, let them enjoy their self and if they lose it will be on them

but you know some parents are so much busy with work this days and most of them don't even know how their, children are coping with their school life's instead the children will come back home and eat relax and sleep till next day. So most of the parents are to blame on this situation and the children are easily to be corrupt while they mingle with the corrupt friends, so from there their life have started mostly when it comes to gambling lifestyle. You know the younger ones whatever they've gotten addicted to it's very difficult for them to end it, and starting from here and worse part is when their parents don't even know how their children are doing or their lifestyle is. So with this I do blame the younger ones parents cause they don't know how their children are doing at school.

 I get your point but you can't tell me a parent would be too busy the whole year without having a single break from work which is an opportunity to use in checking up on their child, I could remember as a kid when my mom would call me and my younger siblings into her room to give us sex education and advice us on certain things about life, it really helped us not to live a wayward life like most kids in the society then.

 It's the duty of parents to make sure their children are in safe hands, you've failed as a parent if you do not raise your kids properly and allow them to go wayward, you need to scold them when they do wrong, let them know the consequences of their actions and teach them never to d such things again, parents should learn to have a mutual relationship and understanding with their kids then they'll be bold enough to open up about things then you'll know things they do and the kind of friends they mingle with.

Young generation usually has a high curiosity about something they have never tried including gambling. So it is possible that the young students you saw in the betting shop is doing it for the first time because of curiosity. Of course it is also possible that they have done it many times already, it means that we do not know the real fact about those young students so we cant make a conclusion that young players ignore their education and focus more on gambling.

That is definitely not a normal experience you've had. In my country it is illegal for anyone under 18 to be in gambling environments and it is pretty strictly enforced, because if the police were to catch it happening then it is likely an expensive fine would be handed out. Besides that, it is just bad form for staff or the owner to be letting in young kids like that, it would probably get them a lot of hate generated from the community which could ultimately get converted into pressure for them to be shut down. It's possible the workers have instructions to prevent their playing there but we're too lazy or disinterested to take action against them, as these sort of places can generate a lot of conflict behavior.

What I think about this situation is that you overexaggerate things, it is not as bad as that. Well, I do not know your country and neither do I know your locality even if we are in the same country but one thing that is certain in my country is that no matter how bad the locality is, you can't wear your school uniform to gamble, except in some few cases where the situation of the neighbourhood is very bad. There are also a few instances where the parent or a senior person send the student to play for them.

However, it is so irresponsible of the gambling agency to allow such students or known underage to gamble. The agents should be arrested and tried in a court of law to be a deterrent to others.

Other than this, you will not hear of such in my country and many people will even frown at it. Now considering how it is in my country in the worst-case scenario, you can see that it is even minimal to warrant the importance you are laying on it.

Early addiction is really hard to heal, and that ain't work too easily, especially where online games and gambling sites are rampant and anyone can gamble.
This is what happens when influencers promote gambling which exposes kids to it. If the government will never take action with this, more and more young people will get involved in gambling.

I'm not against gambling but it should be regulated in order to save young people/kids from early addiction. We know the negative impact of this in their life and we don't want to see kids commit crimes for the sake of gambling.

That'd why the government put laws on gambling and kept it for adults, so it's not okay, yeah some countries might have other laws against gambling but I don't think exposing children to such addictive habit is okay for them and it could destroy their lives if they are not careful.

True, I think it is a fact that children who are still underage have a high curiosity about whatever they find and what they hear, usually they don't really care that it is prohibited, as long as they can reach it and as long as no one prevents it then they will usually do it based on high curiosity, And I think you're right that it's likely that the young people we see in the betting shop aren't the first time they've been there, if you see them doing it so smoothly without asking any questions to anyone there then yes it's likely that they've tried it a few times before so it's like they're used to the environment in the shop. But at the end of the day it is a concerning situation that someone who should be spending most of their time studying various subjects at school but they are instead taking the time to engage in gambling, I think this is the reason why parental supervision is really important.

Gambling is for everyone, but we may need to be considerate a times with the age range of the children that are to be allowed to gamble, in some certain conditions, we may advise for the younger ones to play games instead of gambling because of the requirement of money in gambling, younger ones may not need to gamble as the way the adults do, we may also need to exercise restriction if the case needs for that on children to gambling. 

Gambling is for everyone and everyone who has money has the right to gamble because the main requirement for gambling is having money, but what differentiates them is their age compared to adults, it is really sad to see young people gambling when they are still young, it seems like it will end their dreams. because it can ruin their future. As people who live in society, of course we care about the people around us. If we see young people, especially school children, gambling, we can advise them not to play games that are very risky and it is better to play online games. which is more suitable for them than gambling which is not suitable for them. With this we can help people around us to stop gambling at an early age.

It doesn't mean anything, even though they don't harm us, but how much better it is than seeing children gambling, it's very unethical and very sad, in fact I can't imagine when their parents having high hopes for their children to become children who will make their parents proud but it turns out they actually gamble secretly and use their parents' money to gamble on what the future will be like if young people are allowed to gamble.

This is not about fun or limiting them from enjoying themselves but about the repercussion of it on a long time. If a child gets use to gambling at a young age, that child is likely to go into addiction if not properly managed because when he doesn't feel he is getting the fun again from winning, he will keep getting involved. Again, gambling involve money and when you don't have money even as adult you can sell off your property in that pressure to gamble on a game you feel is going to be winning. Now, what happens to a child when he doesn't have money to continue? He goes after his father's money.

It might be correct for younger ones to be allowed to gamble, only after they understand how hard it is to earn money and they might gamble only with their own earned money. In theory, they are allowed to do whatever they want with their money. The sooner they learn consequences of losing in gambling, chasing loss and addiction, the better it be, as they have full live ahead. On the other hand, younger ones are not ready mentally to take risk, to cope with stress. In reality, they already gamble with in-game purchases, skins and etc. So saying that they are not ready for gambling also is incorrect.

Basically, gambling is something that has a lot of negative viewpoints, therefore minors should not be familiar with gambling and not engage in gambling, even though nowadays they can get to know online gambling with the development of increasingly sophisticated technology which can make it easy for them to get to know it. or knowing many things just by using a cell phone, but of course we have to be able to prevent this by providing good education so that they can avoid bad things, actually gambling itself is not bad if we can do it right. Unfortunately, the fear is that they will become addicted to gambling.
Parents definitely have to be careful when their children enter high school, because then they will choose their own social relationships, and if they socialize with the wrong people, they might be exposed to gambling even though they are not old enough. However, it is also impossible to supervise children all day long because parents also have their own activities, so even though parents have given them the right education, once they enter high school, the rest of the choice is up to them to decide what to do well. or bad.

government knows the reason why then make a law that children should not participate in gambling when they have not gotten to a particular age because when you look towards that you sense a lot because if children participate there will be stealing their parents money including people living around their environment when they don't have money to gamble they will find all miss to make sure that they have gotten money to Gamble so that is why it is not good for children to know how to gamble at area stage without being up to adult age

This exactly is the major downside of laws that are not properly managed and enforced. In the first place I see no reason why teenagers should be allowed to show much interest in public gambling in regular and traditional casinos let alone allowing them to place bets knowing fully well that the are underaged in such an activity. It's very common to come across kids carrying out things that they are not supposed to do because they are not properly monitored.
I think one major reason the casino management still allowed those kids on uniform to place bets was because of the fact that they are greedy and there was no one to quary such activity of report them to the authorities.

is improper for young person to gamble and it depends on the kind of young we are talking of because I know that anyone that is above 18 years is entitled to gamble so but if you are not in up to 18 years so younger ones that is supposed to gamble is the ones that is above 18 years and also have a small job they do to get money because if you don't have job that is giving you money is not good for you to be a gambler because gambling need money and then when you don't have money I don't think that you will carry on your gambling successfully

Everything will have risks and it is much better for them to play some games aimed at entertaining themselves rather than having to go to betting shop or play on gambling site, but providing this kind of understanding is not easy.
Social interactions and the careless use of digital tools without insight or education are one of the main factors why many young people are trying to get to know gambling, I sure we will find lots of groups of young people who gamble together.
Those who initially don't know anything hear and see other friends gambling, from here curiosity will arise which makes teenagers who previously didn't know anything about gambling try to find out more and try playing.

Feeling lazy about pursuing educational knowledge is the reason, I sure they still prioritize pleasure rather than fighting for the future and problems like this are actually the ones who can solve them are their parents and the people around them.
But I admit that the social relations of children now are very different from before, now many young people are going beyond the boundaries and going out of the right track, I think developments in the times are also influencing all of this.

Yes, I know parents nowadays are so busy that they can't properly pay attention to their children. They know that if they have given money to their children, that is enough for them so they no longer need to monitor them. Each parent must correct this so they can again supervise and approach their children properly.

Parents must be able to be someone close to their children. They have to learn more to keep up with their children's development. By continuing to learn and trying to approach their children, parents will begin to understand their children's desires.

By giving their children the understanding that gambling can ruin their lives, their children will realize this and will not try to gamble. They will also try to remind their friends not to gamble. They will also try to invite their friends who are already gambling to stop their gambling habit.

One of the saddest events in today's generation is raising their children like that, you will also notice that today's youth are focused on gadgets because that's what they do to entertain themselves when their parents are busy, which for me is wrong, because that way of watching over children has many negative side effects. when it comes to money, there is nothing wrong if parents give money to their children so that they can learn to manage their own expenses, but there should be a guide because it is possible to use the money in the wrong way.

Most casinos have 18+ as their bench mark but then some people even younger than thst age actually gets to by pass the age restriction because usually there's no stringent verification model with which they do use to verify how true it is that you are 18+ or not so that has been the challenge with online casinos especially and the sad part has to be in the fact that some of these kids actually don't have a job or something else that's giving them money away from their parents or relatives gifting than which actually gets them to indulge in unhealthy habits when they eventually get bankrupt gambling.

Some gamblers who are even adults and doesn't have a source of income actually struggle to gamble and I'm sure it will even be worse with these little ones because they would not have the emotional balance enough to be able to really get to hand losses as the older ones would.

Yess you got that right but you been at the age of 18 you still won't be able to gamble if you don't have money and at the 18 I don't think that a well learned parents will ever allow their child to gamble even when the child is up to 18 years. Gambling needs someone's that's well developed on thinking, if you are not smart to calculate to make a better decision you will not end well as a gambler that's at the age of 18. However from getting very first day gamble started I don't think the person who gambled first in the whole world was just 18 years old, he is well mature and I don't think he end up bad from his personality. I think you should also make your own research to know more, we only say one at 18 years should gamble because we believes that they are matured.

Here not only younger but nobody is allowed to gamble because gambling is not a good idea to increase your wealth but still people are involved in gambling and they keep their situations Hidden from the government.

I think if a person from a young age starts gambling then he will never understand about its bad features as at a young age his mind  will not be fully prepared to differentiate between bad and right decisions. The government should work for such people who are involved in gambling as youngsters because they leave their study and gamble for such temporary satisfaction which turns into a negative career.

Teenagers are the key artisans of nation-building. And if these teenagers become addicted to gambling then it is a big threat to a country. Because one day these teenagers will rule the world. So it should not be gambling when a student or minor teenagers go to play, they should not be allowed to gamble in any way.

I also think that a big billboard should be made at the gambling board. Where written, "No minor shall participate in gambling and no person shall be forced to participate in the game."

Allowing minors to participate in gambling means bringing misfortune to them as well as destroying the backbone of a country. If I saw my child gambling I would suffer a lot.

Every country should make different play equipment or play equipment for the entertainment of minor children or teenagers so that they are happy physically and mentally.

Ignorance can really get the best of people sometimes.

I am very sure even without knowing the locality of which you would be speaking of that their are restrictions on minors gambling. Be it offline or online. This would be very visible on the gambling billboard where ever it is situated and it’s put in terms of its age rating which is often, not for people under the age of 18. That’s the most popular age grade to determine who should be and who shouldn’t be gambling.

If that isn’t in place and you hope to know what’s the allowed age grade to gamble in that betting platform, do well to attempt a registration on the site and read it’s terms and condition. You would see the approved gambling age grade.

Furthermore, it’s outrightly wrong for any school child to go to certain places on their school uniforms. A school uniform reflects not just the person but the image of the school and the school ought to take drastic actions on this if notified. It’s wrong and shouldn’t be allowed to continue.

Without a doubt, technology has expanded our kids' world. There are drawbacks, especially with internet gaming. Kids should learn about money and wise decision-making early on. That includes teaching gambling, its risks, and why responsibility is important. Instead of saying "dont do it," we must explain why.

Things change as kids become older. They desire more independence, which is OK. Learn to make your own decisions. As parents, we must believe that we raised children well. We gave them the tools to succeed; now they must use them. Controlling everything isnt the goal. It gives kids the confidence to face obstacles in the world. Gambling can be part of that environment, but if youngsters understand and act appropriately, it need not be an issue.

    -   Of course, it's not very good that you see a student who enters a gambling hall and then, still in uniform, just hangs out somewhere to play gambling. That's the only thing that's not good, especially if it's under age.

Because gambling can be a reason for not going to school because they will think of gambling with the money that their parents gave them that worked hard for their education, then you will know that they just went to gambling and didn't go to school. That is painful on the part of the parents, of course.

There's no doubt to the fact that technology have significantly affected activities of the current world society when compared to what was happening three decades before now. Kids these days now do have access to Internet and when they're not monitored, they end up engaging in unholy dealings on the internet even when they don't know the effect of what they're doing. But as adults, it's our duty to make sure that kids around us are seriously monitored whenever they're with any smart device that can expose them to the Internet. Gambling is rated 18 for so many reasons and one if those reasons is that it's only legally and morally wise for only adults to engage in gambling so they can make whatever decisions they want to make knowing fully well of the consequences. It's absolutely not proper to allow kids engage in gambling.

There are some casino sites that instruct you to stay away from the casino site if you are under the age of 18 before signing up for an account with the casino site. I think most of the gamblers who gamble in these online casinos should be 18 plus because gamblers below 18 will gamble but can never make the right decision in gambling and their emotions are more important in their decision making. If a gambler gives priority to his emotions rather than reality in gambling, he will lose by gambling. Gambling should be done at an age when the gambler has the capacity to make sound decisions. So I would say minimum age limit for a gambler to play gambling should be 18.

Yep, at first glance it looks uneducated if we see a student who is still underage involved in betting at a betting shop, they should only focus on lessons and assignments given at school and not instead of gambling even if they only take a little time to gamble, because after all it can damage the mindset of a child who should be filled with various positive lessons. Basically, it doesn't matter even if for example they enter a betting shop without wearing a school uniform, it is still an action that should be avoided by a child who is still underage.

But on the other hand, it is really difficult to advise a minor and I think this is a matter that must be resolved by the guards at the betting shop where they must prohibit a minor from entering the shop, and also this is the responsibility of the parents who must be more strict in guarding and monitoring the activities of a child, if you are not too busy then I think it is better to take your child to and from school, and you also need to monitor them when they are at home, make sure they don't return to the betting shop in any way.

It seems to me that the existing age restrictions in the gambling industry do not always effectively prevent teenagers from accessing casinos. After all, it is quite easy to register on the site by providing fake documents or data. KYC  procedure, of course, should help in the fight against such attempts, but it does not always work flawlessly.
Teenagers seeking to try their luck at gambling can circumvent these restrictions, which is a serious problem. It is necessary to strengthen the control and verification of the identity of players in order to ensure the safety and compliance with legislation in the field of gambling.

There is a reason why there are laws regarding underage kids and what they can and can't do, like drinking, smoking, driving and this includes gambling as well. When you are too young for something, there is really nothing you should be considering as the way out, because that will not be all that easy to handle neither.

I personally believe that we are going to end up with something that will take some time, and we shouldn't really consider that changing all that easily neither. I believe that as long as we keep that going, like have trust in our youth and laws, then they should not be gambling at all. I know that is not simple for everyone to understand because some kids will think they are mature enough, but we can't individualize laws.

In most countries, there is always an age restriction. In my country, if you are under 18 years old, you are not allowed to gamble, so if you are 18 or older, they believe you can make decisions on your own. It doesn’t really make sense for students to leave their school just to go and gamble, or even head directly to the casino house after closing, it doesn’t make any sense. If I am the agent at the casino house, I will never allow them to gamble. If those boys that you saw are underage, then they are not supposed to be allowed to gamble, they can just report them to the school authority. I am sure the school will be able to get in touch with their parents.

Ask yourself that question again, and then come back here and tell us with a straight face if you think allowing kids to gamble should even be a debate.

one of the dumbest things I've seen in this forum not gonna lie. You know deep in your mind (unless you're a solitary troglodyte with no experience with social ethics and cues) that kids should never be at an arms reach within anything affiliated to gambling, and then you go out here and ask us if kids should be allowed to gamble lol. You know from the get-go that something's wrong. The kids are literally in their school uniforms gambling for pennies, that's not enough to worry the shit out of you, enough to make you formulate a logical decision? You must be some hot piece of work lol.

In any case, you know the answer yourself, no need for posts like these, could've been great if you shared it in itself without giving us this type of question thinking we'd be shocked and be introspective about it lol. Think, analyze, and moralize, that way you don't have to ask people for directions cause your logic's compass is fucking crooked.

Actually anyone can gamble regardless of age as long as they understand gambling and have the ability to control themselves, I will not make minors the main point of discussion, because I see that there are still quite a lot of adults who treat gambling without being based on maturity in terms of decision making and it is not uncommon for me to see adults who are unable to make rational decisions, and I am not uncommon to also see adults who are unable to control themselves, especially when they lose, and can they not be equated with small children who still have unstable personalities? of course.

This means that in gambling we cannot say that adults will always be able to treat their gambling activities well, it is nothing more than a possibility and not a certainty. But if you are asking whether or not underage young people can gamble, then overall with the high level of instability that an underage child has then I would also say "no".

No matter how much gambling is legalized, gambling must have a specific set of rules and regulations to follow. A gambler must have an age limit to participate in gambling events. A gambling and casino policy states that no boys or girls under the age of 18 may participate in gambling. College students cannot participate in gambling because a student can never build an academic career by participating in gambling and casinos along with studies. However, in a country where gambling is legal, it must be accepted that the law has been enacted in the case of gamblers. If a country has allowed children under 18 years of age or school and college students to participate in gambling, it is a different matter.

you're right on that, but the government you're talking about doesn't even know if the younger ones are participating in gambling. Cause one thing is that don't put any restrictions for the younger ones, the people to blame about this is the online casino betting sites they should put a restriction for the younger ones now, as those betting shops should also put a restriction in their shops as well cause the government i don't think they do have the time so far over that. So we are the ones to help ourselves over this situation at hand cause if the younger ones take this step it won't be nice for them.

Yes, that's true, not only those who are in high school, even those who are still below are sometimes already familiar with technology such as the internet and are already good at operating cellphones or other gadgets. If this is not paid attention to, they are very vulnerable to getting to know them too. do online gambling which is currently popular everywhere. by teaching them the best possible they can make decisions well and wisely without daring to take risky actions such as gambling.
when they grow up, they should be able to make their own decisions and be responsible for what they have done at the beginning, the upbringing given by their parents can also determine them in the future, whether they will be able to make good decisions according to the upbringing given by their parents or not. choose actions that should not be outside their parents' education. It's true what you say, gambling will not be a problem if children can understand and act properly and correctly. In my opinion, many young people are addicted to gambling because they don't understand gambling well and often commit inappropriate actions.

I don't think that the government can solve this problem, it is true that a college student can't build a career by participating in gambling but what about the parents? I believe that parents are the biggest problems we have in the society today.

Many people just believe that bringing a kid into this world is normal thing they can just do, they have no awareness of who they are, and they don't even ask if they can actually raise a child, in my own country, you will see parents asking their kids to make money anyway possible.

Even if the child is around 18 years old you will see parents expecting such child to bring home some money, the truth is not all parents are qualified as true parents, they are not supposed to give birth in the first place.

There was a latest story that took place just a week ago, where a 10 years old boy came back home spreading dollars on his mother and father and the street is filled with drummers, the parents were dancing that their underage kid is now rich, instead of them to ask where he got the money from, this is what is happening today in this world.

Government can only try, and let's not forget that the people in a country is what makes the country, lands are just lands, if people of my country are switched with people of Germany, it will still be the same, those who are parenting today are the biggest problem of the world today.

You are asking a rhetorical question here. Should kids/teenagers be allowed to smoke, drink alcohol, watch porn? Of course not, but the teenagers are doing it anyway, because nobody can stop them.
The offline casinos that allow teenagers to gamble should be fined. The problem is that the authorities, that have to impose control are corrupted. My idea is that there has to be some sort of "secret gamblers", just like mystery shoppers, which are hired by the gambling regulators to visit offline casinos and spy on them. That might be a good method of gathering information on whether or not the offline casinos are allowing kids/teenagers to gamble.

Sometimes I think that +18 age limit should be reconsidered and adopted to modern realia. This +18 = adult comes from ancient times. Current kids, with access to the internet are more advanced than kids 50 years ago. Its kids today who teach adults. They are much more friendly with modern digital world. Its kids today, who set up, install or modernize every single gadget for their parents. I will not surprised, that in 20-30 years, vehicles will be so easy to ride, that drivers licenses will be available from 14. Not saying that kids at kindergarten age must gamble, but lots of +14 kids already play slots and roulette using counter-strike skins, and "game currency", that parents buy them.

While it may be true that the government will most likely not know the full extent of whether the younger generation is involved in gambling or not, but certainly I think there is nothing wrong with making regulations or enforcing regulations about prohibiting the younger generation from engaging in gambling, this can be informed to the entire community by the government through television news shows so that parents can really limit and challenge the activities of a child.

Another thing is that I quite agree with you that the rest of this is the fault of the casino, the government should work with the casino, or the point is to tell the casino firmly to prohibit the younger generation from entering the betting shop to engage in gambling with an agreement and provide sanctions if it turns out that the casino violates the rules applied by the government, so I think this problem can still be solved as long as the government can be really firm.

Are you talking about countries that have legalized casinos? If so, I would agree with what you said. But if the government makes such an effort to enforce the regulations as you say, will it be effective,? Because in this era it is so easy to play gambling. If the younger generation is limited to playing in betting shops. He will have another option by playing on online gambling sites. Here shows the role of parents must focus more on limiting their children's activities and their children's own awareness of the dangers of gambling.

Few people are naturally good at being parents. Hearing stories like that 10-year-old's is really upsetting. People, we're talking about values! But pointing fingers isn't enough. The system is designed to make people fail. Poor schooling and poverty are sure to lead to disaster. That's something we need to recognize and understand. That being said, it's not about making excuses. It's about being responsible. We need to do better as people and as a social group. I mean, it starts with us. Our actions show these kids what is right. Certaintly a difficult path, but the only way to make things better for our kids in the future

Their childhoods were shaped by a world of high digital connectivity; a world that gives many people a deep technological savvy even before adolescence.

However, in adjusting age limits, we cannot ignore the implications for child safety. Although some children have advanced technological skills, they may lack the emotional or cognitive maturity necessary to resolve problem gambling. Teenagers are still in the learning and development stage; they are vulnerable to the adverse effects of gambling practices, such as addiction and financial instability, which can hinder their future growth and success.

Therefore, even though technological advances are bringing children into a world rich in digital exposure, we must remember that age restrictions in gambling are not just a measure of technological proficiency. They have a lot to say about protecting the interests and strategies for protecting children, both now and in the future. Therefore, it is important to enforce current age restrictions. The goal is twofold: isolating children from the dangers of gambling and providing a healthy pathway to safe development.

Just like every other activity has certain age limits like you cannot drive before a certain age etc, same should be with gambling. Even though gambling is easy and even kids can gamble but they cannot be able to have risk management in gambling. Also giving access to the children to money for gambling is even more dangerous and may have a long lasting bad effects on the minors.


A college or university-going students should not be allowed to gamble. The age of 18 is when a person is at university going and even at that moment involvement in gambling is not good for the student and his career. Keeping this in view, why not the gambling sites increase the gambling limit to 21 years as this stage the person will become more mature and can handle the money/situation much better and with more wisdom.

It will definitely be worse because, at that age, their major source of income in the morning is either their parents, who gave them a school allowance, or their uncles and other relatives, who dashing them money.
 
When they spend all this money on gambling without getting anything out of it, what do you think will be their next step?
 
They can easily get involved in illegal things just to make money that they can spend on gambling, and some of them, if given money to pay for something in school, can easily divert that money into gambling.

Casino establishments would never want a gambler to stop gambling on their side. They maintain some such formalities only to warn the gamblers but if a 17 to 15 year old boy or girl gambles on their site then they have no problem because they are profiting from gambling. Your full responsibility cannot be placed on the casino site but you have to be careful and prevent friends or relatives around you who are under 18 years old if they want to gamble. And they need to understand that there is a certain age limit for gambling and gambling should be done only after crossing that age limit.

Depends on what's a teenager because this can be an 12 year old, or a 17 year old. While I feel like kids below 16 shouldn't be allowed in, most countries will allow 17 year olds in when they look old enough. It's a bit like situation with cigarettes. Smoking is discouraged but in most countries teenagers can buy smokes with no restrictions, unless they really look young, in such case the shop owner may decide to ask them for ID, but I remember that when we were young we'd choose the biggest and oldest looking guy from our group to buy stuff for us.

The government knows but they just don't care my friend. If a person is wanted by government, don't you see that under 24 hours such person information and all they do is found out? If it's a develop country and you live in that surroundings, it will only take them some hours to locate you but some government doesn't just care about how people, why they gamble and how they gamble but will be ready to collect tax from you.

The government thinks that it's the responsibility of parents to make sure thier children doesn't gamble and that's true but the government need to take it serious with casino to make sure they have a system to be able to detect a underage person that is gambling, this will reduce the rate of underage gambling.

Anything below 18 to 21 is something that cant be considered to be mature enough on which it would really be understandable that there would really be those things on which it isnt really just that right for a
youngster or to those minors to deal off with specially with gambling on which it would really be best that as a parent we should really be monitoring out our kids when it comes to this because we know
that when it comes to exposure in todays tech and internet then it wont really be that so hard for them to see those things. This is why making them self aware about gambling at its risks
should really be taught as early as they can so that on the time that they would be able to encounter something which is related to gambling then they do already know on what they should
gonna do or simply having that kind of control and moderation since these are the information that instill up into their minds.

17 is acceptable for most of the countries and cultures that they are starting to think and act like a young adult.

There's always these cases where teens are able to avoid these kinds of restrictions from what the adults can do. And it becomes an achievement for them if ever they bypass the doors of the physical casinos and they are allowed to gamble.

There's that sense for them and that's why they treat it as a challenge for that simple thing until they gamble and develop that habit that they are having hard time to remove.

Gambling is illegal in my country, but I don't know what the gambling regulations are in your country. It is very unethical to let underage children gamble in public places, especially if they are still wearing school clothes. But I'm not really sure what game they are playing, is it at a land-based casino or maybe you see them playing on their mobile phones?

Allowing schoolchildren to gamble in land-based casinos is not a good thing in a country even if there are laws regulating it. Minors should be studying, not gambling. Gambling can disrupt their learning process because addiction can damage their focus and concentration. Even non-gambling games can have an influence on them, especially gambling that requires them to spend money.

Each country has different regulations, but what is clear is that if children are still in school, let alone wearing school uniforms to this gambling place, it is an unethical action. Gambling houses should place restrictions on visitors entering and gambling. It is true that there is no age limit for gambling, but wearing school uniforms should be prohibited, especially if someone cannot earn their own money, money used for gambling from their parents is certainly detrimental to the younger generation.

In my country, although gambling must be done secretly, if small children come, they are not allowed to come inside, especially those who are still wearing school uniforms. Gambling uses money, if children are allowed to gamble even though they are not working, it will have a bad impact on children, causing them to steal, skip school, and so on which will make their future bleak. Because even adults who cannot control themselves when gambling can have their finances ruined, let alone children who are still at school.

It improper in all forms. Nothing is funny about this, allowing children to gamble should be prohibited and even gambling houses accepting them should be fined or close down, how can children that are supposed to be in school be at the gambling house for what reason?, Money!! Lol.

Imagine the orientation of such children about gambling from that age what about when they are full grown up if they continue this way, financial crisis and emotional imbalance is certain.

Indeed. It's because of money. Those betting shops allowing minors to gamble are just after profit. Thus, regardless of the age, anyone can play as long as you have money. If minors are restricted to gamble, then underage gamblers would be lessen somehow. Of course, there's a way for them to play if they really want to since online casinos are already existing. But seeing these kids playing in public, wearing their uniform, is still not good and can only influence other minors to do the same.

Maybe it's a good thing that gambling places have visitor limits or can see what kind of people can join in gambling, indeed with them being school children who are still in uniform and going in and gambling is very unethical, but if the children are already familiar with gambling in the sense that they are always want to gamble, maybe they will do anything, such as wearing clothes other than school uniforms, because even if they like gambling, I think they already understand that if they are in uniform and gambling is not allowed. Moreover, as you said, of course those who are still in uniform most likely cannot make their own money, of course they use the money from their parents to gamble. what is feared is that they will become addicted and become more daring to do things that carry big risks such as stealing.

Even those who already have jobs and are able to make money often experience many bad effects, but even that is due to the mistakes of each individual who gambles too much. with those who are still in school uniform and cannot make money, it is highly discouraged to gamble, even if I had a gambling casino, I would not allow them to gamble if they were still at school.

As the times progress, casinos have influenced the activities of all groups, both adults and even young people, casinos are specifically designed to be able to influence people's attention to go there and this can be seen from each person's response or perception whether he will be interested in doing so or not. No.

And again, according to the thread here, is it permissible for young people to gamble? Basically, this activity should be prohibited for the younger generation, they should behave well and gambling is a bad activity, so there must be a prohibition and special attention in responding to this.
However, I said above that according to current developments, young people are actually more adept at running casinos than adults in the past, today's young people are smarter and more intelligent, their sense of curiosity or curiosity is very high and if they haven't done it then in their life it feels like there's still something missing.
Nowadays, many young people like to gamble and most of them play slot gambling which is very dominant and easily accessible freely, you can bet according to your ability at any time so it is much in demand and popular with young people today.

It pains me to see our young people gamble at a very tender age instead of engaging in things that are very beneficial in life or concentrating more on education but gambling has become their best option which is very bad but we can be of help by preventing harm and also providing resources which can help them have a fulfilling lives like counselling, support groups or developing effective solutions because gambling addiction is a very serious case and can't be easily prevented without help because it can cause some to commit suicide. So let's work together and create awareness about the consequences of underage gambling to help our teenagers build a solid foundation and also their wellbeing. Remember prevention is better than cure and together we can make a difference.

However, a child addicted to gambling will cause less problems to himself and people around him if that would do an adult addicted to gambling. Children are much more limited with money than adults, and they have less chances to get them to continue gambling. As they are still learning the world, sometimes I think that they wont give much attention to gambling in general, but rather switch to something that are more in trend. This is not a call to allow them gamble, but how much can they lose? Lunch money and what they got as a gifts. What an adult can lose? Salary, borrowed money, and money he could get from pawnshops.

That makes sense, even nowadays I can say that there are many children who are underage but they are already gambling. And also casinos do not seem to have age restrictions, but it seems that if there are small children gambling in physical casinos it is unlikely, unless they gamble by doing online casino gambling. Online casinos certainly do not look at anyone, all can gamble if they meet the requirements such as having money and accounts. After that they only think about profit, with so many people gambling, the more profit the casino can get.
Don't do online gambling by wearing school uniforms with them without wearing school uniforms even in my opinion it is still not good. Because with their age that is not yet sufficient, it is not natural for them to do gambling. It is the same with those who are in high school seats,. If you are still in the school environment, you should not do gambling.

That's why we must doing prevention for our children by always monitor, guard them and teach them to stay away from gambling in their ages. Even if they grow up and more than 18+, we must keeps guards them as in this era, everything becomes easy to access. They can use internet to search, learn, and using anything they wants and many tutorials about gambling in the internet which can helps them to understand gambling. But if we can always tells them about the danger of gambling, they will not playing gambling and will avoids it so they will not becomes addicted to gambling. It's sad to see younger people playing gambling, even they becomes addicted to gambling so we must make sure that our children is not like other younger people who gets addicted to gambling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No to under-age gambling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is very made known to everyone that under 18 is not allowed to gamble but nowadays the way children are growing you can't really tell if they are under age or not and to me the restriction age is very okay but there are some people who is below that age but they can control themselves and gamble responsibly more than some people that are above 18. The way children are growing nowadays I don't think they should still be using this +18 though just like they have reply there are country that don't take it serious like Nigeria. If I may ask those children who entered bet office with their school uniform, are they under age if yes the manager should be hold responsible for anything that happens but if they are above no one should be  hold responsible because they know what is right and wrong.

All people can gamble but if they don't have self control, it is better they don't playing gambling because they will lose control and makes them lose their money. Many younger already knows gambling and playing gambling with their friends and makes some of them gets a problem from gambling which is becomes addicted to gambling.
Younger can holds themselves when they lose their money and wants to recover their lose. They can steal other people's money if they don't have money and that can makes them in trouble.
I suggest those who below 18 years doesn't have to playing gambling to avoids losing their money and the big problem that can occurs which is the addiction. If they knows the risks of playing gambling, they will not try to playing gambling and will stay away from gambling.

You feel really disappointed with the happenings in the new generation. Yes, i feel that way that young ones rarely look into the consequences of an action before going into it. They have normalize indecent things and this ahs affected almost all of there peer groups. But when it comes to gambling it is started centurion ago. And i dont think it is something that would ever stopped till the end of the world.

Man has insatiable minds, the quest for quick and more money will not end and that is why young ones ones to make it big at an early age. That is the trend going on, they want to ride the fast cars, buy houses and live luxurious live at the age of 18.

Maybe gambling is legal in that country so the betting shop owners don't forbid them from coming to gamble but unfortunately by wearing school uniforms to gamble we can conclude that they seem to prioritize gambling over their school lessons, in contrast to countries that prohibit gambling like in the country where I live. Maybe If a student comes to a betting shop and wears a school uniform, he will definitely be expelled from school as a sanction for his actions in order to ensure that the university's name is not tarnished among the community.

I don’t know how it is in your country, but in my schoolchildren are quite smart in these situations and they will not go to a gambling establishment in their school uniform. They will either change or wear it over their school uniform. But what's even trickier is that they will play online from their older sibling's account. And online no one can check who is sitting on the other side of the screen at the moment. This is the way they play, although by law they can play from the age of 18. I think this is common not only in my country, but in many others, because if they really want to play a game or place a bet, they will find any way to do it. Of course, they still don’t fully understand where they want to go with all their might. After all, later you will need to make even greater efforts to avoid becoming addicted. Well, I see the other side of this, usually such students do not have very high losses and it is enough for them to lose a little to understand what gambling is and not return to it for a long time or never return.

Even if gambling is legal in the country, there should be the limitation about the ages. In most countries, the minimum age is 18. If the students aren't in university level yet, they shouldn't go to gambling places. Since OP stated they were wearing uniforms, I guess they are the students of Junior or Senior high school. Ideally, the students should be not allowed to gamble in the betting shop.

Yep, I support the idea to give the sanctions to every student who go to gambling shops, specifically those who wear uniforms. The students possibly don't only break the age limitation in gambling, they also ruins the school's good name because there should be the identity of the school in the uniforms. Also, the government also need to cooperate with the betting/gambling shops to refuse the students with uniforms and the underage visitors. If the shops allow students and the underage visitors, the authority must give the sanction to the betting/gambling shops, too.

*Information about age limitation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age

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The kids in uniform, the casino, and their parents should take all the blame for why these kids are gambling while they are still not at legal age.
Restrictions are just made for the authorities to think that casinos are following what the government told them but on the other side, it is business and they will welcome everyone who wants to gamble even if not the legal age.

To ask if it is a proper? It is very clear that was wrong otherwise we making these young people early expose to gambling which is supposedly not a good time for them. They are young and they are curious about the things around which is why we have to guide them in the right way, not by letting them gamble knowing that they are not in that position already.

Buddy, if a country like yours prohibits gambling then surely or there should be no physical betting shops in your country because surely as you said that your country prohibits gambling activities and you also did not say that your country only prohibits gambling activities to a minor, meaning that I conclude that your country prohibits gambling for everyone who lives there because I don't see you saying that the ban is only for minors who are still in school. Except for online casinos which are quite difficult to eradicate because every hour a new online casino appears and it is rather difficult for the government to control even if for example the country prohibits its people from gambling, but if for example there is a physical casino operating in a country that prohibits gambling very strictly then I think it should not happen.

But yeah forget about that, the point is I think for this problem it goes back to the parents, which as we know that a child who is still underage is still very unstable and vulnerable to doing various things that make them quite curious like gambling, meaning that parents really have to be able to keep their children tighter in every way they can to prevent their children from the gambling zone.

In other to have a well-coordinated gambling experience, we need to have a certain restriction on gambling for the young ones starting from certain ages, also, as parents, we have our own obligations to contributes towards having our children under our guardian, we should not give them freedom in some certain aspect like gambling when they need to get knowledge about their education and other moral behavioral characters that could help them become whom they have desired to be in the future, because gambling requires one to have a source of income.

I don't think so, with their age being under 17/18 years old they shouldn't be gambling. I respect your opinion because it is everyone's right. However, I myself don't think it's permissible for underage children to gamble, meaning that gambling addiction is certainly not a good thing for anyone. whether they are adults and already have an income or for those who are still unstable and think that gambling addiction is not good. As much as possible, it is better for those under the age of 17/18 not to be exposed to gambling or gambling.

Of course, the bad impact of gambling addiction is that they can take actions that are risky and detrimental to themselves, such as stealing their parents' money. Of course, this behavior and actions are very wrong. because they have dared to steal what is not theirs. So here is the potential for them to be braver to do other, more dangerous things. and I think this must be prevented by preventing them from getting to know gambling, or introducing it but while explaining the bad impacts that can happen to them.

Casinos tout restrictions and responsible gambling, but it's just lip service. At the end of the day, it's about the dollar. They'll preach age restrictions but ignore a 16-year-old with a bag of cash. It's a farce and a systematic failure that's destroying our kids. High-stakes, easy money attracts teenagers who haven't graduated school and are barely financially independent. Like giving a toddler a loaded gun. These kids are losing their allowance and adopting habits that can lead to addiction and financial catastrophe

Psychological damage is severe. Studies demonstrate that early gaming exposure increases the risk of problem gambling later in life. This is a social issue. We're shaping future generations, and letting the gaming business go wild will fail them

I think most parents don't know that their underage children are gambling, and a natural mistake may be that parents don't pay attention or supervise them because they are busy at work. And this should be of concern to parents and realize that gambling is currently increasingly widespread so it must be a concern for them so that they can monitor and pay attention to their children, and I'm sure if they knew they would also scold it and forbid it.
If a casino does not prohibit minors from entering the casino, in my opinion the casino does not care about the fate of minors which I think is very selfish. Even though a casino is a business, if the casino owner doesn't care about it and doesn't comply with casino regulations, then it is certain that the casino will not last long and I am also against it if that happens, because it will mislead more minors.
So parents and the casino have an important role for those who are underage, they should provide strict rules and must also provide guidance and tell them that gambling is dangerous and not suitable for them.

A restriction is placed everywhere in the world already for underaged and young people not to participate in gambling. Managing every young player in the world would be a very difficult task, and most gamblers don't actually care if they're eligible to gamble or not. What matters is the access they've got to gamble using their devices. It's time everyone gets used to the boycott and look for a unique effective method of eradicating such a developing problem. Which could cause more harm to the gambling community in future. Imagine the rate of addiction in recent days and compare to what it'll become if young people don't get engaged to stop gambling.

The owner of the gambling shop in Op's story failed in his occupation for allowing young players to participate in gambling. They should be a starting point for this and that would be holding on to the restrictions when anybody is caught. It's for their own good, but they'll think the society is taking fun away from them. Their brains are not quite strong to deal with gambling problems. Additionally, their lack of income is also a big issue to check out because of the losses associated to gambling. The stress is not easy to handle and not for young people. Adults suffer this to a bitter extension or end, what then would be the results for young underaged players if not catastrophe.

The younger ones are also seriously gambling to look for money, everything in the world has changed and things are not like that. Whether we like it or not age 10 and above were caught gambling in different locations and we can't stop them because in most time when you asked them, they would tell you that they are orphans and they were just wandering around the city looking for help from people so when they play gambling and win something then they use it to buy food and eat. Sometimes when you hear their part of the story it is pathetic.

I would like to know your country if you don't mind because I am so confused about this and the laxity of your government and that of the older generations that should have frowned so much at that situation which is becoming alarming. As negligent and uncared as my country is, I hardly hear that younger ones are gambling, not to mention them being addicted to it, this is an abomination. Fine, there will always be some odd cases, but the situation should never be worse than 0.001% in a sane society and a bit higher in some insane society where people are still taking responsibility. The only issue in my country that I still believe people should frown at is when an adult sends the younger ones to bet on their behalf. They might write the betting options on a sheet of paper and send them to deliver it to the operator/agent in some physical casinos. Those agents will now input the options and issue the ticket to the young children for delivery.

This shouldn't be, as children of that age should have never been exposed to such a thing, and I wonder why they will not be corrupted by that because very soon, they will also want to test what they are being sent to do. In a sane society, such a thing should not have happened, and both the adult who sent them on such an errand and the operator are jailable for that crime. Had it been that the government is serious about it and the citizens are also cooperative in reporting such a situation, I am sure that it would have stopped. However, this is rampant in a local part of my country where they are popularly termed ghetto and not in a civilized environment.

maybe the times are really different now, there are really many young people who gamble to make money because not all young people have been left with a good life and like you said, they can't be stopped because it's easy to learn now or know the different styles of gambling, when you have a phone, you can immediately access everything so it's hard to stop others but of course, so that it doesn't get worse in the future, it would really be better for them to get proper guidance in the older than them.

Exactly if you see some those young boys on the street and they narrate their stories to you, you will pity them and if they are gambling to survive every week or month and they are not disturbing other people on the streets and not stealing and only gambling then let them gamble to feed. According to some group nof young boys I met in 2020, they said they thank God for gambling because it provide their daily breads. But frankly speaking it is not good for children to gamble because they are not emotionally feeling strong to defend themselves when they is unusual lose and any other gambling dysfunctional issues arises. Gambling from 18+ is always a nice idea because the mind has matured at the time to face some situations on ground.

You are right mate,every man's purpose on why he or she Gambles is to make profit,and so I don't think that anybody who is above the age of 18 is still young.The world is bad,and especially in most countries who have bad economy,they find it very difficult to survive,therefore,their only means of survival is through gambling and other related stuffs.However,the only ones I can have issues with as you said are the ones who go around stealing people's properties,selling those properties to gamble,they are the ones who make the people in the society to feel gambling is bad too.

Betting shops that are irresponsible shouldn't allow kids that come or will go to their schools to enter their premises. That's irresponsible kind of doing business in gambling. When I was a kid and I tried to enter into establishments that weren't for the young age like me before and I wasn't allowed. But this time, I think that most of the establishments have been relaxed with their policies.

They need a strong reinforcement from the authorities so that they will be reminded about who they should allow to enter and who shouldn't be. Because if they're not going to be strict with that, many of these younger ages will develop addiction at a young stage of their lives. And when they are into that stage, that's for sure going to make themselves struggle with emotional breakdown.

Breakdown in a sense that they can't accept that much defeat and losses and when the urge of recovery comes to them, they don't know where they're going to get their money and how to do that. And that results to the young generation getting involve in doing illegal things like robbery, stealing and other acts that they shouldn't be doing if it's not because of gambling addiction.

Firstly we all know that some countries laws prohibits younger aged from gambling and its illegal to involve in such, but the question is how does this online casino act with respect to this law, we alk know that anyone can open a gambling account in any online casino and fake their age and noome would know or stop them, IMO they is no way to actually stop younger ones from engaging in such activities unless online casino would provide strict ways to stop this activities from going on.

I also know about how some gambling shops allow underage teens to come into their shops and play games and most times I've seen some teens lie about their age just to get into gambling shops and play games, so if this cannot be controlled it calls for an education about gambling and the risks involved, why I propose this is cause children mostly want freedom and to do want they are told not to, so instead of placing restrictions alone, let them be educated about gambling and its risk. This way we would have less teenager's jumping into gambling.

Gambling dens and the idea of easy money? That's a dangerous cocktail for our young people. These places shouldn't be a revolving door for anyone underage, more like a solid wall. We're not talking about being anti-fun here, folks. This is about protecting futures. We need tough rules, not suggestions. And we need to enforce them, no exceptions

I'm no doctor, but even I know that young minds are like sponges. Early exposure to gambling can lead to bad habits and a whole lot of heartache down the line. We need to steer our kids towards education, not temptation. This isn't just about rules and regulations, folks. This is about doing what's right. We owe it to our children, and to our country, to keep them safe from harm

Pathetic or do you mean pitiful?

Yeah, I've seen a lot of younger generations now that are gambling but I have not seen one yet below ages 11. 13 years old above, yes. That's when curiosity strikes a kid and he gets more friends in the school who could be older than him which may be the cause of why he learned to gamble.
It happens and it will depend on the parents how they will have knowledge about it, either asking their friends or those people who can see what he is doing at school.
The only problem that I see is if these kids are doing it online and can easily delete the history whenever their parents check their smartphones. We have to be a better parent now and we should learn how we can check all the details so that we may prevent it from happening. I have two boys and I already have an idea of what may happen to them so I often check their phones so that I can try to prevent advertisements that could lead them to watch gamblers streaming or pornography.

A little bit exaggerated if we do speak about into those people who are really that too young on that kind of age bracket in involving on gambling. I would rather believe that they are really that into those youngsters who would really be that in between 14-17 of age on which this is usually where this is the most age bracket where we are really that curious into things since we are really that becoming mature and do easily be able to adapt on the moment that you would really be able to encounter yourself on something which is on your first time.Usually these ages will really be loving on trying to get involved on something that they would be able to see whether online or offline specially if they've seen it into their surroundings on which it would be a common approach that they will really be having that kind of consideration on taking up such actions on which we know that they could highly failed up due to lack of experience and lack of knowledge on how to deal up with them plus having that impulsive approach because they are really that not good about on emotion handling.

Due to the technology that we do have today then it would really be just that normal that people would really be easily be getting involved into things on which we know that it cant be avoided
considering the exposure specially online where gambling advertisements could really be able to happen and shown to us. Even us parents cant really be able to control on whats happening and this is why
there would really be those moments that you wouldnt really be able to stop them on the things that they are getting involved with.

Most of the time, minors cannot do many things, such as registering on websites where minors are not allowed and if so, they are unable and protected by law in most civilized countries to frequent certain places and/or consume things like alcoholism, but this is no barrier and what most happens is these same young people breaking the barrier, there is always a gap.

It's possible that your children (if they are underage) are going to prohibited places like casinos and other things.

I think that argumentation will always be the best option than repressing these young folks, always a responsible adult, preferably parents and friends, guide them in an orderly manner without exposing these young people to ridicule. We also have to be careful not to be that stupid adult that everyone hates.

Gambling is made legal in almost, all developed countries but it's strictly based on the regulation of ages. Its pathetic to squeezed the truth, rather we should be having smooth running in the system. The younger ones have interests in generating money by themselves, they're young teens and exists in the cruel world where one have to fend for himself as a man. This scenario doesn't apply to the rich because everything they need is already in their possession, but still yet some of the indulges in gambling.

Honestly I can't confirm or conclude that all men gamble with the intention and purpose of making a profit and if you say that then maybe it's the same as you saying that everyone can't think using their common sense to understand how gambling really is, I'm not defending them but I will say that there is always a small percentage of gamblers who understand gambling for whom the worry of losing significant money is their biggest reason to act more cautiously and put a lot of restrictions on their approach to their gambling activities.

Another thing, yes, I believe that a person can do any means to earn money when he is experiencing various financial problems that make him feel depressed, which in the end justifies any means, such as making gambling a place to earn money, that is true, but yes, maybe we can't. concluded that the majority of people who are in a situation like that will always make unreasonable decisions, but yes, making various unreasonable decisions is very possible when someone is experiencing a lot of pressure.

why don't you contact the authorities because even in countries where gambling is legal, children are strictly prohibited from gambling because they are still at school, if children continue to be allowed to gamble then their future will be ruined, they will not have time to finish their schooling or even apply to a job.

Ah yes, you hit the nail on the head with that reply. It's worth noting that parents/guardians might be oblivious of what their wards/kids are getting involved so that responsibility (the one about educating children on the risks poised by gambling However, most of those gambling house owners are aware of the implications but still go ahead to allow it simply because they're focused on the numbers — the more people that plays, the more their stats go up and they can get investors to buy into their firm or better still, profit from player losses.

The level of children's addiction to gambling will certainly be very difficult for their parents to control if it is not controlled from an early age by their own parents. I also don't really agree with reporting things like that to the authorities if they can still be handled on their own for the common good, because children who are still at an early age or still at school to gain more knowledge, of course there is really no need to take part in gambling because They'll definitely have time to understand more about gambling when they get older or when they start working for themselves and making money that they can put aside for themselves.

I don't advise that you should gamble for anything sake, but if it's already a habit that you can't get away with it, peace stick to it until you fine a way/reason to either control it or quit. What's the point advising a child that doesn't even wanna listen nr change?  They wouldn't dare to hold themselves responsible for their habits. Mostly, they'd blame it on alcohol, cannabis and Meths .... Otherwise, they could just stick to doing drugs without being extravagant.

This looks like a  fictional story to me... There's no betting shop that would allow students with uniforms to gamble. It's even unlawful to allow teenagers into your casino outlet as an offense of such would attract apprehension by the state law enforcement agencies.

Edit:Let's all be mindful of what we share online... It can either be be for or against a particular locality or country...

It is not proper and advisable for younger ones to gamble. It has been clearly stated by the betting company that any person under 18 years is not advise to gamble. Gambling has not been easy with an adult talk less of younger ones. Allowing or advising younger one is like advising them to go into stealing because this set of people are still under parental control and guard as their needs are still provided by their parents. So is equally like telling such person to take money from their parents bags to enable them gamble because they don't have any source of income apart from thier parents giving them. Allowing younger ones to gamble is another way of distracting them from been focused in there academy.  It's never advisable and proper for younger ones to gamble.

"Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school".  This is just a ridiculous statement that is pure conjecture.  Where did you get this from?  What facts do you have backing this up?  This is simply in no way shape or form the truth.  Maybe for a small percentage of students, but I'm amazed when people say such foolish things as if it were fact.  SMH.

You're whole statement makes little to non sense.

We can't stop younger ones from gambling, adults can gamble but kids should not be allowed to gamble because they do not have the idea to be able to tell between when they are having fun or getting addicted. A kid will keep gambling and lose all the money he has without being able to stop himself but an adult can have the strength to stop when he is not making any progress. Gambling is beyond addictive and causes alot of damage to anyone who is abusing it and younger ones would not know that they are abusing gambling when they are doing it. Young ones looking for money through gambling do not get it but they will keep losing the money they have thinking that one day they can be lucky. Younger ones should be enjoying their childhood and not suffering looking for money when they should be in school learning more benefiting things.

Maybe it’s just me that finds it weird that users advertising for casinos do not actually like gambling. If you strongly believe gambling is bad, you should stand firmly by your principles and not play double standards.

It’s possible in a society where laws are not enforced. There may be laws against underage gambling but how efficiently are the laws enforced by the state? I believe OP’s story because I have seen it irl, though they were not in school uniforms you could tell that they were not up to 18years old.

Stopping someone from gambling is almost impossible to do and for those who have not yet reached adulthood, of course it will be very detrimental if they become addicted to gambling because they do not have income that they can use for gambling so they will be more inclined to do things that are detrimental to people. Another is when they want to gamble and for those who are adults, of course they will be able to easily manage their gambling desires and also they already have funds that they can use to gamble if they really want to gamble.

For those who have not yet reached the age where they can gamble, of course they would be better off thinking about things that can make them better first and thinking about education is certainly better for them than thinking about things that are not useful for them.

Yes, that is what is worried about when a minor is involved in gambling, where as you said, stopping addiction is a very difficult action to take, where this situation can really threaten his future and make him someone who has a bad personality when he grows up, and yes it is also true as you said that someone who is still underage doesn't have an income because they don't have time to work yet which situation can lead to some bad actions such as stealing to get money that will he uses it to fulfill his gambling habit which, as you said, can harm many people.

On the other hand, older people may find it quite easy to gamble because they have personal income, but I can't say that they will be able to manage their gambling activities well, or what this means is that they have income but it doesn't necessarily mean they can manage their finances well and we can see that it is not uncommon for adult gamblers to end up experiencing negative impacts such as losing large amounts of money, and yes, according to what you suggest, for those who are still minors, it is better to just focus on dedicating themselves to the various lessons that they should do. by a child of that age, but it is actually difficult to forbid them to really avoid gambling and this is why parents must always look after and direct their children towards all positive things.

I was listening to a preaching today and the preacher said that we are in an era whereby money is the new god people worship these days and to me its obvious because more people are going into gamble and other things that has something to do with money, if it doesn't brings money it's either it takes money. And to say the truth, anything that involves money is risky, so we need to treat them with care so that we don't lose almost or everything that we have worked for. When we gamble to make money gamble, then we should be ready to see the negative side of gamble. If one is gambling to make money and when he's not careful he will risk an amount that he can not afford to lose.

Well here in my country minors are not allowed gambling with school uniforms and of course the age limit and even in computer shops they aren't allowed as well unless it's weekend or they are just doing projects not video games. This situation mostly happen in third world countries like mine.

I would somehow agree onthis because stopping someone from gambling, especially if they’re already inclined towards it can be really challenging. For young people who haven't reached adulthood or right maturity to take it, gambling can be particularly harmful. Without a steady income, they might resort to harmful behaviors to support their habit, which can lead to serious consequences for themselves and others.

On the other hand, adults usually have more control over their gambling habits and access to funds they can afford to lose, though it's still important for them to gamble responsibly. For those who are younger and has more access in online casinos, it’s definitely more beneficial to focus on things that contribute to their personal growth and future. They may prioritize education and other productive activities can set them on a better path. It's crucial to guide them towards positive pursuits rather than letting them get distracted by something as potentially destructive as gambling.

It's positive to hear that there are regulations in place in your country to restrict minors from gambling especially while wearing school uniforms.Such measures help protect young people from the potential harms associated with gambling including addiction financial loss and academic or social problems.
Similarly limiting minors' access to computer shops during school days unless it's for educational purposes demonstrates a commitment to promoting responsible behavior and prioritizing their academic and personal development.

While challenges related to underage gambling and excessive screen time exist in many countries particularly in third-world nations enforcing regulations and fostering a culture of responsibility among both businesses and families can help mitigate these risks and create safer environments for young people to thrive.

These rules are good for protecting our youth, which is our main focus. Its obvious. Young minds are especially prone to gambling and computer games since they're still developing. Im not anti-gambling. But everything has a time and place, and school is for studying, not taking chances or watching TV.

Regulations guide, not punish. Parents want their children to be responsible, productive citizens. That requires training children to make wise decisions and prioritize school. Lets all help these initiatives. Sports and volunteering are beneficial hobbies for kids. Lets help build a culture that prioritizes accountability and education. Always remember that it takes a village to raise a child and that we all shape our youth's destiny.

Minors are not allowed playing gambling but they can still playing gambling secretly with their friends. I have seen that happens to many younger and that makes the prohibition is looks no use. It needs supervision from parents to always supervise their children from gambling and explain that playing gambling can cause them lose their money and the worst, they can becomes addicted to gambling. Without supervision from their parents, children can still playing gambling with their friends and that can gives them many problems but they will not realizes that because they only see the fun from playing gambling. Many children will becomes addicted to gambling if parents not takes it seriously and that can ruins their children future. Their teachers also needs to explain about the risks of playing gambling to students.

It is happening like that in your country because the government is strict with their laws and regulations on gambling, which is making the bet shops not allowing students on school uniform and underage to gamble. Or will I say that your country cares a lot about the lives of the younger ones that are below gambling age but wants to gamble. Which is good because it will help the younger ones not to get into gambling early.

Down here in my country that everyone wants to make money through any means and they don't care about who they are rendering their services to. The government does not also care about monitoring this casinos and betshops to make sure that they are not violating the law. This has made both underage to involve in gambling, and the bet shop attendant will feel unconcerned about the age and place the bet for them. I feel very bad when I see such things happening in a bet shop. Underage should not gamble and wait till they are old enough to start gambling, because that is when they can become responsible gamblers.

This is the norm in most rural areas, you see kids who have no business being in the bet shops, they'll be there gambling and everybody is minding their own business, I got tried of being angry and has to accept what I see. Due to the economic hardship in my country, many ignorant people thinks that gambling is a shortcut to riches, you'll see the elderly and underage, all pamutating in lotto shops and bet shops. I know that gambling age should be 18 years and above, but laws are not very effective in most rural areas, and we're seeing more underaged gamblers.

I've talked to a few secondary school students about the dangers of gambling, when you're not matured enough to make financial decisions, but it all falls on deaf ears when one of their peers wins money.

If only these gambling shop operators are not that greedy, they should consider first the welfare of the students and that they should be in schools instead seeing them in betting shops. But I doubt if they will think of it knowing if they could let students play in their shops, that could add more to their profits.

The government might have disregard this because they are too busy with some other issues not thinking that today’s youths will be the future leaders of tomorrow. I can’t actually relate to this because in our place, our government is tight about this issue. Otherwise, these shop operators will be given penalty once they are caught letting students to play and might put their business operation into closure.

Of course it is not ok for anyone to gamble at a very young age, I did and it is not a good idea because at that age you do not really understand the wins and the losses.

I gambled when I wasn't even 16, which means that I was quite young, but I liked it (it was horse racing mainly) and I did made some money time to time, but at the end it wasn't my own money that I gambled with anyone, I just got weekly money from parents, and sometimes I even lost it all, so I waited few days doing nothing, just because I had none left. So that means that we should not really let our kids gamble at that young age, when the yare old enough, they could see if they like it or not when they have a developed brain and understanding of the world, that would make things better.

That's what we need government for: to regulate things like gambling so that underage kids weren't engaged with it. Although I don't know such people personally, I heard that there are people who would do anything for money, including allowing kids to gamble only to gain more profits. No one before 20 should gamble, period. It's my personal opinion, I know that it's allowed to gamble from 18 years of age in most places, unfortunately.

Gambling is never easy for the young and growing people. There exist multiple game they can participate in, which wouldn't cost them much money for fun. Video games despite being addictive was also made out for the young to entertain themselves. However, it's also noteworthy that gamblers who are young can participate in games without betting money. It all begins not even with the casino. Young people also bet on video games, who wins on exhibition matches takes the money. Such practices still Leads young people to participate in gambling.

The challenges are too many and could leave us to seeing less than few young people who are not into gambling. The general problem has to do with the competitive and argumentative nature of humans. Young people try to prove to their peers that they are superior in some certain aspect of life, which leads to an argument then money will be staked. Going to casino is quite a long walk for the kids, they actually get to gamble amongst themselves. However it's quite very wrong to gamble as a young person, because sooner they'll begin to gamble recklessly. Causing more harm to their emotions.

Curiosity makes these young people fall into gambling and once tried, it leads to addiction and also the influence of friends.
The school has also participated in regard to this growing problem but most of all, the guidance of their parents is highly recommended. It is really a big challenge to them especially this time when online gambling is already available. More and more people, kids, young adults, and oldies are expected to get into gambling. Whatever their reasons, it is something that needs attention from the government as well.

I hope the government will come up with a solution to address this problem knowing that it is already escalating together with the school leaders and parents.

Same here. Minors are not allowed to gamble especially if they are wearing their school uniform. The betting/computer shop will be in trouble if they let these minors enter in their shop. Anyway, it's understandable for these younger ones to be curious in gambling (and probably many of us also experienced such when we're young) so we really can't blame them especially if there are betting shop allowing them to gamble.

The proper guidance of the parents about gambling can help them to better understand its risk and what it can do to a person if they let themselves be hooked at an early age.

It's pretty hard to explain all that to kids at an early age. So, I would suggest to wait until they are 12 at least. Until then they just shouldn't be anywhere close to gambling same as they shouldn't be anywhere close to many other things that can dangerous to approach at their age. Also, you can't be an addicted gambler and give your kids a proper guidance regarding gambling. Let's establish that.

It is wrong grant gambling access to kids below the age limit set by the gambling companies in agreement with the government. These age limit was chosen to ensure that they gambler is fully away if the risk involved and also be able to take clear decisions not influenced by ignorance. I know that it will be completely difficult to enforce this age limitation given that children now have access to the internet at a very young age and through non-KYC crypto casinos, children can easily gamble without restrictions. If government and the gambling companies can spend more funds in creating awareness among the younger generation on the need to focus on other things and not gambling at their age, it will help a lot. Such campaigns are the only feasible way I feel will help.

Our love of challenges is well known, right? Competition and victory are part of human life. This need to show themselves is stronger in youth. Where gambling comes in. Not just high-stakes poker or Vegas excursions. It could be video game betting or a friendly bet. It appears harmless and entertaining, but it may get out of hand. Fast

Problem is, winning feels nice. It causes a dopamine spike that makes us want more. Thus begins addiction. Addiction to gambling may ruin lives. Finances, relationships, and mental health difficulties like sadness and anxiety are included. Gambling is a gamble, not a shortcut to success. And odds are rarely in your favor. Young people, there are healthy ways to challenge yourself, develop your talents, and have fun. Avoid the lure of quick money. It's trap

Now, I'm not saying you should never gamble. If you're old enough, play blackjack or roulette. Act responsibly. Establish limits, know when to quit, and never risk more than you can afford

That's right, the key word here is "old enough". It is not proper for younger ones to gamble. But they can gamble when they are old enough. At proper age they will know how to not go beyond the limits they set, or if you still go you violate your rule, say, going 10% beyond but not more. Those things you can understand only when you are an adult person, it sounds like abracadabra to young kids. When someone is considered "young" is a big question, but something is certain: under 18 you are definitely young.

Younger ones doesn't have to gamble and with supervision from their parents, younger ones will not trying to playing gambling. If their parents can explain the effect of playing gambling at their ages and what will happens to people around them, their children will not trying to risks themselves by playing gambling. They will be careful when they are with their friends and always reminds each other not to playing gambling. They will tells many things about gambling, especially if their childrens can explain every details about the effect of playing gambling.

That will makes their friends will always carefully and will search for other entertainment. They can realizes that they don't have to follow other children who playing gambling because every children have their decision and if they are not playing gambling, that will be good for them.