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 This thread reminds me of the argument I was having a few days ago.  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5548884.0)

When we talk about minors not being allowed to gamble, it's a general rule everywhere, not just in some countries, so if a child who is below 18 years has been gambling without the knowledge of the parent and he or she happensto win an amount which requires advanced KYC to be passed, if the child uses his real ID card, it will be noticed that he's not yet of age.

As a parent to the child, can you allow the child to use your details to pass KYC verification, if asked? And if you do that, does it also mean that you are supporting underage gambling?

Did I hear you say after a big win?

Well that money can't waste in there, and for that reason alone, I'll be more than willing to provide my detains to claim that money. But that doesn't really mean I'm abating underage gambling.

But even if I noticed that my underaged kid is gambling, I won't actually try to stop him, especially if I know that they're already actively involved in it. Rather, I'll try to make sure that he does it responsibly.

No - in fact from the start I would not allow him to gamble or try to gamble, so that kind of case will not happen. I don't want to be another person who allows their underage children to gamble instead of preventing it. Underage gambling is prohibited and should not be done under any circumstances - but perhaps some parents might consent to KYC documents if there's a large win waiting to be withdrawn.

Supporting underage gambling is when am aware that the kid is gambler and I didn't stop him or her. In this situation, I was not aware that the kid was secretly gambling, therefore if they had a massive win, instead of letting the money to waste, I will offer to let them use my details to pass the KYC but after withdrawing the money, I will keep it in a savings account for the kid until he or she comes of age and I will also make it a duty to stop the kid from every gambling activities since am now fully aware of their gambling activity. I will make sure to deprive the kid from gambling until he or she is 18+.  Another method I could use to handle such a situation is to deprive the kid from gambling and let the KYC hanging like that until they get to 18+ when they can have their IDs and pass the KYC.

I'm not sure there are unlimited non KYC casino for kids to play around with casino but if you have a kid that is smart enough to know the difference, then questions need to be asked where and how they even started because this is abuse of the freedom their parents must have given them. I will allowed my child to use my documents to KYC if the need be but that's going to be the very end of his gambling lifestyle, he is not going to gamble again until they are ready and by that, I mean age.

There is difference between supporting something and event that has already happen. If it's by law, the money belongs to the child and since the parent is responsible for everything the child does, then parent has a very valid reason to stand for any responsibility that comes after and as for the KYC, there is nothing wrong but for gambling, the parents has the right to take any action against their child, it's left for the parent to correct their child for the wrong doings.

Depends on how much he money he won. If the amount is not worth it then he can forget about it or he could just continue playing until he aged. I believe he would be mandated to submit KYC when he withdraws the money, if not then I guess he can continue to keep it secret. This is is he isn't that smart.

A kid trying to play on casino would be as resourceful as an adult, I'm sure he could find someone who will just give away his identity for $50.

This is a very complicated situation that needs to be well handled. Firstly, allowing the child to use your KYC is against the terms of service of the casino; it could also be a criminal offence. Secondly, you are not teaching the child to do the right thing. It shows that you are teaching your child to break the law. The money might be tempting, but it's better to do the right thing, which would help build a good child, than to choose money and raise a lawbreaker.

I am living in country where already many sites are restricted and not allowing members to have accounts but if somehow he is able to have account surely I am not going to encourage him about this because this is surely going to be problem for him in the future.
Now if he had big amounted which needed to be withdrawn, and he needs my details for KYC maybe I can help him because money matters now specially in conditions where we are living right now but still I am strongly feeling its not good time for him to go ahead with this hobby because things could be worst for him if he keeps going.
New generation is going fast which is increasing problems but still they always needed gaudiness and friendship for having thing normal and better for their future.

This would be a big dilemma especially since the big win could change their family for the better and who would let big money slip away?

If the winner is a poor person it may not matter as the parents will allow and provide data for KYC for the amount of money, some will refuse because it lets people know because their underage child becomes a gambler.

Honestly if it was a win of more than $100K I would provide the data, but not to continue supporting the child to gamble.

I think as generations pass societal values tend to decline gradually. And as a result of this many parents would accept that especially if the amount they won from the casino is really really huge compared to the financial state of the family. Anyways it is never a good option to allow kids gamble and this doesn't need much of an explanation simply because the effects are obvious on the society. Kids can slip into addiction super fast and a kid consumed by any form of negative addiction is the last thing you'd ever want as a parent.

What you are saying is that in a situation where you are aware, you can stop the child from gambling, and it will not get to that point again where there will be a need for you to offer your details for KYC verification, but now that you are only finding out when the child has already gotten a winning, it's left for you to either offer to pass KYC and get the winning out, or you abandon it because of your principle.

Your last idea is not favorable if you ask me, because you can't predict what will happen to the casino from now till when the child will reach the age of majority before using his documents to pass the verification, and even if that happens, it's very likely that the casino will also detect that during the time that the money was won, the child was an illegal gambler, and they can deny the child the withdrawal since it's against policy for an underage child to gamble.

I get your point; if it's by law, the money belongs to the child, but if we also follow the same gambling law properly, the child has violated the casino policy, and it is found the money will no longer belong to the child, which is what also makes the issue a bit more complicated, since it's an event that has already happened. Offering the help, which is something almost all parents will do, is a must, but that's also somehow robbing the casino.

I am not trying to make you look bad, but if turns that your child has won a million, I think you would change your mind and give him your details for KYC verification. I think everyone would do so. Speaking for myself - I would give my data to pass KYC and withdraw a big win. But, if that success was achieved without me knowing about it (gambled secretly) then I would get really angry and figure out a punishment. Probably I would hold that big win until child turns 18+. I think that would be fair.

Well, applying the 'for every rule, there is an exception' this could be one of it. It's just gonna be a one time use of my KYC and after that, there won't be any next moments so that my underage kid won't be tolerated. I'll just take the money and give it to them but then, it won't be followed anymore. There is a need for these kids to know their limitation and they shouldn't be gambling at their age when it's not their hard earned money that's spent on it even if they've won at that moment.

I will never do such a thing. This is immoral, and you are pushing and exposing your child to gambling at an earlier stage of his life. Here in our country, doing so constitutes child abuse.

Underage individuals should concentrate on their schooling, and gambling should never take even a small amount of time until they are mature enough to know what they are doing.
We as parents know what is suitable for our children, and exposing them to gambling is such a bad idea.

Wait what? Did you just said underage kid? :(
Well I'll beat the shit out of him first if he did something like gambler. I would certainly not allow him to gamble in the first place. He should be in his study room studying. As for claiming the wins, I'm not sure, this feels like a pretty lucrative thing for anyone to waste away...

If I decide not to allow my child to use my kyc then it Is already a big loss because it won't even erase the gambling experience of the child all these while that I'm not aware the child gambling activities.

 I'll release my details for the kyc because the gambling was not played for free and this is just a reward but this doesn't mean I'll be so excited because of the win and that will make me not to tell him the right thing to do. I will still advice him to quit gambling because it is not the right age to embark on gambling.

Gambling do affect underage more because they gamble with low understanding.  At first they see gambling as a medium for money to be made and they now abuse it to gamble without control to make money by all means.

Why would my child even be involved in gambling at an early age when he’s still under my watch? Those are one of the things I’ll make sure I take note of with my children to distance themselves from at an early age because of the adverse effect of it when they get addicted to it from a young age. A child that enjoys the pleasure of money from a young age when they have no responsibility, when they grow to have responsibilities, they don’t know how to manage money again and become a person without savings and management skill which will affect their whole life. I don’t want to even of think of a possibility of a chance of it happening because I won’t take it cool on him.

First of all I can't be staying under the same roof with my child without knowing if he is a gambler or not because I am gambler and I should know some move and signs right. But if it happens that I don't know and then one day my child come to me and told me about something like this I won't yell at him or her but I will freely give him or her my ID card and after that we can now discuss what prompt him to go into gambling. But then again, the gambling site he signed up at must have contain his details and so using another document or ID to do KYC, some site won't allow it.

This is money we are talking about here so inasmuch as it involves a winning, why not, let him use my details to do the KYC verification but i will advise him not to gamble further till he gets to the required age before gambling. However, i don't think the age is so much of a concern to casinos because the reason why they give a specific age for gamblers is because they assume that anyone that get to that age can take responsibility of things that comes out of gambling. It's not like am supporting under age gambling that is why i said i will advise him not to gamble anymore till he reach the required age so i can't just let him lose the money just because he practice underage gambling.

Actually, if I were in that situation, I would definitely prepare to withdraw the jackpot by verifying my KYC data.

But that doesn't mean that I support underage gambling, I basically won't waste the jackpot here because of just the shitty emotions.
And if I have to say something in favor of this, I have to say that if my underage child is already gambling where I don't know, it might be my fault for not being a good parent or because there was a gap in my ability to keep an eye on him. But of course, after getting the jackpot, I will take the account under me so that he can't gamble again before he becomes an adult.

I have a very short answer to this- As a parent, of child should ask to use my details to pass KYC verification for a casino, then I would consider myself to have failed not just in my role but also as a father.  As long as you live under my roof gambling is banned. It is not even debatable.

Obviously no! Why would you do that in the first place especially if your child doesn't appreciate the value of money. They will treat it as games but worst case in reality, they will adapt it as they grow and will be addicted to gambling. I've already witnessed some people that their parents are also into gambling, and now those people are also spending a lot of money like it's normal to them because they know how to gamble. If a child has no ideas or interest on a certain thing, it'll not be a problem when he/she grows up.

So, if I'm against that having my child know about gambling then letting him use my own identification for KYC? lol. That's the reason why verifications or valid ids are attainable at certain age because you can't just give it to kids who don't have any idea about the outside world is.

The question here is if you allow yourself to waste the opportunity since you're talking about after a big win? If yes, then you're just nothing.

I have no problem with that anyway. I can support my kid in that case, but that's going to be the last bet he makes.

A responsible gambler doesn't involve their kids in gambling early. There is the right time for them. And we know that winning is not just good but a beginning for addiction. If I allow my kid to continue gambling, it is just the same as pushing him to addiction.

I've got now an idea why a friend of mine asked me about such KYCs in a casino. They have no idea about it and that's why they've asked for and so, this could be their case. And if it happens to me, if it's a big win, I'll obliged to that and will get the withdrawal and I'll split the money.  ;D
We don't tolerate what the underage kid would do such as gambling but if there is money involved at that time, we can let the process go first until we receive the withdrawal and tell them to stop outright and never do it again. Bu I am afraid that moment will be stuck to them because they have seen the withdrawal and might do it again.

There are a few issues with the decision here
- Is the amount of money won life-changing?
- Is the casino suspicious at all about the account?
- What are the laws in said country about gambling, identity deception, and more importantly, contributing to the delinquency of a minor by a parent

The thing is that if your kid has used the email gokusayanwarrior@ something and that email is linked to some stupid post on social media, the casino might have double thoughts about it, not even mentioning email discussions, attitude in rooms and so on....
So if you live in a 3rd world country with no laws, year, most will risk it! If you live in the US or EU, just stay away from it!

So if my kid won huge amount of money from gambling and only KYC is needed to withdraw the money, I will help him get verified and withdraw the money. That is the wise thing a father can do at that point.

But I will make sure I warn him not to use the money to gamble and I will tell him how gambling is dangerous. He is under 18, he should stay away from gambling.

Gambling is not dangerous if you do it responsibly and not for under 18.

If you keep your gambling habit very secret I mean hiding it from your children there's no way they can have access to gamble especially when they are still under age, any kids you see gambling when he or she is not up to 18 years most have learn it from somewhere and the parents will be hold responsible, because as at that age he or she is not supposed to be allowed to be visiting their friends, rather he will be staying at home until he get to the stage of gaining freedom.  Well according to what you said for example: that if my child win a huge amount of money in gamble and I was ask to provide my details for kyc verification of course i will, but after then he will receive some punishment for gamble behind my back.

When you allow your child to use your passport for verification then you're aiding under age gambling and you should be arrested instantly. When the child is of age already but doesn't have the necessary documents to verify their account, then you can be of help but when they aren't of age, we shouldn't encourage them into gambling. They aren't matured and can't process some of the decisions that we take while gambling. None of my children should be gambling or asking me questions about gambling unless they're doing it as fun and not like a job that they're working for payment.

Now that's a very hard question. If I allow it, it means I'm also giving him permission to gamble and that I consent to it. If not, I’ll stand by my principles of not allowing my kids, especially if underage, to gamble, but that would mean letting the win slip away. I don’t know, maybe it depends on the amount. If it's too big, even for me, maybe I’d allow it. Or if he/she is still in overall positive profit. But if it doesn’t even break even with his/her overall stats, nah, I’d leave it as is, because he/she will likely lose more if I allow it. Better to leave it be until he/she reaches the legal age for gambling. The winnings won’t disappear anyway unless he/she use it to gamble more.

At the point where the child already won big but only needs to pass KYC to get the funds, I will actively help in getting the funds to him or to the family however, I will make a decision or mutual agreement with my child never to do it without parental guidance as it's against the law to allow under age gamble.

Yet the child will be grounded for a long time, not being able to do whatever he does, under serious supervision and this will let him or her to stay within check and act accordingly instead of putting us parents into trouble with the law.

I wouldn't let a minor gamble. They're not mature enough for it. And if they play secretly and enter their ID, the casino will probably notice and end up banning their account. The money will be lost, and it's quite right, since they're breaking the casino's rules.
There are a ton of reasons why casinos prohibit minors, so sooner or later they'll be banned.

Just as you have mentioned, the child we are talking about here is underage, and the gambling code or law has stated that no underage person is allowed to gamble. Also, that means I, as the parent, will particularly assist in getting access to the huge and also try to explain to the child why it is very wrong to break down laws like this and also make him or her understand the importance of responsible behaviour and the legal implications of an underage person gambling, and also have a deep conversation about the dangers involved for an underage person becoming a gambler and what it will cost and how it can dramatise his young mindset.

I would not allow him to use my details to pass KYC verification, I would put the details by myself and get out the money, afterwards I would try to keep his gambling activities in check and mentor him seriously so he does not get addicted, moreover I am giving him only a little percentage of the money and must ensure he utilizes it for meaningful activities. Additionally, I would love to channel his mind away from gambling and draw his focus to career activities where he would develop a skill and earn a living void of gambling so he does not see gambling as a means of acquiring income.


NO, It means I only helped him retrieve the money which was stuck in the casino. Like I mentioned above, I would see to it that his focus on gambling reduces drastically.

Personally I wouldn't allow my child to do anything with gambling when under aged but if unfortunately, he or she finds themselves in a tight corner that requires me to save them I can surrender my ID just to save them and also secure the money won for them since its going to be very important to me and the kids in future yet punishment would be served accordingly. growing up under the care of a veteran you dare not try whatever is morally bad or illegal under the care of my dad as he would deal with you in an unexpected way not even the cops would be able to help you out in his hardest punishments. I will probably use it on my child.

First of all, if you know how a child’s mind works you’d know that he won’t ask for your help since he’d obviously want the money for his own and not to be taken by his parents. Second, he might fear he’s gonna get in trouble so he won’t say it ever. He’d probably try to cheat the casino and get into bigger trouble but that’s kids for you.

The real truth is that most people would  help their child in such situation and then do the right of not letting the child near gambling ..
It's  already happened even though  it isn't  right  what you can do is take the right measures to not allow such to happen again..
Hence, if you don't then   there's  high possibility  he/she  looks for someone/ stranger  outside to help out without  your consent and that could be dangerous (even life threatening) so while you think of positivity  you have to think the other way round as well.

I think it's important for all of us to understand that even though we shouldn't allow our children near gambling, if a situation like that occurs, you should use your wisdom and handle the situation accordingly. For me, I don't even need to allow my kid to use my KYC information, but all I need to do is take the account or even the device from him, complete the verification myself, withdraw the funds, and then close the account after that. Once I'm done with that, then comes the time when I need to have a talk with him for doing what he shouldn't be doing.

I will first double-think about why he was able to do it in the first place. If I wasn't paying enough attention to him and his activities, and that's why it happened, then I will accept my mistake too, but if he was doing all that by hiding it from me somehow, then it's not my fault, and then maybe I should be a little strict dealing with the situation. However, I believe we should never be too harsh with children, because they can learn and accept better if you teach them with love and affection instead of force and aggression.

If my child were honest enough to ask for that reason, I might agree, depending on the amount. But that would have to be their last bet, and they would need to withdraw using my personal info. After that, I'd probably ask for the account to be closed or forgotten entirely, or the device will be confiscated as well.

Earlier this year, I successfully helped my partner stop gambling after recognizing early signs of addiction, like staying up late just to play, continuing during meals, being secretive about losses but proudly sharing big wins, and so on. I definitely wouldn't want my child to fall into the same pattern.

Hell yeah! I know it is not even legal but accept that is what 99% of users will do and not claiming the money is not going to address the problem of your kid gambled so get the money from the casino using your KYC and I am sure it won't be an issue then let the kid learn his lesson not to repeat the same mistake again until he reaches the necessary age and making his own money.

But the next question is, the money belongs to the parent or the kid? Should someone create a thread for that. :P

I don't support underage gambling because to me it seems we are spoiling the future of the children whatever we are doing we should be very mindful. Perhaps, I won't allow my child to go use my kyc information to pass, okay what about those casinos that do video verification what would now happened the father and or child who is to be blame.

I know the kind of education I provide for my daughters, and I know I wouldn't have to face this dilemma. But it's a conflicting situation. A father who may be going through a difficult financial situation can overlook it and allow it. In that case, I would leave him penniless as a lesson for his disobedience.

If the father doesn't provide the documentation, someone else will. Young people and teenagers are creative and will certainly find a way to obtain it.

hahaha when it involves money that has been won, nobody thinks about age. So if my underaged child was gambling secretly and won a big amount and it now involves using my information for kyc them there is no problem and that does not mean I am in support of him or she gambling. I am just doin that to help him withdrawal his large wining. After that I will educate him/her on the risk involve in Gambling despite he was lucky to have win.

There are things we can consider because of what is at stake. That is, if the amount the child won is a huge market. We will find a way to pass the KYC but I wont let him use my ID. We can try other options, to get the money out of the casino, unless we are left with no other option to than to use my ID. So yeah, I cant leave huge money in the casino even if it belongs to my child and he gamble without my consent. We can talk about all that later on but in the meantime, getting the money of the casino is the goal.

That is a moral dilemma but money is money. I'll let my kid use my KYC or rather I'll take the full control of the account and claim it as my own if there's a big money involved. But I'll also make sure my kid learns a lesson not to gamble unless he/she is of legal age. For that I'll not allow them to use a single money from the win and limit and have parental control over their internet uses.
But the hypothetical situation would not arise in my case as I'm well aware of how to prevent them getting into adult activities like gambling. Kids are like clay and shaping them to right shape is the responsibility of parents, I'd not fail as I know all tricks and ways we could get into gambling or other adult activities.

This is a tricky situation, because if we let him use our identity to bypass KYC, it would be like we're supporting his gambling and acting like a hypocrite. On the other hand, it's money we should be claiming, especially when it's a significant amount. If I were in a situation like this, I'd let him use my identity, but I wouldn't let him use the winnings. I mean, he's still a minor and he's gambling with my money. He'll have to accept the consequences of me withholding the money, and I'll probably scold him for not being able to gamble at that age.

Children like this need to be dealt with firmly. If he gambles with his own money and he's old enough, that's not a big deal to me. But if he's still in school and already dares to gamble with money he should be using for more beneficial things, that's also unacceptable. So, rather than making things worse, it's better to take firm action against him early on.

For me, this situation looks purely hypothetical, since I would not allow a minor to play, since it is prohibited. In general, I do not welcome any violations of casino rules. If I don't like some rules, I'd rather ignore such a casino than look for loopholes to circumvent the rules. Moreover, there are a lot of alternatives in the gambling industry, including even without KYC (where the described situation with a minor would not have arisen at all).

It would really be a moral dilemma, what you are against you will be engaging in it because of money, it's a very difficult situation for any responsible parent. We can't deny the importance of money to take care of our needs, if I find out about such a thing I need to apply wisdom. Letting a huge amount of money to go to waste will not be good, what I'll do is use my KYC to claim the money as mine but he won't have access to the money. I'd lecture him and try my possible best to see that he doesn't gamble as underage again.

Whoever's on the KYC, that's the person the casino sees as the one playing. And since we’re talking about a big win here, of course I’d allow my KYC to be used if it’s my own kid. That’s money to enjoy.

There’s nothing wrong with doing KYC as long as the casino is legit and can keep your info safe.
And man, if it’s a big win, no one’s gonna say no to that, right?

Allowing your child to use your ID to pass KYC is not just supporting underage gambling—it's empowering it actively coming from legal and ethical principles.
It could be treated as fraud by most firms because you misrepresented the actual account holder, to some countrys legal consequences are attached to such act for both parent and child, the account can equally be banned or winnings seized when discovered.

Personally it is tempting to refuse such huge win considering it is a life changing one, but we should have to ask ourselves some tough questions before engaging into it

* How did they get access to it?
* Am I not encouraging this behavior if I help now?
* What could happen next time they try again?

Sometimes "helping" means refusing and setting boundaries, especially when it feels hard to do it

This is just my opinion on this comment thought.

I am not seeing this as something to easy to decide. In some jurisdiction, this is like a crime and could lead to some serious legal issues.

the real problem is that in this scenario (even if seems a bit impossible) the bookmaker/casino could also refuse to pay since they can easily discover the scam.
What will be the lesson that you will give to the minor? Even if you do a bad thing I will save you?
Well, I am not seeing this scenario so easily to be solved....

In principle, children at 17 are already partially adults. They can reason quite sensibly and I would not be surprised that many of them play gambling or bets. I do not know where they can get money for this, if it is not a roulette of skins for online games. As far as I know, this is a common occurrence among teenagers. Regarding the main question of the topic: I will answer Yes. If my child wins a lot of money, then of course I will figure out how to pass KYC. And if I am banned and I need to pass on his behalf, we will wait until he comes of age and then upload the necessary documents.

Why would I not allowed it. He is my child that won big amount and need my help to get the money of course I will do the KYC myself.

However, I will get the full control on the account and request for permanent self exclusion so that he will not gamble again using my KYC.

There’s a money trap already waiting. I think it’s not logical not to get it.

Hmm, okay, overall, yes, it's true that minors are strictly prohibited from gambling. However, if the situation is as you described, OP, where a child wins big without their parents knowing and then needs personal information to withdraw the money, then I would allow my child to use my personal information. The reason? Because it would be pointless, even if I didn't provide my personal information at the time, my child would still be suspected of gambling and thus be able to win.

I'm not killing two birds with one stone, but that's a significant amount if it really happened. And perhaps after I successfully withdraw it, I'll tell my child that it's an activity that shouldn't be done by small children. I know the warning might not be effective, but after that, I'll give my child my full attention.

If my kid that's gambling secretly without my consent and he wins big, I will allow him to use my KYC since he has being gambling with my money and not his because he's not working. However, that will be the last day that I will allow him gamble until he reaches the right age. But if you look at it from this angle, any kid that wins such huge amount can take your document secretly and use it for KYC, only if he does not know any account he can use to withdraw the money.

I will provide the KYC, take the money, and go beat my child. :D Then we will talk.

Well, it also depends on circumstances. There are young people now who are already working, especially in a third-world country like ours. Working students. You can graduate high school at 15 years of age and try to support yourself by applying to companies that are taking underage employees legally, so they can make some money for their school fees.
But if the kid is 10 years old and already gambling, then I may have been a bad father to him. I will probably get angry and then also blame myself for my lack of discipline with him.

A big win is never a big win unless you have withdrawn it ans kept it in a bank deposit or a bitcoin wallet that you dont touch unless an emergency arises.

So kids or no kids, I would never let underage kids gamble, but only teach them how these games work. There are people who play below 18 but I dont have the morals to allow that. Even if they are playing with money won from the casino.

It is better to teach than to watch them suffer losses and never understand what went wrong.

I would never allow my kids to gamble online if they asked me.

First off I'd ideally like to cover the basic needs of my children so they don't have to work until later in their life. Having a childhood these days is important for later development. They should rather have hobbies that help them learn a thing or two other than gambling.

Gambling isn't education. Even a 7 year old could pick it up but it wouldn't help in much if anything later in life. So with me providing their finances I wouldn't give them access to money for gambling. If even I had the suspicion of them using cash to gamble, I'd start asking for receipts of expenses. Make them learn accounting to avoid gambling.  ;D

Two bad choices and the worst test for parents, one side of the child gambling without parents' known and one side of money, this is indeed a difficult choice.
Child: Allowed to take our identity as parents for the KYC process, meaning giving the green light to children gambling.
Parents: We as someone who is responsible for educating you, of course because he is a minor meaning not the best solution if left.

Conclusion: In a situation like this of course, I do not let him continue to sink into gambling, I will not give an KTP for him the KYC process is advanced, Luckily he won today, but if I let it certainly in the future even worse when losing gambling and addiction, I will stop it right then, there is no KYC, enough and finished.

With the simple logic of the child who gets the winnings he will ask other people for help, he will not ask his parents for help, he thinks it is better to pay people to do KYC than to talk to his parents because they will be angry.

But if the scenario is that he talks to me then I will help him cash out the money with KYC and of course take the money and then close the casino account again, I as a parent should be firm in educating, if it is not time then it must be stopped, then rehabilitated so that it does not become a habit that in him does not have good fundamentals about financial literacy.

Hmm. Letting the prize go end up to the company as a result that my underage child can't claim his/her winning due age limit? That definitely not going to happen. Infact, I'll do the Kyx myself just to make sure the reward is claimed in as much as such attractive as you said big win . Gambling is a game and I'll be obliged to partner with that child to take that reward without a second thought as long as gambling isn't part of the illegal activities in my jurisdiction or country because I can't afford getting myself into problem out my childs involvement with illegality neither contributing to mislead that child >:(
But as the case maybe since is an underage, after letting the child enroll a Kyc with my documents, I'll take charge of the gambling account and so to deprive the child not to continue gambling in that rated underage because I know if better conduct isn't observed there, they child might become abusive to addiction due an amateur to control his or her emotions.

On this specific case, I don’t agree that if you allow to use your KYC detail just to get your child big win is a sign that you support his underage gambling activities.

It’s right thing to collect the money he won fairly since it’s already there. The only thing you can do is to educate them and not tolerate him after you get the money because after all he deserves that profit.

You are just supporting him if you allow him to gamble for more after you complete the KYC.

In my country, what a child does something like this, it's really a big disappointment that the parents will have on the child which will come with a well deserving punishment that will make the child to behave and be of good conduct till they reach the age of handling certain responsibilities on their own. I can guess what my dad will do to me if i were to do this kind of thing while growing up, he will do the kyc with his information but I won't get any money from that win and he will be more observant to know if am still gambling behind his back or not, if I dear to gamble again, the grounding will tell on me  ;D.  @OP, you didn't support him to gamble, so just come up with your own decision on how to handle the situation.

To be honest, i think it depends on prize. If it would be big enough, it is possible that my son will KYC with my data. But i get the main part of prize for it and delete account after it.
If it would be small enough - i`ll talk with him about gambling and how to play without becoming an addict. And i wouldn`t give him my data.

This topic is something we can't get off easily without a debate. I have read a lot of comments and your opinions, everyone giving their own reason as to why they will do what they will do, and the majority are going with the option of trying to get the money out first since it's their kids money we are talking about here. Which we also need to look at some other things while making a decision, since it's already an event that has happened; you can't stop it, but the decision which you as the parent take afterwards will play a very major role in the type of parent you can be addressed as.

If you also support your child by providing your identity for verification, it could also be seen as identity theft, as it's clear you show support for that. On the other hand, again, if you don't do it, your child loses the money, which is also somehow unfair since the casino has been taking it from the child through his losses.

The decision we are going to make if we find ourselves in such a situation is never going to be easy to decide until that very moment; everyone will give reasons to justify their decision, and it's understandable only to them and not to the law.

First off, I would count myself as someone who has failed in my responsibility as a father if my underage kids should indulge in gambling. Gambling shouldn't be for kids and that's the reason age restriction exists. That's one.

Secondly, since there's age restriction and a kid under that age is able to manoeuvre their way on the site and wins, my giving in to providing my data for KYC is suggestive that I'm supporting their bad behaviour of beating a system. It's aiding and abetting. Yes, that will mean I'm supporting underage gambling.

The first thing I noticed was that when they were said to be underage, they wouldn't have an ID card. I also think it's difficult for those under the age of majority to gamble, even though online gambling is becoming more common these days. They wouldn't be able to gamble if they weren't of age because they don't have an ID card or a bank account. Unless an adult helps them, for example, if the child wants to gamble and the adult allows the gambling account to be used as their bank account.

I've never experienced anything like this, but I have had a friend borrow my account to gamble and split the winnings. I've never experienced anything like this before.

All depends on the parents because some parents would not allow his children to use his documents in gambling sites to pass KYC because it is against their beliefs but some will do. But as for me I will allow him to do and warn him not to participate in gambling again. I will allow him because gambling is not a crime since you are not stealing from someone but using your talent to win the game.

Your question is extremely provocative, however. :)

I assume that most gamblers will say that they don't support gambling by minors, but if the situation you described occurs, they will probably agree to provide their data to go through the KYC procedure. Strong convictions are good, but when a large win is at stake, this can be neglected. :)

An indicator of double standards is that if a child lost a large sum of money, and, for example, even ended up in debt to the casino, the same hypothetical parent-gambler would begin to prove that he is against child gambling (after he provided his data for the KYC to receive the prize in the 1st situation). :)

There are only two options:

1. I allow my child to use my identity, but 100% of the money will belong to me.
2. I won't allow my child to use my identity and let them know the harsh reality in real life where they have to learn and prepare for anything that happen to their life.

They can't expect for doing something bad and they can get anything that they want, they need to learn a big lesson.

Just for that time, yes.. it’s money that’s waiting to be claimed, and for us gamblers, a win like that feels like hitting the jackpot.

The fact that the kid was able to gamble without KYC or didn’t use our KYC means we had no idea it was happening. But since it already happened and there’s a reward on the line, might as well claim it. After that, just make sure the kid doesn’t do it again.

And since the account is under your KYC, it’s really up to you if you want to take responsibility and continue using it.

No, I won't consent to my child using my personal information so that he can gamble.  It is not the work of a responsible parent.  A responsible parent makes their kids follow the law, since minors are not allowed to engage in gambling activities, I should also support the government in implementing such a regulation.  So I do not support underage gambling because it is against the law.  If the government allow minors to engage in gambling then I would also do so.

Technically abandoning the account after the child has gotten a big win would be very stupid. No one supports underage gambling and this is something that parents strictly monitor but you can't really know the details of what your kids are doing everytime especially when you are dealing with the smart ones that can hide their activities. In this case you just have to put your morals aside and do anything to get that money won

This is a tough one.  On one hand, if the win is big enough and it could help the family it is hard to turn down free money.  On the other hand, it would be teaching your child a horrible lesson.  I would probably tell them no and ban them from the internet for a period of time, but if my family really needed the money, it would be difficult to turn it away.  Maybe I would withdraw the funds, close the account and then let it build up in an account and give them to him/her on their wedding day.

First, it depends on how old the kid is and also if the casino is reputable or not. What would make the casino to detect that the account owner was a minor? They won't know and they don't have the right to reclaim a customer's winning because the person left it untouched for some few years. They don't have the right to touch it unless their terms and policy contained such warnings of not allowing your account inactive for a specific period of time but even if that's the case, they can not reclaim someone's wini, that's theft. If the kid is already 16 or 17 years, you just have to wait for a year or two, not a big deal, some casinos have lived more than that.

Personally,I wouldn't encourage or advice anyone to practice underage gambling.Allowing your child having access to your KYC whether after a win or not it's the initial exposure to Gambling on that child.That means you've just created awareness for that child;no parent should give consent to underage gambling and the likes.The foundation should be legally grounded.

Well, actually it's not. Because the kid already gambles without you knowing it, and involves you as a parent only when he/she wins big. So, it's already been in the gambling exposure without the parent having the slightest idea about what's happening. Thus, the parents must discuss with their kids every day and not let them out or ignore them because they believe that they know everything. IMO, talking and having constant contact with your kids it's the safest option for having the best chances to avoid such things.

So, it seems your kid is already in the gambling world and has enough knowledge and skills through which he can win a high amount. However, the payment is pending just because of the KYC requirements for gambling. Well I will not be the father to support my child at such a young age, instead, I will educate him about gambling and everything else, but I won't allow him to gamble before he crosses his teenage years. The reason is clear, whenever he earns money, it will affect his mentality negatively, and when he comes to his actual life, he will have nothing and will be looking for a quick jackpot, which we all know is not easily obtained. So, my advice to you is to take this payment, but only this time, and then keep an eye on him so that he can't engage in gambling again until he turns 20.

Speaking about options then we do have tons on which you wont be needing up to have those verification or simply you can be able to play without having those verification. If it turned out that its already been that strict when it comes to compliance of this one then there would be no option but to go along with those approach. If you are a parent then of course no one would be that liking on allowing their kids to be seen into these places specially if we do speak about gambling. Everything would be basing up on chances or being lucky after all. When we are that speaking about underage gambling then no matter how sport we do out then there would be those possibility that these young people do end up on having that kind of reason on why she would be that staying up. No one likes even on using up those common ways and methods. It all matters about transparency plus having that proper planning. Now going back into something in regards about using up your KYC as a parent by your kid then you would definitely be that scolding up your child on doing such as this. You would definitely be that not liking on what your kid has been done into this on which we know that platforms now are that gradually transitioning from no kyc to having that compulsory KYC on which it will be that resulting for us to needed up to comply specially into those people who arent that not much good when it comes to self control and moderation. If you've seen that your kid is that winning up and they've been using up your ID or any that verifies their account then you wouldnt be that mad that much, it would be that still depending on a certain father because we do have that different views and making up some disciplinary action or just that simply tolerating and let it be just because you've seen that they do become profitable. Its actually that hard that you would be that come too disappointed or scolding up your children on which we do able to see that he/she's winning but as a responsible parent then it would be just that right that you should be that mindul about into the possible risks that lies ahead with gambling.

Truthfully, for the sake of withdrawing the money already won, I will let my child use my details for KYC. If I don't, he might device other means to scale through with KYC. But as a parent who is intentional about my child's general welfare, I must let him know he was wrong to gamble at his age and in secret. Subsequently, I will keep close eyes on him to ensure he doesn't gamble again, at least until he becomes an adult, then he can make decisions for himself.

For my underage child to have got access to gambling and play bet shows how careless I've been in looking after him, because he's not supposed to be gambling at any stage of that kind, lets even forget about the information that may be required for him to be able to cash out, its something o could have easily give my wife or brother if they gamble and won and needed my details in case of advanced KYC, but for my child, i don't think i will allow for a child underaged to gamble or have access to gambling as parent.

I really don't know what would do in such situation. I do not support underage gambling in any case, but if the money is already won it would be waste to pass that opportunity. I would seek some solution to withdraw the money but at the same time I'd have some serious discussion with my kid and wouldn't give him that money until he's mature enough to use it responsibility.

How to catch three felonies in one act, textbook material!


Let's spice it up a bit if we are still in scenario mode.
What happens that after your successful withdrawal and you check the betting history, you realize you have cash-out $20 000 but your dumb kid has somehow managed to get hold and lose $40,000 during his gambling adventure?  ;D

Then it's no longer free money. This is why they said gambling is not profitable in the long run. If after checking history such a scenario occurs, the only thing that will still be done based on the OG's early statement is to take what they can get and reduce how much the kid has eventually lost, but come to think of it, that amount being wagered, if profit is removed and it's all deposit, the child will have to answer a query about how he was able to get hold of such money to use it for gambling.

Have you noticed that some posters purposed punishment, limitation or something of that kind to a underaged kid who had a big win. Why punish a child, when its parents fault that let underaged to gamble, its their fault that they havent paid enough attention to what their child is doing. Parents are responsible for their children fully until they turn 18. Punish yourself instead.

Every parent seems to face a dilemma in situations like this. On one hand, providing data for KYC verification might give the impression that we condone our children gambling, as if money can change our principles. On the other hand, since the children may have spent a lot of money gambling, it would be a shame not to cash out those funds. I think many people would take a middle ground, so am I, we still cash out the money to save it, and then advise and forbid their children from gambling in the future. I wouldn't use that money. I'd tell them I'd return it to them once they reached 18 years old. This would demonstrate my authority as a parent, emphasizing disapproval of their gambling activities all this time.

You have a point about that, it's the parents fault why their underage kids were able to gamble. Giving free and easy access to the gadgets and also to the internet.

If they have just allowed their kids to watch tv then this won't happen.

But at some point, this give the scare to their kid that they should never do it or else, they'll get beaten.

Well, if that's a big win, maybe I can't let this slip away - and I'm not gonna lie, It's actually supporting underage gambling, but of course with a valid reasons as long as you will leave a valuable words to your child not to do it again.
It's a big money and It already happened, your child was already exposed, so what's the least you can do? Grab that money, monitor your child from that day on and move on.
Not sure if there are parents who'll leave that money there, after realizing how much money the child may have lost before acquiring that winning amount.

Am going to allow him use my identity to complete the kyc if the amount won by him is really a big amount of money, I won’t just allow the money waste,  but if the amount is not really much, then I won’t do that. If I end up allowing my details to be used to complete the kyc, then I will warn him to stop gambling, after making withdrawal from the gambling site, I will make sure he doesn’t have access to the account any longer, and am going to give him strict warning, and I will have to start educating him about gambling, and i will let him know about gambling addiction, and other things which he is suppose to know.

Yes, in the end each parent's approach will definitely be different in this case.
I agree with your approach, but also not saying the approach of others who refuse to provide KYC is bad. They have reasons to refuse, as do others who are willing to provide KYC documents but with certain rules. The reasoning may be that it is free money, but some others think this is a mistake that should be dealt with strictly regardless of the winnings.

I don't know what I would do if something like that happened to me. Of course, on the one hand I'd want to withdraw the money, but on the other, it shows how weak we are just because of money. I absolutely don't want to be in that situation in the future, and hopefully I never have to be as a parent.

Well, we all know that under aged gambling is bad, and for such winnings to come, the parent(s) is/are aware of such activities been going on for a certain period of time before an outcome of a big win, of which was also communicated to the parents.

There's a saying, train up a child in the way they should grow, and when they are old, they will not depart from it. If this principle sticks with such a family, then the parents are either in the gambling system, or they approved such acts.

For me, I am not a gambler, but for a big win as you said, I will let use of my ID, otherwise, the child can look for someone else to make bargains with at the end of the day.

18 years and above is the right age to gamble but in the case of my child gambles without my notice if he's able to get lucky and needs to use my details for KYC just to get his money I won't hesitate to help him get his money but after that I will talk to him as my child then explain the implications of underage gambling to him as a child that listens to his parents he would stop gambling if he realize the implications.

Allowing underage kids to use my details for KYC is the same thing as enabling them to gamble which I know is not good for them. I know the temptation to do that is high especially when such a child have won something big but I will try to resist such temptation unless maybe the KYC is needed to allow him withdraw the money, I might change my mind but I will follow him closely to guide him so he wait for the right age before gambling.

Two things are involved; in one way or the other, you just encouraged the child to gamble by using your I. D to pass a KYC verification, whereas at the other hand, since it involves something that he won some amount of money, there's no way you can let the money  just go, but to balance the situation, you should caution your underaged child about gambling the age that he or she is still under age and must take some steps by deactivating the child's account until your child reaches of age, 18 years and above, when they're entitled to choose what they like to do.

Reading your comment is so funny for real. I agree money shouldn't waste in there when it can be used for other things especially when it's a big win I personally don't see anything wrong in claiming the money not because I am in support of underage gambling but for other financial reasons. After claiming the money then the child will face the consequences of being disobedient to go on to gamble and also I will take necessary actions to see that he never gambles again till he is of age and also trace back to how he got to know of it and make sure he never repeat such again.

Children can't be responsible for their actions yet so that why they shouldn't be allowed to gamble because I don't think they can handle the emotions and pressure and gamble responsibly. I am sure gambling bodies thought about it too before considering to restrict them from participating in it so somethings are better left the way they are. My advice is for you to discourage any underage gambling.

At such a young age, the kid will probably start to struggle with gambling addiction before they hit the age of 18 and that is not what any parent would want for their kids. It would be a huge economy problem for all of them.

Unless the parent will be willing to spend money on therapy sessions for their kids at that time. Find the kid a decent work at that time they should learn to make money from doing a job for their age at time rather from gambling.

If the kid won a significant amount, then I will let him/her use my personal data in order to claim the prize, after that there’s no reason anymore to tolerate the kid’s early gambling journey. Maybe it’s just a matter of educating your kid and all the future consequences with gambling, that way even if he will continue without my awareness, at least he knows the future consequences of his own actions.

We can’t stop a kid if he will pursue gambling secretly. Although I don’t agree with early gambling exposure, but the technology around could be a big temptation for them. Otherwise, educating him and teaching him how to limit gambling is all I can do.

I will never allow a minor to gamble, especially as a guardian. He will do KYC using my personal document because a minor cannot do KYC in gambling without the personal document of the parent or guardian. Moreover, if a minor child is attracted to gambling and wins big, then in the future he may become so interested in gambling that he will spend his time gambling while studying. Therefore, a minor whose personal document is not official should definitely not be allowed to participate in gambling.

I assume this is something unnecessary to debate. Each parent has their own principle, so there should be a different way to handle that situation. If it happens to my underage kid, I will never let him using my data to pass the KYC requirement (no matter how much the money he/she won). Letting him using my data will make him thinking that it is okay to gamble underage. Giving him a lesson to not gambling underage is much important than taking the money he/she won.

It should depend on the situation, dude. If we have warned our kids to stay way from gambling until he is 18 years old, we can punish them if they break the prohibition. Giving a punishment is needed, it will let him know that he must get a responsibility for any mistake. Sure, we must also be more responsible to monitor our kids more often.  ;)

I have same sentiments as well. I will allow my kid to use my credentials in order to get the winnings and I will guide him to do it. Afterwards, that's it. I won't allow him/her to continue gambling as we all know where it will lead for them. As a responsible parent, better advise them what you have learned in life rather than castigate them later on, when it is already too late.

So yes, I would allow him/her but after that, no more. If he/she secretly gamble and encounter another mishap, I would punish him if necessary. Like no more cash allowances or similar with that. In life, as a parent, you should be firm with your decision towards your kids as sooner or later, it will be their future that will be affected with such mistake.

The perfect answer is actually quite boring which is the kid can have his winnings but it goes into a pension for long term investment and he can enjoy it in 50 years earliest.
    You cant reward him for the gambling because it could in time make him far worse off then any winnings will compensate him for, but I wouldnt honestly leave the money there unclaimed either so thats my sensible compromise personally.

Is there a parent that will allow his child to pass KYC verification for the purpose to gamble. I don't think any parent will knowingly allow it as it will also put their identity at risk.

A caring parent will never support underage gambling or even allow his child to learn it. Children at their young age tend to make more reckless decision than those who are adults already. They are more prone to gambling addiction so as a parent, it's up to us to guide them to not get into gambling.

Sure, depends on money involved, casino's reputation — if it's not shady, I would not mind handing over my kyc data. Though, child must have registered account by his personal info, would casino allow parents kyc when details don't match?


No giving my kyc would not mean I support underage gambling, I will withdraw the amount and do whatever is in my hands to make sure my child doesn't gamble again, at least until he's of legal age and on his own.

But if your child comes to you and say "Dad, I have won in a lottery, why dont you go and collect a million that I have won for us", you would go and take money, instead of acting that you are disappointed for your child gambling activity and leaving prize at casino.

Here is another example. Everyone know that a lottery is a form of gambling. Many food and beverages retails constantly create lotteries with bicycle, playstation, vacation. Idea of such gambling is buy more products, increase chances to win. I dont think that parent would mind providing his details to get a prize from such lottery.

If the win is legitimate and the only way to take that is to use my identity then why not? Its so bad if he cannot take those winnings so I would lend my identity for that matter.

But I will never support him doing that thing and provably after taking those winnings we will have long conversation towards what he do and provably on how he can avoid doing these thing especially if he's minor.

I don't want my child to participate on gambling at young age that's why I'm hiding my gambling activity to them and doing this when I'm totally alone.

If my child won a huge jackpot, then by all means he can use my personal ID in order to pass the required KYC verifaction.

While this may be the case here, as a parent also, I would definitely take measures in order for this kind of event to never happen again. Additionally, knowing that my underage child engages into gambling, such measures would be focused on remedying this kind of problem as this would cause more financial distress on his part if this becomes his habit in the long run.

In conclusion, while winning a huge jackpot by my underage child is a big win for the whole family, the problem here would be preventing my child to avoid engaging into gambling regularly for his own benefit and welfare.

Yes I will let him to complete the KYC with my personal documents in order to be able to withdraw the money (it should be big enough ofc).
After that, I will educate my boy about what he did and advise him as much as I can to make him stop doing what he did.
In this case, am I supporting underage gambling? I would say that I'm not supporting underage gambling but the money should not be wasted so if there is a good option, why not?

Actually, is not really advisable to support an underage child in gambling for their own safety and peace of mind. Because they will find it very difficult to handle the anxiety of gambling due to their low mentality to prevent health issues or problems. Because they won't be able to bear loss, the best thing is to teach them all they need to know about gambling at the right time so as to prevent them from diversion from their studies and also to maintain their emotional stability.

Who this questions are complicated one, because as a man you will something that will profit your children in future, for me it's not a good idea giving your child your personal documents to use for gambling verification, so we need to understand such, gambling is a gambling and it has to do your own decisions and you anything that belongs to you to be use for gambling kyc not your fathers belongs, for me I will not allow my children to use my personal data to verify their gambling platforms requirements, because gambling is not a good thing to put in your child or children

Everyone is going to act to be decent online but the reality all parent will go and take the money first because money is everything. The highest the parent is going to do is to warn the child and that's it. The generation of parents that we even have now don't care about the things their child do not to even talk about money that is involved. They will gladly take that money and might even encourage the children to gamble more if they can make a million from a jackpot.

I don't care about the quantity of the amount the child won, I will clearly stand for him or her to get the money maybe after that we can talk about breaking the rules about gambling. No way my kid will gamble without my knowledge, if they do that means they did it in my absence and will answer the reason why they do it. The thing is that it look kind of nothing until your kids don't want to do anything about life again except for gambling that's when the parent will know it's a very bad thing.

Well, in such situation I think I wouldn't hesitate to do the needful things as a father. After all the child might happens to be your next of king in the future, so if only my details would solve the problem, then I have no option than release it to him.

However, you can not just take because your child is under age gambler and lose the money that he already won. That would going to be a very big slap, I would rather prefer to take the risk and get the money.

I don't see this question as being complicated because as for me i will give the permission for my documents to be use for kyc after a big win because that is what should be the best thing to do first before scolding your child and let him know the danger of what starting gambling too soon will do to him or her and that doesn't mean you are encouraging and underage gambling, no matter how irresponsible any parent can be no one will ever encourage their underage in to gambling, certain situations doesn't require immediate blame but to solve the problem first and that is what I see in here like the money has already been won.

A lot of comments saying they will provide the data to get the big money :;
Absolutely, some child will hide the winning if the child knows his Dad does not support his gambling habit, and if the child has a solid relationship with his Dad, then the decision to provide such data is sure.

To me, it all depends on the relationship parents had with their children. No matter how you advise the child not to gamble anymore after providing the details for withdrawal and it was successful, the child has already developed the urge to continue gambling, but such parent should be careful enough because the addiction may increase rapidly.

This specific scenario sounds as if the minor was secretly gambling with their own money and hit a jackpot which cannot withdraw without the help of their parents, so the minor confeses to their parents about their gambling habits in order to withdraw the money.
Withdrawing the money does not necessarily mean one would be supporting underage gambling, though. What if the parents accepted to use their documents to successfully withdraw the money and use all of it to pay for the education of their underage child and also some psychological healthcare for their child not to become addicted to gambling and stay away from it?

It is rather issue of morality and points of view of what it is right or wrong, I am pretty sure and very conservative muslin family would not even consider the possibility to use their documents to withdraw the money and they would severely scold their child for going against the teaching of their religion.

That's our responsibility as a parent, to advise, to manage/control and to help him to get out from gambling because he is still underage. For the winning, if it is something that we considered as a huge amount or a life changing amount, I will not let it go so I will help him to withdraw it but once it is withdrawn then I should keep the whole amount. Starting at this point, I will give more attention to what he does.

If the amount won is big, it might be a very complicated situation to handle.  But my problem about the situation is the example we parents should set for our children. Wouldn't this child take situation as permission to continue breaking the law? However if there is a means to guide the child to avoid engaging in illegal activities like underaged gambling,  maybe the parent might help cash out the funds. You also made a good point by advising parents to keep their eyes on such a child because he need to be guided accordingly.

In such situation I will allow it. If the gambler had lost his money on the bet, there was nothing I could do, but the loss would have been accepted. Similarly, since he has won, Parents should be given all possible assistance by providing KYC to withdraw the money. After getting the money, he should be better explained that money is not the root of everything. Underage should not gamble. Moreover, what is gambling addiction and how it can negatively affect a person's life. Give an idea about that. Children can make mistakes, but they must be explained nicely. If the parents are angry or upset with them, they will not be able to understand it. In such a situation, they may try to gamble secretly. To get rid of it, it is better to bring them back by explaining it properly.

That what I have been said previously, no matter what people post here, they will take money anyway. They will even feel happy about that, and with high probability be proud, that their child is so young, and already brink money to family.

I am no difference, I would help my child to obtain the prize. But then I would figure out the details how he managed to win. If its from participating in a lottery, organize by brand, then its ok. If its from gambling, I would let use money only when turning 18 or will take full control of those money management.

I will give my child my details to pass KYC verification of gambling if, I never for once warned him not to gamble as an underage kid. If I have already done that, I am not sure that I will give him my details for the money won.

My reason is that he disobeyed me at first by gambling after I warned him not to. That's an act of disrespect. For that reason, he dared not come close to me by telling me that he needed my details for the thing I warned him to stay away from.

As a parent, there is a need to punish, not to let things slide when it is act of disobedience. If your child an goes contrary to instruction given, he should be taught a big lesson from that. So that next time when you give an instruction, he will respect it, not go against it.

Even for a million dollars prize you wont give him details and leave prize for casino? That will be your punishment? But why dont you punish yourself, because your parenting lead to situation when you and your warning, decisions, favors are disrespected?

Maybe consider age of a child? If a child age is close to 18, then more or less consequences of gambling dangers were taken in mind. If a child is way young, then his act of gambling was due to curiosity only. Or maybe start from finding reason why child gambled?

I would definitely provide my documents for my child to receive the winnings if I were in a similar situation, but after that I would have a constructive conversation with him about the dangers of gambling addiction and the importance of self-control. I am not opposed to minors gambling, as I have been gambling since I was 12 and do not see anything wrong with it. I am opposed to the abuse of gambling, regardless of the age of the gambler.

It's absolutely wrong for kids to gamble, we all know that but considering the fact that the kid won a significant amount of money there's no point in being too serious about it for that moment because the money is important...if you decide to ignore the win to show the kid a good example that's up to you but as for me I would do that necessary things needed to claim the win then talk about the rest later

In the case of my young child, there is no question of participating in gambling, and in that case, big wins are certainly a much later matter. Some things can be allowed at a certain age, but in the case of a young child, I would never allow him to participate in gambling. At the age when young children are ready to start studying, if they fall into the terrible trap of gambling at that age, what will become of their career? If you think about it a little, everything will become clear. A conscious guardian will never be greedy for money, especially not when it comes to their own children.

This has been the opinion of most members here; at least nobody will want to leave that money with the casino without trying to get it out for their side. What's more important is the step to take afterward since it's hard to let go of that winning.

In the aspect of a minor being allowed to gamble, some will say as long as the child is making money of their own, they are allowed to decide whatever they want to do with it, but in my own opinion, I still think it's right the child should wait till they are of age before they start, as they could havestronger emotional control compared to when they are tender.

Well, everyone speaks for money and it will be okay for that moment for us to go after the kyc if there is a lot of money that awaits to be withdrawn. We're just there for the reality but after all, if gambling isn't allowed by the parents, it should be. But kids nowadays are too resourceful when they're given these gadgets and allowed them to access to the web. This gives the thought on them that they have the power to do whatever they can because the parents have given them permission, so, monitor and still give them some restrictions.

Quite an acceptable coincidence, a winner has multiple parents, if the underaged player's guidian can't do it, uncles, relatives, friends would beg to assist for some percentage. Young people should be watched out for, many won't share with their parents, about such wins, because they doubt the reaction that'll follow with the news of winning big, because they rarely supervise the child's online activities.

Allowing him to use your details does not mean that he can continue gambling without his parent’s permission, but just for the sake of claiming the prize.  No minor should be in gambling, but should prioritize his studies first and focus on it. Gambling will only be good if a gambler has a reliable source of living, if there’s no any, then there’s no reason to spend money without guaranteed returns.

This is an interesting one..but first before we come to the KYC does it mean the kid used your details like name and date of birth as their details to gain access to the platform.?? And secondly,  if as a parent you are financially stable, perhaps teaching the kid a lesson of not gambling wouldn't be a bad idea, but if you in that situation that requires a financial miracle then KYC documents then lecture later  :P, otherwise it depends what you have been teaching the kid and it would be interesting to know how the kid found themselves gambling.

Right. If KYC documents are required to claim the prize money after winning a large amount, many people will not hesitate to provide their information. In fact, when I myself started online gambling and various things, I did not have documents, so I used my parents' documents to do KYC. So many people use information like me. Now, many people do not verify whether they will gamble later or not. Families should keep an eye on their children so that they do not become addicted to gambling, because many people go down the wrong path after thinking they are experts after winning at gambling.

Never say never.

One thing about kids is, when you try to protect them the most from doing a thing, that’s when you would find them driving towards that way to see what it is you are protecting them from. You can’t be up and about your kid every time, they’ve got school, friends, mobile devices and the internet. Basically, they’ve got all they need to experience life to some degree. The ample time you leave them unmonitored is enough to do just whatever they wish to.

Don’t forget how gambling casinos and bookies make adverts just anywhere and everywhere. It’s. Window of introduction.

The question remains,
Hypothetically, if you would let them use your KYC documents to claim the win.

This is a complicated situation, but if it were my case, I definitely wouldn't give him my information to withdraw the money, for one simple reason: the minor broke the casino's TOS. By asking his parents to do KYC for him, the minor could be committing the crime of fraudulent misrepresentation, a very serious crime. The casino may never find out, but the son knows this and will copy what his father did. The father will have no way to reprimand his son because he knows his son saw him committing this type of crime.

That's why I wouldn't do it. It's true that the money in the casino could help us a lot in the real world, but it would bring great destruction to the family. The father would be teaching his son to commit crimes, the father would become a criminal, and I wouldn't do that. Even if my son hated me, I'd prefer the casino to keep all the money, but I wouldn't enter my information knowing it wasn't my account.

The problem is that some parents might react differently depending on the result.

If the kid wins, they’ll be glad but disappointed if the kid lost. This might give the kid some confusion and keep aiming for winning instead if he is allowed to gamble but is only reprimanded if he lost. So, the parents should make their stance clear.

I am unsure how to respond, but it is clear that gambling is not a suitable environment for minors; they should not be there. If minors are gambling, it indicates that their parents have failed to properly educate them. It is important to understand that gambling can have a negative impact on a child's development and even ruin their future. Therefore, it is important to prevent children from gambling until the appropriate time.

However, when it turns out that the child has won a significant amount of money from gambling and requires KYC verification to withdraw their winnings, this can create a slight dilemma, as most people are blinded by the prospect of profit and large sums of money. But the winnings should not make us forget that gambling is not a place for children. So take the winnings, and firmly tell your child not to return to gambling. But remember to keep the money and save it; do not use it for yourself, because if you enjoy the winnings, this will become an incentive for the child to return to gambling.

That's when relatives are going to be your relatives when there is an awaiting huge withdrawal that they have to participate on. They'd be more than willing to work with that and use their identities for the compliance of KYC. You can rely on them if it's about that but after that, expect that there is no more connection to you after getting the share that they'd likely going to ask and given to them.

This is true but I don't think that the majority of the parents will be angry when they happen to know their kid won and they'll have to help them withdraw it through their id.

Nobody's dad thinks of a follow up to this trickish package. The kid is suppose not to listen to that quit advise if you allowed the money into your household. Expect from the child, funny behaviors, and an urge to leave. Young people also feel unaccepted when you fright over their accomplishment.

'They actually did come out there to make you happy and say right straight into your eyes daddy all our sufferings are gone. He did that so he could buy time for his parents to sit together on the fine lonely cushion in the parlour and watch Ginny and Giornia on a cold sunder night'.

Complimenting the young player with talks like do you recognize you are not supposed to be doing this? Is a closer recipe, then the health effects get sprinkled into the talk. In conclusion, the guidian is to give the child a much better life, like paying more attention to his needs; swimming, lunch, skating etc and unite closely such that the child wouldn't conceal their next actions anymore.

Your kid could learn a much more sour lesson if you pass kyc for him, but take all his winnings, and, as your kid think he/she is an adult now (because he gambled), kick him out from the house. If that cruel, just leave balance in a casino and kid should prey that it would still exist in many years ;D

But I would not call a serious crime. More like a disrespect towards parents, and that should not left unsolved. It would be stupid to replay with same disrespect, maybe punish financially would be a good choice.

Practically wise as a parent I might let my kid to use my information just to collect the money that he/she earned, but after that I'll focus my attention not let things to happen again, making sure that proper guidance and proper information will be provided, and convince her/him to find otherways to enjoy, still have a young mind and still capable to change up, it's better not to let him/her to do things again after moving the money can use it to find other alternative to enjoy.

My concern on this scenario is where the kid gets his bankroll in able to continue playing? Normally, kids underage has limited funds which they frequently spend on their hobbies instead of using it on gambling.

The condition on this thread is very rare if happened in reality since few kids will choose gambling over spending money on their hobby such as cards collection and etc.

Also if my kid won. I will gladly do the KYC and give him the money he deserve but with disciplinary consequences.

It depends on where they grow.

If they born from upper middle class parent, there's always a person who monitor the kids, either their parent, babysitter, other grandparent etc. Their parent also will give some money for their kid, the kid only think how to spend the money on their likes.

But, if they born from lower middle class parent, sometime no one monitor the kids and the kids are more exposed with financial difficulty.

Well, these kids if they're already teens, they're going to leave if they can but I don't think that they'll come to that point when all they need is to verify and get their money. It's too much for them to have that urgency in leaving just because they've won some money in gambling. Let's say that they can survive on that money but if they're still young, they don't know how to live and deal properly with their lives. But if that's the urge that could be better for them because just because they can't accept that advice to their parents of quitting after winning.

A really dicey situation here but let me say what I would do if I happen to be in such a position,  firstly I do not conceded to the idea of supporting underage gambling for whatsoever reason but in a situation wher it has happened even before it's been brought to your notice,  you will not ignore or completely throw it out. I will agree to using my KYC after I will take the child for therapy to get them help so they can quit gambling after that but then I need the money and that is where the money comes in handy. I will try to make sure the child does not return to gambling again after that incident,  making sure they get as much restrictions as possible to every gambling facilities both on and offline.

Allowing your child use your details to pass KYC inorder to catch the win only shows a clear sign that you're giving him/her consent over gambling. And thus it's not gonna help him along the line. What happens to the child when he gets of age and before then there may be chances of him getting addicted in the long run cause you've supported him from scratch, so I think as a parent bluntly refusing it would  send lot of message that gambling isn't meant for underage kids.

If my underaged child starts gambling without my knowledge and it happens that he ended up winning a significant amount of money which he or she can't withdraw without having to pass kyc verification first, and the matter is brought to my knowledge..
Well, my decision either to help or not will depend on my financial status at the time..

If I am already very wealthy and rich to a level that the money won is like what we usually term as a chicken change, I may or may not decide to help, but if I decide to help, he will have to promise me never to gamble again.

But if at the time I am not financially buoyant and the money he or she won will potentially change our lives, I would without hesitation help him to complete the kyc verification with my own document, we pull out the money and start living a better life, but then, he or she will have to promise me never to gamble again until he is of the right age, and I will monitor him or her from then to ensure that he or she doesn't disobey, this is to help him or her not to become addicted to gambling.

Not only religious, if cheldren used their parents govt issued ID to assist their withdrawal from gambling money is both legally & morally worrisome. You should have to know the purpose of KYC, KYC laws are used to shut out minors from gambling, by making it compulsory that licensed gambling platforms confirm age & identification before they give you the money. implying that if childrens use their parents identity then it bypasses legal security, right? In addition starting gambling before legal age seriously puts you at risk of problem gambling later. Even if the finance is used in teaching or treating this problems, it is helping underage staking intentionally. So parental action should focus on prevention, not withdrawal assistance, lol.

It's not that you shouldn't think a lot, you should do the KYC, to withdraw the money, but that child's talent must be exploited in other things, it's not right for him to be in a casino Because his age doesn't allow it and he doesn't have the maturity, I would let him spend that money because it's his luck, but I wouldn't allow him to get any closer, since it's a great temptation.

After a big win right? So yes, to be able to claim the money. Let's be practical since it happened already. But if that's not the case, of course I will not tolerate my child's doing. Anyway, even after I claimed the winning amount, I will talk to my child that he is not allowed to gamble yet for being a minor. Good communication is necessary since it probably happened because of what they see on you as a parent.

Don't say that because you're allowing money to have control over you. Your decision should be made based on what's right to do or wrong. An underage shouldn't be gambling hence when they come to you with that problem of not being able to withdraw, teach them the lesson that'll help them in life. Stopping a child from gambling can help save a soul from becoming addicted to gambling as it is destroying alot of our youths without we knowing and that's taking away some brilliant minds that would had been inventors in making the world a better place. Gambling isn't for kids and any act that go against fighting against underage gambling shouldn't be encouraged.

But age limits exist for clear scientific and ethical reasons. kids under 18 lack mature impulse control and are roughly twice as likely to develop gambling problems. If I recall correctly, I've read a news in UK 1.5% of 11-17 year‑olds now meet criteria for problem gambling. Worse, when we see parental gambling behaviour move forward to their kids gradually and make them addicted. So yes, it is right to teach consequences, but it is also your legal and medical duty to lock down access, monitor digital habits, and get help early before it spirals into addiction.

Yup, not because of greed but because the kid deserve to earn that win so allowing him to use your info for KYC is just a way to transfer out his money, after that, you should do your part as parent/guardian, like what you said his young mind is prone to commit mistakes, he might be lucky at first but if you'll let him to continue he may lose a lot after.

Better to keep the kid away after transferring the money, there are many venues where he can find enjoyment, gambling is not an appropriate place for young minds.

Well, I think so too, and I think it's the right decision. Let's be realistic: we all need money. So there's no problem lending our personal information to a child to claim their winnings. After all, it's already happened; the game is over, and they won.

At most, after the withdrawal process is complete, we can talk to our child, as you suggested, about not getting involved in gambling because they're still underage. That's what I'll do, too. But after that, I'll definitely supervise the child more often, because, as is often the case, when a gambler wins, the likelihood of them returning is very high.

You're right, the best thing for them is sports and activities like painting, art, music, so that they stay well entertained and don't have time to think about casinos, it's difficult because there are children who are incredibly intelligent and well, they want money , but through casinos it's not the best way to look for money, but in this aspect we must be people who must always seek continuous improvement and have a balance so that they live their childhood efficiently.

Legally, you can't. But it is possible just complete the KYC with your identity and take the money which depends on how much money, and how rich the parent and how strong he is with the moral principles. :)

Not claiming the win doesn't mean you can stop underage gambling, and in my opinion it's wasting the luck due to some stubborn attitude. :D

But hey, who am I to tell what you should or shouldn't do?

Am not going to resist my child from having any information required for KYC in gambling, not even after he made it to winning a bet, but also, am a father, i should count it a failure upon me for not knowing what my son is doing behind me, we should be accountable to every abilities our children are up to, we cant claimed been unaware of any of their acts, when they are still leaving under us, we have to watch over them been their guardian.

I understand, in the end there are things that you can escape as parents, because also at one time we were like that, what happens is that the level of daring in this case is something , I would say that we have to be grateful that it was once like that and it was not in a place where they would Contact him even to kill him, there are many very dangerous places where there are really sick people.

Not the best place and with their young minds chances that they just easily ba manipulated by the kind of believes that they can easily gained or earn money if luck permits, that's lie behind this venue, most likely they'll lose money and if fate leads them to addiction for sure you are the one that will care that much, so better to keep them away and lead them to other activities like you mentioned.

The accessibility of online gambling now makes young people like to engage with especially that there influencers trying to manipulate them by saying that its easy to win if they play.

This is why we need to guide them and teach them about the danger and point those better activities which has been mentioned so that they can stay away on those possible danger brought up by gambling activities.

But if it really happens they are playing without me knowing then it happens that he win huge well yes I will let them borrowed my details. But after that I will explain them everything they should know so that they realize that what happen is just a pure luck and they better stay away with this before they experience the worse situations which they might regret to happen.

That’s still a question but if it’s truly a life changing win, would you be able to resist? I don’t think so. The reprimanding can come later, just a reality check here. These days, it’s difficult to keep an eye on children all the time, and with that in mind, you’d still need to advise them if a bet ends up changing their life. At the very least, you can secure it for their future like putting it into an education fund so it actually works for them in the long run. Not that I'll let it slide but it's already there so you have to act with practicality as well.

I think that if children are brought up to be serious and have the ability to approach any matter thoroughly, then they can bet on sports. Or even play a little in online casinos, but only if they do not spend too much money on it.
I can't say that I see KYC as some kind of incredible evil, because not every platform necessarily sells our personal data somewhere on the side.
If my child has to go through KYC to receive the prize, then I don't see anything wrong with that. The main thing is that he does this in a trusted casino, for example, one of those presented on our forum.

How is that giving him consent? I don't agree with this at all. You are not supposed to tell your kid that he's doing a great thing, and that he should continue doing that, you can even scold him and get angry for gambling, but it's not wise to let the money go if he has already managed to win it. I don't find it being wise to not allow him to complete KYC and withdraw the funds only because you don't want him to gamble, you can always make him do that even after withdrawing the funds.


That's not how it works. When you come to know that he's been gambling and has won a big amount in gambling but needs to verify the account to withdraw the funds. You should get mad at him, scold him, maybe beat him a little so that he can fear that what he did is a wrong thing, but then you should either make him verify the account using your details or do it yourself and withdraw the funds. This way, he won't get the wrong message, and you will also get the money.

It is not easy to just let go of money that could be ours, especially if it is a big amount, and maybe parents will do it if the amount is deemed appropriate to be used as a reason to do KYC, especially if the parents have done KYC before, meaning KYC is not something they will avoid, if you do KYC on behalf of your child, it does not actually mean you support underage gambling, but because money is indeed tempting.

It is not good for minors to engage in gambling because it can influence them to steal their parents money when they don't have money to gamble, and that's why minors aren't allowed to gamble in all countries. But if i have a son that  starts gambling behind my back, and he was lucky to win a big amount that require him to pass KYC to withdraw his money from the gambling website, i will allow him to use my documents to pass the KYC so that he can have access to his money. When he has successfully withdraw his winnings, I will causion him never to gamble since he is a minor and if i caught he doing that, i will hand him over to the government to face the law.

You should share your bank account information, documents, or investment information with your spouse or children so that they can access your money in the event of an emergency. However, there are some things that you should not share with minors. My family doesn't know about my gambling and I don't feel the need to tell them about it, but I have some important secrets that I have shared with trusted family members, like my mother knows my bank account password or some other important things that my mother and father know. When I get married, I might tell my spouse or children about these things, but I will always keep my gambling a secret from them. Because my family doesn't like my gambling, my family won't be able to access my gambling money in my absence.

Because you say you must need KYC to claim victory, that means the victory is quite large. If I as a parent of course I will give the necessary documents. However that does not mean I support the gambling behavior that my child does. In the future, I will watch my child because with the victory he has ever gotten, gambling is what he will think about. Therefore strict supervision needs to be done.

So many say that gambling is not for kids, however almost everyone agree to give kids their documents to pass KYC :D Turns out greed and money can change any opinion. If the amount is really big, parents would even be proud that "he or she is still so little, but already bring money home, our champion" :D But, I am not an exception :D I would also give KYC details, but will not give prize until turns adult. This with that I can stay neutral. Not encouraging underaged gambling, but not punishing it either.

Some parents may scold their children, but I believe it's true that money can change a person's behavior and character.
I would provide the necessary documentation, even if it were my neighbor's child, but that doesn't mean I'm encouraging them to continue gambling to win or chase winnings. I think it would be hypocritical not to help underage children complete the KYC requirements for withdrawals.

This is a very critical question to ask because if you answer yes it might look like you are greedy and either could not let the money go and if you say no other's might think you are just saying it. For me (as I don't have kids yet) I will give allow my younger siblings to use my documents for verifying their KYC and take the money but I advice them to gamble responsibly because it's will affect them if they gamble irresponsible as they are not up to the age whereas they can gamble. Exposing yourself to early gambling will make the gambler because addict. A responsible father will not allow his kids to gamble, unless they do it without his awareness but I'm not sure if many parents will allow their kids to use documents for KYC verification as their kids are under the age to gamble.

Actually no, this is my own information, and I won't give it to others especially for a gambling platform without any accountability and assurance that it'll give the profit. For some people money is money but let's not forget that there are many effects to the kid, it can be a sign to the child that you allow such acts. If the prize money is really big that's very life changing, I'll start to give the child a guidance about the value of money, I'll try to sacrifice my own and open a bank account that could be used for a good education. I will also start a parenting control to the devices the child using, knowing that the child gambles and it's prohibited to minors. Of course, he should learn the value of money, and I think once the child is guided by wisdom, it'll change his/her mind.

You'd have to be a pretty irresponsible parent to allow your kids to gamble with your identity and would be ignoring the fact that it's illegal. It's not like you're going to get caught with an online casino, but I would never expect a parent to encourage this sort of behavior. You'd also be setting yourself up for disaster if you associate your credit card with the account as well, because everyone has seem stories about kids spending thousands on games or loot boxes without realizing that it will cost their parents who set up the account. This is almost a non-existent problem because I don't know if any parents who would allow their kids to play games like this.

For fellow gamblers, watching the victories obtained by others certainly brings us joy, especially if the one winning a large amount is our child. It may be a bad response for parents who do not like gambling, but for gamblers, winning is always delightful.
Although we can provide our data for KYC verification in the withdrawal process, we must advise them not to bet larger amounts, as those who may not have an income only bet with the small amount they set aside. Just help them enjoy their winnings.

If that is a big win  then i will let my kid use my ID for the KYC for that withdrawal to happen.
After that , he will also win big on me, I do gamble and im a gambler but i will never let my kids gamble as long as they are on my house!
I will let my KYC do because it is the win and amount he/she cant go, they should get it. but that will be the last time!

That's right, the long term impact is very bad. Children will think their parents support their gambling activities. When parents are happy and don't mind when their children get a big win and provide their identity for the KYC verification process, another time the children will also assume that when they lose, their parents won't mind it either. Besides that, the fact that it is an illegal act is clearly undeniable, if found out, the parents will be the ones to bear the consequences.

That is difficult question as a parent would be in a difficult situation on one hand, you would like to help your child to obtain his/her winnings, but, on other hand, you know that your child got involved in illegal activities by gambling at this young age. Using your ID on their behalf would be assisting them commit crime and in process you could possibly get in trouble with law as well.

Answer to your question is Yes, you will be in favor of underage gambling. Indeed, by sending them your personal information you will be assisting them bypass policy put in place to guard children. This tells your child that it is alright to flaunt rules to get what s/he desires. Most effective parents can do are to educate their kid about risk and regulations of gambling, rather than assisting them in breaking law.

You are the one who is mistaken. This scenario is happening after the fact, the kid has done the gambling already. Whether the parents are at fault for not undertaking sufficient measures to prevent gambling is not relevant to this scenario, and they probably are at fault anyway. The only question is whether you are going to do KYC to get the rewards or not. Rationally speaking, the obvious answer is yes. Why would you pass on free money of a significant sum that you could use to help your family? The money has been won fairly, even if the child should not have gambled. FYI, you don't need to give the kid anything. Take over the account and do the KYC yourself, after that point it is effectively your account.  ::)

That said, you should not give the child any of the money. That can be the punishment for doing what they did, followed with a subsequent termination of the account. However, under no circumstance would a rational person pass on this money and this has nothing to do with greed.

Don't be ridiculous. This kind of "crimes" are committed daily everywhere, nobody is going to get in trouble. How you ever heard of kids getting arrested for buying alcohol if they manage to trick someone about their age unless they committed other crimes during their trickery (like identity falsification)? I have not. That's exactly what happened here, they bypassed a system with insufficient checks.

No, it absolutely does not do that. If you let the casino keep this money, you are just rationally stupid.

No one would love to see their kids gambling because  we cannot  be sure if they can handle the situations they face in gamble and how much of self control they have. Gamble has destroyed people live nit because it's gambke but because these people have no self control. So how much more can such thing happend in the life of an underage  who hasn't  seen what it takes to be responsible for their actions. I wouldn't  want my children to gamble especially behind my back using my KYC information. Let's try  as much as possible to advice them or talk them out of gambling because it could destroy their life if they get addicted.

Who wouldn't be greedy for a large sum of money? Parents would be happy to see their child win without their knowledge and even if they asked for KYC, the parents would gladly give it because it could change everything. Lol

Perhaps if they won, the parents would not allow them to play again, only to that extent and even if they gave them a prize, it would only be pocket money maybe that's all.
But I’ll still allow the KYC to go through.  ;D

The people that are yapping how it should not be taken are just full of shit. They are here desperately farming merit, cheating and posting garbage for $200 a month. They would surely reject a $20k win if their kid got it.  :D

Many simpletons don't understand that you can both reward and punish a kid at the same time, small prize money seems appropriate or a gift of some sort combined with a good punishment. You get it.

I would definitely use my KYC detail to go through but then I will have a real talk and tell my kid all the dangers of gambling that I have accumulated over the years of play. Most people would do the same as me as most people are of average income and they cannot afford to lose an amount of 20.000 dollars or more for a simple KYC verification. I would do my best with my talk to tell my kid that it was just a case and that big wins do not happen often quite the opposite massive losses await if you continue, then is his decision what the kid will do, that is my duty as a parent. Maybe I would add half of the prize to their bank account that I have already set up for my kid when it reaches the age of 18 so it can afford a nice university abroad.

If you do how you have said, by giving KYC, taking prize and not giving it back to kid later, the kid will gamble next time without you knowing it. Congrats on encouraging kids making even more secretes from parents.

Why my method is better and is not a mistake, because my lesson of not giving money will have an effect that will last for days, months or years. Imagine that you have done something that you shouldnt be doing, and you will be punished until 18yo. Every day you will think about your deed, every day that amount on account will remind about your mistake. Even if inflation eats the prize, its kids problem.

Reward your kid with big money at the age of 18 will lead to drugs, alcohol and potential death. Great method indeed.  ::)

He already gambled without the parents knowing it, so this is a moot point. Secondly, kids should have secrets from parents that is healthy. They are their own persons, and not your slaves as many people in 3rd world countries believe.

Since this is a case of an event which has already happened, the parent is left with two options: either you, as the father of the child, allow him or her to use your identity to pass verification and get the money out, or you leave the money there for the casino to get it back. It's breaking the law just as you see it, but many people on this thread saw it the other way round since the child might have already spent a lot of money playing before that lucky winning, which made the parent know about their gambling activities, so it's really something the parent will have to think of carefully before deciding.

The world is dynamic. There is no one way rule for everything, so there is absolutely no reason to be very rigid in life.
What am I saying in essence. I have read somewhere in the forum, where a poor Christian father rejected a huge win from by his son from gambling because his faith doesn't support gambling. The amount of money involved would change the life of the family but the man rejected it. I blamed the man very well because he was so rigid with himself. He even refused to acknowledge that the God he allegedly serves might be the one that authorized the win.

So, comparing the situation to the one in this thread, if I were the parents, I will used my KYC and withdraw the money and plan how the money will be spent.

Everyone should have principles and standards, because man is nothing without them, if accepting money from gambling goes against his principles as a man, then I wouldn't blame him for doing so, sometimes maintaining one's principles I believe is more than any amount of money, this doesn't only apply to religious beliefs and practices, it goes beyond that.

Again, I don't believe there's any amount of money that can change a person's life for good, it is how those people choose to manage that money,l that'll determine how long it'll stick around. I've seen people win millions from gambling and some of them are no longer millionaires today, some has even gone broke, so it's not always about the money but the mindset and principles.

Yes, that's right. For those who have gambled, they are likely happy when they hear about a win, especially if the winner is someone we know and they know us, so that's good news. As you said, maybe for people who don't like gambling, they might not find it fun to hear things related to gambling, even if they win. But I think even if they don't like gambling, if the win is large, they will enjoy it, or maybe at least feel happy, especially if the winner is a family member.

With the way things are going with the present generation, we are going to discover that they are every fast and quick in learning, not only this, they can make a use of the Internet beyond our imagination because of how versatile they have always been in learning new things, they also easily show interest in all these and now it's very common to see what a young child can achieve conveniently with gambling, an adult might not, but still yet, am not in support of underage gambling.

I understand with you and i respect principles but then I also question principles. Someone might make wrong decisions based on wrong principle they cultivated over the years. That is why we are humans, we are adaptive and are expected to self appraise at every point in time. It is not good to be extremely rigid, as I avoid to make deal with people who are so rigid and doesn't understand that the world is so deep.

That man might have been giving his had earned money to his son and he might be using it to gamble and lose. Luckily he won big and you reject it. Why? did he still it? Didn't the son commit his own money to win? I question some principles...

This is funny because I can assure you that the majority of people have no principles. From the ones that think they have, they have very stupid and irrational principles that just shows that they are dumb. Very few people have smart principles, ones that are based on education and knowledge gained in their lives. If you are sticking to some old principles from very early in your life, you have probably not learned or changed much in recent years.

In this particular example, what is better? To reject the money and take your children to terrible and poor doctors and skip some expensive lab tests, or take the money and improve their health by going to good doctors and doing deeper tests when needed? For people with a rational brain or smart principles, the answer is obvious. :)

I don't want to be a hypocrite with big wins when it comes to my son and gambling without my knowledge.
Winnings up to hundreds of thousands of dollars I would certainly take and do KYC with my data,
but then leave that gambling and supervise my son so that he doesn't play with gambling anymore.

Hypocrites might say about education or anything and refuse the money, but then think about taking it too.

I for sure know my dad would have. What parent is going to turn down free money chips? Even if they were not exactly won by them and that isn't exactly ethical a casino wouldn't know the difference anyways and how could they? I would do it probably and just claim as my own winnings and act as the username and email was my own on my kids behalf because why the hell not. I mean honestly people youre gonna tell me that's not a good option? In this situation I think that's quite alright 👍 now my kid just learned a valuable lesson not to gamble underage and I found a golden ticket 😉

You're correct, but the truth is that, some folks' decisions, especially when it comes to matters like this, are mostly driven by greed, sure people can choose to make some compromises sometimes, even when it goes against their principles but this shouldn't always be the case, desperate times they say, calls for desperate measures, so if the time you are is actually a desperate one and calls for desperate measures, then I see no reason why one cannot make those compromises...

I agree that we can only be amazed at how quickly modern children learn about technology and start using it, but the fact is that gambling is a hobby that is very much influenced by psychology, and children's psychology is not yet strong.
This means that until they come of age, and I would even say until they are 20 years old, they should be very careful with gambling. And this is even with complete confidence that it is possible to develop a successful strategy.

That is good, as I said one has to be cautious on the parenting side but on the side of the rewards it is clear. The money has been earned, there is no need to reject it to try and prove a point. Everyone is worse off with the rejection of that money.
 
Their arguments are not smart because doing the wrong thing such as not taking the money does educate your children, but it educates them wrongly and encourages them to make wrong decisions.  :)

I don't think greed is the relevant emotion for the question that is being asked here. In this particular scenario greed would lead to different behavior. For example, seeing that your child was very successful with gambling you push him to gamble even more because you want even more money.

I would just for that certain time, so he can claim his winning amount. After that, there’s no more reason to let him allow doing the same thing, that’s already a big toleration if ever and it’s like you yourself as a parent is the one taking your kid into gambling addiction in the future.

Minors are strictly not allowed to gamble, and that’s very clear. So as much as possible, parents should monitor the online activities of their kids, or set limits for them, and never introduce gambling if they hardly understand it, just for their own sake.

Proof that is not even needed at all, Just take a big win, so much better and leave it later so there is no further game.

Those who refuse will simply return those winnings to the casino and the casino that makes more profits.
Being a realistic and non-hypocritical person is better and more open in seeing all the opportunities that exist.

As long as the child has gotten a big win, I will provide him with all the necessary details to get the money,and after which, will tell him not to gamble again he should wait till he his of age because of the consequences involved since he his still a minor.

 Stopping him entirely will be wrong because he will only pretend before you that he his not gambling but behind you he will still be gambling, remember you never taught him how to gamble, he learnt it outside, so all he needs is proper guidance and monitoring so that he will not go astray but becomes professional since from minor he has started winning big which means that his gambling future will be very bright.