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Just curious, for those who started gambling before you were even allowed to.. how does it feel now that you’re finally 18+ or 21+ and can actually do it legally?

When I was younger, it had that “forbidden fun” feeling, like doing something you knew you shouldn’t. The thrill is different, and I never really thought about the risks or losses back then. Now that I’m older, it’s not as wild.. I take my time before betting, think about bankroll, and I’m more aware of what could go wrong.

For those who’ve gone through both stages, what changed for you? Do you still get that same excitement, or does gambling feel more like strategy and control now?

I started gambling at young age but back then backyard gambling is not strictly regulated by the government so anyone can gamble on their own house.

My only worries that time is my parents caught me playing since I will be punished heavily both physically and mentally.  :D

Right now everything seems so convenient since I can play privately in my bed without someone knowing it. I already have my own family now but still my parents don’t know that I’m gambling. Lmao.

Gambling has changed a lot, it’s more accessible now, but that also means higher risks if players don’t set limits. Back then, it was mostly physical and social; now it’s fast and online, with data-driven odds and instant bets. Modern tools help, but discipline still matters most.

But have you started gambling when you are still a minor?


For me, I didn’t really worry about my parents knowing I gamble, they’re gamblers too anyway haha. They kinda influenced me, not by teaching me directly but just from seeing them play all the time. At first, I’d join just for fun with no bets, then later I started putting small amounts just to make it more exciting. It was one of those card games that everyone used to play back in the day.

And about sports betting and online casino games, I only started when I was already at the right age. But I’m curious, are there people here who started gambling young? Like, already playing online when they were minors and still doing it now that they’re older?

Its always the normal feelings of excitement when you hiding to do what normally you going to be doing in the future, sometimes i feel that os more exciting and enjoyable when we hide to do those things much more than when we become qualified to do those activities unrestricted.

I feel i had more fun in gambling back then than what i have now, and beside the level of greed in my right now is much higher than what it was back then, since at that time i have no access to my own funds and have to spare some amount from my feeding Money just to bet a few with if, mostly off-line games at that time.

I suddenly just remembered my face back when I was gambling in our street playing "sakla".

When you are underage, you will have to open your third eye, or else you will find out that your parents or guardian are behind you. If not, find someone as a lookout so that they will tell you if they are coming.
The dealer, on the other hand, doesn't mind when teens are placing bets. They also pay if it wins, and they will just tell us to go if someone tells them that the police will be in the area.

It's indeed a different thrill back then, and maybe because you are new to everything. But once you learned how the game works, the fun lessens.

I also went through that period. What I feel the most now is related to gambling control. In the past, I really didn’t account for the budget, because the gambling budget was indeed small. Now I really need to manage the gambling budget, because I have my own income and needs as well. The feelings back then were certainly different from now. I think gambling has become a more careful matter.

This is true, especially if you understand that no matter what you do, you’ll never be a long-term winner since the house edge will always be there to hold you back. It’s actually a good experience when we start gambling as teens, we get curious, we use our brains a lot trying to figure out how to win even if it’s nearly impossible to do it consistently.

But what really matters is the fun and the experience that comes with it.. the ups and downs, the thrill, and the lessons we learn along the way.

When I first signed up on primedice, which is ceasing to exist now, I was already above the age requirement, I was experimenting with making money outside of the normal job. But I went in with little hopes because I was already taught about casinos not being the place to make money but to lose money. Indeed I understood that after a few games but I decided to keep my account running there and be a part of their community, eventually became a moderator there.

I surely understand that those who started gambling at an age less than what is required, there might be a thrill which I can understand, however it was not really the same for me, even at a proper age.

When I was new to gambling, I used to follow all kinds of rules, rules that not all gamblers follow. But as I gradually gained experience in gambling, I dropped some unwanted strategies, especially bankrolling because I bet as much money as I can afford to lose. Because I don't want to be rested in the middle, so if I bet on sports and don't bankroll those bets. Because in the past, gambling was easy and there was no pressure from the law. And from that stage, I learned to gamble and it was basically an easy method.

To tell the truth, when I was a minor, I did not understand gambling well and I did not see anyone around me gambling, which is why I did not think about gambling at that time or had any interest in gambling, so I do not know what the feelings were like at that time. When I became an adult, then my interest in gambling started to grow after seeing various advertisements. And I got into gambling. At one time, I was very addicted to gambling, then gambling was very good for me. I still like it a lot, but it was for fun, now I have stopped using gambling seriously. I only use it for fun, which is why my feelings are always happy.

What do you mean by “bankrolling” strategy? Are you pertaining to martingale strategy that makes you increase your bet whenever you lose to recover your losses?

It seems you are using the term bankroll the wrong way which I completely understand if you are new to gambling discussion.

Anyway, it’s true that the more we mature the more we can polish our strategies and stop using those risky bets.

Good for you that you’ve learned those things. I always read about proper bankroll management too, but honestly, I still struggle to apply it.
Maybe it’s because I don’t really have an “investing bankroll” to begin with.

The usual advice says to risk only a small percentage of your bankroll, like 2% per bet to last long term. But if your total bankroll is only $100, it’s kinda hard to stay motivated. The thrill’s not there, and eventually, it just feels like you’re wasting time over bets that small.

There's no difference, you just played without understanding anything at first, but now you evaluate everything more carefully because you have more experience and know there's no point in rushing. The only difference is how you perceive gambling, but I didn't have any excitement or the feeling that I was doing anything wrong because there were plenty of people like me. Maybe the difference is that I lost more back then, but now it's different, and I'm even able to increase my bankroll a little.

For me not much as I could not wait that patiently to be 18 to play as that was the rule back then. Honestly I did not feel any thrill at all while doing so as only local casinos were back then and so I was afraid most of the time but luckily I was already seventeen and a half when doing so, I was never caught and felt huge relief after I become legally of age to gamble. I have grown also to have much greater self control as it has been ages since those years so I do not fall victim that easily during my gambling sessions. I am someone who always obey the law so I don't really feel thrill in doing things that are forbidden though I guess this comes with age, I did what I did when I was young.

I do gamble locally but it's through local fair, the common game is the color game where you can place any amount and you'll win the x2 (depending how many will be the same color). Actually it's pretty legal at that time since it's a local fair but you will know that it involves big money when a lot of people are stacking together and placing bet with more than $20. For me, the thrill is the same but the difference is that my parents will give me money to play the fair for around $1 and sometimes I win around$1.5-$2 which is a big thing for me considering that I'm a kid, and whenever I lost, at least I enjoyed it.

Now that I am working and using my own hard earned money in gambling, the thrill is the same but when I lose, I feel sadder since it's my hard earned money that I lost  ;D

Personally, nothing has changed me, perhaps just a psychological issue, after all, when something is forbidden to you it is more attractive.
Perhaps the only thing that has changed is that now the money I spend is the result of my effort at work, before it was just my parents' pocket money who partly played it.

It's literally an action of youthful exuberant that must have prompted you into wanting to gamble when you knew you weren't legally of the age to do so. And now that you can legally gamble, I'm pretty sure the excitement to gamble wouldn't be the same for those who could have waited. But still, it is an experience worth knowing.

The first stage was gambling with free money when we weren't up to age, and now we are gambling with our own money, and you know the feeling that follows when a person gamblers with his hard earn money, how they will be extremely careful, than when gambling with free money. So that's what actually changed.

I think a lot of gamblers who are still playing today actually started young, maybe even when they were still minors especially in places where gambling is common or not that strictly regulated. It’s not always online; sometimes it starts in small setups, like houses where family or friends host casual games. Watching how they play, with no fear of getting caught or raided, kind of makes the environment feel safe and fun, until you realize you’re already hooked.

It’s a different kind of thrill, really, especially when you win using money you can’t afford to lose. But when you lose, that’s where the frustration hits hard. That mix of excitement and regret that’s what got me into gambling at a young age.

Nothing to worry about when we are 21+ and gamble because we have passed the limitation and do it legally. That feeling will be freer when we know that gambling is allowed in our country. We will spend some time playing gambling but that also makes many people playing gambling excessively. They see that gambling can be a source of income so they keep playing gambling.

Nothing has changed in me because I cannot see the difference. In the past, I may have gambled secretly with my friends but now, I gamble alone in my room because I use crypto to bet. I don't want to see myself playing gambling and prefer to hide it from them.

A lot has changed from "then" to "now". The biggest change is the internet and
smartphones. Back then we had either to gamble between our group of friends
or go to a betting shop (bookmaker) but not I can make a bet literally anywhere
and anytime on my own.

When I started there was no big sponsorships of betting platforms as there is
now because gambling was not online then, the internet was only in its infancy.

Gambling isn't what it used to be anymore, improvement have been made in order to better and make the gambling experience easier and more user friendly, it would certainly be easier now for people of illegal age to gamble now then it was in the past, this removes the thrill from it as the fear of being caught sneaking out to gamble which is what usually brings about the excitement isn't really there anymore, but starting to gamble at that early age is what lead to some people getting to addicted to gambling, they started before their minds could handle it's psychological side effects and most get crushed under the pressure and become gambling addicts.

Gambling have advanced and with the various technology advancement we have seen a lot more better and compressive gambling industry transformation, gambling is more fun now than it is in the old days, we must agree with that and come to terms with current realities, although at young age I never gamble until I turn 20 year's, at that age it was too early in my region considering the religion intensity around at that time.

I became exposed to gambling as a child due to friends. They will bet on the outcome of local sports games such as football and table tennis. I was less than the national gambling age when I joined. The excitement of winning then was more because it was hard to get money for gambling. You would have to do some manual jobs or starve to save money.

Now, you earn money, so you don't feel the impact so much. Except it's a big win, there is nothing special. But when you double your money in gambling as a kid, you are king in school because your friends will become subjects so that you can buy snacks for them.      

It is true that there are many people who start gambling at a young age, where the law is not followed properly. At that time, gambling habit may be formed from small gatherings for entertainment or encouragement by gambling with friends in a domestic environment, but gradually this habit can turn into an addiction. It is very important for us to always be aware because gambling cannot become an addiction in our lives, so that we can maintain self-control over ourselves and protect ourselves from big losses through gambling. It is better to always remember this and gamble by following the right rules.

Definitely the forbidden thing is more fun.

I mean why do celebrities mostly fall to drug, alcohol and cheating? because they already get almost everything in this world, which decrease their happiness and fun from having  these thing. Since they bored with everything they have, they choose to do forbidden thing in order to increase their dopamine and adrenaline.

This is also a reason why many people can't be a responsible gambler, they don't feel fun when they limit themselves, they seek for problems.

I have been gambling off-line even before I learnt about online sport bets. Then we played cards and throws dices. I bets off-line game events with friends then. It was actually fun but because I was an underage and very little to take my financial responsibilities all by myself, so it was very difficult for me to afford every single loose because I was only able to afford wagering through upkeep or weekly allowance from my parents and I was doing those best consciously so that I don't get caught because my parents would not like it especially then that I was under parental guides.

The new development of todays is that I am an adult and could face my responsibilities, I can bet freely without considering a third party from getting me caught that I am  gambling while the most good thing is that I can afford my personal need and so also I gambles very freely and responsible according to my affordability. Follows with how I can sign in to use the online platforms for convenience playing.

Well asides staking my meals in old school days over who's favourite teams would win i never gambled on a betting platform or casino below the adult age, although I didn't feel the pain of losing my meals sometimes since I could still get another one but ever since I started gambling with money and lost some funds to the bookies I've been very careful not to spend recklessly on gambling since I've realised that it's a game of luck. Well technology has made gambling more advanced and fun, a lot better than it used to be.

When I was young and forbidden to do anything, there was no gambling in my country, but my teenage maximalism still drove me to do things adults considered too young for me. Now, as an adult and a parent, I explain to my children that life is a precious gift, and there's no need to rush. I think everyone matures over time, learning to think before they act. If things turn out differently for someone, it's safe to assume they're still trying to mature and are still somewhat immature.

I dont know when I tried to play gambling card games when I was young its literally just for fun. But when you already incorporated some money to it, it feels like a huge intense sensation. Theres excitement and also some fear to lose. Ofcourse thats part of the game as we know it but the feelings when you play earlier is bit different. I guess thats how it is when you already grow old and now that you play with money its gonna hit differently.

I've gotten past that phase; now, my gambling is just to fill my spare time and I'm currently trying not to allocate my monthly funds to gambling. Simply put, when I have extra cash and the mood is favorable, I'll gamble; otherwise, I won't force myself to gamble. As we get older, we become more mature in our actions and prioritize more important things. That's what I'm experiencing now with my gambling activities.

I knew too many gamblers growing up and one of them was a close relative who introduced me into online gambling. He seemed to be living a better life back then and would say it's his winnings that made those provisions. It got my interest to give it a try, what I would say changed is my thoughts and approach to gambling. At a young age my brother made me think gambling could be taking care of all financial challenges, but now, it's the other way round. I don't see gaming that way anymore.

 The difference was that back then, I hid it from everyone because I knew it was illegal for minors to gamble, but my bets were accepted, and I wasn't too worried about breaking any rules. Back then, I had no bankroll, I didn't practice risk management at all, I tried a lot of different things, and it's clear that I mostly lost everything. But back then, the bets were too small, and I didn't lose much money, but I can say I became disillusioned with gambling. Now, I've returned with a more conscious approach and understand risk management, so I perceive the game completely differently, and the main thing is that I manage to win, without major losses.

Gambling when I was little was all about fun and not majorly about money. I played alot of games as a child and never realised that that was gambling.

There was one local game we used to play then, we pay a little money to the operators of the game. They usually give us a card with different numbers in it. There are usually secret rewards attached to those numbers. Some numbers had no rewards, so if you pick that one, you are a sore loser. We usually looked forward to choosing the right numbers with the best rewards. On some days, we were lucky, on other days we were unlucky.

It took me years to realise that we were actually gambling. I used to think the operators were being generous by giving the lucky ones gifts from the small amount they paid.

Now that I am older, I am not deeply rooted in gambling, except sports betting because I love sports and love analysing it too. Gambling is still fun to me.

Since childhood, while playing and hanging out outside, we were using different goods for betting and played different games where we compete against each other and placed bets. I can say that I was familiar with betting risk since childhood. I know what it is to bet 1 chewing gum to throw a free through in basketball 2 times in a row to win 3 chewing gums. So when I become an adult and started gambling, only the object I place as a bet has changed and it became more standard. Random bets on random encounters, with random value were replaced by money and betting standards.

There is a particular sort of feeling that people derive from engaging in activities that should not be engaging in, I think it is called guilty pleasure. And while you are younger, you did not consider the risks and losses so much because you were young and had people directly responsible for you. A loss would not have meant so much as right now when you now have responsibilities and even people depending on you.

What changes is that maturity creeps in as well as the responsibility that comes with it.

Alot of things changed from the way I viewed gambling when I was way younger, it is totally different from how I see gambling now. Back then I saw gambling as a means of getting money quickly and become wealthy. There was no control and I don't know what bank roll management was, I was staking heavily as I didn't have much responsibilities on me. But as I grow older, that was when I really understood what gambling was all about. I don't get excited anytime I hear about gambling as I used to be when I was younger. I now gamble at my own time and not when friends wants us to gamble.

I don't think that the underaged gamble for fun because there are lots of fun activities that they can engage in so if they gamble it will be for a challenge and it's mostly with something like money or chores. My first gambling experience has nothing to do with fun and excitements, my focus was to win a ball which I never won, I learnt my lesson that day. I prefer gambling now that I'm an adult, I'm not desperate to win because I know that it is by luck that it can happen so I try as much as I can to enjoy myself without worrying much about loses. There are higher chances that adults will gamble more responsibly than the underaged who can easily become addicted.

Surely, there will be some difference from the way it use to be in the past than it is now. Back then, gambling may just be for the profits and no risk control whatsoever and just after big wins. But now that maturity has sets in, you would think twice before wagering any amount into gambling. You now have a family to fend and responsibilities to cater for, so even as you’re free and not limited to having to gamble, you will be more careful now, try not to get addicted and just doing it for the fun part. Gambling is very addictive and it is easier controlled by adults than it can be controlled than underaged who are still under their parents care.

I missed out on the popularity of gambling and betting in my youth, and I'm truly glad I did. I was an emotional teenager, and if I'd been lucky enough to win my first few bets, I probably wouldn't have been able to give up gambling easily.
At the end of school, I made joke bets with fake money, just for fun, and it really captivated me. It's a good thing I didn't have any extra money for entertainment back then.

Times have changed, this generation have normalized things that are not supposed to be normalized, gambling under the age of 18 is an example. Nowadays I see kids walking into betting shops like it's nothing, this is something we couldn't do freely when we were younger, it just tells you how careless the parents of this generation can be. Well, for me I didn't gamble at an early age So I can't relate to that

I gamble more than the 18+ limit so maybe I don't know what it's like in a gambling context, but in women I can tell you more. LOL
If you look at the level of maturity in thinking and self-management, it is indeed much better, but there are still times when there is an addiction to gambling, anyone who persists in gambling for a long time must have had an addiction before or even to this day, because the side of the form of maturity in gambling and maturity in other contexts will be different, it cannot be assumed that when you act mature about how to be a football player and become mature in gambling, there are cultural differences, the mindset that is formed and the emotions used at this stage.  will be different.

Or it shows how greedy casinos are, and how they dont care about laws and have low moral level. I think parents dont even know that their children visit betting shops. Even if parents know about, what could they do? Control children 24/7? Then when would they work and earn? In your example, it is on casinos conscience, as they not just let underaged enter betting shop, but accept their bets at worse.

I never gambled when I was young, although in my country it's not as if that mattered too much. In fact, I remember that when I was a child, I did a favor for a man who was my neighbor by going to bet on horse races, and yet that basically didn't attract attention, that is, it didn't motivate me to bet. I think there are many things or factors that end up influencing us to attract us to the world of betting.

When we were younger, our gambling used to be different. I come from a country where gambling is generally banned or illegal by law, so there are no gambling houses or any physical places where you can go and gamble. There are online platforms these day,s but there were none back then, and even if there were, we didn't have access to them. Anyway, so what we used to do was we used to make bets on games that we used to play as friends, like we used to play foosball or snooker at local shops, and we used to make bets on games that we used to play. It was less for making profit and more for fun between friends.

As I said, gambling is illegal around here, so there are still no physical places for gambling, but there are so many online platforms available now. However, if I be totally honest, I would say I used to enjoy that time more than now. Now, as you said, if I decide to gamble, I will be careful with how much money I will spend on it, I won't have as much fun as I used to have back then, betting against the friends and then playing the games, it used to give a different thrill to the games.

The thrill has become less because I am now able to earn my money and there's not that much challenge anymore except the losses that I am getting. Compared before, it's like hide and seek from my parents when I started to gamble at an early age of my life and since I don't have money to gamble with, I'm asking money from them and I have to lie so that I'll have a budget for gambling. I feel that there's not a lot of difference except the challenging part of asking them money and have to lie compared now that I am older and have my source.

Something I had never stopped to think about. In my country 20 years ago, there were no casinos, no physical or online betting shops, and I didn't know what sports betting was, but I would bet on games with my friends. We would watch the games that would be on TV and then each person would put money in the pot and the winner would take it all. I didn't know that was gambling. We were minors, and it's funny that we did that until we became adults. When I stop to think about it, I realize how innocent I was, a child back then and very different from a child today.

At a much younger age, somehow we could find a way of incorporating actual fun in gambling  and that was because we were sure we had guardians or parents who were taking care of most of the bills but then we gradually grew passed that age and now I believe most of us take for responsibility for out bills and so it has affected how we gamble because the motivation this point will no longer be to have fun and so we now gamble even more strategical, and some more techniques just to win more advantage over the house and increase put chances for an extra income to pay up the bills, and sp from my own experience, a lot has changed with how I gamble now as compared to when I was much younger that I sneak around it.

Well, gambling in the past and today is clearly different. Gambling in the past, or during our youth, was still very free, meaning we didn't think about things as much as we do now. Today, we need to think about our future, even the future of the family we are responsible for, so we have to carefully consider what we want to do, especially when it comes to gambling. Essentially, adulthood is a time when we need to have many restrictions, we may have needed them in the past, but gambling as adults is very different, and I am sure almost all adult gamblers have felt it by now. However, I think everyone of any age needs to realize how important it is to consider many things in gambling, especially in limiting time and finances, the point is to be wise and responsible in gambling.

Our elders used to tell us that gambling is bad but they were involving themselves in it...gambling is something we could not do freely because we were not at the right age to be gambling...but now it is not really exciting as it used to be, I guess when you do something that you know you aren't supposed to be doing makes it more interesting lol...But now as adults we know the importance of responsible gambling

In fact, we've often encountered gambling in the past, but our age and knowledge of it not the same as today. I personally have an experience to play a cards, not a casino cards just a anime, super heroes or another character cards, but I didn't think that betting on the cards I held was part of a gambling system. I thought it was just a normal game played by a childern. As an adult, I know, that i've been betting since i was 8 yo. LOL, as i say, we are not gamble with money, but it still part of gamble. If i won, I can get more cards from my opponents.

Even now, even after I'm over 30, gambling is still not legal in my country. There are specific regulations regarding gambling, which makes many people hide behind their gambling.

So, now, there are those who have just entered the gambling world and are overconfident in their ability to protect themselves, even when there's nothing to worry about. Predictions can actually be far worse than they were at the beginning.

Hmmm, nothing has changed in my gambling until now. Perhaps the most I feel is that I can control my emotions a little when I lose and I don't chase wins too much, meaning I can withdraw even if the winnings are small. Unlike before when I was still ambitious to chase as many wins as possible. I remember losing several valuables to satisfy my gambling lust. lol

When I introduced myself to gambling I was already an adult, so I don't know how it feels to gamble as an underage individual. Before, when I was a child, I used to play only bingo games during public events, but the prizes weren't given in money, rather winners received the donations offered by other people to the event, so money was raised from bingo's players and donated to the church.

That was the only concept of gambling available where I lived, because gambling was illegal here. There was also the clandestine animal game, but I've never been curious enough to go for it. Anyway, even as an adult I felt excited during my first gambling experiences, which I carry with me with a lot of nostalgia, and even if I gambled right now, I guess I wouldn't feel the same thing anymore.

I think it's more about your first experiences with gambling, despite your age, than about your experiences as an underage gambler.

Well most of the people I know have started to see gambling differently as they get older. As a child it was like a forbidden pleasure where the excitement of breaking the rules was the real addiction. Back then no one kept track of winnings or losses because the money was not their own work and the weight of losses was not understood. This is personally, happening to me now. But as you get older when you understand the value of money the mentality of the game changes.

In my opinion, gambling is dangerous only when you do not understand why you are playing . If it can be kept within strategy experience and limits then it is like a game. But if you start chasing that forbidden thrill again then the old mistakes come back.

Many things have changed over the years, and the way of playing is one of these, before I remember there was no way to place a bet from home, you necessarily had to go to the bar or to the places where they played.
Now with the advent of the internet things have changed, even the way of making the classic betting slip has changed, I remember that there was only one way, that of playing the entire betting slip, because all the matches were played on Sunday, other times...

My own part of the story was that even while I was over 18 my elder bro who has been in to gambling for long and he knew the danger and it's risk involvement, he became very worried about me on getting to see me with few of my friends which he knew very well that they do gamble too like him, and I guess they must have meet in one of those gambling shops back then, out of his love that he has for me he called me and sat me down and talked to me about the friends he saw me with, he concluded bad manners can corrupt good manners and he also said that birds of the same feathers flock together, he cautioned me to stay completely away from those of my friends which I couldn't though I was hiding to gamble because of that and I still had my friends around but today things had changed because am older compared to back then and I now gamble regardless of what anyone says feels or says about it.

Nothing changed. I experience the same losses and sometimes I win just they same way it was when I was younger.
But basically, there have been improvement in ways I respond to the outcome of my bet. And I also find my self playing casino games not just betting alone. Back then, I would never dare to play slot or roulettes. It is always sports betting, this made me more familiar with sports betting than other games. Now I can play around slot games and dont care if I lose some money.

Obviously, there is more thrill with someone has fun doing something they are not supposed to be doing in the first place, that is a fact, actually it is common for thrill seekers to move continuously from a from of entertainment to another one which gives them more thrill (after they have depleted the thill from the first option).
I have never gambled actively when I was a child or a teenager, and here my culture is rather permissive towards people starting to gamble when their are teens, so I did not feel I was doing something inherently wrong.

Though, I can say it feels different than what I used to feel as a teen, as I know understand the actual consequences of gambling irresponsibly, which I did not know before.

It's always a different level of fun and freedom to have your best picks, with different varieties to choose from, with a bigger bankroll and more play time to decide firmly and study on which game is likely to go in your favour the most. I feel like it's on a different level and the freedom to have fun is unlimited! (Although I never gambled when I was that age)
It's more of a strategic experience nowadays; nobody wagers their money just because someone else is doing so.. it takes a high level of understanding of the game to select the right picks, which leaves you more in control.

Sport betting was more accessible to people before online casinos began to see a wide spread of usage. Casinos weren't openly available in my vicinity and only the aged and wealthy men' were likened to visit the casino. I knew of casino game on computer demo games before getting to try the online settings. Which made it easier for me to navigate through roulette and slot games with no much surprises to what the outcome looks like.

In my country there was no spesific regulation about at what age the people should be starting to gambling but luckily i didn't gambling at under age and so far my gambling activities were increase since i was 18+ but back then i only can gambling by playing cards between players vs players traditionally and so far the excitement is still same until now especially if i feel lucky and won from gambling

I got the advantages why starting gambling as an adult because although sometimes i feel upset because my loses but basically i have good self control while gambling and i think my gambling knowledges and skill are increases significantly compared to the first times known gambling but about the strategies for now i know when it's time to stopped to avoiding big loss

Am a product of the young shall grow, because I can remember that during those days, when I always still younger and see my senior brothers gamble, then I used to have the thought of it one day I could also have the freedom and dependency of being on my own and have the privilege of gambling, after which I must have been earning from the work I do, but today things have changed, am now a gambler and also feels proud of myself, we all have reasons to discuss gambling altogether and have fun.

Underage gambling is no longer under threat like it was years before now, back then it was mainly physical casinos and you won't be granted access, now that we have online casinos it is widely accessible to any age, it is now a big flex among peers expressing each others gambling lifestyle. Enjoying gambling entertainment under comfort is far enjoyable than doing it under hiding, but as at then it would be worth the fun knowing you were doing something wrong but fun at the same time.

It is very brave of you to gamble at an age when you are not yet old enough to do so. Honestly, this is not a good thing. Perhaps it is because your parents do not supervise you closely. Did you break the rules at that time? Or perhaps before you reached the legal gambling age of 18+, did you do so or not? I was not born into a family of gamblers; on the contrary, I grew up in an environment that despised gambling. At that time, many people were victims of gambling, which took away the wealth of those around me, especially men who spent their families' money and were often stubborn, sometimes resorting to violence. I realized this after I grew up, and it never crossed my mind to gamble at that time.

I feel relieved. I do not have to hide from other people for fear that they will tell my parents that I am engaging in gambling; that is my fear when I was a kid. And now that I am at the right age, I can gamble whenever I wanted.



Now that I am responsible for the family finances, I am more conservative about my bankroll.  The fear of being caught is gone, and the excitement isn't the same as when I have to hide from my parents' watchful eyes just to gamble.  Having the freedom to do things makes it less exciting for me.

When people gamble before the legal age it usually feels exciting because of that forbidden energy it’s more about the thrill of breaking rules than about the gambling itself the rush comes from doing something you weren’t supposed to do not from the actual win or loss back then most don’t even understand odds or risk they just play for fun and adrenaline without caring much about what they could lose.

Once you grow older and start gambling legally everything feels different the excitement doesn’t vanish completely but it changes the focus moves from thrill to awareness now you understand that every bet involves real money and that losses actually matter you start thinking about bankroll management setting limits and choosing games carefully it becomes less emotional and more calculated because you’ve already seen or maybe even experienced how quickly things can go wrong. For many the excitement is still there but in a more controlled way it’s not that pure reckless rush anymore it’s more like a test of patience and decision making some even find gambling less fun after maturity because once the fantasy fades you start seeing it as a system built mostly for profit not luck the more you understand it the less you romanticize it.

It was sort of the same for me; being inside the casino has gotten me excited. When I was young, I tried to get into a land-based one, but since I wasn't allowed yet and I looked young, I was asked for an ID and wasn't allowed to go in.

I guess the excitement came from the "forbidden fun," but once you do it, it's not really that exciting. That's just how I felt in general, but of course, winning is always fun.

Don't even think that it's okay to gamble as a minor; it would probably depend on the country on the penalties that you could incur.

I didn't gamble when I was a minor and I can say that I am proud of it. 8)

But I get it, how it felt at that time, even if we didn't know about winning or losing, we still get that goosebumbs while doing it because the gambling itself is quite a job when you are not allowed to do that and I guess there is a take away from this, we should gamble that way even if we are legally allowed which will be more fun.

As new technologies evolve, gambling has been made easier and more portable. Even if you are below 18 now, you can still be involved in it now because mobile phones now have privacy features that are capable of hiding such activities. As a matter of fact, gambling now is wildly acceptable in different parts of the world, unlike back then, when gambling was restricted in a larger number of countries.
And the feelings of being able to gamble at your free will is satisfying but also brings a realization that it's not what we used to think it was when we where smaller. right now the excitement has been reduced drastically; we will have to pass through a process of analysis and researches before making a decision

I didn’t start gambling when i was underage but I started gambling as an adult and even at this age to most people gambling is not a thing for others who are not gambling to know you do, because of the way they will just conclude about you. I'm just imagining those who started gambling underage, how they were able to cope with with their environment and the people around them.

I dont think their will be any fun at young age because,  from your conscience you already know you are not doing the right thing. Most underage gamblers hide when gambling but as for adults even if someone people condemn gamble , they are still free to gamble and have fun because nobody has right to question them.

The only differences I noticed now is that I am more controlled and having personal say on what amounts I should used to gamble and or not, again it’s just like someone is doing a normal thing since there are no restrictions it gives you that chances and fun moments to join gambling even understood more better how the games runs and plays as well, unlike before stealing what you don’t to do what you aren’t qualified to do. Gambling is fun anyway but doing it responsibly is what brings out the real thrilling in gambling.

With the rise of online gambling, the lifestyle of many gamblers have changed. It is indeed quite easy to monitor and control the amounts that you are spending in gambling because you can easily track your history by just checking the tab of your deposit as well as withdrawal history.
As you can just basically know everything because of access to internet, quite easy to understand and learn other things by just searching over the net and the site that you are playing with. I believe the information today is quite handy as compared before because of the technology.

At a younger age, we taught and discouraged from ever gambling, and I only started gambling while I mingled with friends in school and got to listen to their stories.
In order to understand how they felt and to see if I could be more lucky than they were, I tried to gamble and even at first I didn't like it because of the pressure that comes from anticipation, I still find myself gambling till date but only when I choose to and only on selected games.

Gambling is just a core indulgence like drinking, smoking and womanizing would be to someone else, even though it is legal, the ills that is caused by excessive indulgence in gambling activities can lead to worse end than poverty and disgrace and that's why it must be done responsibly.

The same level of excitement is still there, but I’m now wiser and more responsible in dealing the risks with gambling. And if before I just bet automatically without setting some limits, now I’ve seen myself that I am more practical and just bet whenever I got spare money to spend, or just bet when there is free time or when I think there is positive vibes within me that is pushing me to place a certain bet.

And realistically, gambling before is not that widespread and easily accessible compared today, that even with our own mobile phones we can easily gamble online and experience the urge and excitement while waiting for the outcome.

As a minor, i gambled with permission from my parents. But it was stuff like physical slots, lottery and horses. Back then they weren't that strict with age limits when it came to slots. And i didn't do that with lot of money, so no one saw it as a problem. It was never forbidden for me, so there was no craving of forbitten fruit either.

Funny enough, i get the same exact excitement from it as i did when i was just a kid.

These days, in where i live, it's impossible to do it as a kid, as all slot machines require a kyc, and so do all the lotteries. Even if i wanted to use casinos online, at the time of cashing out, i would need a bank account and they would be able to tell where i am getting my money from. And that i was not legally old enough to play.

Truth be told that I didn't start to gamble when I was below 18 years but I normally watch soccer games online. Back in those days, champions League was one of the best and it's still the best till now. I normally follow up those the game and other popular football competitions too and what I can say is that all of them are very interesting, back in those days it's very hard for a weak team to win the strong teams but right now, even the weakest team can even win the strong teams. Back in those days, bet wasn't that popular because those who normally gamble do it secretly and winning was normally celebrated quietly, but now that gamble is increasing just few numbers of gamblers are winning their bets.

Maybe some of us never thought of being a gambler today if we are to recall on the past and how we have been advised by others to desist from gambling, but the more we grow, we tend to understand things more better and make discovery also by our own self and see they were actually wrong then.

Gambling is all about having the opportunity of being entertained, we should learn more to know more about it, now that we have more ideas about what it is, we can choose to enjoy the best from it and enjoy playing always as a responsible gambler, because it's no more seen as we taught it was in the past.

Time and responsibility changed everything, now we are money conscious and money driven but then it was all fun because we had no reason to work or know how it takes our parents to get money and those who gave us free money, all we wanted is just to see how things worked but today we want to win and make a life changing money from it and we now study how to place a bet but then whatever comes in your head you don’t filter it you just take it not even considering as risk but now, it’s now know to be risk because our money could be spent on other things than gamble.

There was definitely more thrill to it and especially if you managed to score some decent wins when you were young. Money had so much more value and as a kid you didn't have expenses or income so getting $100 would be excellent for you. These days it is more about strategy and control, occasionally gambling for some entertainment. It definitely does not have an appeal like in the young days. Fancy colors and sounds like from a slot machine don't really have an effect on me.

Gambled with the permission of your parents? They weren't very good parents then, sorry to say that. People should never give permission to their kids to engage in risky activities that are not age appropriate. Kids will often break the rules that still is true, but giving them permission is equal to encouragement. That should be avoided.

Times are very different now in a bad way, almost everything is fully under control.

How fun life is especially for those of us that though gambling was evil and never meant for the public. Gambling was seen as an activities of gangsters and cultists then but now it has evolved to what we can have access to online from the traditional way of gambling many years ago.

Many gamblers I know then was gangsters and hooligans betting on anything they see. They can bet on a woman, who will be the first to date her putting huge sum of money on the stake. Sometimes they could bet using their assets or families to prove that they know what they are doing. Gambling was never fun then and it was mostly bloody because it's mostly lead to conflicts. Happy that gambling has evolved from the street activities to online activities.

I wasn't restricted when I started playing because I was out of the reach of my parents and so I didn't experience any thrilling effects on my gambling excitement. The only excitement I had was winning the third trial even when the winning was small.

Over the time, I discovered that gambling becomes more addictive and distracted me heavily.

Being underage also means that we have less maturity and would not really think about the downsides or even the money. It will just be for fun or only because our friends spend a good time gambling and we want to give it a try. Because youth will usually get carried away much easily and they would just try new things because their friends re into it. But now, we have financial responsibility and can't just go for it because it is fun. Yes, we still would love having fun but at the end we will be taking mature decisions and will avoid our feelings be a part of our bets.

Gambling is still quite exciting for me but also does make me worried sometimes about losing so I would prefer keeping my excitement away which helps me not gamble extensively.

Anyone who started gambling from his early stage down to this current stage must have go through alot, I'm sure that majority of this guys that started gambling when they're not qualified to do so ended up as a gambling addict. Because since they're too small and naive they won't be able to apply self control, and chasing after thier loses will be a very common thing to them because I could remember those days after using our money to buy snacks immediately after eating the snacks we will still want to go for refund. I know this is very crazy but yeah, that's children's mentality then how much more gambling that you will be looking at your money going helplessly  and you think they won't think of fighting back? Though some kid's act like adult so they can be able to apply self control while gambling at their early stage.

This has always been our experienced back then because we were not yet mature enough even though their was no responsibility for us then. So is quite a normal thing, but the most important thing in gambling is realizing your past mistakes and take correction to avoid making the same mistake in the future because even till now most gamblers still do not want to take correction is not good at all because what determines you a good gambler is your maturity.

I know very well how you fear the effect of gambling and more so at such a tender age. The concept that part of the exposure to gambling may make a person more susceptible to gambling addiction at a relatively young age when the person is emotionally and cognitively underdeveloped, appears to be quite realistic, as the self control of children and adolescents is not full yet. It is an easy going mentality, or the cycle of chasing losses, which is characteristic of problem gambling, regardless of age, yet in young people, the severity of dangers is increased because they do not have adequate experience in processing financial losses and mental pressure.

Little long term thinking and impulsiveness soon can cause children and adolescents to fall into this cycle of action and burn out their resources without fully understanding the implications of long term effects. This does not imply that they are mentally incapable of resisting, they just have such a development of the brain structure that they find it hard to resist the temptation of short pay and the fun of hazard.

When there are restrictions (usually from parents because we are not old enough) there is always the sensation of wanting to try because it is a transition time when we always want to try everything including gambling. I think this condition is something that almost everyone feels because adolescence is sometimes a period that is almost the same where we want to try no matter the risks or the worst possibilities that occur because we don't think long about it.

The sensation of gambling must be different because what we are aiming for at that time is not only about winning but it is more directed towards wanting to try it ourselves because we want to feel what gambling feels like.
But on the other hand, when we understand more, we will understand why this is not allowed because after all, our minds have not yet reached the stage of thinking from several points of view and are only concerned with our egos and emotions (wanting to try) and when this makes you more addicted, at a young age it will certainly be very difficult to stop this which actually ends more fatal.

I have experienced both, and it turns out that gambling is not as beautiful as I imagined before, if before I was forbidden to do it, now I am free to do it but not with the sensation, now it is more difficult to think about stopping gambling, the best way is just to restrain yourself and make a strategy

I used to play slot machines in bars when I was a teenager, and I never had any problem asking for permission or anything like that. I think most people don’t need anyone’s permission to gamble, because even if their parents don’t allow it, they’ll end up doing it secretly anyway ,whether it’s in casinos, video games, or any kind of bet. The world of gambling is much older than anything else.

The difference in mindset between when we are adults and when we are still at a vulnerable age is the answer in this case because after all we are aware that when we are in our teenage years or at a vulnerable age we want to try things because we naturally want to explore many things. So when something is considered forbidden we are even more eager to try it because we want to experience what it feels like to do something that is forbidden.

On the other hand this kind of thing ultimately depends on the child themselves because not all children behave like that and perhaps I didn't feel that way either. I know that when there are many situations that are considered forbidden even my parents always emphasize not to do them but honestly after that situation occurred I actually had no desire to do it because I thought that I would experience it myself when the time came so my curiosity disappeared when I found out that it was indeed forbidden.
This might be due to my family’s overly strict upbringing but I’m actually grateful for it.

While I was much younger before 18 years, the maturity was not fully there and the understanding also of the game , but the beauty of it is that one really gamble for fun although there was not freedom to gamble as you wish , since one was still a minor, proper monitoring was observed by our Parents, we only gamble at festive seasons, but as as an adult, the freedom, more understanding, maturity also plays moe important roles in our gambling lives also as an adult at times you chose to gambling money not for the fun and you are now responsible for your actions thereby making you more cautious of yourself when gambling.

I'm more controlled when gambling now. When I was younger, under 21, it was pure escapism. A little adrenaline, a little excitement to win money—I don't have as much fun anymore. The truth is, I try to have fun, but I'm much more cautious. I have a lot of responsibilities, and I didn't have much to worry about at that age.

I can't even compare the fun of gambling back then to the fun of gambling I have now. The past is always fun, and people think it's better, but this isn't the case.

This and this lmao. Sometimes, we done it at school (dare devils) even it is strictly not allowed lol, or anywhere, those were just coin and cards related gambling with bets like pennies only, just for fun.

Today? A lot happens, imagine you can gamble anywhere you like without someone interrupting, you just need deposits, which can lead to addiction in very fast manner if not controlled.

I feel that it's the latter for me now. I have become more cautious with my decisions whenever I gamble although I am not perfect at all. But this time, I'm monitoring how it goes and not easily triggered by emotion if ever my bets are losing.

I can relate to you guys. I guess that we're carefree when we're younger and there's nothing to worry about except our parents knowing that we have gambled and there's for sure a punishment that we'll be grounded for a week or two when we're caught.

The excitement is even greater because when I was younger, I couldn't understand the feeling of betting, winning, and having money available to withdraw and play more or buy something. It's something totally new, different, but not only that, there are several other aspects involved, like having the money to deposit and play for the first time. It's a great feeling.

The early days of gambling are a very exciting time a feeling that cannot be compared to anything else. When gambling involves hiding, it is even more exciting. I started gambling early before the age of 18, it was for fun. That time was more suitable for gambling because there was no fear of losing at that time. As I grew older, I became responsible and was busy earning to support my family, so my time for entertainment became very limited. I gamble regularly and am aware of my bankroll because I should be responsible as I grow older because I have to support my family. I still get excited when I play but patience and responsibility are wise.

You are right, in fact, age and experience change the perspective on gambling. As you said, you yourself enjoyed gambling only as a teenager but when you become an adult, you use it with awareness. In fact, this is normal. Due to lack of knowledge about financial risks, economic conditions and strategies, teenagers do not understand the real meaning of losing or losing bets properly. That is why most teenagers fall into gambling addiction and they are the ones who suffer the most. But when an adult and conscious person gambles, he will evaluate his financial condition, budget and risk well, he will take gambling as a plan and control rather than just a curiosity. So with age and experience, the excitement towards a person decreases and he sees it in a different light.

Even my parents taught me never to go for gambling and even when I was s kid I was not even allowed to play cards. Can you imagine this? This kind of made me realize the risks my parents see in gambling and there past experiences which have not really been a good one so they decided to teach me to stay away from gambling. But gambling is not really that bad. If we take wrong decisions or just gamble because we want to earn a quick fortune by risking all we have is a bad move but gambling after doing some good research and only gambling because we know the game is something which can still make us have profits.

Gambling is illegal for underage because they can take impulsive decisions which might even end up them losing everything they have which will indirectly affect their guardians.

You're right, recognizing your mistakes and not repeating them is crucial. I experienced this myself, realizing my excessive gambling mistakes. I spent so much money on one night that I even used my own savings to gamble. This is where I realized my mistake and learned from it to avoid repeating the same thing in the future. So, now I gamble with discipline, and I do it sometimes when I feel like it, and I can even divert my gambling urges to other things quite easily.

And this is how a small wrong decision can lead to a big loss, like you lost your savings in a single night of gambling. Gambling is always like that, if you expect too much, it will take more from you.
You have accepted your mistake and learned from it and you are now careful, this is a very responsible behavior, but the sad thing is, many people face such a situation and get involved in gambling even deeper.
This is the case with most gamblers, they have faced a lot of losses in gambling through wrong decisions, but instead of learning from it and being careful, they start making emotional decisions about it.
And this is their biggest weakness, they cannot learn from their mistakes, and because of this they never understand the difference between right and wrong, and because of this they cannot get out of gambling, but instead they get more deeply addicted to it.
A person can enjoy entertainment while maintaining their mental balance, and as a result, they will never become addicted to gambling, but they can never be responsible due to their own negligence, and become addicted to gambling.

You gamble and make money, but it was hard to make money in those days because people are limited to portable devices and Internet connection that has a whole lot of restrictions. Now, children, adults can play games whether offline or online to make money or for the fun. Those that want to advance their gaming privileges can go to casinos to broaden their curiosity to try more subtle games that can make their whole day worthy enjoyable. The gaming industry is big and casinos are adding more advanced games to the list the have to have more players.

There was a time while growing up that we had couple of mini casinos in our neighborhood, they where in shops on busy areas with only slot machines and people will walk in to gamble with our local coins then. There were no monitoring or restrictions, anybody even kids can enter and gamble, we will slide coins and pull the machine levers. Kids will steal their parents money to play on the slot machines, to us it wasn't really about winning but watching the flashy spines and the sounds of the slot machines. I'm glad that such unregulated mini casinos don't exist anymore but it was fun for us kids, sometimes it'll pop out coins as wins and we would use it to play again.

I prefer gambling now because most of the casinos are regulated and you have to reach the minimum gambling age before you can gamble, also we have online casinos, if you don't want to step out you can stay in your comfort zone and gamble. Yet the disadvantage of modern gambling is that underaged can still manoeuvre their ways to gamble.

There's no longer the same excitement I had years ago in my youth. It's understandable. With age, people begin to see things differently. They don't fuss or give in to excessive panic or emotional distress. Just today, I wrote in another thread that the thrill of gambling that accompanied me many years ago has practically disappeared. I've simply become more relaxed about winning and losing. I adhere to the deposit limit, as I can't afford to lose more than that.

I was 17/18 yo, when I started gambling in crypto (directbet specifically), and back then there wasn't any regulations — you send bet amount, and if you win, you automatically receive winning amount; I never felt any restricted to begin with that I would feel unrestricted after reaching gambling age.

I first started gambling when I was in school. Gambling secretly was a different thrill at that time. The reaction to losing the small amount of money I had was unimaginable but I recovered it in the next game. In physical gambling, you can expect advice from your peers, but in online gambling, you have to apply individual decisions and strategies that no one will advise you to correct. Physical gambling is more entertaining for me than online gambling.

I think I'm more majured into it now unlike in the past when the emotion was really strong and uncontrollable. Then I use to believe gambling will make someone rich and staking without control with high risk was the order of the day but after that comes regret because of loses. But at the moment with experience and what gamblers teach here, the story is different and that is to gamble as you can bear the loses. Don't believe you will be rich from gambling because it is an ambition that may not be realized. Don't believe what you see with streamers because they are in business.

Yeah, when you are young and the money that you spent came from your allowance, there's excitement each time you win, thinking that it's easier to make money when luck permits you, but when you already using your own money, each penny you use is very crucial especially if you have a tight budget and you need to address your family's basic needs.

If you did not become addicted more or less you are very responsible with the money that you are spending for your gambling, experienced dictates that you need to slow things down whenever you suffer from loses and there's no need to rush since it won't do anything good.

I started gambling when I was young although it was forbidden in our family because we are Catholics. But that didn't stop me because my friends urged me to gamble although it is just a friendly game and all the players are friends. Poker is what we always play with just a little bet on the table and it's actually fun because it became our meeting session until we got older.

Now, if I want to play, I just go online. It's very different because it doesn't have the same fun as it is playing against people in front of you.

For me it's more on the strategy and control. You have the money to gamble already, unlike before, maybe you ask from your parents about allowances but then you just gamble your money away. But when you grow older, have jobs and money, then obviously, you are the master now.

And maybe games that you only dream before, like putting big money on certain teams, now you can do it. Or maybe getting inside a land base casinos, maybe before you just heard stories from those older than you. But now, it's totally different, you can go and experience that and it's more on strategy on how to win not like before.

When I was young, I considered gambling as a kind of sin and curse because there were some people near my house who were involved in gambling. They always gambled and used up all their income by gambling. They even took money from their families to gamble. After they finished that money, they borrowed money from people and participated in gambling. Every few days, I saw them beating their wives and children. That is why I considered gambling as a sin and a curse when I was a child. Moreover, in my society and in my country, gambling is still considered a sin and a curse and one of the worst things. But now I understand that gambling is not a sin or a curse. It is for those who have turned gambling into an addiction that gambling is very bad and like a sin and a curse.  Now I understand that gambling is perfect as entertainment. For those who can use and accept gambling as entertainment, I now understand that gambling is truly perfect, and I have completely changed my childhood ideas.

Probably everyone has encountered gambling, or did something in his childhood, that contains elements of gambling. Lets say got involved into a light or children version of gambling. From all that, stories and comments about gambling is very bad for children, I will never let my children gamble, gambling is very destructive for children sound so lame. A lot of children already gamble in their own way, and adults try to prevent and protect something. As same as purchasing shooter games or GTA, and tell everyone that you raise your child in piece and he will never know what violence is.

When we are young our view about gambling is shaped mostly by what we see around us and what people tell us like in your case seeing people destroy their homes and lives because of gambling naturally makes you see it as a curse or something evil back then the thrill you mentioned usually comes from doing something that feels forbidden not from the gambling itself that curiosity or rebellion makes it exciting but it also hides the risks. As we grow older the perspective changes maturity brings awareness and responsibility now you understand that gambling isn’t automatically bad it’s how people use it that determines whether it becomes a problem or just entertainment the same way alcohol isn’t bad until it becomes addiction gambling is only harmful when control is lost.

The difference now is the mindset before it was about thrill and emotion now it’s about control and balance once you see gambling for what it really is a game of chance not a money making tool it becomes easier to enjoy it responsibly when you know your limits set your budget and treat it like any other hobby the experience feels more strategic calmer and less chaotic. So it’s not really that the excitement disappears it just changes it becomes less about risk and more about understanding that fun doesn’t need to destroy you in the process learning this balance is what separates those who gamble wisely from those who let it take over their life.

I agree with you OP. Because when you are young, excitement is high due to hormones. Then you make risky decisions very quickly. I myself have noticed this. I do not bet as aggressively as I used to 5-7 years ago. Now I bet with as much control as possible. After a certain age, when family members become dependent on me, you have to think a lot before making all kinds of decisions. And you always have to move forward responsibly. These things automatically come to people with time. Now I bet entirely as entertainment. There is no risk of any kind. Even if I lose, I do not regret and suffer like before. I try to keep a separate fund with which I bet. If I lose, I accept it and stop betting, but I do not bet with extra money outside the fixed fund.

Young people are more likely to become dependent than adults. They're full of hope and view the world very naively. They want everything right now, and that's wrong. Patience is essential.
But youth lacks it; they fall into the traps of this world and gain experience that way. The main thing is to ensure they don't spend all their money during this period of foolishness or become irrevocably dependent. Therefore, parents should closely monitor this.

I will say that i prefer gambling than more of prefer gambling now because to predict games right now is like going to high school and when the exams reach to write and you wrote the one you think is the best answer without knowing that it is not the right answer to that question, gambling as of then a bigger teams is always have the 90% chance of winning but now gambling has totally changed were a smaller clubs can win a bigger teams and which we need to take caution when staking games this days because winning basically on luck not by i know this teams will win this particular team, so 90 minutes of the game always justify the winner in every match.

I feel that "forbidden fun" feeling as you hehehe ;D

It feels more thrilling and challenging when we are not allowed to gamble. We are gambling in secret because we want to hide from others. I know the risk if my parents found me gambling. They are mad at me and punish me at that time.

But then, I know crypto, which gives me the freedom to gamble. I can gamble in my room and pretend that I am busy with my work hahaha ;D

The feeling will not be the same after my age passes the prohibition because my parents do not punish me, but they only tell me to limit my gambling habit. Well, that is right because only limitations that we can do to prevent the bad things.

for some it still might not be legal lol because maybe their governments have banned it but for me it doesn’t feel any different maybe because i wasn’t playing for the thrill of doing something illegal but because i actually enjoy gambling in general
having strategy and control now still feels fun especially as an adult and the fact that i can enjoy playing without putting myself in debt

gambling is more fun with adult money

Prohibitions at a young age are very good because they will trigger our thoughts, why is it prohibited whether there is something wrong in it or not, someone who has the initiative to think will look for the answer and yes we know the reason why our parents forbade us from gambling when we were young (although to this day my parents still forbid it because of their concerns about addiction), but with awareness of that question we today can understand how we should gamble so as not to lose money and not be impulsive in  gamble.

Gambling is better and easier and more flexible than the previous gambling, it's much better than what people did before, I think they feel it.

In childhood, everything was a jerk game, no attempt to understand the rules, no risks, I just ran behind the thrill. Now the thrill of growing up still comes occasionally however with the ability to understand strategy, fear, planning &  understanding that losing is not just money, can be even bigger. The amount of bet is now consistent, as if losing money, it would not be completely harmful. Before the separation the mind trembled a little. What I used to do in the past day, now he has a boundary. Moreover now I know the psychological mistakes like gamblers fallacy &   emotion control. in younger age everything is masti first, today they are part of Risk Management.

Anything that is within boundaries or has limitations for you gives you unmeasurable excitement and entertainment. When a person starts something for the first time, anything related to that gives them a thrill, and they do it in hiding to avoid their parents' eyes, and that is the whole fun. However, when you grow up and are allowed to do things, the thrill diminishes because when there are no limitations, the fun becomes less exciting slowly. That's why we enjoyed it a lot when we were children compared to now.

As for me those years back, I felt gambling was more fun than it is now. Before, if I wanted to gamble, I would just gamble without thinking or looking at any strategy that would help me win but just gambling and be expecting the out come. But now, even though I know I gamble for fun and only use what I can afford to lose, I always gamble carefully just trying to do anything that will stop me from experiencing losses.

To be honest, it's actually nowadays that I experience more losses. In fact, I find it even harder to win bets these days. So after everything I’ve understood about the rules of gambling, all I really know is that people are gambling and I am also gambling.The only thing I didn’t enjoy back in those years was that my parents weren’t happy with me gambling. So even when I wanted to do it, it was always in secret.

Back then, I only gamble with a strategy, I don't usually bet with pure gamble because I value money a lot and as a minor, I don't want to risk my personal money. Right now, that I've earning a lot, it's more strategical than in the past, our perspective to money is very important, it's what we need to survive so you shouldn't be spending a lot of money for gambling. You shou always control yourself in every situations you're in, you don't want to get the same mistakes you did in the past. We must show that we've learned in the past, don't stick to how we chase the fun and happiness back then.

Gambling used to be a game of chance,but now it’s a business of addiction.The lesson stays the same,gambling as of then and now entails a whole lot of lessons,where losing meant walking home empty,but wiser.Meanwhile,real wealth isn’t built on luck;it’s built on patience,skill, and discipline.

In fact, people have a little more attraction to forbidden things. And this attraction is highest during adolescence. Then teenagers are curious about different things. They know that gambling is illegal, but because of the attraction that I said, they are more attracted to forbidden things, they enter to gamble. Now, since everyone has smartphones in their hands and there are various gambling sites on smartphones, a teenager can easily get involved in gambling. At that age, they do not think so much about their lives, so they do not hesitate to make wrong decisions. But when a person grows up, when family responsibilities come to them, he realizes in his mind that before doing a thing, he thinks repeatedly whether it is right for him to do it. But a teenager never thinks about these things, and because of not thinking, he becomes attracted to gambling and other forbidden things in various ways.

It definitely feels like you're an adult, given that you can decide things for yourself. Before, the concept of gambling was something far from reach given that we used to hear stories from adults. But when you're actually doing it, it somehow feels mixed in a way that it both gives you pain and joy at the same time.


From time to time, I still get that excitement especially if I win big from my bets. But the longer I gamble, the more I feel like there's a need for me to win. Instead of chasing that pure excitement of the unknown, my purpose slowly fades and turns into profit instead of enjoying the overall game.

Early things always come with so much excitements and gambling is one of such things that have high excitement for beginners but as time goes on and you become more addicted to gambling, the enjoyment and excitement start reducing most especially when you start to record a good amount of losses in the process, Early gambling experience is always fun compared to now.

Everyone was young, wild and free back then. We tend to enjoy gambling because it's exciting upon knowing doing it, the thrill that it gives and being unemployed teens, we thought that it's a good source of making money.

Until we have realized that it's not and there's more to it that we can do and enjoy. The exciting remains in me and that's why I have not stopped but regulated my own gambling activities.

I was so active before that I have to do it once in a while and some moments like everyday although I can do it now from doing it on a daily basis, but I still try to limit myself.

What happens is that during those days we had fun gambling when we are not upto gambling age, we thought our parents are doing us bad because they didn't allow us to gamble when we are not up to 18 years, now we are adults we now know what gambling really is.
Something its not advisable for younger ones under 18 to Play. Now I am over 18 to 30+ I realized the reason why my parents don want me to gamble at tender age.

You're correct, I think gambling during the early stage is even better than now because back in those days it was as if the rate of addicted gamblers is very low compared to this current stage. And I would say that the reason why people don't easily get addicted to gambling during the early stage is because majority of those guys who where gambling during the early stage was very disciplined, and they also listen to instructions without argument. But nowadays people don't like listening to instructions instead they will want to do that which they know is best for them and just forget about the main instructions, that is the problem Majority of our youth is having now.

I started gambling at a young age, it’s part of our culture. Kids would go to what we call perya. Back then, children could also join, but now the perya staff and other gamblers drive minors away from betting, even from just watching. How I wish I were as restrained now as I was when I was still a kid. These days, it’s all about profit and taking bigger risks. Looking back, before I got into crypto, I couldn’t have imagined I’d be betting like this.

For those who are still delving deeper into gambling because they still hope for more, I believe there will come a time when they will realize that what they're doing is wrong and excessive. At this point, there are two possibilities: first, they will realize it and start fixing everything, or second, they will ignore the losses they've incurred, and despite this awareness, they will still persist in their pursuit of big wins.

But I believe everyone will change for the better in time. If they don't, it means they don't care about their own lives.

The painful truth about gambling one wrong choice can undo months or even years of effort because the line between control and chaos is so thin most gamblers don’t plan to lose everything in one night it happens slowly first with overconfidence then frustration then desperation and before they realize it they’ve crossed that point where emotion takes full control. About emotional decisions being the real enemy it’s not the loss itself that destroys people it’s what they do after the loss instead of stopping to think and recover they start chasing hoping the next spin or bet will fix everything that’s when gambling stops being entertainment and turns into obsession because the mind keeps telling them they can still win it back.

The hardest part is that most people don’t truly learn until they hit bottom they see others lose but think it won’t happen to them they ignore warning signs and keep pushing until the pain finally becomes bigger than the excitement but like you said when that realization comes there are two paths either they wake up and start fixing things or they stay trapped hoping for one miracle win that never comes. Real change happens only when someone starts valuing peace over thrill once they see that gambling doesn’t fix anything it only empties both pockets and mind they begin to rebuild slowly and responsibly there’s always hope for those who choose to learn but if they keep ignoring the lesson then they’ve already given up on themselves and no one can help until they decide to care again.

That's true  when we're young, we don't know any limits, and it was the same with gambling. We chased money and played risky games without any strategy at least that’s how it was for me. But I didn’t spend my own money, i used my parents’ money instead :D Now things are different, and i can say that i gamble responsibly, though not as often as before. I place more bets than play slots, but sometimes I mix them up. Overall, i agree with you  it’s important to set limits.

It's surprising that you were more reserved as a child. I would say the opposite about myself. In the test, I was completely different from how I am now; it's like two different people. If I had discovered sports betting as a child or teenager, I probably wouldn't have been able to stop, spending all my pocket money on it. But now, with age, self-control has come, and that's great. If I were to meet my childhood self, I would advise caution, because the world is a dangerous place, and the internet is too.

Not only gambling but all the activities prohibited for age are much more enjoyable. There is no family pressure during 18+ or 21+ so there is a lot of motivation to do any activity. Even if there is no proper financial flow, the fun of gambling once a week using a little money is really much more enjoyable.

With time, the pleasure in the same thing decreases. But the joy of gambling is different. But we always have to play depending on the financial flow. If we are aggressive in gambling, we have to face losses. I still gamble once a week with my friends for fun. When my friends are with me, that gambling becomes much more enjoyable for me. Because it reminds me of my old days.

Comparing gambling back then and now there is much different.this is due to the fact that, there was little access to gambling halls because there was no internet that we have now which has helped gambling becoming popular. In those days there was little known about gambling the only gambling places were in the big cities. I can say that gambling in my part of the world was not too fancied because there was this tag that was given to anyone who was seen as a gambler.


The only change that, I can say is the abuse of the gambling process because nowadays you see a whole lot of people gambling. This is why we are seeing a lot of gambling addicts because a good majority of people gambling don't know the essence of gambling. It's when you enter a betting shop that you will fully understand what am saying because you see different person's, both old and young who can't control themselves.

When I was a minor, I had to stay away from many things and many things were illegal for me according to the law. But when I became an adult, everything was open to me. However, I think that when I was a minor, that time was the best for me. At that time, I did not worry about financial matters. But there was a lot of attention towards gambling, but at that time there was no online casino, due to which I could not enter any physical casino house, I was not allowed to enter. At that time, it felt very bad, but when I became an adult, I gambled for a while, but I was not as excited as when I was minor

I remember when I was still in highschool, gambling was rampant in the classes and they're all hidden. Because once our teacher or adviser knew about the gambling that's happening inside the class rooms, first they're going to confiscate the money and so it's all goodbye. Unless the amounts were big, they're going to return it still but with the need of calling our parents so that they're going to talk to them and tell what we've done. It's easier now that I am older, no one is going to stop me and I can do whatever and whenever I want to gamble. I just miss the old days.

The shift is relatable. As an underage, gambling can feel like rebellion and pure thrill. The moment you are of legal age, there is change in excitement, it gets less about the rush then more about managing risk and making smarter choices. You begin to view it as just entertainment that requires discipline, not just adrenaline. The fun is there still, yet it's balanced by awareness with control.

It's certainly fun, but the fact is that those who really want to gamble will always find ways to do so, so prohibitive measures don't work very well in my opinion. Although your story is interesting, I hope you can control yourself today despite the wild urge to gamble. I didn't know about gambling in school, and it wasn't until my student days that I tried roulette with the Martin Gayle strategy. I thought I was a genius, hahaha, but imagine my disappointment when I lost a small deposit of real money. It was such a nerve-wracking and challenging experience for me, hahaha. Now I remember it with a smile, and I completely understand why the Martin Gayle strategy isn't the best.

Unfortunately not very many people actually learn from their losses, rather than getting wiser as your said, they get even more foolish and most time revengeful, seeking for other opportunities to get back at the casino for making them lose money, only for them to come back just to repeat the same process, and trust me, it gets even harder for such folks to break out from such an endless loop, no matter the amount of loses they experience.

I think most of us miss those emotional days now, only those who have played gambling secretly inside the classroom, they can understand how much thrill comes from hiding it, and at the same time, the fear of getting caught, that all together bring a deeply intense form of entertainment.
Anyway, these were really good, but they should not be done, especially in the case of students today, because now students are much more digital, so they can easily move towards a worse path at this time.
And in the present time, this issue is having a very negative impact on students, because when students are involved in gambling now, they become very deeply addicted to it, and such incidents are very common.

It's because we've grown mature and so, we've got more awareness and control to what we do. Yes, the fun remains but it's not the same fun when we have nothing and able to gamble back then when we were younger. The time flies so fast and it's unstoppable, all of those memories of the past on how we started to gamble were gone and can't even be remembered and how we try to hide it from the others because there's a taboo belief when your friends started knowing you're a gambler, they'll go away from you.

When I was a minor, I saw men that made many mistakes with gambling, and it cost some their happy homes, so I have always seen it as something that can ruin life and somehow have some fear of gambling. I can relate to that feeling when you hide to do something you were warned not to do. Not just gambling. And then when you are at the valid point, you feel less concern.  It's just that coward feeling from kids. Every child has done something like that. One thing that changed with my experience of gambling is realising that gambling isn't that bad or even terrible when you gamble responsibly. Like not using money meant for something important to gamble with the hope of winning to repay them.

Don't worry about me, I've grown as a man already and I can manage myself and control my emotions very well. And money back then when we were studying was a lot because it's only given and not earned by us. I don't know about others who's able to work at a young age and if they can accept to gamble their hard earned money easily because it's most likely that they can't.

It was one of the good memories of the past and we don't recommend that to the young ones today. It's totally a different setting back then but now, I'm not sure how it goes in the schools and how strict the staff and teachers there. Plus, the younger generation now have a different interest but due to technology and ease access of gambling, we'll never know how they're doing if it's about gambling.

As a child i had the same experience too, i saw people gamble at my local betting center, i saw some of them fight had arguments, but i knew that all thay did happened because of the after effect of a bad gambling day, and i told my self that i wouldn't gamble ever because i did not waht to be fighting like them, but as i grew up i realised that there is more to gambling than just that, Although i was scared and anxious at first but as time went on it became a normal thing i do, and it has not brought about any issues too because i try to control my emotions and not react based on emotions.

Exactly, that’s what i said in one of my posts. When you’re young, you don’t have control. When you grow up, you realize the seriousness of the situation and start seeing things in a rational way. If you’re not greedy and have a budget set aside for gambling, you’ll be able to have fun in the long run.

You should know that these days, we are having a lot of incredible increase in it's particular d those gaining interest are not all getting it right, friendliness is one of the major reasons to why gambling was initiated in the last, bit today, many have seen it beyond that, which is not too bad when more potential opportunities had been seen in it, despite that some also are getting the whole thing on a wrong idea about gambling, that it's a source of income for them.

Most of us compare young vs adult gambling experience. But what if then is an adult and now is a seniour or person who has retired and lives on a pension. How does gambling experience changes during that time period? Adults suppose to be smarter gamblers than young gamblers who have recently opened a game of gambling. What about people in age? Are they even more smarter gamblers than most of adults? ;D

You simply can't compare two different styles of play, many of the kids were used to a type of play that wasn't played before, now the young people are used to things that are absolutely strange for the old players, so it's useless to define who is better or which generation is the best.

Truly most times, there’s always more fun in doing what seems illegal or what we’re not freely allowed to do than compared with what seems common and allowed to do at anytime, anyday.
I am sure now, gambling will not be viewed with same eyes now as compared to back when you had to gamble with free money and not money labored for.
For those who stated gambling for a very long time even before they were 18 and are still modestly in it already learnt a lot of lessons and shouldn’t be expected to be reckless with their games and as such, even if they haven’t gotten the actual break they desire, I think by now they should have racked in more profits than losses.

Everything feels same except being more conscious.

We can't really comprehend or compare gambling then to now cause there has been a huge change andunlike then where we find it hard to get access to gambling while still tender, I think there's no much attention to this generation because gambling has been versatile such that one can be at the comfort of their home and gamble thereby probing the young one's to addiction at sn early stage.

Currently it's hard to see even minor gambles just because of the fun because of how the world has turned out to be now. Right now you are bigger and exposed to needs; you have bills to pay, so you are gambling with the hope of winning something bigger. If not for your daily needs, at least money to use for something else, even if it's for fun, but you just try hard to win something bigger. It's no longer the way you gambled when you were small.

I never had the privilege to gamble because back in those time, there wasn't casino then in my place. The only thing available that time were snooker games and whort games where people play against each other, you can decided to bet against each as player to player or you can decided to bet on the player to lose or win, it was dy d that time and everything used to be cool. There is tense of losing money because you don't want to lose what you have to another person.

I did have another one we do play that time while in school games. The school has banned it several time but the students always have a way they brings it back. We do used our launch money that time to bet against each other and who ever win takes the money. There were times we do bet with launch, as in the food bought and which player that emerge as the winner will go away with the food. I was flogged many times because of this but you know adolescents stage, very stubborn.  :D

We did chased money and thought that it will be the easiest way to make money and so, the younger people tend to be more addicted than the older ones.

And with that admission of yours, I guess that all of us that have gambled when we were young didn't used any of our money but our parents.

We learnt from all of those craziness that we did when we were young and have nothing to think about life but only having fun.

Nowadays, with the technology that we have, young kids have access to basically anything. But it is the parents' prerogative how they will handle their kids in terms of access to these gadgets that will enable them to log in in those gambling sites. As the technology is fast evolving, parents should also know how to address such risk to their kids. The access will surely be easy and fast and so one thing they can do is instill the good values. So even if they are in front of those gadgets, they already know what to do even without their parents' directive.

The difference is there between gambling as at then and now, before we don't really have online gambling and then also, people are not well informed about gambling the way we got used to it this time, but today, everyone already have access to gambling by the use of online gambling platforms with our different devices for the suitability of having fun, once we can afford other conditions to gamble with our own money.

You can use any form of parental control tool to manage where your children can access and where they can't access, but immediately they are growing up and start associating themselveswith friends, then there is a limit to how you can control their online life since you can't go out with them all the time to school premises and other places where they socialize.

Not my experience, but the few of them I have see gambling that are not up to the legal age usually don’t have a good strategy or even know what bankroll management is and how to practice it. One thing I know is that they are usually in th comment section of tweets punters post and you’ll see them either asking for codes or asking for people to help them fund their accounts, I know a few of them in my area, we have had discussions about it because apparently the gambling centers don’t regulate the age allowed to bet in their shop, as long as you have the money and the game you want to bet on they’ll do it for you, sometimes they even lie that it was an adult that gave the the code to bet and they’ll believe it.

honestly speaking, this is how it used to be the majority of us ventured into gambling because of excitement and curiosity and not having a good grasp of it. At that time it was more of a game than a risk particularly at a time when the money was not actually ours. When we got older, the truth would strike us, we began to feel that losses count and that the bad habit could easily take away both time and peace. Those childhood errors have defined our current perception of value, patience, and the necessity of curbing our greed.

Yes, I believe that major losses are caused by overconfidence. Why is that? I've experienced it myself. Overconfidence caused me to lose a lot of money in a single bet. Actually, responsible gambling can be done without experiencing any untoward incidents. The numerous cases of people being ruined by gambling beyond their limits can serve as a lesson for us. However, some people still insist on pursuing their goals even though they know they'll likely experience more losses.

When you practice and research about those teams before betting and after checking their statistics that situation will make you confident and will encourage you to bet with more money. I myself was confident in many matches but in the end I lost a huge amount. You should not be overconfident while betting because greed is responsible for making extra money in gambling. In fact, you should have patience to play responsible gambling because the temptation to own a lot of money in a short time can make you greedy and irresponsible.

Yeah, it's more fun there because the money that used to gamble isn't ours and so if ever we lose it, there were no hard feelings after that.

And you're right that now we're older, the losses striking us badly because it's our money that we've worked hard for and we can't just let it go and see it added to our losses.

Gambling is still there but I guess that it's on how approach it nowadays if it's more fun now or during when we were younger.

myself I started gambling when I have grown and become adult I was not scared of anyone again disturbing me or going to worry me not to play gambling because I'm started making money through my business so I was like free to do anything I wish to do because I am up to age to do them, but for me I've seen so many persons who are tender like 15 years, will a still be scared of their parents not knowing that they are into gambling for those ones who participate in gambling secretly, you know it's not good for you to disobey your parents especially when you are gambling you have to hide and gamble, so I believe that we need to understand that the gambling is meant for matured mind and that is why you need to take all the decision that I want to take because when you lose everything will be on your head and then when you benefit everything will be on you too

That's what is called luck playing a role, no matter how high a sense of confidence we have in gambling, it doesn't guarantee it completely because in gambling pseudo-rights can happen with one of the things like what you experienced by initially researching each of the two teams that will be competing and checking the statistics and then being confident in placing a bet but the results were disappointing.

Indeed, when gambling we should not be too self-confident, because this leads to inappropriate behavior, for example greed which might occur when we are very confident that we will be able to win, especially if we previously placed a bet and the result was positive. We must be able to gamble appropriately and responsibly as you said, that is what will save us.

Then I was not allowed to gamble base on I was not up to 18 years, but I have idea on some sports betting because I like watching football competition then, sometimes my uncle will come me to cross check some of his games he has selected whether it make any sense to bring good result, and some of the ones I will correct from the games will make my uncle to win, since I have cross 18 years, I gamble without my parents concept because I like online gambling and it can cover so many things that will make your secret not to be open to public either winning or losing.

At that age, many of my classmates were into football, but not me. They already had well-founded opinions about why one team would win and the other would lose, and I'm sure if betting had been available back then, even on fan accounts, they would have been making those bets, delving deeper into betting. I would have passed the topic by, because much later, I myself became interested in gambling.

At least at some point when we are younger, there was this kind of influence on us. Just like what you said, your uncle, but here it's my cousins and my uncle's too that influence me to watch and love the sports of basketball.

So there was a time that they will have a friendly bet inside the house. Then we will watch games till 10:00 pm here and so we will have some fun arguing about the game and the results and who's winning. That was a fun memory back then. But now it's totally different as everything now is online.

The feelings then would be primarily based on how the kid can make money and become rich like the big boys he must have seen in movies. I think that's why kids are not permitted to gamble below the normal age and some parents won't still allow their kids to gamble even at the age of 18 until the kid is above 20 years of age, that's because the kid would only have the mindset of making money from gambling and it affect them in future. The thrill for the kid at such age is making money.

In people under 25, the part of the brain responsible for critical thinking is not yet fully developed, that’s a scientific fact. Therefore, this role should be taken on by parents. However, instead of forbidding everything they don’t like, they should explain cause-and-effect relationships so that their children develop logical thinking rather than false expectations shaped by advertising.

You can take it that way, but what's the alternative of it? Less control, less regulation turns to underage kids can gamble and must be responsible about their own finances?

I take transparent and accountable control over no control and corruption that automatically comes with that any day.
Also, on other message, it sounds like you are all for parental control. So what do you think protect kids if their parents aren't responsible people?

Things are quiet fast advancing in gambling, the way we used to play bets before had drastically changed and improved more better than before, because online gambling has made most of these things possible, same as well from the influence of the digital technology and innovation, whereby everyone can choose to gamble more conveniently at his comfort.

We also once started going to the casino house before things advanced to online gambling and the use of cryptocurrencies being supported for the same purpose of having fun in gambling, which we can't imagine if all these had not been in place, we might not have gone this far.

At least you waited for the right time to be in gambling. But I believe that you should tell your parents about gambling just to make them aware of the situation. What I mean is that, despite your legal age and sports knowledge, I think parents still have the right to know your involvement in other things. This is not the concern of money, but we know that many people commit suicide because of gambling, and I don't want this to happen. You need proper guidance and some advice. This will not stop you from gambling, but this instead helps you feel comfortable, as you never held it secret.

I feel how beautiful life is I lead, and now it is boring for gambling as I lose huge money, and I am afraid when I will be active again in gambling and when I will be more of a loser for gambling. I am controlling gambling with too much difficulty, and I'm not sure when I will be back again on gambling (probably when I have enough funds to be a loser).

When they are young, it's more focused on the fun since there is no space to think about financial responsibility since it's at an age where parents make provision for almost all their needs, but when we come of age, the money spent in gambling is made by the gambler; there is responsibility attached to it, which will make the gambler also more concerned about bankroll management and budget, which is another thing that will differentiate both gambling experiences.

When I was a minor, gambling was not a big deal. And at that time, online casinos were not very popular, so I didn't feel anything like that. And none of my friends or my area were addicted to gambling and gambled regularly, so I didn't see gambling often when I was a minor. Nowadays, online casinos are spreading very fast and they are doing paid marketing on social media and advertising through my popular influencers, so now everyone, adults and minors, is exposed to gambling advertisements. I can't imagine how they feel now.

But of course, anything that's pinched behind preying eyes will always have that adrenaline rush because a guilty conscience knows it's doing wrong and doesn't want to be caught 😏

Things have drastically changed now. Gambling doesn't look that much forbidden anymore than it did years ago. I guess it's the advent of the internet that changed everything. Most parents don't even know their kids gamble as these kids can do that in the confines of their rooms and away from monitoring or roving eyes of their parents or guardians. Again, some parents this day are loose in their parental responsibility. I've seen parents who send their kids to offline bet shops to play for them when they can't go there  themselves. I think morals are slowly eroding this generation of parents.

Gambling has changed a lot, from smoky poker rooms to fast digital platforms. Back then, reading people mattered; now it’s about reading data and odds. The core thrill’s the same, but access and speed make it harder to stay disciplined.

Do you think today’s tech makes gambling smarter or just riskier overall?

quite frankly, there are a lot of underage gamblers and when they become of age, they just continue with what they are already doing without having any feeling that they are doing anything different. from my regions, most sixteen years old boys and girls are already actively involved in gambling and the reason is just that they have a lot of people around them that are already involved in the act. age matters little for most gamblers as long as they have the means to carter for their gambling.

with tech and freelance jobs giving younger people access to getting wealth at an early age, using 18 years as the age limit for gambling is no longer working again.

Becoming more noticeable in many places today younger people are starting to gamble earlier because access has become so easy online betting apps social media ads and peer influence all play a role in normalizing gambling at a very young age what used to feel like something only adults did now feels casual for teens who grow up seeing it everywhere.

The danger is that they start forming habits before they even understand money management or the risks involved by the time they reach adulthood it no longer feels like a game but a part of daily life that’s when addiction quietly develops in some cases these young gamblers don’t even see gambling as wrong or risky because they were exposed to it for so long. Age limits are hard to enforce now since everything is digital and fake ids or shared accounts make restrictions weaker governments and betting platforms need better systems to verify real age but parents also have a big role in this they should be aware of what their kids are doing online and talk openly about gambling not as a punishment but as guidance because once gambling becomes a habit at 16 it’s hard to control at 26.

When I started gambling as an underage it wasn't really about the money because we had no money and zero access to get involved with the activities of adults because back in the day gambling was only for adults and you would be punished by your parents if you are caught mistakenly, so we used our personal belongings to gamble with friends across the street and I have even used my food to place a bet and I lost and also lost my lunch for the day and that was when I learnt about the risky part of gambling and now as an adult I have always been careful with the decisions I make regarding my gambling habits. And now that I'm an adult it's different from when I was younger because I'm more cautious and more strategic while gambling, when I was younger I don't think before gambling I just do what comes to my mind and most times I lose.

I was introduced to gambling as an adult, so I wasn't exposed to it as a teenager.

It's fortunate if it's as you say. Young people gamble just for fun without thinking about their finances, but as they grow older, their mindset changes to be more responsible with their finances.

However there are many cases in my area where the opposite occurs, as they gamble at an age when they should be studying or going to school. Their irresponsible gambling habits carry over into adulthood. What I mean is that many of them can't change their mindset, perhaps because they've become accustomed to reckless gambling. Even as adults, they continue to gamble like that. This is all a result of the addiction they created themselves, accustomed to gambling without regard for financial stability. Some even become addicted. So I stick to the basic principle if you're still underage, never try gambling, because it will have a negative impact on you as an adult.

Back then i was curious about gambling, but because i had the feeling that it is wrong as a result of informations i got from different source, i refused to partake in such act, but some how i was still attracted to it, but not with a clear mind, but now i have seen what gambling looks like and it happened to be least of my expectations

But presently the rate at wich teens are now involved in gambling is nothing compared to then, they just do it casually like a normal thing without hesitation, regardless of their age, even students use their up keep and tuition money for gambling, this is a clear picture of bad/good the world has become, depends on how you take it.  But i personally see that the world has become bad in my point of view.

That's why they stop or prohibit teenagers from getting into gambling activities because as a teen we can't really do proper thinking and we have so much power and aggression during those teenage years. When we become adult or in particular cross age of 21 or 25 then we understand importance of self-control and how to gamble with responsibility. I do gambling sometimes and I enjoy it but as a teenager I never gambled because I had no access to gambling platforms back then.

Responsibility applies to everyone, regardless of age. Even if you’re young and gambling is just fun for you, you still need to be responsible because you should understand the consequences that await you in the future if you’re not. When you’re older, you control your own budget and therefore bear full responsibility. If you’ve developed that sense of responsibility while young, you won’t have problems  you’ll know when to stop and how much money you can afford to spend on gambling. That’s what responsible gambling is, but only a small number of gamblers actually understand it.

I started gambling when graduated from secondary school in 1998. I was a pool clerk then so i learnt how to per 3 from 4. Gambling then was analog system, though then analog was the best but you can compare betting now and then. These days you can place your bets right in your bedroom or anywhere and anytime. Then you need to go to the betting shop before placing your but now thank God for smart phones and the Internet. You can actually fund your account and boom your ready so therefore betting these days is more better and interprising than then

I love this post because it makes me re live my youth! I was 16 on a cruise ship wjth my parents and nicked a 10 spot from dad's wallet.  Turned it into 20 in one of those coin pusher machines and then headed over to roulette.  I was being served alcohol and everything it was great haha. I went over to the roulette table and got all the way up to $180 then I lost it all! I wish I would have just cashed out. I could have had Hella fun on that cruise ship at 16 with $180 in my pocket! Turned out to be one of my greatest life lessons and ive not lost any significant amount gambling because of that experience. It was so much more fun when it was forbidden! Honestly in my life it still seems tabu because I am very religious and my wife would never condone any activities going to the physical casinos on a regular basis but I do like to place smaller bets from time to time on the crypto casinos and scratch off tickets now just to try my luck every so often  ;D

The advancement of technology is truly visible, with many people leveraging it to generate profits, including companies that are also capitalizing on this technological advancement. The existence of online casinos has made it easier for many people to gamble. Currently, online gambling is even more popular than brick-and-mortar gambling, with more people choosing online gambling.
The development of the internet has indeed been very helpful. We can do many things quite easily, including communicating with people far away, even from different countries, and learning about many things, such as the world of crypto.

Actually, there's no big change in the game, it's still the same thing as before. But just as you said, The only change is that it was previously our parents responsibility and weren't financially independent. However, the only change now is that we can afford to make informed decisions on our own with our earnings without depending on our parents, that's the only difference.