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It is true that some of the gambling site or casino sites there terms for someone to start gambling over there are ranging from age 18+ although I learnt that some countries are from 16+ while some are between from 19+ above before they could start operating on the gambling/casino site. Nowadays I am so shocked and surprised on how children of this generation do made their way into casino to start gambling without them even getting to aged bracket of accessing the gambling site before they could starts gambling.
I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

It's clearly states on the ToS of the gambling sites that they don't allow underage to play. Even when you created a account it will question you initially. Of course, you can click that options and says that you are older.

But the obvious answer is the mandatory KYC. We all know that most of casinos are now asking for it to verify whether you are what you are saying, maybe even before you can put or start your first bet. KYC includes government ID, proof of billing or address or selfie to make sure that indeed you're in the right age to gamble.

Remedy of underaged gambling is to reduce age when they are allowed to gamble. But dont that blindly, but only after parents give them explanation. Kids are allowed to work from 18, but with parents allowance, from 14 and only several hours. Kids should be allowed to gamble, if parents explained what gambling is, kids use their own money, kids dont gamble to earn, parent monitor their gambling activity. If everything is under control, why gambling can be dangerous? At 16 years old, a kid already isnt stupid and naive little baby. At such age he can already driver a car. At such age, some already became parents. At such age, they can not get into big financial troubles, as nobody would lend them big money, they dont have property to lose, they dont have money at all. Imho better they learn bitter lesson at 16 and lose their 100 bucks they got for Christmas, than have a full sip of problems when they are 30 and have thousands in debt.

I have seen someone who is underage and is gambling which I know too well that he is not up to age of gambling, when I tried to interrogate him he said I met with my friend who is 2 years older than him and he helped him passed the verification.
I was shocked to see how smart he could, but then; the he also considered the consequences of gambling even without him getting to the age bracket when I asked he said there is nothing there that as long as he is gambling within his means that he has no issues with it.

My question is that; Do you think when such people are caught should be reported to the gambling site or what action should be taken to stop them gambling?

It's simple, if every casino can adhere to the making strict kyc verifications then this would limit underage gambling to a large extent, now there are so many kyc free casinos that makes it easier for a lot of people to access gambling but this only promotes underage gambling because kids below 18 years would be able to access gambling freely without any form of restrictions at all, these are the cons of it

Since the rise of the online gambling and the people connecting to the internet it's been easier than ever to access gambling sites, actually it's really hard to control it and it can be only avoided through the family or parents of the child. I am registered to different crypto gambling sites and I played through all of them, and so far, I haven't been asked KYC just imagine if I am underage and I can easily deposit on those sites though if they implement it from the start, they will lose a lot of customers due to KYC. So it should start from the family to teach and guide their child regarding gambling sites.

I don't think there's any remedy for this underage gambling because you can never control someone that is bigger than their parents.

Although, even if parents put eye on them they would still gamble due to the fact that they have free access to online gambling because internet are the major challenges that is causing this underage gambling as long as the young generation are free to internet it will be very hard to get them out of this.

If gambling sites do not require KYC, underage gamblers cannot be controlled despite the general rule that only those aged 18 and above can gamble.
However, with the implementation of KYC, there are also strong concerns about identity theft.
In countries that completely ban gambling activities, this may be accommodated for underage gamblers.

I do not have a precise solution regarding restrictions on underage gambling except from the stakeholders themselves. Then, prevention efforts should be initiated by parents by instilling good character education from an early age.

Can you mentioned the countries that people that are 16 years old and above can gamble? I have not heard of anything like this before. In most countries, people that are allowed to gamble are 18 years old or older. While in some countries, the people that are allowed to gamble are 21 years and above. I have not heard of 16 years before.

Remedy for underage gambling is KYC. It will reduce underage a lot.

Certain companies are creating games that get underage kids addicted to games. These games are the precursor of gambling games but because the precursors are not gambling games they can easily be published on Application stores.

I think there is correct remedy to this. Awareness from the parents and instilling the critical thinking habit in children at young age is important. Without these they are likely to fall prey of such habits.

A good way to raise awareness is to openly talk to them about casinos and how they function.

It’s not the gambling site’s responsibility to set that rule, it’s the regulators who require them to follow the law. If a certain country allows 16+, then there’s a reason behind it that we might not know, but we have to respect it. The only time a casino is really at fault is if they break the law, like knowingly letting minors gamble. But honestly, no licensed casino would risk that, because getting their license revoked is basically the end of their whole business.

i don't think it's a good thing for children to spend their pocket money on gambling, but i would like a child who wants to experience this to have that right after the age of 15, for example. of course, it should be under parental supervision. a child should gain experience with money-related matters. they can try selling things, gambling, or even trying to produce something. i think it would be healthier for them to learn some things under their parents' guidance rather than trying these things for the first time as an adult and suffering significant losses.

I don't think casinos need this, because they ask you to confirm you're 18+ during registration, which isn't their responsibility anymore. If underage teenagers want to gamble, they'll find a way to do so. I think casinos could introduce mandatory verification, but firstly, it wouldn't completely eliminate this problem, and secondly, it's turned many players away from online casinos, so I don't think anything will change now. Responsibility for teenagers lies more with their parents.

IMO there are many different factors that predispose underage children to gamble, like ads, parents and other relatives setting an example, and lack of control from the casinos. So the remedies would be to set a strict schedule for gambling ads in hours when children don't watch TV, avoid gambling in front of them, and strict regulations so casinos must control the access of only adults to their facilities, but in a privacy-friendly manner.

A stricter KYC is the only thing to know for sure. Even that has lapses still because documents can be faked and people are selling verified accounts online. But it is the best thing that a casino can do as of now. Anything more will be a violation of privacy. They have to find a line between verification and privacy violation.

Well, I really do not think that there's a remedy to permanently prevent this from happening. The casinos warns against it but they can not be able to know when an underage is gambling, some people would be like me who would say before, "that KYC is going to help" but kids are smart now, they can use their parent's information to pass the KYC without them even knowing it.

I will advise that parents should be conscious and attentive in caring for their kids, pay attention to every little change with the kid, be free with them so that they can easily share informations with you because if you are hard on them, they can hide to do things without your permission.  With the right guidance, a kid will always take permission from their parents before doing some certain things.

This is a challenge to the government on how they would take measures in preventing underage gambling. Additionally, the government has the police power to prevent underage gambling by taking down unnecessary advertisements that give rise to the curiosity of the young.

As far as I know, some gambling websites require KYC and other identification procedures that at least gives another security in preventing underage from accessing their websites. Additionally, gambling websites should be strict in their registration process in order to segregate those who are above eighteen (18) or twenty-one (21) years of age (depending on gambling laws of a country).


This is true. While we cannot absolutely prevent the underage from accessing these gambling websites, still, measures must be taken to REDUCE their number. Creating an account impersonating yourself as an adult is relatively easy on some gambling websites and this should be prevented at all cost.

I’m also curious about this because based on my research, there’s no country that allows 16+ to gamble or play in a casino. The minimum age is usually 18.

What I did find is that in Estonia, 16-year-olds are allowed to play the lottery already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_in_Estonia

Gambling platforms have many policies to prevent underage gambling such as requesting for KYC documents to be sure that those who are gambling in their platform are up to the age. Even platforms that does not enforce KYC still make it clear the age limit they want in their platform. If a player who is underage accept the terms and conditions and check the box which specify the date requirements, it is no longer the fault of the platform. Parents and guardians should do more to prevent underage gambling because the bulk of the job is with them.

It is not even easy to control gambling these days because the majority of underage individuals have smartphones, which they can always use to access gambling sites. Most gambling sites are not strict with their registration; once you click to claim you are above 18 years, you are good to start gambling.

In this case, parents have to play a significant role in ensuring their kids shouldn't have a mobile phone until they are adults. Apart from this, I don't know of any other possible ways to control gambling for underage individuals. KYC is another remedy, but I think privacy matters a lot.

If the kid do not accept it, it will not allow the kid to gamble. If the kid access the site again and accept that he is above 18, the site will allow him to register and start gambling. This is what smart kids will do. I do not think all gambling sites are doing this. This is the reason I like Stake.com (Stake.us for those that are living in United States) as it makes KYC mandatory.

Having a strict kyc policy would be a good way to prevent this from happening and also if physical betting centers can also be strict with gamblers showing their id before they walk in this would prevent the high rate of underage gambling...There are lots of things that can actually be done but these casinos are not taking it seriously...if we don't stop underage gambling it would only bring about more addicts

Anything done online can be accessible to everybody regardless of age bracket, that is the world we live in now.
I don't see the possibility of stopping underage individuals from betting if there is no physical meeting or interaction.

Though it is clearly written in the ToS that underage are not allowed to bet but the casino or betting site also need finances to operate so would not necessarily treat the KYC verification strictly as they believe every consequence is self-blamed.

It must not always be about the age but the maturity that comes with gambling, self discipline and control.

Parents can do two things with that case and that is monitoring their child activities if they can track those things for sure that they can help them lessen to engage in this activity. Also they should educate their underage children towards possible effect of gambling maybe showing the worse case scenario happen to other people might help them. There are bad stories they can watch on streaming sites and for sure they can learn lot of things about that situation. Open dialogue is important towards this situation and if they can enforce strict rules towards their child about not to engage on gambling there's huge chance that they can escape on early addiction which is destructive to them.

Actually, KYC requirements are useful for reducing the potential for underage gamblers to engage in gambling, but they aren't enough to stop underage gambling. On the other hand, casino KYC requirements still have loopholes that underage gamblers can exploit. I believe casinos could implement live KYC verification for every user who logs in, and this is intended to further reduce underage gambling, but I believe it also poses another risk to the casino, meaning users might be reluctant to do so every time. Therefore, I don't think there is a foolproof solution to ending underage gambling, and even if casinos do enforce to do it as I said, then I think it would create a dilemma.

By the way, I think another possible way to stop underage gambling is through collaboration between the government and casinos. We know that the government has data on citizens of the country, which means that data can be used to identify users, and then live KYC is required for every user activity. However, this is just a wild idea, and I think it is difficult to implement, Cmiiw.

The parents have an important role to play in this by sensitizing the children about the danger and risk of gambling especially to underaged and they have to be doing this with love because teenagers are good at going to or doing whatever that are warn not to out of curiosity and they are willing to go to any length to achieve their aims, for a strict verification process trust me they are going to have their way out at all cost, parents should guide their children and also put them on watch with love just like I have said before and this will help along way.

The real problem is that the more you prohibit something ...the more attractive it becomes in some way.
It's always better to explain how betting/gamblibworks; in a way, it's also a life lesson.
Many choices can be seen as real bets.

KYC isn’t really the solution, because it can still be faked. That is why fraud and money laundering continue to happen even with KYC in place. So honestly, the only remedy would be to completely ban online gambling in the country. But I don't think they will choose that option, knowing how much the government benefits from it. Casinos still can’t fully prevent minors from accessing their platforms, no matter what rules they implement.

In the end, the best thing we can do is guide our kids properly and never encourage them to gamble until they reach the legal age.

Mandatory KYC is one of the solutions that many are looking into it, but we know that there are some who don't want to share their personal information to some strangers online. That's also one of the reason why there are many gamblers who prefer gambling on a non-KYC gambling website because they want to become as anonymous as possible.

Nowadays, it's hard to prevent these underage teens from gambling especially with how easy gambling can be accessed now. Just a smartphone and an internet and you're good to go. Parents should look at their children as well and what websites they're going, but it's still hard for them to track their children all the time. I don't know if there's a solution that will totally work where underage people will be prohibited from gambling especially on online gambling. Of course in physical casinos, this can be tracked since it's physical, but doing it online is very hard.

KYC is still the best solution that I know, but not all gambling websites are requiring it to their customers. Maybe if ALL of the legal casinos will implement it then that could reduce the number of underage gamblers, but that will not eradicate it completely.

It’s just crazy how online casinos still don’t do anything about the underage users. Personally, just entering the date of birth in a site’s system isn’t enough. Gambling sites have to do something about this, and it’s time gambling sites requested proper ID such as driver’s license, national ID, or to some reasonable degree a system that can verify one’s identity or some anti-fraud system that can differentiate between real and fake users.

There also has to be more education tactics to parents to make them inform their kids about the dangers of gambling. At the same time gambling sites also has a responsibility to make some more educational content and inform users about responsible gambling and age-related regulations.

At the end of the day, the gambling industry also has to take the responsibility and make sure to have a proper enforcement of their age restrictions otherwise the stories about underage gambling will just continue.

First you should understand or agree with me that some company don't care who's coming to patronize them or not rather they are just concerned with how they will make their money and I doubt if there are companies that doesn't want growth, improvement, customers etc. and then I think the only way this can be eliminated or reduced is by requesting for a facial verification with also an ID card showing the age of the person which I think some people will still by pass and company wouldn't do that because no one wants to go through this stress to gamble in a particular site when there are thousands of sites they can literally signed up without any of these...

There is a way already and it's KYC, a casino or Betting site can verify the age of a gambler before using their service. If they are found to be underage then the verification  process will be denied unless it's a NoKYC casino .

The parents have a lot to do when it comes to this aspect,  there's  no need to hide it from them,  show them and let them know the dangers of getting involved as an underage or addicted gambler. If you don't  they will learn it outside or social media  and get curious  to try it out.

That's one, parents should be the one to blame if their kids got to gamble maybe using their credit cards or their information as well. And its going to be very hard for online casinos it someone that registers are under age or not.

And as far as reporting? To who? I don't think that casino will extend a helping hand by reporting it to the authorities. It's another over head cost for them and then we have the problem of jurisdiction.

Strict implementation of KYC is the only thing that can deter underage to gamble.

I think being strict with the KYC is all they can do. They cannot do house-to-house just to check who is playing behind the smartphone or the computer because it would be against the law. Privacy today is over-exaggerated, which is why it will be tough to check if it is really a legal age who is playing.

I believe it will just depend on the parenting. There's no way online casinos have the capability to stop teenagers or even younger people from cheating with their information. If they are using their parents' identification, that's the fault of the parent. If they are using an older friend's ID then it is a parenting issue also.

The bulk of the challenge to reduce the incidence of underaged gambling is on the parents because the gambling companies and casinos have given their regulation and age limit required before you can register and gamble using their platform, so it is left for the family to guide and discipline their children not to do what they are not suppose to do at the time they are not up to the age. Some parents are free with their phones and their children use it to register, use a mature person's picture for KYC. Some children also use their parents account to gamble and the parents are okay with it. So it is not for the casino to start what they can't regulate after they had given the guide, the parents need to take it up.

Gambling is not meant for children, and many of them are ignorant of the risk associated with gambling. In order to stop underaged gambling strict measures should be deployed in order to be able to handle it.

It should be the responsibility of parents to educate their children why they should avoid gambling and the associated risk when they are underaged.

Government should deem it necessary to hold seminars on gambling and it's associated risk through schools, radios etc.

Government should make underaged gambling a punishable offense if any underaged child is caught playing gamble.

Government should administer strict warning to the gambling companies should in case of online gambling or in the cause of conducting their KYC, should not make the mistake of accepting underaged child, otherwise will be banned from operation.

I believe if some of this measures are put in place, underaged gambling is going to reduce drastically.

Here in our country, even though online casinos officially require players to be 18 years old and above, a minor can still find ways to gamble. If a minor happens to win a large amount, it’s easy for them to cash out: they simply ask an adult friend with valid ID documents to withdraw the money for them.

What I’m saying is that the actual (under-age) player will use someone else’s name someone who qualifies for KYC and they’ll just agree on what percentage of the winnings goes
to the person who provided the KYC documents.

This is a tough one Perfectbaby everyone is right that KYC is the main answer like Dave1 and act said

But you already pointed out the problem in your own reply kids arent stupid They just get their 18 year old friend to sign up for them or they "borrow" their dad's ID a casino can't stop a kid who has a valid ID even if it's not theirs and then you have all the no-KYC casinos that (Hummus) mentioned they don't even try to stop it

Honestly I agree with joeperry and Dr.Bitcoin_Strange it's a parenting problem Parents give their 12 year old a smartphone with full internet access and zero supervision and then act shocked when they find gambling apps

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A casino can't be a parent for you

That idea from TopTort777 about letting 16 year olds gamble under supervision is pretty wild lol I kinda see the logic better they learn a hard lesson with their $100 Christmas money than lose their house when they are 30 But still a crazy idea

The only real fix is for parents to actually parent their kids and lock down their phones

Mandatory KYC? This is not applicable to all casino platforms by the way. In fact, most casinos now promote themselves and boast for being a non KYC casino. Underage children can play in any of these casinos despite its against their policy without them knowing. Although even non KYC casinos can some time request for KYC either to upgrade your account to a higher tier or when there's issue. Some underage children go as far as using another person document for KYC just to be able to play and withdraw from the casino they operate with. It's difficult for casinos to figure out this issues and block them, it's our duty as parents to monitor our underage children from getting into this mess at their early stage.

That still doesn’t fall under underage gambling in the eyes of the casino because they don’t really know who’s the one playing. They just assume the information submitted is correct. As long as the casino follows the proper verification process, they’re free from liability if a minor still manages to gamble.

Besides, a casino’s main purpose is entertainment and making money from it. They’re not going to go out of their way to investigate every gambler’s real age. The basic requirements they enforce are enough to keep them safe from any legal trouble.

There is nothing much you can really do, if not to report them to their parents or relatives if you know them, so that they will be aware of what their son is into "gambling''. Whether they are really okay with their little son gambling as underage gambling. Their response will make you understand their stance on it, whether it is a good or bad move for them to find their son gambling.

In some families, they will have the boy punished for thinking of gambling when he's not up to 18.

It is very difficult to control this in online casinos. Especially for slot sites that do not require KYC, I think they are very easily accessible to minors. 
For land-based casinos, the age regulations should be stricter to be able to access gambling at the casino. But I think there is a big loophole, and it is difficult to overcome in online casinos. If every gambling site required KYC at the initial registration, it might help reduce underage gambling.

In land-based casinos, this is all very easy to detect, if the administration has any suspicions that a player is underage, they can ask them to provide proof of age. But in online casinos things are different, and it's much easier to bypass this if desired. On the one hand, I understand that it's bad for teenagers to gamble because their nervous system is still immature, and they may not be prepared for losses. But on the other hand, I believe that if a teenager wants to gamble, they'll find a way.

Are there different ages for gambling in different countries? Yes, that should be obvious. Sometimes 18, sometimes 21 and even in other cases 25 with everything in between. Most countries around the world will give an official government ID when you hit 18 or above, which the casinos can ask to validate by uploading it. In most casinos identification is also required for know your customer type checks, so it serves the secondary purpose of minimum age verification too

I think setting up some parental control to the children's device to block all elements of gambling can be a good remedy to avoid them from engaging into gambling.
We all know that gambling website doesn't allow minors to register an account. But, there are ways to bypass it. So, blocking them in the device might be effective.

Then every parent of every child must block access to casinos on every device children have, or it wont work. Because you can block everything, limit on control your childs devices, but he will gamble with his friend on friends device. However blocking websites is a good advice, because it will block access for part of underaged gamblers. Something is better than nothing. However, children should be aware that something is blocked on their devices; explanation why parents have done that is required, otherwise there will be lots of misunderstanding from their side.

For someone that is up to the age of 18 years does not mean that they have to gamble. The law is only trying to limit the way undaged people gamble which is not supposed to be. If the law say 18+ years means you means be 18 years and not still smart to gamble. You can be 20 years of age and you may not still have the full understanding about life and how to make decisions so you don't gamble and gamble for too long, the money might be available for you to bet but your mental health might not be smart enough to gamble with yhe right mind and set-up.
Children can have mental health issues when they gamble too frequently without having the boldness to say no and leave betting.

Gambling can be regulated and fully effective but that can't work if we don't examine the causes. The government and the parents are the two people that can do this thing. If the government makes sure casino works very well and implement KYC appropriately, then rest assure they are going to comply by force and they will do anything weed out children that are under age. Even though it's understandable that you KYC can be manipulated, it is going to make it harder and less number of under age children.

Now comes the parent part. You see, many parents are just claiming the custody of their children, they don't have the time to study what their children does, they doing worry about the things the children do and yet they complain when their children go out of the line. Parents need to regulate children that are not upto the age of gambling, this will save us from this outcry of casino this and underage gambling that has been disturbing for long time.

That’s if most parents even consider the idea that their kids might gamble. What if they don’t? Kids nowadays can hide what they’re doing online, and it really depends on how good we are at monitoring them. But honestly, because of the internet, they have their own world already, we don’t know everything they’re doing.

I don’t think this case is that rampant though, because if casinos require KYC, these kids can’t pass it anyway… unless they’re willing to commit an actual crime like faking an identity or stealing someone else’s documents.

Cmon, all of us know this way. The problem is that lots of people don`t like it. It is KYC during the registration. Additional problem is that casinos don`t like KYC during the registration too. If you is KYCed, they can`t freeze your money until your KYC will be completed.

To be honest, it is interesting moment. Who will win - cryptocurrencies "anonymity" or age gambling ranging?

Gambling sites must allow gamblers to gamble after considering their age. While there are some sites that give importance to this issue, many sites do not give importance to it, which increases the tendency of underage gamblers to gamble. If a site really wants to reduce the number of underage gamblers, then they must give importance to the KYC issue. Sites should be aware of whether the gambler is doing KYC with his own documents. They can also do live verification of the gambler if necessary.

Nowadays, children get phones very early, so they can obtain a lot of information on the internet very early on. Because of this, they are even able to get fake IDs and pass casino KYC checks as if they were adults when in fact they are minors. They can also lie to their parents about needing money for school expenses when they want money to gamble at online casinos.

This generation of children is very intelligent. Even as children, they can steal their parents' cars to go to parties. Here in my country, a child stole his mother's car and ran someone over. Something shocking. Therefore, parents must be more careful; they should supervise their children more closely to prevent them from getting involved with gambling.

Why won't underaged children gamble when the online cisinos are just asking the people opening accounts in their platforms if they are up to 18+, and all they will have to do is just click on yes or no. In most cases the gamblers will click on yes and that's all even if they are not up to that age. If the casinos wants to curb underage gambling, they should start requesting for government issued documents that will specify the age of the people opening accounts with them. They should also verify if those documents are original or fake. This way underage gambling will reduce.

I thought that age of 18 is the only age that is acceptable in gambling even if is different from what other countries sees that should be best to gamble, so if some are accepting 16 years that means soon they will bring it down below 10 years. Instead of reducing the age limit it should have been kept more higher instead because a 16 years is not an adult, so the increase in age is supposed to be a remedy of abusive gambling from children whom there age is not supposed to be doing gambling, any remedy can work if any initiative is accepted by the site they gamble but anything without them doesn't give much effectiveness on any remedy because of there role.

Most online casinos do not pay  attention to this aspect. Because if fewer minors participate in  gambling, the casinos benefit more. These gamblers have less experience and they lose money.

But I would say that  it is very necessary  for casinos to pay attention to this aspect. Because it has a bad effect on the public's mind about gambling. These minors usually spend their  parents' money on gambling and without informing them. I have seen many news that the father's medical expenses have been spent by his son on gambling. And as a result, everyone will naturally take gambling in a bad way. So casinos should take necessary steps to  keep children away from gambling. The minimum age for gambling should be 16 years.

As for the actual ban, casinos don't care because anyone who gambles is a benefit to them, but due to regulations, they have to follow these restrictions for the rules and regulations of casinos operating in a country.

Currently it is still quite effective for the rules that are in place, the problem is, it at least suppresses underage gamblers, especially casinos that have set mandatory KYC before being able to play in their casino, in this case they can moderate easily in the casino, unlike casinos that are KYC free, they are very difficult to identify underage gamblers.

It is difficult to end underage gambling unless they don't know anything about gambling. Underage will use smartphones easily, they can search for more info about gambling. Even they can do that with their friends without adult people monitoring their activities. It needs help from parents to always take care of their children. They can ask their children to stay away from gambling and leave gambling ads if they see those things on their social media. If parents can help and always remind their children about the dangers of gambling, their children will not playing gambling. They know the risks and don't want to get the bad things.

Is it a crime?

The only reason why we don't allow underage people to gamble is that they still haven't set their emotions right, and also, they are probably seen as not being able to make money for themselves, thus may be pushed to either steal to get money for gambling. But most importantly, it has to do with their emotions. We never said it is a crime. If you see any underage gambling, you can just talk to them out of it, give them good reasons to quit until they are up to the age.

It is really a serious issue to handle because it seems very difficult to detect or even stop these underaged gamblers. I agree with you that our parents or guardians have a greater role to play, because betting companies or casino's can't do it all alone. There are KYC, yet, young ones can out smart the KYC and not been caught provided they are determined to begging gambling.

So I think parents should rather do a counselling stuff to there children, try to limit there access to phones when they are below 18 and guid them better. This will help them understand the risk associated to gambling, and know how to handle things as teenagers

This is certainly true. I know of cases where fathers have demonstrated the game to their children at home to demonstrate the essence of losing. Parents believe it's better for children to learn this at home and ask questions right then and there, so everything is transparent and understandable. However, smart children will likely avoid playing after this, but others will want to try the forbidden fruit. For example, underage players will ask their older siblings to come over and play. Children aren't stupid enough to come up with workarounds, so this is what needs to be monitored most carefully.

The possibility of putting age restriction on gambling is one of the most popular remedy in the world today. This is why casinos put up KYC for prospective customers who wants to use their services so that they could be able to access player to know of the player is a minor or not. This process helps to make sure the system is harbouring underage as a gambler on their platform because if they do and the government notices it, the casino would pay heavily for such offense.

That aside, parents have a big role to play in instilling discipline and moral virtues on their children, they are the first people to make sure their children know what is good and what is bad because if they fail to do so, some other persons out there might mislead the child and this is what is happening in the society today. So taking a step to educating their children will help save them the stress of seeing their child going astray.

I don't think regulators need to reinvent the wheel in this area. There are enough existing legislative prohibitions. If the casino is found to be violating the ban on underage gambling, then a penalty is applied (depending on the jurisdiction, a fine, temporary suspension of activities, etc.). How can this happen? Very simple. A minor will try to register, get checked out, and gamble. If he has passed the control successfully, then he will hand over his account to the competent authorities (for remuneration and without punishment, if any). That's enough to catch the casino red-handed. The operation is called "undercover agent."  :D

Even though there are rules and regulations in force that should prevent everyone underage to participate in gambling, if they are motivated it wouldn't stop them from gambling. In my experience most of physical betting shops don't ask for any legitimation and online casinos don't ask for documents as long as you deposit. Most of online casinos ask the documents after user wins and asks for withdrawal. In my opinion it this don't prevent gambling, but only provides obstacle for withdrawal of funds out of the casino.

Only real way of preventing gambling is parental guidance and parental care. The parents should be responsible to teach children to avoid vices and all the positive and negative aspects of such activities. I don't think that schools and educational system provides any education of about upsides and downsides of gambling so parents must rely on themselves to instill the right values in their children.

On the flip where the child would be moved to act solo on his friend's side of the story, he/she could end up in a confidential trouble, hidden from the guardian/parents. It's best to have a rapport built around terms they engage with like gambling. The publicity are too wild to escape, parents shouldn't behave like they don't know the risks or wave away conversation about responsible gaming from a child who is longing to play.

Watching over them is fine, but the conversation would help the parent discover if something fishy is happening in the child's life. You can't always hold back a child from accessing sites with parental control alone. The facial and physical conversation should be a must practice.

Realistically? None!

We talk about what if and possibilities?
Then we might have a solution, every casino would have to use a monitor tool that actually films continuously the one gambling with a face recognition software, it's no longer you the one behind the phone, the session shuts down. To erase the possibilities of layer-ups on the camera or even AI videos it could prompt now and then for actions, it's almost impossible for make-shift AI videos to do those on sudden request, like showing two fingers and do a scissor movement with them in front of your face, all AI impersonators fail when it's a complicated task, asking one to show the tongue results in hilarious scenes.

But it will never be done, it's too costly, there are too many bureaucratic hurdles in this , plus it will allow legit players.

That's simply how the internet works, there's always going to be risk and loopholes. This issue isn't new at all, minors accessing sites that supposedly require age verification, whether it's casinos, adult content, or even illegal sites, has been a problem for many years. In the end, it really comes down to being a responsible internet user.

As for online casinos, the only real way to eliminate underage access is to require ID verification during registration. But if they do that, they'll have to accept the downside, many users will refuse to register, including those who are actually of legal age. So most platforms delay KYC until withdrawal or suspicious activity instead of enforcing it upfront.

I don't think if we can go beyond the regulatory policies that restricts the underages from the gambling abuse via age limits.
The issue here is that even with the KYC requirements, we are still finding these underage gamblers in the system.

We have also read news and threads here about how some underage gambling enthusiasts uses their friends and relatives documents to bypass the KYC and then gain access to the gambling sites and casino platforms.

With all these happening here and there, we can only reduce the amount of underage gamblers from gaining access to gambling but assuring how this can totally been taken under control is what I find impossible and we just can not help it.

If it is about online gambling, one of the best ways to "remedy" underage gambling is a very strict KYC, and if it is about land-based casinos, checking of valid ID would be the best way to remedy underage gambling. That being said, having those preventive measures doesn't eliminate underage gambling, and we all know, apart from online gambling and land based casinos, there are a lot of other ways underage kids can gamble.

If you look at the current situation in the era of technology and Android, it is difficult to prevent minors from getting involved in gambling, what's more, the average middle school and high school student nowadays can't be separated from Android, who controls them 24 hours, no one.

Maybe online casinos can apply all sanctions and rules for minors who are involved in gambling, but online casinos cannot prohibit children from gambling Android cellphones, the only way to prevent minors from getting involved in gambling, is only parents, others can't even if it's the government itself.

The only way is to send them to a boarding school, where it is clear that they cannot have an Android cellphone, they can only access the internet while studying, no Internet, no staying up late at night, no cellphones 24 hours a day, boarding is the best solution nowadays to prevent childreninvolved in gambling.

Parents should do better in educating their kids about the effects of gambling at an early age when they are supposed to be focused on their education and other important things. Strict laws should also be put in place to curb this problem and the casinos can start by implementing proper submission of kyc details, this process should not be bypassed because it only increases this problem.

For a casino to be KYC strict can affect players that are not even under age and this can send a wrong signal to people that want to use the casino. I don't think enforcing strict KYC can help to reduce the possibility of the numbers of under age players. There is nothing that can be done about this because their is no way a casino can know if some of their users are under age. Parents are the ones that can help in this kind of situation.

Minors are very stubborn. If you forbid them from something, they show more interest in that direction and they try to go there more. So a good way to cure minors from gambling is to show them real examples. Examples of people who have suffered a lot through gambling and have been in very bad situations and if you can show them their real situation, then they may lose interest in gambling. Because then if you cannot show him a real example, then he will not want to understand why you are really forbidding him. So I believe that the only way to cure them of gambling is to show them a real example.

KYC cannot keep minors away from gambling. Because casino sites do not do any live face scanning for kyc to verify documents. Or they do not ask for a selfie with the document. So anyone can complete the kyc verification by stealing any fake document or a picture of an adult's document. So I do not think it is a good effective method.

This is why KYC is required. This is to let the casino know you are following their terms, including the requirement that you are not underage.
This is probably the best solution for the casino.
Parents and society also play a role in educating youth about when it is the right time to gamble and about their priorities: themselves, society, and their parents.
There's always time for everything, and gambling is not for the underage.

Parents can be relied on if they want to, because they are much closer to children than government regulations that are public and cannot monitor directly, parents can control their children in traveling and using their children's cellphones, this step can be maximized by parents who really want to educate their children and not rush into gambling.

But I see some days on the forum there are parents who even support their children to bet and feel proud, so this also goes back to the subjectivity of the family in assessing gambling, but I agree that children should not enter gambling before entering the appropriate age, parents must supervise and educate their children properly.

What do we expect that will happen when we can not wait to hand over mobile phones to our children when when they are barely up to 10 years, we the parents contribute a great deal to underaged gambling and it's still us who come back to complain about our children getting involved in gambling while they are not yet of age..

One year to really cub under aged gambling in our society today is that we parents should stop giving our children phones, or do not allow them to carry phones with internet access while they are not yet of age, especially when we can not monitor and control all that they do with the phone..
Early access to phones and internet is how most children end up gambling while they are still too young to engage themselves in such activity.

I initially think that here because we are giving them digital devices like mobiles and computers, then we should give them the devices after keeping parental control and of course when we are giving them pocket money, we should keep an eye on where they are spending that pocket money.
Good parenting cannot be achieved by just giving birth to a child, there are many steps and responsibilities of good parenting that we also have to fulfill.

From 0-18 years old, technically kids have no privacy, they should accept if their parent check their device or check anything on their bedroom. Some parents feel if their kids should have privacy, but they're wrong because if they give privacy to their kids, the parents won't know what their kids did.

Sometime an example is still not enough especially when the results can't be seen by our eyes. If someone have an accident, we can see how bad is the condition and other thing. Gambling addiction is more about mental which hard to be seen.

Prevention of underage gambling? Casinos can apply KYC, it is likely that minors will not be able to play in the casino, maybe they can only access it but cannot play because they have to pass KYC just like exchanges that apply mandatory KYC.

But there will be a lot of opposition to mandatory KYC online casinos because maybe some gamblers don't want to, although in tos can request KYC at any time to customers but casinos still have leeway for this.

Imo - my solution is to implement KYC.

Lately, while walking on the street or by the seaside, I’ve started hearing slot machine sounds coming from the phones of 14-15 year old kids, especially the olympus and bonanza games. They’re using their parents credit cards to deposit money into online casinos, and it’s causing fights at home. Usually two or three friends pool their money together and gamble as a group.

I don’t like kyc, but for underage kids it should be mandatory on every gambling site

There are some casinos that require you to scan your face after you have submitted your document to them to view. Exchanges do this to know if the user is the person on the submitted document to avoid fake or sold KYC document. Not all casinos have the time to ask for face scan but I think it's the best for casinos that want to eliminate teen or under age players from having access to their platform as fight against children gambling.

KYC development that is always used as a reference is actually something like this that can still be circumvented, including for those who are underage.
Currently, there are a lot of tricks like this when using other people's information and even making KYC as a trade where not a few people sell KYC services to make the situation easy for those who want to gamble, including those who are minors.

So KYC is actually not an obstacle for now I think because this condition is very easy to circumvent and does not become a reference even for now KYC where those who gamble may not be the original data provided in KYC.

The best remedy for underage gambling is for casinos to have strict rules of verification, this would help to kick out those that are not of the right age to gamble. Kyc implementation should be more strict. Another way to curb underage gambling is creating awareness, young people are ignorant and some have parents that are not really learned, that's why it's important to reach out to them and teach these things so that they can be aware of the dangers and negative effects underage gambling can be, some kids got involved in this cause no.one taught them about it

Almost every casino now has mandatory KYC verification along with selfie liveness test, so if a kid manages to bypass these then they used a fake identity which cthe asino can't stop in any possible way or can be blamed for the mistake of the kid.

And I believe the reason could be parents are not giving enough attention to their kids and busy with their own life, which is nothing but scrolling on social media endlessly. A kid most likely won't have his earnings, and doesn't have a valid ID so this is a failure of parenthood in most cases.

It's a must to have strick implementation of KYC before a gambler will have the permission to play/gamble, a regulation that every casino must have and should implement each time a gambler will register and deposit their money, though in most cases it's a problem from the parents or guardians of those young gamblers, with the wide access thru internet those underage gambler can find ways on how they can proceed and that's the part parents/guardians needs, monitoring their kids will help not to have those kind of engagement, guiding those young minds will minimize/lessen the chance of having an underage gambler.

This is one of the biggest headaches for online casinos and for the parents themselves. Gambling at such a young age means they will put their whole lives at risk, if they get a little addiction, it will become stronger because addiction at such a young age can be more dangerous.

The real reason behind it is the advertisements done by the casinos, which include ads on phones and billboards, etc., where young people see them every day.

The casinos should upgrade their systems and implement facial recognition, where they can actually determine the age, and if possible, do fingerprint recognition as well. And for the parents, please keep an eye on your children regarding what they are watching and where they are going when they leave home.

I was betting on sports when I was 15 or 16. There were local betting places, and the sign said 18+, but no one cared. I think a 16-year-old can gamble with their own money, and I don't see any problem with that. They're a little more intelligent, they know what to make, and it might even be good for some people because it teaches them some responsibility.

Honestly. You have just said it the way it should be. It is very difficult to control a child when the kids feel they know better than their parents. It is the internet that has also make things difficult because online gambling sites are just a click away and our younger ones got free access to phones and data subscription.

It is this phone and online betting that has made the efforts towards curtailing these addictions difficult that even when the parents watch closely, the kids still find a way to snick into those platforms and carry out their bets silently. Some is when they move to schools hostels even at high school level for instance is possible here.

I have never seen a gambling site that said 16+ rather all gambling site usually go for 18+ because it is never right to ask a child who is at the age of 16+ to start gambling how did you expect him to cope? Although the company wouldn't mind since their goal is just to get the money so they don't care who is gambling whether they are qualified or not is non of their business so Long as they are making steady profit it's fine. Most of the rules they implement in gamble is just the sake of the government if not they don't mind making it open for everyone, in this issue of underage I don't think if there will be any remedy for that the only thing there is to drag your children in the ear never to gamble when they are not up to age.

Basically, what most casinos on the internet do nowadays is allow anyone to register and deposit on their accounts without any age verification or KYC process, as the casino administration is interested on having as many people as possible to sign up quickly and deposit. That usually allows teens and children to access gambling with a simple email account. The problem comes with withdrawavals... The fact those teens cannot withdraw without having to reveal their age is what would discourage them to even sign up for online casinos in the first place.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.
If a casino decided to ask for KYC during registration, that would turn many possible clients/users away, getting the casino in a disadvantageous position.

I just found that recently that humans are very confused because of the indecision in gambling KYC submissions, because if you’re going to submit KYC after registration or before withdrawal why then do people pretend not to like what they eventually will do. But however Kids registering in casino is very much a concern that will require KYC but the Ai this days can still develop ids thee as t can be use for verification in casinos spots still vulnerable.

Enhance KYC that involves live video call strictly implemented to all accounts during the registration process. This process will surely decrease the number of underage gambler because it will be hard for them to get an adult to deal with this KYC compared to the current version of KYC that only needs ID verification.

But I doubt this will be implemented as many user will be discouraged to play with this stricter version of KYC.

Is hard to counter underage gambling in online casino without enhancing the KYC.

Well said mate, the rate at which underaged are becoming addicted to Gambling this days is alarming and it is not encouraging and I wonder how this is possible compeard to our own time when we are afraid by our own parents. I believe that those moral values has depreciated amongst youth. But I believe that casino or gambling site has a strict way of declining an underaged person from gambling through KYC. If the gambler government issued identity is not up to the age bracket of the casino requirement they will possibly decline it. But although I don't know how sure this is because I have seen many underaged persons registering an owning a Gambling account. Perhaps it could even be that this casino doesn't even care about the age of their customers since they are looking for more to promote their business.

That’s true, KYC can be a solution to restrict minors from accessing gambling sites. Meanwhile, if a land based casino allows children to place bets secretly, it is most likely operating illegally and does not have an official license from the local government. Every government has clear regulations regarding minimum age limits, and casinos must comply to avoid violations. If a casino is found allowing underage children to gamble, under existing regulations, the government can impose sanctions and may even revoke their operating license as a consequence.

Even if there countries that allow the citizen to gamble at 16+, it is good that most casinos require 18+ for the minimum age to join. I don't think 16+ really can deal with their emotion, they also probably still get money from their parents. It is not a good idea to join gambling when you still have weak mentality, moreover we only rely on the parents to get money.

We must always remember that joining gambling must be for mature people. And gambling is for the people who have established income. It is not for the people who have lack of money.