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After recent changes to the merit system, I am trying to do something useful and contribute to the forum. And this is what I collect, hopefully it will change my merit.

This is an article about that, a gambling disorder in most young people
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841330/
As stated in the article, experts and analysts know the causes and issues that lead to gambling addiction, they have clearly spoken about the dangers, consequences, and effects of gambling on the nerves and health of a person then there is a series of methods to stop that. But we are still here very clearly, the number is still increasing significantly every year, it has no signs of diminishing, even rising dizziness.

And the problem here is I want to ask why that happens? All the information is complete but people still can not solve the gambling addiction problem, the analysis is useless or our greed still dominates all.

Please let me know your opinion on this issue and if you have enough power, what would you do to solve this

Well, the research is kinda of right, been that gambling addiction is mostly affecting the young people because the majority of people who uses the internet is the young generation. Nowadays, one does not need to go to an offline casinos to gamble, all you need to do is to log in to your favorite gambling site to play. If gambling was exclusively offline, then probably age restrictions and caution will be made.

Though,  some governments of some countries are trying to manage this addictions but as far as internet still exist, it will take a lot of man power.

Because younger people are much exposed to negative things now compared before. Our culture is also different and the source of information can be acquire anywhere using different types of technology. With this, younger people has more advantage and gambling is the one they have learn through this.

I don't agree with the research that gambling effects young mind and people only, as in my experience it's the aged seniors who're often playing and are addicted more to gambling. While it's true gambling does creates excitement in the mind of young gamblers, but they're able to get out of it. However when you look at seniors these're people who're constantly addicted and are often seen playing huge bets be it land based casinos or online ones.

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People get gambling addiction because they don't know how to use it properly. They don't know what is the good and the bad benefits of it. They are going to addiction from gambling because they are always enjoying from what they are doing, and they can't control of themselves how to stop it and to continue it without any self damages control. So the young people getting very interested from it.

That's a no-no! (The Only thing you should do for merits is writing great posts without expecting a merit. If you do something just for the reward, you don't fully enjoy it or you don't do it out of your general concerns.) People usually don't tend to merit posts which are written just for the merit sakes.

I don't care about the content now since this post is just for merit sakes and not intended to share any information.

You are like saying that these young people are the only ones exposed to negative things but even in the past, even in my younger stage I am exposed to negative things too. Young peoplr are exposed to technology? Then they are exposed earlier on technologies, on games, on shows not on gambling.

I think young people nowadays know the bad and good benefits of gambling yet because of addiction and the urge to earn a lot of money in a fast way they intent to play and play and forget that gambling isn't a good way of making money. Yes, you will earn good yet you will not hold your money a longer because it will loose only in gambling if they don't stop.

Actually based on my observation gambling addiction is depend on person if he will stop or not. Many people choose not to stoo because of the excitement and the feelings that they will win a large amount of money. And sometimes the addiction of the young people came from the seniors who are they watching and making as a inspiration in gambling end up loosing their money as well as become addict in gambling on time.

Maybe the young people think that they can make money from gambling because they see that many people still playing gambling without stop and perhaps they are curious about this and getting try to playing gambling. But I don't think that all of the young people try to playing gambling because I believe that there are the young people that will stay away from gambling games and they better do the other thing that can give them the positive impact. And I agree that playing gambling cannot solve their financial problem and even they can ruin their lives too in the short time and in a long time.

Gambling can affect anyone, I believe it's just that online gambling and casino gambling have different target audience. In 1996, the biggest social group of Las Vegas gamblers (22%) was over 65 years old (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gamble/etc/facts.html). The statistics on the casino visitors in the US show that the 33% of people are aged between 50 and 64, while 79% are more than 35 years old (https://www.statista.com/statistics/188424/percentage-distribution-of-casino-visitors-in-the-us-by-age-2010/). However, if we take a look at UK online gambling statistics for 2018, the biggest social group is aged between 25 and 34, which can qualify as late youth, I guess. But that's gambling, not gambling addiction. I think it is hard to conduct proper research on addiction, especially with young people involved. There are some researchers claiming that young people are more emotional and thus develop an addiction often than adults, while others maintain that gambling addiction doesn't depend on age.

I certainly would not say the data is bullshit but greed is just one thing that obviously has dominated the minds of so many gamblers.
Also, it is not everyone who has the information you have as some people tend to go into gambling without even understanding the effects gambling could have on them, if they do not tend to take some precautions. No one can solve this except the gamblers themselves.

If you want to gamble, understand that it is a game of luck and never put your entire mind towards trying to achieve something you obviously cannot achieve from gambling which is trying to make money. There are better ways to make money than gambling.

Actually not only young people who are addicted to gambling, there are still many senior gamblers who are still playing. Because actually the goal of the gamblers is the same, namely winning and earning money.

Young people who have been trapped in gambling will find it difficult to break away, although gambling does not have a direct impact on health and body but gambling addiction can damage the mental and psychological effects that can have a negative impact on the surrounding environment, the way to quit addictions is very difficult, must come from each individual's self, such as changing mindset and lifestyle.

Maybe most of the time experienced by young people and little experienced by parents, today is where the development of highly developed technology is now widely used by young people, it is true that there are so many young people there who are very vulnerable to addiction, they still unstable and sometimes still not having a good attitude, they are still chasing pleasure without thinking about the effects that will occur on young people at an early age, they are not ready to anticipate everything.

Maybe it is people who are not smart in utilizing technological progress, so that it goes into negative things that are not good, but many young people are advancing in a more useful or positive field, I do not consider it all bad.

I am neither denying the fact nor agreeing with the conclusion of the survey here! because it is impossible for a single entity to gather a complete picture globally. It is very much possible for a single entity to capture the picture of the local scene and probably they have witnessed such trend of addiction on a particular area or country! So it is not a report generated by a holistic approach, I believe!

However, Gambling addiction is a mental disorder as recognized by World Health organization. There are various ways to treat that disorder. But this particular disorder is not so common like cough and cold and that's why you can't simple walk in to your nearest physician's clinic to get the remedy!

The major challenge is to understand that someone has this disorder. Once identified correctly, it can be treated with proper psychiatric guidance. If I have enough power and if I see that this issue is going out of control in a particular region, I would probably arrange for free counselling sessions for each addicted gamblers. But that is highly unlikely!  

Gambling is something that is always finding a way to halt the control of someone over himself which is believed to be in the same category when it comes to drugs and alcohols, but in this case we are talking about a psychological addiction rather than a physical addiction.

Governments today try as much as possible to create awareness to the issues that arrives with gambling but most of it is always centered on the fact that people will just not want to stop being greedy and they let that affect their emotions as they look for things they should not be looking for in gambling.

Self will really affects the decisions of many people who's still engaged with gambling, even there's already research and study about this addictions but if the person itself don't want to apply every ideas there's nothing we can do, it's needed for the person to move forward and completely move away from
his own will so the treatment will be more effective.

Gambling is one of the most addictive so when young people can go into that then they get trapped easily unlikely the experienced old people,but I don't think most of the young people are not concentrating on the gambling or these kind of things because now a days the people were much concentrating on building their career.

The urge to participate in risky activities is an intrinsic part of moving into adulthood. Take gambling from them, and the same adolescents will start doing drugs, alcohol, engage in random sex etc. Also, they are extremely sensitive in this age, so you can't fake it for them, you can't just feed them with "simulated gambling and other forms of gambling-like behaviors", like the article suggests, because that would be a pill they won't swallow. They need something real. They want to do something what adults really do, and not just average adults, but the most daring ones, from their point of view.

In short, eradicating a problem, gambling in this instance, you can cause more problems to emerge, which are more severe than the eradicated one. So, forbidding your child to gamble or to drink beer, think twice with what he/she can replace it.

Excessive effort to make money. If you run out of money, gambling addicts won't stop. He would instead look for ways to earn more money, even in an excessive way. The most extreme way to try is to borrow money from loan sharks or steal.

It would be much better if you didn't preface a post like this by stating what your real intentions are, i.e., to earn merits.  This would justifiably be construed as merit begging.

Everyone here knows gambling CAN be a problem, just like alcohol, sex, and drugs have the potential to be problems.  The fact is that most people who engage in all of these activities don't develop addictions.

There's already lots of help for problem gamblers, like Gamblers Anonymous and a tip I often hear around bitcointalk is that if you're a compulsive gambler you shouldn't be hanging around casinos, playing cards, or participating in discussions about gambling (unless they're related to how to overcome the problem of gambling addiction).

It's not a new issue here.

This is a bad thing because young people should have a useful and much better activity. Gambling games are things that have a bad impact, especially the effects of addiction generated in gambling can damage a person's mindset. When someone has experienced addiction, they will have difficulty quitting and most people will experience destruction in their lives when they cannot control the effects of specific addiction.

In Asia there's plenty of old gamblers. Old people aren't working and have a lot of free time so they start spending it playing cards or mahjong and get hooked. There's no rule that says you have to be young to be a gambler and young people in general have much less money than old people who don't need fast cars or new houses but have pension.

I have the feeling that  this is becoming more of a trend now with more young people and more time on their hands, they can easily be turned into such societal orders, taking up gambling.

Greed is a normal behavior so that's why it still dominates a person when it comes to money matters and money games such as gambling. And as we see opportunity in gambling because of those experiences that we had and we are able to make money there, that opportunity won't be removed on our minds.

Our mindsetting is its very likely that we can make money easily through gambling. It is easy money and everyone thinks that taking up the risk is worth over time until we become broke. And the younger we started to gamble it will develop until we grow old but this situation varies from people who are going through this type of addiction.

This isn't a good scenario if we seen our youth over drowned with gambling the same ways as the adults did. There should be a regulations or control over the gambling players, because they might be addicted with such lucky profitable games. Their studies or financial dependency might be affected so well, if ever they can't control their actions specially the emotional drive.

I think if this continues, there will be more addicting gambler from the young people and they are difficult to leave the gambling places because they still want to make money from the gambling games. Maybe they are like playing gambling is because they can play the games in every place they want and right now, they can use crypto for the bets, so I think they don't have any problem if they're going to play the games. But we still need to explain to them that playing gambling is not good for them and it can make them lose big money and they should listen to this if they are a concern with their own life and their family.

Not everyone is aware of this, maybe young people focus only on making money and they forget to control their emotion. The volume of young addicted on gambling is really increasing and we cannot stop them from doing that, I just hope that they are being guided by a good people so they will not be broke in the future.

Young people can easily be influenced by anyone and maybe younger generation wants an easy money too so they grab this kind of risk.

In my opinion the main reason for this is online gambling because now there is no need to go to a physical casino and back to home late at night. Your elders will definitely ask you where are you coming from. On the other hand even a student can play online gambling from his bedroom and nobody will know about it. Online gambling provided them this facility and that’s why the number is increasing day by day.

First of all, as @Patatas and @The Pharmacist have said, it is better not to say that you are writing for merit. Although I don’t think it is merit begging, the way you state it. Most of us want merit, even people who don’t wear paid signatures, because it is a recognition that their contribution to the forum is positive. So, keep contributing to the forum, never mention merit, and eventually you’ll get some.

As for the addiction of young people, it think nowadays mobile phones play a big role. You can bet 24/7 from you mobiles: sports, poker, roulette... Years ago, to become addicted to playing roulette you had to go to the casino where people would see you, so it wasn’t as easy to get addicted. Nowadays you only need you finger. And you even can ask for instant online loans when you are chasing to recover your losses, which makes things even worse.

“Young people” here means “young males” in 99% of the cases, as they have more testosterone, and tend to control their impulses worse than older people.

We are talking about adolescents here,  young people between ages 10 and 19. In most cases people from this age group are living with their parents and they don't need to earn money for buying food, paying bills etc. They just want to become like adults as soon as possible, and that's why they engage in activities like drinking alcohol, taking drugs, gambling etc. That's what "cool adults" do from their point of view.


If they weren't into gambling they would ... Please read my post, which you have quoted. It's not a matter of whining about increasing number of young gamblers. This is a serious and complicated problem which we are trying to solve here.

No one can be blamed in today's gambling progress, it is true that gambling addiction is very much experienced by young people now they play as they please without thinking of anything beyond that, the environment greatly influences people's thinking, gambling will be very good if they use it with well and if not it will have a negative impact on a child's life easily, depending on how they work.

It is because the younger generations nowadays are much more internet savvy as compared to the older generations, and they are also much more willing to learn about new technologies, since there are so many online casinos that are allowing the gamblers to wager with crypto-currencies, some of the younger generations might start to play on the site when they saw online casinos appearing in google search, they might get themselves seriously addicted to gambling without any self control as it just requires an internet connection for them to start gambling.

Basically humans want to get everything easily and with little effort. That is why, even though gambling has given a bad example to its fans, gambling has never lost its interest. Greed and laziness are still dominant.

I agree many young people are now into gambling addiction, they started betting on a well known game until apparently grows into a more complex way of gamble. In fact even here in cryptos I see a lot of students who plays online casino, though some of them confess this has help them to earn additional income to support their finances but some even go on a wrong way that instead of studying  they used their spare time to gamble. I guess this is where the future leads our society.

The majority of internet technology knowledge is controlled by young people because the power of their thinking is still good and easy to understand, and most of those who play gambling are young people who are easily hypnotized because they don't think about important things and they just think about what pleasure more that they can enjoy besides playing games, what else can produce like online gambling or whatever they will be interested in and try to win it.
Technological development greatly influences the generation of young people, but everything depends on them and the good or bad they feel themselves.

Young generations are exposed early to internet especially to online games or online casinos. At their young age,they become addicted to it and it also lead to distraction to them so they cannot focus in their studies. Unlike 90's kids, there are no online games yet. They used to play their toys, dolls, meet other kids like their neighborhood and bond with them.

This almost made me laugh. Only it's not funny that adolescents of the 90's were not even close to what you've described. Ever heard of drug and alcohol use? What about ultraviolent youth gangs spawned in the cities of Europe and America during the 90's? What about very young people engaging in mindless sex in order to show to their peers that they are "old and brave enough"? No, they weren't playing dolls and toys, and what would be worse for them, online gambling or the above mentioned activities is a big question.

The consequences of gambling in young people are that they become patients of depression, hypertension, loneliness etc. in young age. it is because they spend most of their time in online gambling. They want to make extra money for their enjoyment and that is the bad thing because when they have no money they can do illegal activities for getting some money.

If the "young people" in that report are the ones who depends from their parents and receives money from them (parents) and use to gamble then more likely the reason why they are addicted to it is because they don't know the value of money yet, they didn't earn it. Once they started earning and they learned that earning money is hard, they will consider slowing down on gambling or maybe take it out of their system if they don't earn enough.

I honestly blame games like pubg or fortnite or similar.

It all started with people gambling on cs:go and the weapons of sorts, there was kids who gambled with their skins on guns and suddenly it moved to people betting on esport games of cs:go tournies and in return get bigger skins and was capable of selling them on steam as well. That moved to fortnite and pubg and they started to this "cases" or so.

Mind you these are kids as little as 10-12 years old. They use their tablets and pc's to play games but their gambling starts there. Now those kids are growing up and of course started to gamble themselves.

I like your optimistic prediction. Surely most of them will behave as you said, but unfortunately from 3% to 5%, and this is still a big amount, will end up with a gambling addiction of some kind. And we have to do everything we can to make the percentage lower. Recently I watched a video telling that even heroin addiction can be conquered with friendly environment. In short, be friends with your kids, care about them, talk to them openly, and thus you will increase the chances of them not being addicted to anything.

100% agree with this. Not only csgo but dota 2 too, because dota 2 players can bet his items on a match too, back then when esports betting was not popular. I have a friend who like that, because of dota 2 betting, he moved to betting on sports betting.

I don't think age has any effect on gambling addiction. Personally, I have an opinion that, people who have more free time are prone to gambling addiction. They just start playing for fun and eventually finds difficult to get rid of it.

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The reason is online gambling because young people play gambling from their bedrooms and their elders don’t know about this. They cannot stop them from gambling. Therefore I will blame online gambling for this. Young people who care for their parents will never visit physical casinos because if their parents do not allow them, they will never gamble in casinos.

The adolescent is the period when curiosity is at the highest rate. It is essential to guide the teenager on the right path. The problem is when the teenager is being directed to the bad societies and toxic friends. Bad habit will rule them. It needs societies and especially their parent to break the habit.

I meant it is just a regular thing to help the gambler addiction with their beloved one to make them easier to quit.

Maybe experience can help us to stay away from addicition with the young people the experience of life may not be found at most time but if some one having much free time to spend they will be addicted to something for example if we are spending time with social media then it be our daily routine to check the social media every morning so which is an addiction so it same applies to gambling too.

Addictions to gambling cannot be resolved as long as gambling still exists, to avoid gambling addiction is to eliminate all forms of gambling, we know it will not be possible. I only know, if you want to leave gambling, then you have to have activities that are outside of gambling, so you will gradually leave gambling. I used to be a gambling addict for more than two years, my days have always been gambling, but with strong determination and high self-awareness, I can reduce gambling even though I still gamble but can still control.

If the experienced long time on gambling definitely they will be advise us to stay from gambling investment but they will involve themselves alone on gambling for sure.

Addiction stories are many on gambling as like that we will be able to find the loose fund completely from your pocket.

It's not that they don't know about it. Others know about it but since their kids have been seeing their parents gamble ever since, it has become an acceptable thing for them. I guess it's because kids want to try different things in life and gambling just happened to be one of those common ones. Everyone wants to try out their luck and see if they can hit the jackpot. If they did, then lucky. Otherwise, they move on and try to do other things. Sadly, gambling makes you addicted. It gives you reward whenever you win and people get addicted to that kind of feeling. I will not blame online gambling, honestly. I blame the capitalists. Even when they don't get addicted to gambling, they are going to be addicted in some other thing that benefits the capitalists. And if there's someone to truly blame, it would be the parents since they were not able to raise their child properly.

You and I both know that gambling will never disappear from this world. The only thing an individual can do is improve his character to the point that he's not gonna be eaten by gambling anymore. People think it's "normal" to be hooked on gambling one time but it's actually a sign of underdeveloped character. Improve your character by researching about gambling addiction and you can move on from it.

Yes, i do strongly believe you.
Young peoples are really getting towards gambling much faster.
They are not treating gambling as a source of income but they are getting addicted by it and addicition by gambling is really much bad and it can cost you a lot.
I have seen a lot of peoples who have wasted their lives in gambling and they simply spend all of their hard earnings into gambling.
Gambling is not actually that bad but should be treated much cautiously.

It's those loot chests, it's basically the same as gambling, especially if those items can be sold for real money.
Then there's those scummy Youtubers who are basically promoting skin gambling websites to 10 year old kids, these guys just have no morals.

I think it's a very bad trend that more and more games seem to rely on people getting addicted to these loot boxes. They're a huge income stream that they don't want to give up.
Recently my own country outright banned lootboxes and some game publishers (Guild Wars I think) were actually begging their customers to complain to the government about it. I live in Belgium btw.

Right, some of them gamble with their parents' money, so they don't know the value of money but some of them gamble with their own money and if the gambling addiction becomes more popular, I think it is related to generation gap. Today's young people don't want to spend their time by working, they try to make money hand over first.

Loved the article, thanks for that ;)

About the topic im more a type of you make your decisions and decide your own fate.

It’s the love of making money easily that’s why people end of becoming gambling addicts they think that in gambling they can have easy money and when they have spent far too much and haven’t won anything they continue to gamble because they think they can win some of their money back when never happens.

It's definitely becoming more and more prevalent as time goes on, due to more and more methods available online to gamble with and more sites with little or no verification required to deposit and withdraw. There's two sides to crypto-based gambling, and this is the darker side.

As for CS:GO Skins and items associated with gambling there, I believe everything really started with the concept of cases to unlock skins, starting sometime in 2013, and gambling with virtual skins really began to grow around that. There's definitely some actions being taken by Valve to stop this, including cases being locked with no option to unlock in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as the regular banning of gambling site bots to stop sites from operating, though.

It's not the darker side of crypto-based gambling, it's the only side of it. It just doesn't make sense for a gambling casino to require your identity and they sure are going to lose players when they do that or they might not even get players at all. Even if gambling is legal in your country and you're at a legal age, why bother registering in a gambling site that requires identification when you can simply register to one that doesn't?

The betting system in most games doesn't really feel like you're gambling since for one, you're not really betting real money. And I think this is where gambling habits start as a kid. Although we really can't put the blame on online games that have a betting system because ever since, gambling has been a common thing in our society. Even when it's frowned upon, everyone's either doing it or has done it.

Agree! there is no age restriction for gambling because they might keep higher in order to gamble, there are many addicted people who will spend most of their time on gambling because they find difficult to work hard. Through gambling they should it is very hard to make money fastly.

Digital currency makes it easier for young people to use online gambling. When a young boy or girl starts gambling from young age they become addicted when they reach to adult age. Then it is very difficult to quit gambling. The trend towards gambling is increased due to the much use of internet and it is not good, because gambling itself is a bad thing and is destroying young generation.

Young age still have unstable thoughts, they are still looking for what they want and make them comfortable in a short time. Especially in gambling online in my country it is still rare to find a gambling addict until he really spends the money he has from his parents. Gambling is just a place for them to get rid of a slack, or just eliminate boredom. And also depending on the environment in which he lives, if he has friends with someone who is very dependent on gambling then he will be easy to become an addict, but for those who gamble just a distraction then he won't become an addict.

Then we need to tells them to not playing gambling too often because they risk their money in the gambling games. They need to know this especially if the younger people are close with us or he is a member of our family because we don't want him to get addicting in gambling. The biggest problem that they can get is losing big money without thinking about their future, and this is dangerous to them.

I think most of the people are addictive to gambling which there is no age restriction and even most of the people for fun not to make money. So always most of the young people are very addictive for for free sources of money and they find gambling is the best way to make fast money.

Wouldn't call gambling a free source of money. It is the riskiest source where someone needs a lucky shot to be rich while dozens of people lost almost everything...

probably if you aren't using your own money to gamble and you take home the win, especially if the gambling game is based on luck and not sports betting something like that, like lottery only one winner while there are millions of people trying to win it in hopes to be rich.

And where the money will come from  :P
Making a big profit from faucets is unlikely to happen. Loosing your dad money is not cool and will get the gambler kicked from the house  ;D
Lottery is pure hasard and the worst thing to do ever even if you picked almost all the sites, there is a risk of loosing it all.

Although trying to make money with gambling is a stupid idea (and we have to make sure all young people know this fact in the first place), I wouldn't call it the riskiest enterprise. When you gamble online you can lose your balance, while when trying to rob a bank you can lose your freedom or even your very life. Also, there are a lot of shady businesses in the streets which are much more dangerous than gambling. Since adolescents are tend to do something risky anyway, maybe gambling is not that bad of an option.

That's logically flawed. Robbing a bank could be successful too, without getting caught or risking your life. The shady businesses on the streets guarantee a profit. If one sells drugs on the street, he's guaranteed to make money. The case is not the same with gambling. You may or may not.

Well some adolescents will see things like this : Gambling = loose your money = suicide or evolving in risky and shady business to get your money back.
Thus said, even in regular job you can loose all what you have in case of robbery without having an insurance... So yeah, it is complicated

Age really do have some effect even though you may see some adults behaving like small kids sometimes, so in a way one could say that maturity comes to play most of the time. However, we also have to understand that there is something they always call youthful exuberance as they tend to start facing life and having to make some decisions while learning from their mistakes, and in cases like this, being exposed to gambling can really make a huge difference in their level of addiction.

Yes, there is no doubt that even old ones could get addicted depending on the mindset they bring in, but any old cargo that has experienced life in its thick and thins will know never to pursue profit in gambling, which is one thing that is most prone among the young ones.

Since we are talking about very serious matters here, namely the rising number of gambling addicts among young people, I will use some statistics in order to substantiate my statement. According to the FBI, in 2010, 16 people were killed during bank robberies—13 of them were the perpetrator. Also, according to various sources, including FBI, from 76% to 92% of bank robberies are being solved each year, meaning perpetrators are going to jail. Now, can you please provide the sats on how many gamblers were killed during a specific year and how many of them went to jail?


That is absolutely not true. People getting killed or injured by rival gangs while trying to sell drugs on the streets is a common thing. Your profit is not guaranteed at all. Where did you get that info?

We should be very careful in choosing words when speaking about such serious matters. Just imagine if young people were reading your lines, what conclusions they could draw from them?

He probably got it from TV series or just from the general idea that doing something illegal will give you money. I think it should be clarified that doing something like this will indeed give you money but only for a short time. The problem arises when you want to quit. Syndicates don't let you quit the game. Either you stay or they kill you so you won't expose them at some point. It's really risky to do. In addition, if you're in bad need of money for yourself or for your family, you're not going to risk going to jail because that will result to you not being able to do anything to help your family. There's still a lot of things that you can do since a lot of people don't want to do certain things.

In my country, the jail time for drug users, and sellers is a lifetime. Once you're caught, you're better off dead. You're never getting out.

I think it is because of the online gambling. Young people use smart phones in the streets, shopping malls, schools and colleges and their houses they use both, cell phone and computer. It means that now they can gamble from anywhere. No time limit, no certain place, 24 hours and everywhere. This is the main reason that young people are addicting of gambling.

I myself have never seen a special thesis that says that gambling addicts are currently the biggest in young peopl., but referring to the digital currency that has the most users from youth and many online gambling that exist can certainly be interpreted if the most addictive people are young

Looking at the level of addiction these days, you will tend to find out that most people that get addicted pretty fast are those who have the mindset that gambling can set them on a good course to get rich overnight and that is one mentality that can be applicable to anyone but I certainly understand this is something that can be more common among the young ones.

A reasonable adult who has experienced certain things in life, has heard different stories, and is wise enough to make decisions, will always find a way to control themselves.

Nevertheless, like I said, this does not mean we do not get to see adults that gets addicted too as well most times, so in a way, we could just say as long as you have the wrong mindset either young or old, you are still prone to gambling anyway.

I agree on you.With online gambling,young people are very free to gamble even how many hours they will play for it.As long as they have their own money to gamble,then they will not stop from gambling.Addiction will really develop afterwards knowing that you can't hardly get rid already from gambling.

In fact, I do not even think the two should be compared by any means. I would say your statement is even more logically flawed when comparing those two things and I can totally understand what betwrong is trying to imply here. He never said gambling is not risky, but certainly not the riskiest which I would not think someone in their sane mind would want to rob a bank or do some crazy illegal stuff and think they would in the long run easily get away with it.

It is impossible and that is even more risky than gambling. In the long run though, when young people are in their early age exposed to things like this, which includes gambling, the making of decisions without ending up on the wrong side is somehow inevitable.

That's how addictions developed, when you are into this activity without any limitations as long as you have your money and you can always refill, there's no certain ages that prone into addictions young or old who's really engaged nowadays are all prone into addictions, the only thing regarding to this matters are the time where young people can deal into online gambling as they've got more free time.

It's normal thing especially when teenager still have fresh spirit but the disadvantage is they still can't manage with rationally or we can say that they are based on emotion.
For me , it's very dangerous and will lead into serious manner.
Of course we can prevent that happen by give them a notice about the risk of gambling so environment and religion become the main aspect !

I don’t understand how one can gamble for well as you mentioned here, besides I think that gambling can never be for good. When something is not accepted by the world how it can be used for well. It is not all about the mentality. It is because of the bad environment they have everywhere in their lives. Young people are destroying their lives in such bad things.

It's true that young people are becoming more interested in playing gambling games over time. However, since most are inexperienced, they could easily lose everything they had saved, as they become addicted and greedy to the game. Once they're extremely addicted into a gambling game, it's nearly impossible for them to get out, since they always want to gamble more with the hopes of becoming rick quick. What they don't truly realize is that the field of Gambling is based on pure luck, and it's possible to either win big money or lose it all in the long run.

This becomes worst if the gambling game is already rigged by the owner, which will make you lose more than what you earn eventually. Provably fair games are best to place your bets in them, but even so, they're still risky. IMO, young people should get educated about this business first before deciding to place their bets in a gambling game. To stay safe, it's advised to simply withdrawal or cash out the money once you've won to preserve your profit. Just my opinion :)

It could be related to accessibility of online gambling, they can gamble wherever/whenever they want and also young people's money generally come from their parents, they don't know the value of money.

What these people don’t know is that most gambling games are actually rigged. They may be having some fun at first but they may find themselves losing as time goes by. The thrill of winning at first gives them confidence and makes them hooked to the game. They may even think that they’re good at playing because of their “beginner’s luck” and many would attempt to win back their losses. These young people get blinded and sometimes it’s too late before they learn the reality of gambling the hard way.

Also agree, specially a more sort of staying outside home for parents not to know about it as you say

Those people who think that they are gambling just for fun and not for money become addicted after some time. It is hard for them to quit gambling when they feel the lust of the gambling. Greed is one of major facts of regular gambling. Gambler thinks that he will win now and now and loses all the times. Young people have no restrictions of gambling because of online facility.

Yesterday, my friend who is younger than me came to my home and talked about many things. He said that one day he found about bitcoin gambling site and he finds that how it could easy to play the game without using any money and only use the coin which he can get by free. And he starts to play with limit free coin and still, he is curious about this, and I explain more about the bitcoin gambling, and I tell him to not playing bitcoin gambling too often because he cannot make any money. I hope that he listens to my advice and stay away from the gambling site.

From this, I think as long as that person can access the internet with easily, soon, he will find about gambling site, and he will try to play and if he cannot control his emotion then soon or later, he will get addicting in the gambling game. I am too worry about this because if that person decides to continue to play, then he will lose much money.

I'm not sure if experience has anything to do with having more chance to get addicted.

I'd say that the main reason why gambling is especially dangerous for young people, is because their brain is not fully developed yet.
Thus causing any sort of chemical imbalance at a young age, whether it's through gambling, drugs, etc., isn't the best idea.

I'm not just talking about minors btw, your brain isn't fully developed yet until you're around 25 years old

Yes, because most young people still don't have a consistent or permanent soul, they can still be influenced by things that are spree or have fun, more precisely young people still have unstable souls. They will be aware after they have a future expansion for their lives in the future, so they will think about and determine their way of life in the future. Gambling cannot be avoided among young people whose souls are still struggling to have lots of money to have fun, therefore there are many gambling addicts from their young age.

If someone gambling for earning then they should stop doing this but your friend looks like not playing for money even if he do he is just doing from the money from faucets or free bonus which may not affect him at any cost but still time limit also important to stay away from gambling addiction.

I don't agree with those saying that younger people are more easily addicted to gambling.  All the gambling addicts I have known are old ladies.   They like to gamble with their husband's money by mostly playing slot machines and blackjack. 

This plus the fact that online gambling does not require much hassle, it's easier for young people to get involved with it. I actually know a lot of people who is under 18 that gamble using cryptocurrencies in games like dice sites. They view it as a source of income and this is the reason why they keep on coming back to play more. You are right when you said that most young people do not know the value of money. It is also accurate to say that when they gamble, they do not realize the risk involved in it.

I hope so because I've always reminded him to not playing gambling in every day and I continuously monitor what he did in a day, and I hope I can always tell and give a suggestion to him. I don't want to see my friend to become an addicting person in gambling because he is one of my closest friends and we are like a brother. But someday, I will advise him to stop from gambling forever, so he doesn't have to play gambling in his free time.

The reason that young people are going towards gambling is online gambling because they want big money for their future dreams and in the greed of winning more and more money they lose all their money. Nobody can stop them because they can gamble from their bedrooms. Their parents even don’t know about their gambling addiction.

I know that young people these days are so intelligent and very matured than the past individuals but I don't think this is the reason why these young'uns are very popular or early immersed on gambling.

Internet is the reason. Internet these days are very popular to young'uns because internet are open to any people that can access it. With these young'uns freely exploring the internet, it will be a normal thing for them.

I see it as a bad effort to take an article about gambling addiction and put it here with clear asking for merits for that. I think that's the reason why nobody gives it to you.
Coming back to the main point of the thread I will tell that all kind of addictions have place to be the most at young generation. Everything is due to such period of search and hormones which move to new thing trying and addictions.

I think we should ether put our respective governments on their feet so that they honk about the youth and provide hope for their future so that they wouldn't see gambling a the alternative for hope else we re doomed a people. How many of the youth today will even have the time to be talked into a religion or let alone practice it ? In that case they will not respect or trust the religious leaders enough to abstain from gambling.

Its pretty much common sense that young people are more prone to getting addicted to gambling and such.

Its not only gambling. The younger a person is the less life experience they have. Its not only in gambling.

Young people usually get into huge debt, and not because they don't make alot of money but because they don't realize how interest and debt can build up over time.

Its also that they are more prone to developing greed and fear, and hence why many of them go bust due to strategies such as martingale.

I don't think its due to the internet being more geared towards a younger generation like the above poster suggests. Many older people use the internet now and usually the gambling addiction happens offline like at a casino or at a lottery desk.

The addiction happens in gambling is because of the money involvement part comes in. Just consider if their was no money involved but some games or some sort of basic gifts would have given will the craze remains same? It will fall drastically and thus this is where the human behavior comes into picture.

Yeah this is because the environment that supports them to gamble, every young person already has their own gadgets and laptops, they easily access the internet and gambling is very easy to use on the internet? so no wonder if they can easily access it, that is the main problem, easy access to gambling sites online

I think gambling addiction is now popular particularly on the part of the millenials because they are considered the explorers.Curiosity won't stop them until they experienced it on their own.And since money is what at stake in gambling,they will surely grab for it without noticing that they are starting to be addicted in gambling.And before they knew it,they have lose already big amount of money and may even lead to a more desctruction of life.

I strongly believe that a lot of these new mobile games are heavily influencing kids to gamble.  Their minds get very stimulated when they win virtual items like points, achievements, or gems.  This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, as long we we teach them to gamble responsibly and treat it as a side hobby.

This is actually true. There are several articles that I have read that links video games/mobile gaming to gambling. They said that it unlocks the world of gambling for young minds.
I can testify that the same feeling when spending money on games is the same as when I am spending my money on gambling. It gives me a sense of accomplishment to win in gambling as the same way as when I am ranking up on my games. It's toxic and addicting when left unmonitored.

Currently gambling games are so highly developed and very easy to access. This makes it easier for anyone to access gambling games. As a result, more and more young people are experiencing addiction and this is very difficult to avoid. Actually, it all depends on yourself, that is when there is an attitude of rejection of the gambling game, we will not be easily affected to experience addiction.

If we really consider young peoples, I think that they are the most lazy peoples in terms of earning a living and would always go for some shortcuts. We all know that none other than gambling can provide such shortcuts to earn a better living and hence young peoples go for it i guess. It should not actually be that addicted by them as gambling addiction is the worst one and also can create a lot of financial problems ahead.

Gamblig should be treated as a secondary income rather than treating it as a primary source of income. If treated secondary source of income than gambling can give us some unexpected good incomes out.

I don't agree. I always see more elderly. people in casinos.

I would say actually that the ease of access is actually something that is making things the way they are in the gambling space when making reference to young people. There are a lot of things to life that I believe a young fellow should always realize first most especially before starting to make some decisions when it comes to trying to gamble. Like someone said though, most times it is not really about the age as we have seen old people even not being able to get hold of them-selves, and it is usually the mentality that bring into gambling and the fact that you are smart enough to limit yourself that counts.

I beg to disagree with this thread's title. There does not seem to be any conclusive evidence that younger people take up the gabling addiction more than they did in the past. No evidence whatsoever.

Actually, if we are talking about Casinos and those that are licensed and regulated, you really would not see anyone less than 18 years in a casino, but for an online gambling and most especially cryptocurrency gambling, it permits every Tom, Dick and Harry to be a part of it irrespective of your age.

In this vein, gambling addiction is gradually increasing over time among the younger generations as well. But we will actually be bias to say it is only popular among young generations but it is something that actually cuts across as long as you are a gambler with a wrong mindset, whether you are 16 or 80 years of age. For instance, a friend’s grandpa died an addict even at the age of 92, so it can be that bad.

It's definitely becoming more common, but not just in younger people.

More and more people are being exposed to the internet, which in turn exposes them to the plethora of gambling sites available.

I suspect that it's having an even bigger effect on adults over 40 who use the computer, I've seen some completely gullible ones in my time.


I would say that there would be a clear correlation between time spent online and risk of gambling addiction, since younger people tend to spend more time online than the older generation you are probably more likely to see it in the young. That doesn't mean that being young is the risk factor, as correlation doesn't equal causation.

First of all, addiction is a disorder where in most people cannot get out of it when they started to get hooked to it. What I am trying to say is that, it will all depend on the person addicted to it to adjust and do his part to solve his mental issue. Being addicted to something like drugs or even gambling needs a psychological solution.

You're definitely right about that. However, it something that have been happening for a long time (19 century), it something I particularly did when i was in high and the only way I use to controlled myself during that time is to make friend with saint in school then.
Every parent have alot to do cause the gambling situations among the young won't stop but the parent can make it stop.

Or Family support, friends and so on.

Still a psychological solution would be the best and i agree.

Besides that, I often heard from my friends who have kids, sometimes their kids buy something from the other kids to fill their bag with special character. I think this will make their kids spend more money than to enjoy the game. But I think it's okay because as long as they don't play gambling in the early ages ;D But I don't want to teach any kids to play gambling because once they enjoy with the game, then it will make them hard to stop them in the future.

The thread of the title just shared the title of the article that was given to us. They've done research with it so its just up to you if you are going to believe it or not.

Elderly that has already their retirement and they have been enjoying their lives through gambling. I have seen those type of people too but the young ones doesn't understand that they shouldn't become addicted to gambling. And they don't have the capacity to support their addictions unlike the elderly.

It is quite popular among young teens because they need money other than their pocket money, so this option gets popular when one friend wins. People who have money also gamble for fun, mostly retired peoples play for fun.
Another factor is the challenging factor which is in gambling and mostly between two friends. Many youngsters challenge the other just to win over the other, ego plays a big role here.

Well we not only talking about the land casino but also online casino, in land casino there are more elder people gambling, the reason more young people gamble is because they see an easy money from gambling and it gives them excitement, which is a dangerous mindset, young people still have a simple mindset, they tend to want to have easy money and have fun, so young people are easier fall into addiction, a proper knowledge about gambling addiction is needed, the young people should aware the danger and the risk of gambling

I agree. We are dealing with young people here, they can still be shaped to not that perfect person or individual but someone that will not self destruct in the time that he has his own family that he should be supporting. Parents and older guardians should really be careful on raising their children, it is really important for them to know the essentials of being an adult at some point.

The reason is that new generation spends most of their time in computer and online gambling provides them the facility to gamble from their bedroom. Now there is no need to go outside for gambling and the elders will also never know about their gambling. That’s why the number of youngsters increases day by day. They do not understand what they are doing.

Yes, they can play gambling by secretly without anyone know and if they played for a long time then they have a chance to be addicting in gambling and we need to worry about them. So for people who have teenagers, watching your kids and don't let them in their bedroom for a long time and talk to them or discuss anything so they can open mind for something that is not for them.

The elderly people you see in casinos are more likely to have control over their expenses and have not much use for their money. And the daring of youth most of the time makes them prone to being excessive in things that interest them.

I see it this way that money interest teenagers more at their time since most of them had so many things they want to have or do at that point and they find gambling easy way to increase their money in order to obtain those and that ends up pumping gambling addiction into them.

A winning taste and that's enough to pump addiction ...

Teenage curiosity is still so high with reasoning that is still minimal. All they have in mind is to get what they want without realizing the risks they might face. And in the end, it is their parents who are forced to bear the burden of their actions. Parents must always be vigilant so that their children do not fall into the valley of gambling.

A person cannot think with mind before 35 years of age, and when they start thinking seriously the time passed and then they can do nothing. Online gambling sites destroyed young people especially students. They want to make money from gambling but in vain, because nobody can make money in gambling and the consequences are always against their wishes.

35 years of age will not affect someone if he lives in a gambling environment, but a teenager if he lives in a place that does not like gambling then he will be easy to avoid his habit of gambling. It's not about age, but environmental factors. An environment will shape one's identity, I mean if someone gets along with a gambler every day then he will become a gambler also but if someone gets along with someone who does not like gambling then he will not like gambling, even though it is online gambling.

Young people use the advantage of the new system of gambling using the new computer technology
Obviously until the new technology going to progress people also upgarade their risk games
Nobody can stop this that's people's choice and freedom what they want to make money or how to got enjoyment

It is not really about the age as I have seen even people above that age not thinking straight and still ending up as an addict anyway. The thing mostly here is that, for a youth or a young mind that is exposed to something like gambling at a very early age, the ability to make quality decisions so as not to get addicted may be lacking which is one of the reasons why I feel it is a lot possible to see gambling addiction popular among young people now that the internet has even made it quite easy and accessible.

35 years? Have you not heard of people in their 40s and 50s getting addicted ?
As long as you have the wrong mindset to gambling, you are most definitely going to be prone to addiction and there is nothing that will change that until you are able to caution your state of mind.

Yeah, it is a certain thing that youths nowadays are becoming very much exposed to online gambling and we all know that the way young people think when it comes to making decisions and when exposed to certain things, it might only take a grace to not get screwed up in such things eventually and once they become an addict in an early age, it affects a lot of things and they grow into it which is very bad.

Yes.We have all the reasons to enjoy especially that we are already in the digital age.But if it will cause us damages and even ruin  our own lives,then that should be controlled or even stopped.Gambling addiction with the young ones today is very rampant so we should try to stop this as much as possible.It won't bring any good and will only lose our money in the end.

I actually like that clause, teenage curiosity and I would like to add youthful exuberance. We all know that most times the way the young mind would reason things is totally different from the way an adult will reason things based on certain life experience which is the reason that makes so many people who are in their youthful age prone to being addicted if proper care is not taken and if their guardians do not tend to put them to order.

Now that the internet has even made things a whole lot exposed to everyone, it is becoming generally hard as we get to see kids exposed to the things they should not be exposed to.

I guess so, and they already know that playing gambling is not giving much money to them, so they don't use big money to play. But for younger people, they can become greedy especially if they can win one or two times of the game, so it will make them wants to chase more money. It will not be good for them because they can lose their money and they will regret after the losses.

It is right that young people are getting involved in gambling because while gambling online there is no need to go outside and you can gamble from your home. His parents and elders do not know what they are doing in their rooms. Gradually they become gambling addicted and then time comes that they are unable to quit gambling easily like drugs addictions.

I am sure the parents would be aware in the long run as gambling addiction will eventually change a human behavior.
They will be addicted if they have the freedom to gamble because they have money, but as young people, normally they do not have a good source of income like job, they will just be dependent to their parents and the control of the parents will then come.

It is true that most of today's addicted people are the young ones because we all know that the young ones are the one who are most exposed to todays negative things. Young ones are the one who spend their time playing games, playing outside and worst is playing gambling. They didn't think of the consequences they may take. I believe that parent's must be aware on this to help their children and guide them.

I think the reason why young ones, or maybe the teenagers are being addicted to gambling is that it is because efficient for them. We all know that children always want to do something easy, the same as gambling at the same time they are earning.

While they're life progresses, they will be used to the life that they are not expecting, the hardest times of life where in they will be regretting that they did things that they should not be. Also, as you have said, they are missing that care of their parents. They are the ones that should stop their sons and daughters to be addicted to gambling.

The mechanics behind addiction have been known for some time and regardless of the type of addiction the chemical reactions in your brain are the same, it is also know that the sooner the people become addicted to something the more damaging it is for them since their brains are not fully developed and the same can be said about their bodies, and even more importantly the younger you are the more difficult it is to overcome the addiction because you do not have the psychological maturity to do so.

This is why if you are a parent you need to be very vigilant about what your sons and daughters are doing over the Internet because now there are many more risks than when we were young thanks to the Internet.

Basically teenagers do indeed really like to spend their time playing, especially in the modern era like this everything can be done just like that by connecting via the internet. teenagers certainly like the things they have just known, especially by doing gambling they can get money from gambling without having to ask for pocket money from their parents. too much aloof in adolescence certainly must be suspected because the solitude for online activities can certainly open up opportunities for teenagers to be addicted to gambling

We all very much know that young people are very much addicted to gambling but we should first ask why young people are gambling in the first place, In my country lack of jobs have driven the youth to gambling and even underage kids are even gambling.

Nowadays it is quite easy to indulge in gambling. A lot many online platforms are available and those who are living in jurisdictions where gambling is banned are also able to take part in it through these platforms.

We start to gamble in youth. All those games do not seem to us as something serious, but in fact it is a form of gambling. With years our appetites are growing and we start to gamble with money. Exactly this moment become to many of us as a break point, someone become more addicted someone stay on the level of simple interest, but not money and luck chasing.

In casinos definitely you will see senior persons but in online gambling you will never see elders. There you will see only youngsters because old people are fond of physical casinos and they not only gamble but also meet their friends and spend time in pleasant atmosphere. On the other hand young people always gamble online gambling from their home.

That is right, it's attract more people to try playing gambling especially if they have the internet connection. They can easily to visit the gambling site and they can start to play the games. The younger people with a big curiosity will come to that site and they will play the games because they want to know how the feeling to playing the gambling game.

That seem to be reliable, most of my friends that are engaged with online gambling aren't too old and most of them are on their 20's. But I also some oldies but goodies who are playing online poker with an app that pays real money.

But this statistics can change anytime and there are pros and cons that will be understood by the young at hearts. These days people would love to stay at their comfort zone while doing their favorite things to do including gambling as hobby.

Young people are very susceptible to gambling addiction. I agree that younger generations are inclined to be very curious in trying new things especially those which has the chance of uplifting their financial condition.

Indeed these younger generation has more curious actions dealing with gambling for that expectations for their financial aspects. One way for that scenario was the online games which turned to betting custody as peer to peer transactions, to which every young people now enjoyed playing for. Because potential lucky winnings from the betting of online games like dota2, they've enjoyed the company as well as getting lucky wins.

But this lucky wins are not lasting and to cover the loss they play more and then they get addicted and ruin their life. young peoples are playing more aggressively and they want to become rich soon. That is the main reason why young peoples are the most gamblers in today life.

Young people these days really are so advance when it comes to thinking, to put it in words, they are easily matured these days with the kind of environment we have right now.

They now think how will they be able to help their parents or themselves. Also, with the open internet, they can easily access gambling sites and they can gamble as long as they want to as long as they have the money. Being a spoiled one is really hard  too since it might be carried on on his adulthood that may wreck or destroy his future.

And one more thing I would like to add is the impact of crypto-currency. Earlier, the payments used to be made in credit card, which made sure that the anonymity is not maintained. But with crypto-payments, the user can be anonymous. This has also encouraged a lot to try their luck with gambling.

Well, maybe we should say those are some things in life that are just bound to happen and even though some are always so quick to throw those exuberances away without it affecting them negatively, some get so engrossed in it and in fact most youths do.

This is one of the reasons why I really do not think youths or young people should be exposed so much to gambling as when it comes to making decisions, you always know that making the right decision as a young chap when you are getting overwhelmed with your hormones rushing to their peak, you really want to not be in such situation and that is why I believe that somehow, addiction is getting huge with young minds that have access to it.

Even if they have a good standing in their life, I think these young people can be very susceptible with gambling addiction. Young people these days always want to try something new and they are easily influenced by a lot of people especially their friends and the social media. That is the reason parents should really take care of their children.

So we need to stay beside them and always remind them to not stay too long in the gambling places before they are too late to get out of the game. Besides that, we can try to prevent for the younger generation become deeper in the gambling game by asking them to do another activity so their mind will not think about gambling. It is better to play online games than playing gambling which they can lose all of their money. I am sure that if we can go side by side with them, we can prevent them to be an addicting person in gambling.

Yeah you are right and the reason is online gambling. Now everyone can gamble from his bedroom without the fear of their elders. In many countries gambling is assumed as an evil thing and negatively treated therefore they do not allow their youngers to gamble. They know the consequences of gambling and nobody wants to see their youngers ruining. 

New generation is going on very wrong side. There is no brotherhood and humanity in today’s young people. They just need money and for that they want to choose the shortest way and online gambling provides then this opportunity. Mostly students play online games for gambling. Their elders do not know what are they doing in their rooms and this is wrong.

The freedom that cryptocurrencies give can be a double edged sword in one hand this freedom can be used to help you reach your goals more easily as we have seen a lot of people making their dreams come true thanks to cryptocurrencies and the fact they were responsible and held their coins and made good investments decisions, but this is also a problem, many bitcoin casinos do not require KYC to deposit and to play in them and while I like that since I appreciate my right to privacy.

At the same time this means that it has never been easier for a minor to gamble his money if that is what he wants, so if you have children you need to educate them that they should not use their time and money to gamble since they are not mature enough to understand the consequences of their actions.

It is also a factor that young people want more money for their needs and for this they choose gambling way. They think that gambling is the only way that can give them big money in less time besides they know the bad consequences of gambling. Gradually they become addicted of gambling and then the time comes that they cannot able to quit gambling.

Lol gambling is part of the world since the old ages,before people learn many things ,gambling is already here and even the bible speaks on how those guards gambled about The lors dress so what we can expect?

Addiction in gambling is peoples choice and we cannot do anything about stopping this,why not just do your homework and dont bother making this as your problem when what you only need is Merit lol

Yeah we have the same observation mate,as this is what I’ve always observed whenever i go to the casino ,i use to see many older or mature people before but nowadays the trend goes the other way and itsmore youngsters what you find in gambling places,like here in my region when there’s supposedly older people that plays local gamblings

But now,i find younger versions specially in card games and the local chicken or cockfighting,in which younger generation is dominating.things thats not common for me and maybe for many people here

That is the thing, and they want money they do not necessary have to work for. What even gets it all crazy is the mindset they tend to have which they usually bring into gambling in terms of wanting to get rich and make more money than they can imagine from gambling.

Now, thinking level will always differ when it comes to maturity, but in most cases, a lot of them would have been so deep in it, realizing the reality kicking in and then finding it hard to accept that reality until they get burned, grow with it, end up wasteful unless they eventually manage to get help. I guess there has always been a reason anyway for most casinos to have restricted gambling to a certain age, but unfortunately, the jet age has exposed more people who are not even capable of handling emotions into it.

This may be the good sign for the casino or gambling site owner as young people would keep playing till they won money and may get addicted easily as compared to matured people. On other hand as a society if you consider it is a alarming sign that youngster are now getting more into gambling at very young age which could even threaten a society at some point of time if things continue this way for too long.

It is what the gambler like, they can use crypto to playing gambling. They only need to buy bitcoin or the other coin and then send it to the gambling site so they can start to place the bets. They can play gambling without worry with anything, and they can stay in the dark and perhaps, this is attracting young people to try this method, and they can play safely without anyone knows.

The thing is that most of the new generations now are not actually looking for a way they can work and earn but they are looking for an easy way out in which they can quickly be self-made without having to work hard for it, which is the reason why a lot of them being exposed to gambling at an early age finds it difficult to even know the right mindset to be having and the wrong mindset to be having when it comes to gambling, but they instead get so engrossed, that they let their mentality and the gambling impulses rule them.

IMO young people tend to be more addicted in gambling because in this young age,they always wanted to explore new things especially those that involves money.But unfortunately,these young people cannot control their own emotions so they end up being addicted just like in gambling.

lol thats slightly harsh and everyone deserves a little merit for just an attempt to be part of the forum in a positive way.   Definitely dont ask for merit but I thought this was a reasonable effort and I allocate merit also in order to how much a person has or requires to progress.   Having zero but making a half decent post makes it very likely I'll give at least a merit but yea I never do this when asked because its only given incidentally.


Problem with young people especially is habits are formed very easily when young, nobody should be targeted or sold a gambling product below 18 or they may form destructive habits for the rest of their life.    As adults I see far less likely a problem though some always have to be careful of course but its wrong to take advantage of inexperience like this for a profit

I think that internet comptrollers should ban all gambling sites because many people like it but if they look at the consequences of gambling, they will find it worst. It is better to ban these sites for ever. By this way young people gambling addiction can be controlled. Regular casinos are enough for gambling. We should fix times for gambling and never accede that limit.

Completely disagree with this. How are they even going to ban gambling sites? They'll just pop up somewhere else.
Besides, there are enough people that can gamble in a responsible way. Just because a few people get addicted doesn't mean that the rest of us should get punished for that.

Regular casinos have a way bigger house edge than some online casinos, I wouldn't be happy if those online casinos just became illegal.

I didn't read the article anymore because I know already the answer. INTERNET. The internet is the main factor why most young people are getting addicted into gambling. Everyday, there are many people who are browsing the web and there is a chance that they can see things related to gambling and they got curious and they will try it and..... you know what will happen. Most likely, he/she will be addicted or not.

For me, the best solution that I'm thinking is abstinence. Don't put yourself in gambling. Don't try gambling or you will be getting addicted.

adolescence is very easily influenced by new things, moreover they can make gambling as a fun entertainment and when playing gambling can get its own challenges that make many teens feel addicted to things like that. when compared with adults it is true that teenagers can be very easily affected and can cause addiction in gambling because when they gamble it is done to entertain themselves and get fun while playing because it has its own challenges

Sometimes it's good to gamble because it will help us release the stress, as long as you consider it as an entertainment, you will be safe.
However, our emotions changes from time to time and we might not notice that we got addicted already as human nature, we always want to win.
The reality is, casinos are getting richer and richer, which means gamblers are losing.

They can't just ban gambling sites that easily. If a country bans a gambling site, people will still find a way to gamble or to bet their money, that is how hard to ban gambling in a certain country.

With that being said, the only way the government can have a part of this sites is to increase it's tax giving more money to the government and that government can use this money to improve and develop more their country. The way parents can stop their children from gambling online or offline is to take care of them. If they will be really taking care of their children, they should be able to create a good space at their children between gambling addiction. If we will be talking about gambling online, parents can just ban or prohibit an URL to their internet connection in their houses.

It's simple. People do not have such emotions in their real life.

I just about us, controlling our selves is a must and gambling isn't bad, it may help us to relieve our stress after whole day work. But it depends upon on the people, for me, after work while I am relaxing I open my laptop and play gambling it makes me asleep after I while I'm gambling. Chasing loss might cause addiction in a gambling, so relax and have control over emotion.

Whether young people can control their emotions better or worse than adults is a big question. Imo adults with their weakened nervous system may perform much worse in that regard. Besides, young people tend to think of themselves as of better versions of their ancestors, and in this case they have an opportunity to prove that they are really better if they will not become addicted to gambling as it happened to their older relatives.

There are so many reasons for that, and I think that the main reason is unemployment. Mot of the young people when they completed their study searching for a job, after some time when they become dishearten they start playing gambling which they consider as the shortest way of making money.

People think like that until addiction happens to someone they care about, gambling addiction can be very dangerous since most of the time it is invisible and you cannot see the results of the addiction until it is too late and the addicted person begins to use almost all his money to maintain his addiction, this is why you need to keep an eye on your loved ones, it is not strange to find that people are addicted to their smartphones and the addiction has become so common that we do not even notice it anymore.

But there are some that are not addicted to their smartphones and instead are addicted to gambling online through their smartphones, so try to look for signs that something is wrong and if you can warn about the dangers of becoming addicted not only to illegal substances but to behaviours that are not healthy.

Teenager are easier to be seduce rather than adult one because they still think with emotion and never think the result that may be happen.
Of course this is endless reaction that always happen as long as gambling industry exist.

All we can do is self control and family support


And already late to realize that, human.

Why they treat gambling is a source of making money or the fastest way that's not a good idea spending your time gamble your money and get nothing.
If they are a student they should change their habits and change their priority to study first before doing anything else.

Gamble is not good for a student because it can affect their study habit that can result in gambling addiction until they can lose a big amount of money and study.

People have discipline in life will play either just for fun or will realize soon that it is better not to lose money in gambling unless you are super rich and does effect losing few thousand dollars. Also addiction rate is super high in gambling as it involves money so this also helps people to get addicted easily if they cannot control emotions.

Yeah I agree with you that gambling can release the stress of a certain person but for me, there are some things that I can do just to release my stress. Playing games, sleeping or playing sports are the things I do if I feel I'm stressed.

Emotions can change anytime if we are gambling. If we win a few times, we can become greedy and will gamble more because we know that there is a high chance that we can win.

Casino owners are getting richer. I think instead of the gamblers to gamble in the casinos, what if they will just build their own casino so that they can earn too while gambling :D.

Gambling is indeed more popular among young people. especially at this time many gambling uses online features, from betting and money used for online transactions. so that nowadays gambling is done more by young people.

I think this is why gambling become more popular among the young people because right now, they can play gambling without anyone knows and they can play at anywhere. And if they cannot control their emotion in the gambling game, then they will have a chance to become addicting in gambling, and like the old people who are in the gambling, they can lose their money too. We need to remind them to stay away from the gambling or at least we can tell them to use small money as the bets, so they don't have lost too much money in the gambling game.

Since many young people are using the internet around the world, there is a high chance that they encounter how to gamble or anything related to it and they will be curious about it. Young players can gamble anytime they want since it is been done online and if they lose, they will get their lost again and there is a chance that they will get addicted if they are winning consecutive times in a row. I think young people must know what are the effects of gambling into our lives. They must be knowledgeable with regards to gambling.

As long as kids have access to cryptocurrencies and their parent's credit/debit cards they will be gambling on their own even without their parent's consent. The problem I see here is that online gambling isn't as much as monitored as the gambling happening in casinos where you need to show your id every time you are suspected as underage. In online gambling you only have to click that you are above 18 years old without even verifying that you are one, this makes kids have a highly accessible way in gambling.

It doesn't have any age preference, every age has its own gambling preference so I don't think there should be "more" popular.

Go to the casino's where you can find prominent people spending their wealth and time after working hard with their entire life.

Internet has actually exposed kids to a lot of things and it would take some inbuilt discipline and principle to not get caught up in it as a youth. Young people today are already getting exposed hugely to things they should not be getting exposed to and for the fact that they always tend to find it hard at times, when it comes to making good decisions about their life at that age, the likelihood of seeing them doing things that would affect them will always be there most of the time.

Addiction is something that starts with the state of the mind and that state of the mind as a result of youthful exuberance is something that usually goes wrong. Moreover we cannot expect an addiction to lead a person for performing some big achievement but being as a neutral man is also not possible after got addicted.

It is true that you will find people of all ages but this days youngster are getting easily attracted to it and mostly online this youngster are the one who prefer it as they can gamble anytime from anywhere and instead of making money would be losing lot of money.

I believe the parents might need to monitor and ask the kids about the usage of their credit cards, if their kids are always maxing out the credit cards spending limits to purchase crypto-currencies, this might be a strong indication that they are seriously addicted to gambling, and they might need serious help to curb their gambling addiction.

Why they should monitor and control them. How the mobile apps and games are there to use even same like that gambling is the kind of option to make the young generation with the full of entertainment but one thing you need to spare the money and ready to take a risk.

When you ready to gamble you does not need to see the what is the age of the user and all. I see most of the site ask the age confirmation before you get into the gambling site. So family is responsible for finding what children are doing.

Yes gambling is now popular to all young people especially online.They becoming addict to because you fine online everywhere.Maybe this is not easy to stop because they are free to do what they want.

We all know the level at which young people have some level of exuberance ruling over them and then being exposed at that age when things are actually not supposed to be in that lane for them, we always get to find out that a lot of times; they tend to make bad decisions. It is just more like being exposed to certain hard substances as well.

I understand this is something that can cut across all age though, if you tend to have the wrong mindset, but as a result of maturity, we know younger people tend to make the worst decisions most of the time. It is better to not even get them exposed to it than trying to remind them the issues at stake.

If you suspect that a loved one is addicted to gambling you do not need your ISP to block those websites you can do it yourself and block those sites in your computer or your router, most people do not have the technical knowledge to avoid the measures that you set up so they will be unable to access those websites but the issue is that now the world is filled with computers so unless they have a desire to stop gambling those measures are not going to work.

Because eventually they are going to find a way to avoid the steps you have taken by using a different computer and you will back at square one, so at best those steps can be used to gain time and nothing more but it is worth the try if you are desperate to help a friend.

It is simple to understand why young people become addicted of gambling. The reason is online gambling. Parents do not know what their child is doing in his room, and it is the bad thing in online gambling that you can play from your bedroom. It brings easiness for regular gamblers but also destruction for young people. It could not be stopped anyway.

That also maybe a reason why they are getting addicted to gambling because they have their smartphones at their hand so they may be interested to make some money through gambling but they are not going to have lot of money to spend for gambling so they even they get addicted to ot they may not much affected in terms of economically.

Youngsters are very proactive with any activity and they are the age that can be addicted easily.

But addiction doesn't really any have choice of age.

Yes, you are right, and I agree with you. The youngster has a big curiosity about something new, and they have a big passion for learning until they know everything. And it's happening too with gambling; they learn how to make money from gambling, they finally understand how it feels when they lose all the money. And if we don't take attention to them, then we might lose them too, and they can be addicted to gambling without any chance to leave the gambling games.

Well technology has its good and bad effect, not to mention all inventions of science has its boon and bane. Its on the person who is using it to decide how to use them and what to take advantage of or let the bad things take over them. Considering young people, I dont expect someone from a middle-class family to be having cash always at hand unless they are already in a job, in which case nobody is going to judge them or they are coming a rich family with a lot of money to "waste". But since they are adults they are responsible for their own money.

Either way it always the rich remain rich and poor remain poor. So even if they do waste gambling, the only people who are in profit are the casino owners and not the players.

It is just because of the greed for money. Everyone in this world needs money but the problem is that now young people choose the wrong way for making money. They should understand that gambling is not for making money, but it will take all your money in just a few minutes. The consequences of gambling are very bad and destructive.

There are much more of the articles criticizing gambling than of those promoting it. Info on possible bad effects of gambling in general and on horrible consequences of gambling addiction in particular is not some secret kept from the young. In fact they can hear and read about it constantly, only they mostly ignore it because it is poorly put. Young people hate it when they here, "do not ever do this" or "abstinent from that". They hate it to such a degree that they can start doing something just out from spite, even if they weren't going to do that at all. In short, if we want less young people becoming gambling addicts we shouldn't repeat the same stupid warnings over and over again because this can make things only worse.

Thats right, right now gambling is not as difficult as it used to be, right now you can gamble with anyone, without any age restrictions, without identity and without other people knowing, by gambling online, nowadays there are so many online gambling sites that you can find, especially internet users most of them are young people, of course they will be very easy to access gambling sites

Of course everyone needs money to feed their stomachs but that would mean a liberal society where everything is allowed and everything is decriminalized.
Does that sound as a proper healthy system to live in? Definitely not. Thats why people have to go to work earn a living and then spend their money as they want. Gambling if they wish is a part of their choices and these choices is what shapes their lives.

People do realize that in the young age they may have acted impulsively and taken wrong decisions but there is always time to redeem those mistakes and start anew.

Well said, that how things should take place and even if we are young, we should not be afraid of committing mistakes as that will teach us lessons.
Gambling is not bad after all since it could give entertainment, if we abuse it, that's where the bad consequences will come, so regardless of our age or status in life, we should not consider gambling a way to make money, instead think of the opposite.

But once a person got involved in gambling, it will be hard not to 'abuse' it. Even though for example we just gamble for entertainment, the chance to be obsessed by gambling is big especially for the young people.

With the growing of the internet, I am sure that younger people don't have any trouble to visit the restricted website and it's not just for gambling but for the other website. The younger people can have internet access everywhere, and it makes some of them curious about the new things and makes them visit the gambling site and searching the other games on the other sites. Besides that, the gambling site is growing too and trying to attract more visitor to come and play in their site.

Surprising... because from what I am seeing, the interest in gambling is going down. I agree that online gambling is now accounting for a larger market share, but if you take the overall gambling industry, it is having a negative growth.

Base on my observation, there are more gambling sites that are being created. People are spending at approx. 2-3 hours on the internet or social media. Some spend even more hours.

Online gambling is too easy to use. Just go online deposit some money thru your smartphone and you can gamble now. Its easy now to gamble since there is online now. Getting addicted into gambling is now easier because many can have access to gambling. For me, to prevent young peoppe into getting addicted into it they must know the consequences if they try to gamble.

Internet is giving us more opportunities  and gambling is one of them. With the help of annoying commercial and attractive suggestions of free spin of gambling sites it is just impossible to not try it at least once.

This is what young people hate to hear most of all, when something is dangerous "especially" for their age. In most cases after hearing something like that they immediately try to engage with the subject in question, be it sex, drugs, alcohol or gambling. If we want to prevent young people from gambling addiction, we should try to speak their language, not the language they hate. Young people, starting from the age of 13-14 are no longer kids any more and if something is dangerous for them to do, it is equally dangerous for adults either. Is it bad for someone to become a gambling addict? Yes, definitely it is. But this is relevant to everyone regardless of their age.

It depends what gambling. I think that the interest in online gambling is going up and with some countries trying to ban or limit the availability of gambling sites the need for anonymous gambling with cryptocurrencies is growing even more.
I think that it is targeting young people more than it did in the old days. They can assume a fake identity and start gambling from home even before they turn 18.

That's why my government forbid bitcoin gambling because just like OP said that gambling attacking our young generation.
Since our people can't control themself and they are not open minded just like Europe, our government really take an action against gambling and crypto gambling.
If some country able tolarate bitcoin gambling industry , it means that they capable to understand their behavior against gambling !

We cannot control their mind, that's why gambling addiction is still increasing. Maybe they just love to take risk and afterwards become addicted. Playing gambling is not about how we believe to those article, we still doing what we wanted even if we all know the bad result of it.

Yes, with a good internet connection, I am sure that the younger people can access any website without problem. But I don't use to search and to play gambling because I know that I need to explore a ways from the internet about how to makes money, so I don't waste my time by having fun only. I suggest to my friends who are the younger people that they don't need to playing gambling in every day, but they can use their time to search for valuable things that could bring something good for their life.

When I was in my 8th, knew sony vegas, AE, photoshop, html/css. So it wasn't hard for me to hide my identity by using VPN and knew when and how to bypass situations like that, could gamble online and withdraw money by using someone's wallets I knew. So if I knew that, someone who is interested too will easily be enlightened, you need to just google.
Gambling addiction isn't a problem, it's your choice of life. Your tight mind inspires you to look casino as a profit source, then you get addicted. Have a fun from gambling, if you can't - then avoid, do something that makes you strong and happy in a healthy way.

because any choice in every bodies’ life is actually a gambling…

choose a wise husband from a bunch of boys is a gambling
choose a school to study is a gambling
choose a boss to work with is a gambling
so, gambling is addictive…

How strange it is that younger generation are so super talented this days and still they fall in trap of gambling and cannot control them self from getting hooked to gambling. This is a dangerous sign as well because if people across world start getting such addicted then it would lead to high probability of they not doing anything other than gambling.

Yes, I agree with you. Everything we do is possibility and chance, but it's to get a good life for us. I think it would not be the same as a gambling game ;D

I hope that younger people can filter what good things and the bad things that they want to do so they are not become bad people or being an addictive personality in gambling. Once they know the good and the bad, they can prevent from doing bad things and will focus on doing a good thing which can gives something good for their life.

I guess one of the reason why gambling nowadays are popular with young people is because it can be easily accessed online. I remember there was a time someone asked me for help to convert his BTC to Fiat because his account have limits and I agreed. When we meet up to turnover the cash, I was surprised to see the guy that I have a transaction with is wearing a school uniform, he is in his teens and I don't even think that he is in Collage already. He cant cash out his winnings in an online casino that's why he asked for help.

If we will see on other perspective, I agree with you. Our life is full of gambling or decisions but its not the same as the gambling game :).

I think younger people must be educated with regards to gambling. What are the possible effects of it to ones life. Once you are getting addicted into gambling, its hard for some to remove it.

Yes, basically a lot of events in our lives can be likened to gambling, but gambling actually looks with a crude eye is only by using money at stake, we know gambling does not depend only on money because gambling can be done with anything as agreed. But the more technology increases, the more access to gambling can be easily accessed by many people, such as young people who continue to struggle in the online field, it will make young people continue to play gambling easily on the internet and as long as they have won victory and profits first, then they will continue to gamble because of greed that they did not realize.

I was never do some research to see gambling industry development but if this is really happend then probably most of people are more aware not to gambling even possibly some of them has been successfully life without gambling anymore but gambling will always be exist until whenever and nobody can stopped it

Also, dont forget that most of the teeangers nowadays just want money, that is why they put their hard earned money in gambling sources to get more, and they lose it all.

It is sad, but that is the way that the world works at the moment, and we can not change it.

But what are we gonna do? Just nothing.

Yes true gambling addiction now is not good to young people because  it really destroy their lives.It might getting worst of their life if they continuously do the bad habit.But l think this is difficult to control now.

Young people like that are better than the young people of old,gambling has existed since ancient times actually I did not dismiss such things.I just think realistically where gambling circles are very popular with young and old.

I can't understand this, what you mean to say that younger people are better than the old?

It means to say that gambling is popular to the both sides, there's no side for "more" popular as its just getting popular to everybody.

So do you think that gambling addiction is good for adults ? not really because addiction is still addiction and it can cause some serious problem if not treated as early as possible  .

it maybe difficult to control it now because it is already an epidemic but we can still do something so that the epidemic wont grow bigger . 

We can do counselling to people especially to the younger ones in regards with the gambling or anything that can cause addiction  .

Yes the fact is that at this time the majority of gambling game users are young people. This did not escape the growing sophistication of gambling online. as we know that young people are closer and far faster in understanding technology. online gambling is part of modernity, with interconnection with digital currencies, the development of online gambling games is growing rapidly. the development of gambling games cannot be separated from the increasing development of digital currencies globally.

Of course its possible, its just so happen that the younger generation are easy to believe on any gambling commercials most specially the advertising program of those casinos in social media. The increase on that volume is very alarming, online casinos make its possible for them to gamble well this is business and many people are falling on this one.

Its easy for them to adopt new technologies and since gambling are also growing and there’s a lot of gambling online, they tend to invite many younger people to do gamble at least once but when they feel the excitement for sure they will keep on playing until they lose money and becomes addict on that. Its just sad that the young ones are getting involve on this kind of activities which is really not good for them.

I guess there should be higher  age limit for gambling. Kids shouldn't be gambling at all in my opinion. What we do as kids end up becoming an addiction for the rest of our lives. probably explains the high rate of gambling addiction

A kid can gamble  anytime because many online casino's now doesn't require for a KYC and this is the feature that everybody likes. A kid shouldn't gamble if he/she has a very responsible parent. They should teach him that at a very young age a kid shouldn't be gambling.

At young ages, they are more prone to addiction which can't cater when it comes to worst. Somehow even if their parents are too responsible enough to give reminder, sometimes there are bad influences from the surroundings.

In a normal family parants usually control what kids do and in the most of cases kids stay far away from online gambling. Such things are not for kids and KYC system should be used by every online gambling, that's my opinion.

Online gambling is not limited to playing games using tablets, desktops, smart phones, laptops. There are companies who sets ups online games like a video arcade, just walk in with your money and you can play. There are also those that are set up like a back yard business where you can play via minute and use coins (literal) to pay and play. Here in my country we even have this Video karera, its a horse race game.

it is normal and common the people are easily get addicted to gambling especially the young generation of people need some new ideas to make money so online gambling will make them to addictive easily because they are the easiest attractive people for gambling.

Obviously that's r very possible especially in online gambling, most of the users of this new technology is the young people, herein my country children ages 12 up is playing online dota or counter strike with have involve money betting, it easy to them to involve and gambling if they didn't monitor by their parents possible to become addicted.

Youngsters wouldn't know it if someone didn't put them there in the first place. Millennials are not into it these days, you may find some but too small in numbers. There's a lot of another way to make money these days and if you ever find some youngsters playing in the casino then probably someone dragged them there.

I agree with this because this is pretty much all we can do about this problem. The people is free to do what they want as long as it's legal anyways.

Also, someone won't really get out from an addiction until something that changes their lives happens to them and they decide to finally work really hard and persist to do it. In this stage is when everybody can do more.

Everyone should have someone to help them because if not the stress and problem will continue to happen. Counseling should happen once the person is in uncontrollable situation that he himself can't stop it because of the urge in his body.
Though there are some suggestions already that told here on how to control or stop yourself from being addicted to playing the gambling.

gambling easily addict a professional Gambler also so the young people will easily fall into gambling addiction because of its way of money making is more addictive for young generation of people so well gambling we need more attention with the limitations it will be very important for anyone to be a gambler.

The younger generations are way more curious than us. They try things to its extent until they can't control it anymore and due to that it results to addiction. And the sad part with their situation is they are gambling with their parents money.

Maybe few of them gambles with their own money through their part time jobs or any source that they had. But if they come that point that they experience extreme desire to gamble and their days can't be completed without gambling, that's really a bad call for them.

If as a casino owner I think it is the best thing as this means more and more young people will come and bet and losing chances are higher so it will give casino owner the profits . Also addiction rate goes higher with young people so more money the owner makes it . But as a individual you think about it means that if you do. It behave rationally and keep on losing money in gambling it is a huge threat for that person and family .

I see that the younger generation attracts to the gambling business because they can easily get an internet connection and they browse many things, and finally they found a gambling game. Once I found a younger person play a game using the credit on their prepaid card and they said that they could use that for betting in a game. I ask him how he can access those sites? He only said hey I install VPN from the ads that I've found in the apps so after I install VPN, there is an ad showing about the game, and I click those image and then it asked me to install the game. I try to follow every instruction in the game, and I see that we can use the credit in our phone to bet something inside the game.
I only say, whoa you finally found a way to gamble, but be careful, don't play too long because you will spend all of your credit and will refill it again and again until you don't have money.

YouTubers easily influence viewers to actually pay on them.

Actually that's how I ventured into gambling.

For casino owners, they will just implement a certain rule that under age and teenagers aren't allowed to get inside the casino. This applies for the physical casino's but for the online gambling, there's no restriction unless there's KYC.

The owner doesn't have responsibility if there are more young people that losses money. Those kids/teens should learn on how to be responsible with their lives and money. The casino is a business and as long as they are implementing certain measurements for their customers, these kids/teens should also know how to control themselves.

Ahh, yes, when I was watching some video from youtube, there is an advertisement from some games, and when we click the ads, sometimes it's redirected into another site, and that site is an online gambling website. And I guess that is why younger people can get attract into a gambling game because they have a big curious with something new and they will search on other sites to know what is that things. And if somehow, they are curious about the gambling games, then they will try to play with small money for the first time, and if they cannot control his mind then, in the end, he will lose the money.

Not from the ads, but from videos that feature YouTubers that are sponsored by the site(s). You know eye-catching titles like the "FROM $10 to $500!"

And those referral codes that they give you some money to play with.

The owners will obviously try to make sure that the regulars remain regulars. That is why we have the promotions going on every now and then. Its all a part of marketing the product that one develops after all the casino is the product and you are user of that product. What is good and bad is not their decision.

If one person thinks they are going to gamble their money then its their personal choice and nobody is supposed to stop them from doing so. Being adults every person needs to take their own responsibility.

There must be an age restriction especially in gambling online, in that way it can lessen the number of young gamblers who are exposed early in this nature.

Its hard to refrain ourselves to stop playing but there is a way if you are really determine. It will have to start in changing our mindset and emotion to be able to control ourselves and not be tempted to gamble continuously.

The thing is that owner would not really be worried whether it is 16 year or 13 year people playing. Their motive is that they should be able to earn money so not really they would even do KYC or check if it legal age of person has reached 18 years. This is where the problem begins as per me. And young people get addicted to such things very quickly as they want money.

Because of aggressiveness youngsters has,they become more involved in vices such as drug addictions,womanizing,chain smoking,alcoholism and gambling this all are the most popular cases governments is having in their list of problems.so literally speaking about gambling popularity is now considered for younger people.specially online gambling like cryptocurrency gambling sites

The youngsters are easily attracted with the gambling field and this type of money making way when using gambling again and again it will be a addiction for young people and also anyone the solution for addiction will be changing your lifestyle and making your concentration and the other field only but most of the time it will also not working for many of peoples follow the steps it main useful for you.

Online gambling is indeed very popular or played by young people, because it uses it with the internet or other technologies that are developing lately.
I think it's natural because they can use it and operate it easily in contrast to parents who have different ways of thinking and are more interested in gambling in real terms.

Big youtubers who have big fan following can drag a lot of people in gambling and also in a particular online gambling site by just giving a good review about the site.





Unfortunately casino owners does not care if a kid is coming to play gambling as long as he is investing the money. The casino owners are greedy and their only aim is to collect the money.

I also started my gambling career after I got some information from a youtuber. These days youtubers pay a great role and people tend to listen and follow the youtubers. Remember a decade ago, movies had a great influence on the life of people. Same is happening with youtubers now.

Young generation think youtubers as ideal and they tend to follow them. If they promote gambling then many new people will come in gambling field.

yes, most gambling site owners do not have an age limit for their users to be able to go play in it, because online gambling is neutral and can be used by anyone who likes it. almost everyone who gambles, of course they expect good luck to get money, both young people and adults when playing they certainly feel a sensation that is capable of being felt so it is very easy to feel addicted to gambling

i think that the gambling addiction problem is equally widespread at all ages even if growing among young people, it is not easy to get out of it takes so much strength of will one can start with keeping it under control by decreasing the time and money that it dedicate to the game

Why will any casino owner care about who is coming to thier site or casino ? They have opened casino for the profit and they surely do not care if the money comes from the under age or kids. Thats why we see no restrictions specially in case of online gambling sites.
I think parents should teach the kids advantages and disadvantages of gambling so kids know the effects of gambling.

You are an example of people who got influenced by youtube ;D
That is right, many people know youtube, and they can search whatever video they want except porn ;D
I found many videos on youtube about gambling games, and I think many people attract to gambling after they were watching the video. And I think in the future, there will be many more videos about gambling and it will attract more and more people to the websites. We need to have a filter for the young generations, so they will know that gambling is not a way to make money.

If I were a site owner, I'd do the same thing. YouTube is one of the most effective advertising tool and to think of it, you sponsor several YouTubers maybe like $500 in site credits and that in return nets like millions of views and recurring referrals (as long as the vid(s) still have traffic).

Did you start with CSGO gambling or crypto?

Yes . gambling addiction or addiction in general is verry hard to beat but it is possible to cure your self if you are willing to change  . gambling isnt bad anyway and there is no point of quitting it permanently .  all you gotta do is minimize your self playing it  .  make sure to do and prioritize other important stuff's .

This happens more to young people because young people are more hot headed and more impulsive compared to other ages.

They start for fun as almost anyone of us but they become addicted more than other people because of them being more passionate about anything they do. Unfortunately this is a bad phenomen for our society in general and professional help is needed in order to cure this.

Young people always wanted to make money without following the hard way and that is why gambling has become the major way many of them thing they can make easy money from the market.  Young people are also more advanced in technology and most of gambling companies are now online.

They just make their childhood dream of becoming a millionaire through gambling but they never know it won't work 99.9999% in people's life.

Gamling industries are also attracting more people by giving lot of promotions in online so the you people were noticed that too early.

Young people, especially those who are still has no job yet, certainly do not have their own income. The desire to have a lot of money must be in the minds of all humans and no exception with youth. And unfortunately, gambling is the way they use as a means to realize their dreams even though in reality it actually makes most people suffer.

The innovations from this gambling industries attract more young people to play, internet is not restricted in many places all over, the online gambling is so easy to use without any trace especially crypto, this young generations out of curiosity became addicted after gaining enjoyment and satisfaction, without knowing the risk of becoming addicted, we can't fully stop this but we need to be full responsible checking ou kids with their stuff online.

If the issue of addiction has become a national problem particularly as it affects the of the youth in the society then what I will suggest to be done in other to reduce the effect on our teaming youth that supposed to be productive is increase Tax on gambling company and strong regulation policy.

Young people will always find a way to do what they wish. Even if gambling will be admitted as illegal for sure will be a place who h will work in secret. Due to low experience young people usually appear in trouble when they try to satisfy their wishes on every possible way.

At the moment young people are indeed the biggest percentage owner who is addicted to gambling games, this is inseparable from the many young people who get the ease of accessing gambling games. The gambling game is currently very accessible to the millennial era so that young people become the highest possessor of dominance. Most of them play gambling to get entertainment, but some who can't control themselves are in the addiction phase. But for me, the addiction that young people get is not too severe, it is because mentally that young people have good readiness.

You are right, and I am sure that it will be easy for them to find that way so they can play gambling with secretly. They don't have to worry if their parents know about gambling games and they only need to say that they are playing games only without money involved. I have seen many kids telling that to their parents, and I was shocked that their parents just believe whatever those kids were saying.

It is also depend on our parents on how they protect us from addiction. I am also already a parent of 2 so I will not going to make my kids let them get addicted to it especially they are still too young, maybe it also takes more years before they will get involved in gambling but as a daughter of my parents, thank God that even though my mother taught me how to play cards when I was 9, I still know how to control myself that time because I am really hooked in that game that time.

I think young people will not simply go and gamble. For me there are outside influence, like a friend or someone close that introduces them to gambling. Of course, online is accessible, but I seriously doubt that they will just go create an account and gamble, maybe they became curious, but that's not number reason for them.

Younger people are easily influence, and if someone shows them how to gamble online and have easy money, then that is the start of their gambling journey, imho.

Satisfying and craving for bigger wins.

This where they are heading, these young people are aiming for greater gains. And before reaching that expectation, they need to push more and gamble more before they reaches to that point.

I also saw some people are so much addicted to gambling like they are doing only gamble with their money and lasting their investment and doing this process again and again this will the main reason for addiction if we want to came out from this we need to change your whole of our daily routine in our lifestyle but it will not be possible in many times

Yeah with passionate enthusiasm all young people want to be rich from gambling, but they don't realize that wealth from gambling is not produced only by hard work. from that dream they become addicts, pursue something that should not be their main goal

I think this is far from reality. Today young people can learn much faster than in the past, say 30 years ago when there was no Internet. I bet there are millions of young people, 14-18 y.o., that are more intelligent than most people of the age group 45+. And hundreds of millions that are at least at the same level of education. Only uneducated person can think of gambling as of the source of the main income and centre all their hopes on it. I think the reality is that gambling addiction is becoming less popular with young people nowadays.

I remember some local news from my county with a senior high student got a thousand dollars debt with his classmates, tricking them just because of his gambling addictions, sports betting if I remember it correctly.

That's alarming with every young people got too much engage with this bad habits.

Even if they dont expect to become rich,the essence of being a youngster but wanted to profit instantly is very alarming,imagine how teenagers now falling from local gambling and the most easiest is the online Games betting when these children’s bet against each others every game battle(specially in asia and almost all third world countries,though even in big countries this is happening)

Being a parent this must be prevented sooner before this teached then to be a gambler when they become mature .

Hmm, why would you think young people are getting more eager to earn money? I think this is not because of good advertising or the lastest trends bit because of family issues. For me, the main reason for this is the lack of attention from their parents which could be either their parents fail to give their basic needs or their parents deceased that's why they are forced to do easy money yet risky things. Such things tend young ones to become rebel thus can be easily influenced by the bad stuffs in their external environment like different kind of vices including gambling.

This is the sad truth :(.
You have a point, we can't deny the fact that most of the minors nowadays taking their life not too seriously,, in short easy-go-lucky. They are getting used to being spoiled which makes them think that sustaining life is very easy and not complicated as we think. That's why I'm really amazed those poor hardworking people simply because they knew that reality is harsh and find ways to keep living, it was so impressive that they can survive their everyday living despite of the odds.

thats true because when i was on high school i see many students that playing different kinds of gambling in the school campus . other times i can also see them outside of the school playing billiards with money involved  .  even myself i was also addicted to gambling . when you are addicted , you will try to do your bad habits anywhere you like even if its risky .

A typical highschool life back on those days but it seems until now. I remember that I often not go to my class during my highschool days because I'm always either playing billiards or playing DOTA with my friends (bad influence ones like me) and with placing bets of course.

Anyway, past is past. I already stop doing such things and now more focus in building a good future but I'm still grateful with those not so good experiences because I learned many lesson from it and triggered me to make life realizations :).

They are please to do everything that they desire and the number of these kind of cases are increasing every time. It was also made easier for them to gamble through crypto especially those that doesn't require further verification (KYC).

I won't say that its a trouble, they are into more action and loves to take risk and doesn't care of the outcome of what they do. They get into gambling without thinking of result if they ever become addicted to it but sooner or later they will realize their mistakes.

That is why our life is designed to study at the younger age,or we may not control ourselves and addicted to something which makes serious problem but the sad fact is most of the bad habits arose from the surrounding of our school life so having better school may avoid this.

I guess gambling is not just playing poker, dice, sportbook and whatnot, but more on betting. Like you playing billiard with money, it is included in gambling even when you like playing billiards and you continue to gamble on each of your billiard games so you are a real gambling addict. So far the government has only focused on popular gambling as I mentioned before, but they do not shape the character of each person or provide education that every bet is gambling.

The gambling addction(and all other addictions) have something to do with instant gratification.We all want pleasure(and all it's forms) right now(money,sex,power,any dopamine stimulating thing).Learning how to delay pleasure and find pleasure in something creative will cure the addictions that most millenials have for sure.

In fact there are so many reason and issues which are attracting the young people toward gambling. I think that in modern cities it’s a fashion, as they have a lot of money and they can easily afford to lose a good amount of money, which they only get as their pocket money.

On other side, in backward countries where the youngster become disappointed after wondering for getting job, they reach to casino to applying their luck and so they become addicted and always trying to make big money with less effort.

This is what concerns many people as they can easily get addicted as they are small and might not understand the value of money if they keep losing and keep asking for more from their parents . Also they can start borrowing etc if they want more and  more money if they start liking the gambling .

I think this will be an easy task for the parents if they really love their children. I don't think their parents will just let their children spend the money they are giving to them without any instructions or rules. As a parent I let my children ask for money as long as they are honest to what or where they will be using that money to. If the children will always ask for money on their parents, that is obvious it will be noticed by their parents.

True that young people are mostly addictive to it since most of the time they are desperate and want to be rich within short time but despite this most of the old people too are addictive in gambling.

Yes ,i  definitely agree because young people gets addicted to anything in so less times.Most of the young age people lose their good mentality anyhow and can't came back from it.Also I think young people gets a freedom where they can do anything they want ,no one is there to stop it.So I feel young people are more addicted to gambling than any other ages.

Desperation is the really reason why most young people goes into gambling.  I think and I believe that we the young one really need money but we look on gambling as the quickest way of making that money.

Maybe because of too much exposure into gambling games that's why they have got addicted on it. There is no wrong playing gambling for young people as long as they are in the right age with the right moderation in playing it. Many people especially the teenagers are always up into seeking money which they think to have a good breakout in playing gambling. With the greed being established inside them, they are turned to be addicted on it. But if you just want to do it as a past time while earning, that will be a good thing just like getting engage into online casinos and even gambling sited which can offer you great deals and rewards just what like I am up into that offers great bonus for your first deposit here (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm)

Teenagers nowadays, really tend to expose themselves into something which makes them happy and satisfied that is why it is not new that addiction tend to rise up into their generation because they are most of the time doing it with no moderation. Playing gambling is not bad if you can have that control into yourself. Just what like many people says, too much of anything is bad. Well, I am up into doing past time gameplays which I think you have been mentioning such a great deal I would love to try.

Yes this is due to environmental factors and a high sense of curiosity to try new things when they grow up. So it is not surprising that young people are becoming more popular for addiction in many ways gambling is not good enough for those who do not have a strong mind and mentality to be able to control themselves in gambling.

Your post is confusing as you are saying that young and old people are mostly addicted to it.

If you will be asking me, old people are more addicted than younger people. Not all of the young people will be able to gamble as we all know they are still not that capable of gambling. They may know gambling but I doubt that they are gambling using money, it might be toys or some silly games their friends are playing. Gambling might be advertised online and being watched by children or young people but I think, old people are still the most addicted than the young people.

If young people are desperate, they don't have to play gambling because they need to understand that it will risk their money and besides that, they can become addicted to gambling. I think they only curious about gambling games, so they decide to try the games, but unfortunately, many of them become addicted. We need to explain to them, and it is better to stay away from gambling because it is too dangerous for them. They need to search for another thing to prevent playing gambling every day.

Desperate of becoming rich isn't only available and happening to the young ones, it doesn't have any limitation. But it's true that many young people are becoming addicted to gambling over time.
It seems to them that it's the easiest way to reach their fortune by just gambling alone and due to the attention that these young ones are getting from their parents, they have money to gamble with.

It is not only to have a better school. It is also starting at home learning good deeds and not to get addicted to something like gambling. Young people should not able to make risky things and getting addicted to young people are not good for them because they should just think about their school and not in casinos or gamblings.

Online gambling never requires ages to join the game, as long as you know how to do it,  you are in. Base on the study, young people are mostly engage in online activities where they can find gambling sites as it shown by ads. Their curiosity have bring them to be involve these game and they enjoyed it. This us serve as its fulfilment with their minds and could lead into addiction.

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You are right, and they have a passion for learning something new that they don't know. And if necessary, the young people will search on many websites just to know deeper about that thing. And that is happening with the gambling games too, and they already find that playing a game in the gambling websites with using some money will make them stay for a long time. We will see new people who will get addicted to gambling which dominated by young people.

I think gambling rules both for physical casinos as well as for online gambling, I do not think that government will give any permission to underage people to play gambling online. I think it is difficult to that either a person is underage or not to play gambling online. Still, I think that with the passage of time government must take some steps to make some law and strategies to stop underage gambler from playing gambling. 

Think about a physical casino - there are guards there asking for age proofs and they wont let your in if you are underage. On the other hand if you are going to a online casino there is literally nothing to obstruct your passage unless some internet blocking is present which can also be bypassed very easily with minimum effort.

In a way the emergence of online casinos have increased the prevalence of underage gambling. Every casino does  have their own policy against this and would take strict measures to restrict them if caught. They dont promote underage gambling and condemn it. Also parents should teach their children about it and make sure they are learning their values properly.

I think this is the reason betting turned out to be increasingly well known among the youngsters since the present moment, they can play betting without anybody knows and they can play at anyplace.

Furthermore, in the event that they can't control their feeling in the gambling, at that point they will get an opportunity to end up compelling in betting, and like the elderly individuals who are in the betting, they can lose their cash as well.

We have to remind them to avoid the betting or if nothing else we can instruct them to utilize little cash as the wagers, so they don't have lost excessively cash in the betting experience.

They actually understand the value of money that is why they are trying to gamble. Gamble for nothing but money and this is the reason many people including the elders particularly are concerned about the well being of the younger generation.

Instead, they should invest their time and potential in some entrepreneurship venture and this will give back much more that gambling could.

I think the reason that they can earn easy money in gambling, if they win in the first time they attract and encourage to gamble again, so they become addicted. Especially today, we live now in a high technology that gambling is everywhere and of its being legalized so many young people have no limits to gamble.

The mindset of "get quick rich" which is now rampant among young peoples has actually given then the spirit of quick addiction to games becasue of the urge to make quick money. They will go to any length to ensure they get rich undermining the consequences attach, like addiction which is a way to depression. Most of these young people's after loosing they get depress, which is not a good life, so, "gamble responsibly".       

Well said, the focus on the easy money keeps the users driven forward to continue gambling even when they loss in gambling. Whenever an user gets into gambling, there will be wins on consecutive games. This keeps the user continue to gamble, and at some point they themselves gain confidence to gamble further and win. This is where some users mistake and get caught into addiction and some really understand the scenario and set the limits.

When money is involve, the young people will always go there for a share, either good or bad result from it. "The young are the most vulnerable" when money is tactically involve. Gambling for money can easily lead to gambling addiction, if the gambler focus more on the money than the fun for the play. Am always be careful to get involve, becasue am still very young for addiction. 

They want to explore new things, and sometime it doesn't even matter whether it can be bad or good for them. They just keep on trying new things, one cause of these are child that lacks attention in the family. They seek love, and get it from their friends who influenced them from being what they are. So parents should carefully watch over their children. Recent surveys shows that gambling companies and establishments are being installed on populated areas with poor economy, one is ours. With high dense places including kids, it is easy for them to engage in gambling like these.

Easy come, easy go and YOLO is most of the favorite words of the young ones these days. And yes, that can also be added that they are seeking for easy money so that they can enjoy what they are up to with their lives.

They aren't good in controlling in emotions so the more time they spend in gambling, the more they are likely to become addicted to it. Online gambling is mostly a free way to gamble and everyone can almost gamble as long as he has balance to deposit.

I totally agree, as what i’ve observe young people do gamble but it is more like for fun and it did not come to a point of addiction unlike aged people. And I observed as well that  those aged people have higher chances of losing huge amount of money since they put huge bets. If a person us already addicted so much to gambling, it is vert hard for them to get out of this, that article may have included ways to stop it but it’s easy to say than done.

I think the only way to solve this dilemma is with the help of oneself too. He is the only one who can convince himself to stop. There may be lots of rehabilitation centers, professionals who can address what one is going through, or even government policies that may help regulate one's addiction, but all of these will be meaningless if one doesn't help himself.

Young people is more engaged into gambling because there are many ways of doing it nowadays. It's like, everything can be reached in just one click. But no matter what age you are, addiction is addiction and it must be dealt with. By whom? By ourselves primarily. We should allow ourselves to control our desires and let those who can help, help. It may not be easy to quit something that has already been a part of one's system but one must not let him be brought down by such and break off that chains of gambling addiction.

LOL you have ever seen older people who have been established in life gamble with their money? Most of them dont unless they are suffering from pathological gambling which is a disease. Old people care for their close ones and for their future so they prefer to keep money safe and sound then waste it. Younger people try their risks and easily get broken trying to do so.

It is hard but it is not impossible. For someone who is willing to stop gambling some support from friends and family would help definitely help. But most of them are lost causes I would agree.