Age restriction in gambling

[Rengga Jati]

Have you known that there is an age restriction in gambling? But it is varied among the countries in the world. I have just checked in wikipedia that commonly someone can play gambling starting from the age of 15/16/18/19/20/21 years. It depends on where he lives, every country may have different regulation related to the age restriction. Below I classify some countries based on the age restriction:

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)

Age 15: Iceland (lottery)

Age 16: United Kingdom (Football pool, Scratchcards), Estonia (other), New Zealand (instant kiwi)

Age 18: Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand (horse racing), Palau, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vanuatu, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, México, etc

Age 19: South Korea, Canada, USA

Age 20: New Zealand (Casino), Sweden (Casino), Japan, Nigeria

Age 21: Belgium, Estonia (Casino), Armenia, India, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines (casino), Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Namibia, Niger (casino), Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, US Virgin Islands (casino), USA, Macau

Age 23: Greece

Source & more detail information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age#cite_note-27

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[peter0425]

Have you known that there is an age restriction in gambling? But it is varied among the countries in the world. I have just checked in wikipedia that commonly someone can play gambling starting from the age of 15/16/18/19/20/21 years. It depends on where he lives, every country may have different regulation related to the age restriction. Below I classify some countries based on the age restriction:

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)

Age 15: Iceland (lottery)

Age 16: United Kingdom (Football pool, Scratchcards), Estonia (other), New Zealand (instant kiwi)

Age 18: Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand (horse racing), Palau, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vanuatu, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, etc

Age 19: South Korea, Canada, USA

Age 20: New Zealand (Casino), Sweden (Casino), Japan, Nigeria

Age 21: Belgium, Estonia (Casino), Armenia, India, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines (casino), Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Namibia, Niger (casino), Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, US Virgin Islands (casino), USA, Macau

Age 23: Greece

Source & more detail information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age#cite_note-27

is this serious?that Malawi is allowing their Children to Play in Casino as in?does the child has their own money to spend for?
the 15-16 from Iceland and UK is tolerable because as i remember i learn gambling at that age but 5?seems very unreasonable to allow to play in CASINO.

[Natalim]

Age 5? lol, I have no idea there is some kind of restriction like that and what kind of government they have.

Actually restriction nowadays is not really a problem because crypto gambling industry have solve it, most of the gambling sites does not require a KYC so there is no way they will know your real age, and I believe, kids nowadays are a heavy gamblers as well.

[Rengga Jati]

is this serious?that Malawi is allowing their Children to Play in Casino as in?does the child has their own money to spend for?

I just wrote what I got from the source. If you are interested in that thing, you can explore more the information by googling. For the first time, I'm also surprised to know children playing Casino at 5 years. But it may be legal there and the government may have a certain consideration, buddy.

Please no need to quote all thread!  

[angrybirdy]

This is the first time I have heard that Malawi allow kids at the age of 5 to gamble.
I just can't imagine that a five year old kid can start playing, I don't think that they can actually understand what they are doing, it can also lead them to early addiction.

[Taskford]

Have you known that there is an age restriction in gambling? But it is varied among the countries in the world. I have just checked in wikipedia that commonly someone can play gambling starting from the age of 15/16/18/19/20/21 years. It depends on where he lives, every country may have different regulation related to the age restriction. Below I classify some countries based on the age restriction:

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)

Age 15: Iceland (lottery)

Age 16: United Kingdom (Football pool, Scratchcards), Estonia (other), New Zealand (instant kiwi)

Age 18: Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand (horse racing), Palau, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vanuatu, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, etc

Age 19: South Korea, Canada, USA

Age 20: New Zealand (Casino), Sweden (Casino), Japan, Nigeria

Age 21: Belgium, Estonia (Casino), Armenia, India, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines (casino), Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Namibia, Niger (casino), Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, US Virgin Islands (casino), USA, Macau

Age 23: Greece

Source & more detail information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age#cite_note-27

I don't know about the age restriction in certain countries but age 5 as in WTF? Do they even know what they are doing at that age? Imagine the risk they can get upon growing since instead of playing outdoor game some of them playing the game of adults. Their government should look up to that since that is serious issue on there country and they should take away those innocent heads out of that platforms.

[Zeke_23]

As I have also tried to see if this is real or not, I research about it and yes at the age of 5, they are legally allowed to gamble.
It's hard to think whether the kids know what they are doing or where they get the money to play. But I think they should be more strict when it comes to the legal age of allowed gamblers since it is not proper for kids to grow in gambling.

[Rengga Jati]

This is the first time I have heard that Malawi allow kids at the age of 5 to gamble.

Me too. It is something unusual if we look at the age, 5 years. Children at 5 years seem too young to play Casino. But whatever the regulation, we only can criticize and don't know what really happens there.

I don't think that they can actually understand what they are doing, it can also lead them to early addiction.

Of course, they won't really understand. And surely they won't play for money. Maybe it is a special Casino game made appropriate for children. So, don't imagine that they will get addicted as a real gambler.        

[Mumbeeptind1963]

This is the first time I have heard that Malawi allow kids at the age of 5 to gamble.
I just can't imagine that a five year old kid can start playing, I don't think that they can actually understand what they are doing, it can also lead them to early addiction.

In real gambling they not allowed minor to play gambling, but when playing in online gambling is not easy to determine if the players is minor or not. Also the the one to blame is the parent because they not give attention to their child, parent should guide their children particularly to their minor child. Minor also know their limit and responsibility because they can only help themselves in any harm that they can encounter once they in gambling site.

[Rosilito]

Age 5 is so unreal, man. Technically, children with such age doesn't even know how to count 1 -10 properly, well they could barely. But anyway it is just a restriction, and besides ain't no parents would allow their children, and neither the child could go anywhere to gamble as they are in total custody of their guardian/parents. Or on the other hand, may be there were parents who uses their children to bet on something 'cause they think that their son is lucky? But whatever, not reasonable either. Who ever made such rule, is so unreal, I couldn't believe that someone would stoop that low, ain't thinking rationally.

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Age 5: Malawi (Casino)?

Unbelievable.  

When I'm 5 I'm still drinking in my baby milk bottle how the heck is this government allowing this and what sort of gambling game do 5 year old kids bet?

[Ailurophile]

Have you known that there is an age restriction in gambling? But it is varied among the countries in the world. I have just checked in wikipedia that commonly someone can play gambling starting from the age of 15/16/18/19/20/21 years. It depends on where he lives, every country may have different regulation related to the age restriction. Below I classify some countries based on the age restriction:

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)

Age 15: Iceland (lottery)

Age 16: United Kingdom (Football pool, Scratchcards), Estonia (other), New Zealand (instant kiwi)

Age 18: Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand (horse racing), Palau, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vanuatu, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, etc

Age 19: South Korea, Canada, USA

Age 20: New Zealand (Casino), Sweden (Casino), Japan, Nigeria

Age 21: Belgium, Estonia (Casino), Armenia, India, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines (casino), Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Namibia, Niger (casino), Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, US Virgin Islands (casino), USA, Macau

Age 23: Greece

Source & more detail information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age#cite_note-27

is this serious?that Malawi is allowing their Children to Play in Casino as in?does the child has their own money to spend for?
the 15-16 from Iceland and UK is tolerable because as i remember i learn gambling at that age but 5?seems very unreasonable to allow to play in CASINO.

That was shocking I didn't know that there would be a place that would allow a 5 year old child to gamble.
I also agree that at teenage year it is tolerable since I think gambling would be one of our way to have fun and excitement.
I remember that I started to gamble at early age maybe around 12 because of basketball.
But to be able to gamble at casino at an early age I don't really think that it would be a good idea.

[robelneo]

Have you known that there is an age restriction in gambling? But it is varied among the countries in the world. I have just checked in wikipedia that commonly someone can play gambling starting from the age of 15/16/18/19/20/21 years. It depends on where he lives, every country may have different regulation related to the age restriction. Below I classify some countries based on the age restriction:

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)



Source & more detail information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_age#cite_note-27

is this serious?that Malawi is allowing their Children to Play in Casino as in?does the child has their own money to spend for?
the 15-16 from Iceland and UK is tolerable because as i remember i learn gambling at that age but 5?seems very unreasonable to allow to play in CASINO.

I'm also surprised when I see five years old, the child cannot even think correctly, there should be parental guidance on this, a child cannot make a decision on his bet or even how to play poker I don't know why did they allow it, it's more like child abuse, a child should be in a proper surrounding, and casinos is not a good place for children.

[joeperry]

This is really interesting at the age of 5 in Malawi they are allowed to play gambling in a Casino? they can be manipulated or get tricked by the older ones at that age, is it really legal? This is a interesting topic though. However you can also play gambling online (Cryptocurrency gambling) at any age even though there's pop up that will ask you if you are at 18+ age for me I think this is just formality.

[dothebeats]

Age-restrictions on gambling is a must IMO no matter what the age bracket they see fit. During a child's formative years, they should not be exposed to any forms of gambling since it may affect their development, so Malawi's age-restriction is kinda surprising and should be changed if they want their future governance to be effective and comprised of bright people not ruled by greed within their minds.

[Darker45]

Age 5: Malawi (Casino)

I have a serious doubt in this information. Well, in the first place, Wikipedia is not really a good source of information. Also, the source specifically cited on Malawi does not point to a definite or reliable information which explicitly states that the country allows gambling to little children as young as 5 years old.

Or this might simply be a case of misunderstanding or something presented in a misleading manner.

Wikipedia's exact words do not clearly state that gambling is allowed to 5 year old children in Malawi.

Children aged five are permitted in casinos. That is because the younger children (babies) do not know the meaning of money.

Permission to get inside a casino does not mean permission to gamble. In fact, it is stated that children as young as 5 years old are allowed inside casinos because they do not know the meaning of money yet.

This specific datum, to me, does not fall under the subject of this thread which is age restriction in gambling. I guess this information should be corrected as previous posters are assuming the data presented in the OP are correct. Reactions are basically under the impression that Malawi is really allowing 5 year old children to gamble, which is most probably not the case in reality.

[Captain Corporate]

 There is also an age restriction in "sensitive" websites and nobody cares about that neither right? So they wouldn't on gambling as well. It just has to be online. Sure regular "sensitive" subjects are illegal under certain ages too but online it is open to whole world. Gambling is same, I have never given any ID to any website so far for gambling, why would I and that means they don't know how old I am, I am way over 18 now (unfortunatley) of course but that doesn't change the fact that as far as casino knows I could be 15 years old as well.

 When technology improves this way, the freedom becomes more popular and that freedom to be your own individual gives you great stuff as far as horrible stuff as well. For example darknet now can share child pornography too and rarely get caught, but not wanting to be watched gives you rights to not get targeted ads while givint those bad people those rights. Age restriction is one of those things that is gone first.

[coolcoinz]

Age 5? lol, I have no idea there is some kind of restriction like that and what kind of government they have.

Actually restriction nowadays is not really a problem because crypto gambling industry have solve it, most of the gambling sites does not require a KYC so there is no way they will know your real age, and I believe, kids nowadays are a heavy gamblers as well.

You're amazed by 5 but not by 23? People can drive a car and drink alcohol in Greece at 18 but they have to wait another 5 years before they can enter a casino? That's ridiculous. They can also marry at 18, but they cannot gamble. So you have a total grown up, 21 year old, who has a wife, a child, a steady job, can legally drink and smoke, but cannot bet a few dollars on a football game or play poker with friends. Who makes these laws?

[plvbob0070]

I have also tried searching about it but I can't find any site aside from Wikipedia but based on the information, I don't understand why would the government of Malawi allow young children to gamble? They should have been focusing on growing those children's young minds and teaching them what they need to learn instead of gambling. They shouldn't let children get exposed to this kind of environment at a young age because they'll end up growing as a gambler. But I really wanna know if this is true because I can't believe that the government would even let that.

[White Christmas]

Oh thank you for sharing that information all just what i know is those minors Ages 18 belowis restricted on some gambling session specially underground and casino now i know that there are some country which prohibited gambling session with that kind of age restriction. i think this age restriction on gambling is just for those casino and underground gambling because if it is online then probably there is a high possibility that still there will be some minor can able to play or gamble.