Should there be any age limit of Gambling?

[Japinat]

When we do talk about online casinos specially on cryptocurrency ones then KYC wont really be on the line and there are already lots of scenarios that some minors had busted out on playing to these places.

That's the advantage for crypto casinos, you can gamble anonymously, but though this is good for others, it will be bad for the other group, the minors group. However, I am not thinking that crypto casinos should be abolish because of the risk they pose to the minors, there's just no perfect system after all.

Its understandable because of the easy access via online without any further verification in towards on someones age.When we do mention about fiat then some do make use of their parents cards for them to play
on which there are also instances like these.The only thing or place can restrict minors are to those physical ones but overall parents should really guide well and watch out their sons on what theyve
been doing.

Let's just make it simple, if a kid can own bitcoin, then he can use it in any online place he wants to go, including gambling space.

The age limitation is actually useless if the site can't implement it.

[travwill]

Insurers "some" do these studies to deliver premium offers to insure vehicles, someone with less than 23 years could pay a higher premium than someone 23 or older. By this I simply want to tell you that I am not aware of any study made by any betting company that says that 18 or 21 years is an appropriate age, except that they are well received by them, because it is a matter of government law.

If a casino have lower age to gamble then they are going to have more players which means more profits for them but for a physical casino the age is strictly monitored whereas while playing online then it should be their own responsibility as you said and its not possible for the online gambling sites to monitor the age.Implementing KYC might helps a bit but they are going to lose more players for security concerns so all the responseblity goes to the minors if they choose to gamble by defeating the legal age restrictions.

The younger the person, the more easily he becomes addicted. Therefore, you are right, the casino focuses on addicted people, which means the lower the age limit, the higher the potential profit.
But this is not ethical. In the world there should be values other than material ones. I am sure that it is more important for players to feel like members of a team with a casino than cash cows.

[batang_bitcoin]

It varies from country to country there are countries where children as young as five years old can gamble already but in my case the preferable year to gamble is 21, by then you already knows about life how to make a living and you will become a responsible gambler, if you are going to gamble earlier you might loss your head because of lack of guidance and experience.

Countries that can go as five? I don't think that they are countries but only a country. And that country is Malawi from Southern Africa. They are the only country that allows five years old to gamble which made it legal for those kids to start at a young age. Correct me with that narrative or did I missed some countries that allow it legally. Talking about legality, it is the only country that I've seen but we know it that kids can gamble even at a young age but without the patronage of their parents and wouldn't care if they break the law.

[Ziskinberg]

The younger the person, the more easily he becomes addicted.

Anyone below the legal age or what we called minors can easily be addicted in gambling, so they better prevent themselves from gambling as the healing process might be hard compared to people at matured age.

Therefore, you are right, the casino focuses on addicted people, which means the lower the age limit, the higher the potential profit.
But this is not ethical. In the world there should be values other than material ones. I am sure that it is more important for players to feel like members of a team with a casino than cash cows.

Casinos aim is to maximize their profit, so they will do everything to attract gamblers, as long as it's legal, but if the law of the country allows 10 years old to gamble then they would accept it, but in crytp, there's limit written in TOS but how can you ensure minors will not play when gambling is anonymous.

[Mahanton]

It varies from country to country there are countries where children as young as five years old can gamble already but in my case the preferable year to gamble is 21, by then you already knows about life how to make a living and you will become a responsible gambler, if you are going to gamble earlier you might loss your head because of lack of guidance and experience.

Countries that can go as five? I don't think that they are countries but only a country. And that country is Malawi from Southern Africa. They are the only country that allows five years old to gamble which made it legal for those kids to start at a young age. Correct me with that narrative or did I missed some countries that allow it legally. Talking about legality, it is the only country that I've seen but we know it that kids can gamble even at a young age but without the patronage of their parents and wouldn't care if they break the law.

Kids at young age as 5 can really gamble and it doesnt need  to be legal yet even a country doesnt have strict laws about gambling then they can play all they want it will depend or vary on the parents itself if they do let their  children do play gambling at a very young age.Im not that informed that there are children who aged 5 did really able to gamble, thats really a serious issue into their parents side because young minds as early as 5
shouldnt really be doing such stuff.Its just really an irresponsible for its parents.Poor fella, where he/she isnt aware on what awaits ahead if gambling addiction tied  you up.

[FlightyPouch]

The question here should be how their parents are making their children ready financially or making their children financial literate. If that is the case we don't need to limit the age and I agree that there are some children that can still gamble in tender age anyways even though a gambling site doesn't allow them to do so.

[Timelord2067]

The question here should be how their parents are making their children ready financially or making their children financial literate. If that is the case we don't need to limit the age and I agree that there are some children that can still gamble in tender age anyways even though a gambling site doesn't allow them to do so.

Pin Ball Machines are a form of gambling (the wager is whether you "win" a free game) The same is true for Arcade Video Games.  Such machines are controlled by Gaming Laws.

Children spend their pocket money playing games - it's now ported onto the mobile phones and there are no controls over how much play time let alone money children spend on these gaming sites.

[LogitechMouse]

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When we do talk about online casinos specially on cryptocurrency ones then KYC wont really be on the line and there are already lots of scenarios that some minors had busted out on playing to these places.
Its understandable because of the easy access via online without any further verification in towards on someones age.
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This is the problem right now.

Online gambling sites doesn't require KYC to their customers and the age can easily be faked that even minors can do it that is why this age limit is just applicable in traditional casinos and not in online casinos unless the site requires KYC to their customer but I don't think that they will do it because gamblers like to be anonymous when they are gambling online.
In traditional casinos, age limit can easily be implemented since there is a physical contact but in online gambling there isn't so age limit is very hard to implement. It will goes down to the parents of the minors.

[uneng]

Some regulation regards this matter is needed, like everything else in our society to keep it organized.
16 years old should be the age. A person on that age is already an adult and can live accordingly. This individual can drink, drive, work, live and respond by himself and of course he can gamble! Well, at least that should work that way, but I know most countries overprotects its young citizens and treat them as children until the 30 years old, what only creates more insecurity, fear and ADDICTION...

[Timelord2067]

Some regulation regards this matter is needed, like everything else in our society to keep it organized.
16 years old should be the age. A person on that age is already an adult and can live accordingly. This individual can drink, drive, work, live and respond by himself and of course he can gamble! Well, at least that should work that way, but I know most countries overprotects its young citizens and treat them as children until the 30 years old, what only creates more insecurity, fear and ADDICTION...

What sort of credit rating do you suppose a 16 year old is going to have and what sort of premiums would they have to pay to get behind the wheel of a car and go out into the world drink driving?  Age limits are there for a reason, and something to look forward to attaining.

[Janation]

The question here should be how their parents are making their children ready financially or making their children financial literate. If that is the case we don't need to limit the age and I agree that there are some children that can still gamble in tender age anyways even though a gambling site doesn't allow them to do so.

The problem here though is that not all of these sites can actually filter who visits their sites.

And as @Timelord said, most of the betting games are now being transported to mobiles which children nowadays have in their early ages, obviously they will be able to play that. The parents are the key and I agree that we might not need age limits when that happened, they would be able to take care of themselves.

[Timelord2067]

The problem here though is that not all of these sites can actually filter who visits their sites.

And as @Timelord said, most of the betting games are now being transported to mobiles which children nowadays have in their early ages, obviously they will be able to play that. The parents are the key and I agree that we might not need age limits when that happened, they would be able to take care of themselves.

We'll all probably end up with our own block chain where learning institutes/govt agencies/employers issue us some sort of digital token that's a combination of their credentials and our own which we then add to our (PGP style key ring) and then that (key ring) is written to our block-chain.

We then use that block-chain (genesis block? etc) for identity/age verification such as at Casinos, Clubs, Restaurants, Pubs or Bars.

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[maydna]

But if I had to legislate an age I would say 23 years old man and 18 years old women. There is a scientific study that determined that men make better decisions after 23 years, they are even more responsible.

How if 23 years are the age for people can play gambling, whether if they are men or women. I think that will be fair for them to play gambling, and there is no difference age between man and woman.

But I think in every country that allows gambling to have its age limit of gambling, people can play, but we might agree that the age should be more than 20 years old. We can consider that 20 years old will be okay to visit the gambling place in their country. But if we talk about online gambling, I am sure that someone below 20 years old can play gambling because he/she can find the gambling website easily, and he/she can play gambling without a problem.

[btc78]

Age is very important in this risky field of gaming .

The decision making,and other aspect that may lead a person into damaging His life is always there.

People or parents must allow their children to play at 18 so they have enough knowledge of what are they entering.

The question here should be how their parents are making their children ready financially or making their children financial literate. If that is the case we don't need to limit the age and I agree that there are some children that can still gamble in tender age anyways even though a gambling site doesn't allow them to do so.

The very moment that our children has capacity to compute,then it must be followed in teaching them  how important budgeting is.
my mother teach me of money matter when i was 10 and She even let me go with her in Groceries so i may have idea how much we are spending.

[serjent05]

But if I had to legislate an age I would say 23 years old man and 18 years old women. There is a scientific study that determined that men make better decisions after 23 years, they are even more responsible

I can't say that I disagree with these ages

But it still looks ironic that you can't drink legally in the States until you are 21 years old. However, you are eligible to join the US military when you are only 17 years old. Where's the irony here, you may ask? The irony is that you can technically start killing people when you are just 17 but you can't consume until you turn 21

Yeah, I see the irony but there is two huge difference between serving the army and drinking alcohol.  In serving the army we are doing something in favor of the government while drinking alcohol is done to satisfy ourselves  and the same goes for gambling.   See how government cherry-picks rules when it favors their organization?  But on the serious note, I agree that the more mature a person is the better he is in controlling himself thus age 23 sounds good enough.

[Fundamentals Of]

But if I had to legislate an age I would say 23 years old man and 18 years old women. There is a scientific study that determined that men make better decisions after 23 years, they are even more responsible

I can't say that I disagree with these ages

But it still looks ironic that you can't drink legally in the States until you are 21 years old. However, you are eligible to join the US military when you are only 17 years old. Where's the irony here, you may ask? The irony is that you can technically start killing people when you are just 17 but you can't consume until you turn 21

It rings the bells of hypocrisy. No gambling for someone who is a minor probably due to the minor being not yet on his right mind to decide very soundly as adults claim to have already learned and perhaps mastered.

But where's the irony if the killing is completely legal and under the perfect guidance and instruction of adult commanders and even of the government itself?

[uneng]

Some regulation regards this matter is needed, like everything else in our society to keep it organized.
16 years old should be the age. A person on that age is already an adult and can live accordingly. This individual can drink, drive, work, live and respond by himself and of course he can gamble! Well, at least that should work that way, but I know most countries overprotects its young citizens and treat them as children until the 30 years old, what only creates more insecurity, fear and ADDICTION...

What sort of credit rating do you suppose a 16 year old is going to have and what sort of premiums would they have to pay to get behind the wheel of a car and go out into the world drink driving?  Age limits are there for a reason, and something to look forward to attaining.

What is the difference between a 16 years old and a 18, 21, 23 or 40 years old individual? Maybe experience only, but all of them have the same capacities to know limits, what is right or wrong, what their responsabilities are. So why to treat the 16 years old ones as children?
And I'm not saying someone from any ages should drink driving. They can drink OR drive, not both at same time.

[yayayo]

There should be an age limit at least 18, most of the crypto casino there's always a confirmation if you are 18 or above when signing up to their website.
But we all know that anyone can confirm that they are 18 even though some are not and it's pretty dangerous since they might be addicted to it and won't stop playing.

ya.ya.yo!

[peter0425]

There should be an age limit at least 18, most of the crypto casino there's always a confirmation if you are 18 or above when signing up to their website.
But we all know that anyone can confirm that they are 18 even though some are not and it's pretty dangerous since they might be addicted to it and won't stop playing.

ya.ya.yo!

But we also knew that it can be manipulated about the age confirmation.the only problem if that youngster hit  a big win,KYC will surely kill him to claim.

though i believe 18-21 is the best age to let them play on their own,so they will have own experiences and manageable decision in life.
Though some of us started at more younger on this yet our concern to our family and friends are always there.

[adzino]

Since we were kids we used to make bets , as for me even a small Race or a big project meant a bet between friends, then as I grew up, I realized that it's more of a Sports .

At the same time unfortunately the country I belong to does have a strong ban on Gambling , STILL , I see old Grandpas , Dad's , uncle's playing Poker outside with an amazing set-up.

Crypto Gambling is a whole new level , there are so many games , it have revolutionised the gambling industry in a whole different way , This provides Privacy and Variation that is much needed.

It's much safer and at the same time I do think there are amazing offers out there even for first time customers and the referrals , this is the new era.

There is one important question we have to ask:

What age does categorize a person to be mature enough to Gamble ?

-18?
-21?

Does the age even hold a meaning? Should it be regulated ? Since Crypto gambling sites have to be super private and therefore regulating the age is a big factor.

Should steps be taken to take care that we don't being up a generation of addictive gamblers or it's all good ?

[Something fun I want to share: My Private Tutor who was supposed to teach me and 10 other kids , used to have a small illegal business of Gambling on Sports and every Match was betting time , parents apparently did not know anything about it 😂] <Is the ban even necessary, people will still do what they want to do>

Your government probably has their own reason to ban gambling. Are you sure its totally ban? I don't think private gambling with your family will be an issue, since it is going to be considered as "fun family time" and no serious gambling takes place.
As far as I know most of the countries does not allow underage gambling and there are age limit. Most countries, you won't be allowed to enter a casino or start gambling if you are under 18. Even most online crypto casino has such rules.