What age bracket is perfect for gambling

[smyslov]

I will still love to know if there could be a strategy in which we can use in helping the younger generations to avoid gambling until they are mature in all aspect so as to curb excessive mismanagement of funds appropriated for very important purpose

The best time is when the individual is ready regardless of his age, he already has a job that can support his gambling, he has control and responsibility how to gamble and stop to gamble.

[jostorres]

The best time is when the individual is ready regardless of his age, he already has a job that can support his gambling, he has control and responsibility how to gamble and stop to gamble.

But you cannot expect anyone to be having a job below 18 or 20 years of old in most countries. I mean instead of having criteria based on earning potential, it would be much better having age limit as one of the criteria for the restriction of getting into gambling. I'm not saying your idea is bad but that alone cannot help exactly for the reason of why we are having many restrictions for getting into gambling.

I would say gambling should be permitted only after 30 or 35 years of old. Because only beyond this age, people start realizing their social and family responsibilities. If you want gamblers to be responsible for their actions then age restrictions should be at possible higher end.

[suzanne5223]

I think before anyone can provide a honest answer to the question will have to first go back to the reason why the age bracket was introduced in gambling.
The age bracket was introduced because of the huge gambling addiction happening within the youth. Yes, some adults are worse than the youth when it comes to gambling addiction at least they were mature enough to be responsible for what came after their addiction.

The problem if a gambler is not in legal age is, most likely he/she is still depending on his parents, using the given allowance for school or in other important expenses. I think the right age for someone to be a gambler is you're already independent, earning through your own hard work, and knows the responsibility. Its true that adults are mature enough to face the consequences of their action and can handle the situation without depending on anyone but sometimes thats not always the case.

I'd argue that some adults don't actually take responsibility for their addiction, the best examples would be families where abuse is quite rampant due to debts. It's either the father/mother side + the children are being physically abused due to the addiction of the other parent. Being an adult does not equate to being mature/responsible for their actions. Adults are always, ALWAYS worse than youth when it comes to actually take responsibility imo because they've ridden through time already, they know the pros and cons where as the youth is still afraid of consequences, hence why they always take responsibility to actually do something right.

@lienfaye, you're about the child age bracket but the children of these days are impatient once they are 18yrs old they believe they are independent enough and for the adult, everyone is vulnerable at some point which why I believe anyone that wants to gamble needs to fully know what she/he is getting herself into.
@Wexnident, you're right age does not define the level of someone's maturity or been responsible for her/his action cause, in the end, it depends on the personal level of understanding but I argue the adult addiction to be worse than the youth.

I think before anyone can provide a honest answer to the question will have to first go back to the reason why the age bracket was introduced in gambling.
The age bracket was introduced because of the huge gambling addiction happening within the youth. Yes, some adults are worse than the youth when it comes to gambling addiction at least they were mature enough to be responsible for what came after their addiction.

The problem if a gambler is not in legal age is, most likely he/she is still depending on his parents, using the given allowance for school or in other important expenses. I think the right age for someone to be a gambler is you're already independent, earning through your own hard work, and knows the responsibility. Its true that adults are mature enough to face the consequences of their action and can handle the situation without depending on anyone but sometimes thats not always the case.

I understand your point but it's a bit difficult. Most kids these days are doing summer jobs in my city. You either work as an intern a few weeks or just see why kind of jobs are possible in the neighborhood. For me this was my first earned money but I was only 14-17. If I think now that at this are I would have the chance to gamble with it I probably would have done so. But my understanding of risk and reward at that time was not there yet. There is a small chance I would have won money, but it's more likely that I would have gambled until I lost it all. We really need to be carful with letting minors gamble.

@Mauser, that's the point because they are more vulnerable than the adult and if we are not careful about the minor gambling our society will be affected and most future will lose their dream along the road.

I think before anyone can provide a honest answer to the question will have to first go back to the reason why the age bracket was introduced in gambling.
The age bracket was introduced because of the huge gambling addiction happening within the youth. Yes, some adults are worse than the youth when it comes to gambling addiction at least they were mature enough to be responsible for what came after their addiction.

younger generation mostly doesnt know how to handle extreme situations. but with adults, they have experience life in so many ways already, so it is assumed that they know how to handle themselves.
with simple financial probs, some youngsters will make undesirable decisions for themselves. because they are not ready to face the real world yet, they can commit extreme solutions for themselves like taking their own life like this case .

That's what it is.

[Quidat]

The best time is when the individual is ready regardless of his age, he already has a job that can support his gambling, he has control and responsibility how to gamble and stop to gamble.

But you cannot expect anyone to be having a job below 18 or 20 years of old in most countries. I mean instead of having criteria based on earning potential, it would be much better having age limit as one of the criteria for the restriction of getting into gambling. I'm not saying your idea is bad but that alone cannot help exactly for the reason of why we are having many restrictions for getting into gambling.

I would say gambling should be permitted only after 30 or 35 years of old. Because only beyond this age, people start realizing their social and family responsibilities. If you want gamblers to be responsible for their actions then age restrictions should be at possible higher end.

Age restrictions does usually mind on lower age than higher age because mature people are really being mindful towards their actions.Yes they do have the financial capacity
and those priorities in life because we are most likely being having an own family in that time which means you do have much more important to deal with.
Unlike if you are just young where you dont mind much on particular things then you would most likely be careless towards your actions.
Even though this isnt really that much of precise because even older ones arent exempted when it comes to gambling addiction.

[Onuohakk]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

[milewilda]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Getting involved with gambling doesnt basically mean that you would really be automatically get addicted to it but with minor age or doesnt really know on how this world works
then for sure you would really be finding these things to be a bit interested and doesnt mind off that much about the risk and when they are already getting some awareness
and already make gambling as a habit then most likely they would really be considered out to be addicted ones and thats not really a good thing to look on.
This is why its better to avoid while its still early and dealing with gambling is someone who had been aware on how things works and what are the effect when you do hooked up.

[finaleshot2016]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Yes, since they can easily become curious about this type of operation, they can easily become addicted to it, particularly if money is involved.

Of course, children have no concept of the value of money, and this is when gambling addiction begins. So, if you know any children who are gambling, you should intervene right away because if they continue to gamble, they will face potential failure.

The best time is when you are financially secure and have no financial issues. 

[Mauser]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Gambling at an age of 18-25 might be more risky to get addicted to gambling, but it has also upsides. First, you have less money as a student so it is more likely that you will lose money when trying out new games. As a new gambler we need to get familiar with all the different casinos games. If we start when already having a good income than we will likely gamble with more money. Second, we are learning better at a young age. It will be easier for us to learn new strategies. Third, we are less attached to others in life. Later it might be that our wife won't allow us to gamble.

[iTradeChips]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Gambling at an age of 18-25 might be more risky to get addicted to gambling, but it has also upsides. First, you have less money as a student so it is more likely that you will lose money when trying out new games. As a new gambler we need to get familiar with all the different casinos games. If we start when already having a good income than we will likely gamble with more money. Second, we are learning better at a young age. It will be easier for us to learn new strategies. Third, we are less attached to others in life. Later it might be that our wife won't allow us to gamble.

Well, the only beauty that you can get when you are young and irresponsible would be this - you learn from your mistakes early and you will be able to overcome the craving for participating in gambling because you fear in losing. Yes, many youngters when they tried real world gambling and they lose, tend to shun gambling altogether or elevate their gambling cravings to something that could use so that they will not lose or if they lose, the money will not be that great.

[fullhdpixel]

Of course, children have no concept of the value of money, and this is when gambling addiction begins. So, if you know any children who are gambling, you should intervene right away because if they continue to gamble, they will face potential failure.

Children are not aware of value of time as well. If you notice when gamblers are not bothering about the value of their time, efforts and money, they will waste all of them and that may lead to severe gambling addiction. On all of above, we should never give out any chances for our kids to gamble; it means we should keep our gambling as secret as possible until they grow up and learn the value of money and time.

In my traditions, elders are keeping their alcohol and gambling habits as confidential as anything else. Even they do gamble/drink just for the reason of socializing, they prefer it not into reach of their kids. In my opinion also, it is a good thing and we should keep this habits up always.

[Vaskiy]

Of course, children have no concept of the value of money, and this is when gambling addiction begins. So, if you know any children who are gambling, you should intervene right away because if they continue to gamble, they will face potential failure.

Children are not aware of value of time as well. If you notice when gamblers are not bothering about the value of their time, efforts and money, they will waste all of them and that may lead to severe gambling addiction. On all of above, we should never give out any chances for our kids to gamble; it means we should keep our gambling as secret as possible until they grow up and learn the value of money and time.

In my traditions, elders are keeping their alcohol and gambling habits as confidential as anything else. Even they do gamble/drink just for the reason of socializing, they prefer it not into reach of their kids. In my opinion also, it is a good thing and we should keep this habits up always.

In the name of socializing more negative impact happens in real life. We need to be careful handling this issues. People need to be careful taking care of the kids from social living. We need to make the kids understand the true need of social living, but the after effects of wasting time and efforts on luck based things.

[Chato1977]

I was allowed by My parents after graduated in secondary , means at the age of 16 ...

But for me? i will allowed my children after they find their own Job and earning Money on their own.

I will still love to know if there could be a strategy in which we can use in helping the younger generations to avoid gambling until they are mature in all aspect so as to curb excessive mismanagement of funds appropriated for very important purpose

The best time is when the individual is ready regardless of his age, he already has a job that can support his gambling, he has control and responsibility how to gamble and stop to gamble.

Yeah it is important , The attitude and treatment for gambling .

because this will send us from addiction.

[Smartprofit]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Gambling at an age of 18-25 might be more risky to get addicted to gambling, but it has also upsides. First, you have less money as a student so it is more likely that you will lose money when trying out new games. As a new gambler we need to get familiar with all the different casinos games. If we start when already having a good income than we will likely gamble with more money. Second, we are learning better at a young age. It will be easier for us to learn new strategies. Third, we are less attached to others in life. Later it might be that our wife won't allow us to gamble.

Yes, between the ages of 18 and 25, many young people start gambling. 

This is not a problem if the boy or girl has many other hobbies in life (sex, sports, travel, work, business, parties, etc.). 

However, many young people are introverts.  They have no friends, strong social connections and a bright interesting life.  For such young people, gambling is very dangerous.  Gambling addiction may develop.  It will be very difficult to get rid of this gambling addiction later. 

Gambling addiction is considered the most difficult to treat.

[Mauser]

I understand the points being made here about minors and gambling and I fully agree with them. Maybe I expressed myself a bit wrong. Gambling should only be allowed after 18, not before. The risk of becoming addicted to gambling as a minor is definitely higher. After 18 we usually finished school and either go to university or start working. At that age we are allowed to vote and drive. This is also a good age in my opinion to try yourself with gambling. Getting taught about gambling by our parents is good but we need to make our own decision to fully understand. This if course means that the gambling shouldn't be excessive. We need to protect the people who are not yet ready to protect themselves.

[peter0425]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Gambling at an age of 18-25 might be more risky to get addicted to gambling, but it has also upsides. First, you have less money as a student so it is more likely that you will lose money when trying out new games. As a new gambler we need to get familiar with all the different casinos games. If we start when already having a good income than we will likely gamble with more money. Second, we are learning better at a young age. It will be easier for us to learn new strategies. Third, we are less attached to others in life. Later it might be that our wife won't allow us to gamble.

it is not about the amount of money we can risk in gambling , But our knowledge and understanding in gambling in which very important .

Because even if you can spend millions of Dollar in gambling but you don't know how to handle your desire and contentment then you will end up addicted and loser all the time.

[Vaskiy]

The worst thing that can happen to a human being is getting addicted to gambling. Gambling can frustrate grown-up human being life talk more like an underage kid. I wouldn't bear it seeing an underage playing gambling around me cos I know how terrible the effect might be in his or her life when he comes in age.

The best time to get involved in gambling is when you already have something doing than you don't have at all and you found yourself, gambling with fire

Gambling at an age of 18-25 might be more risky to get addicted to gambling, but it has also upsides. First, you have less money as a student so it is more likely that you will lose money when trying out new games. As a new gambler we need to get familiar with all the different casinos games. If we start when already having a good income than we will likely gamble with more money. Second, we are learning better at a young age. It will be easier for us to learn new strategies. Third, we are less attached to others in life. Later it might be that our wife won't allow us to gamble.

Yes, between the ages of 18 and 25, many young people start gambling. 

This is not a problem if the boy or girl has many other hobbies in life (sex, sports, travel, work, business, parties, etc.). 

However, many young people are introverts.  They have no friends, strong social connections and a bright interesting life.  For such young people, gambling is very dangerous.  Gambling addiction may develop.  It will be very difficult to get rid of this gambling addiction later. 

Gambling addiction is considered the most difficult to treat.

Recently read a story about similar incident. A guy from the Asian country moved to USA. He has never been into gambling earlier. He went to USA for educational purpose, but for fun and spend the holidays he started to go out to casinos with his friends. Those people who grew up in the USA know well about gambling and has got their limits. This guy went out of control within few weeks, because of the wins he made on the beginning through luck.

The winning didn't continue, and he wasn't able to come out of it. This has made him spend for weeks and at some situation he wasn't able to pay for his accomodation. Even after such scenario he can't control himself. Finally he reached home with the help of his friends. If he were there for few more months we don't know what could've happened to his life.

[bitterguy28]

it is on our family guidance that will decide which age needs to engaged in gambling , because if i were to choose, i would rather not learn gambling ever since , because this only gives me a little bit of happiness but most of troubles and losses .
but like what says , past is past and we need to live today and tomorrow.

[Shasha80]

it is on our family guidance that will decide which age needs to engaged in gambling , because if i were to choose, i would rather not learn gambling ever since , because this only gives me a little bit of happiness but most of troubles and losses .
but like what says , past is past and we need to live today and tomorrow.

Indeed, the best way to determine at what age gambling can be introduced, it should be left up to the respective parents. Every parent must
understand their child better, so about when to introduce gambling should be the parent who determines. Even though gambling only gives
a little happiness, and gives more problems and disadvantages. But I have never regretted learning to play gambling,  and until now I have
no desire to stop playing gambling. I think the sensation of playing gambling can provide happiness that is difficult to explain,  even if I am
stressed about work, enough to play gambling for an hour, the stress I feel can disappear instantly.

[AicecreaME]

The best time is when the individual is ready regardless of his age, he already has a job that can support his gambling, he has control and responsibility how to gamble and stop to gamble.

But you cannot expect anyone to be having a job below 18 or 20 years of old in most countries. I mean instead of having criteria based on earning potential, it would be much better having age limit as one of the criteria for the restriction of getting into gambling. I'm not saying your idea is bad but that alone cannot help exactly for the reason of why we are having many restrictions for getting into gambling.

Correct.

Also, having a job doesn't mean already that you could play gambling anytime you want, and claiming that you have control are not yet sure unless you started playing gambling, that's when you could say if you really have control or none. The right time to play gambling in my opinion is when you're financially stable, not when you're just a happy go lucky teenager or adult that got bored and played gambling.

[dimonstration]

it is on our family guidance that will decide which age needs to engaged in gambling , because if i were to choose, i would rather not learn gambling ever since , because this only gives me a little bit of happiness but most of troubles and losses .
but like what says , past is past and we need to live today and tomorrow.

Anyone on legal age even some minors now do gambling but It will be better if there's no one in the family involved in gambling since if there is one atleast who do that it will influence everyone in the family and we all know the effect of gambling if not properly trained or have no gut to understand the situation.