Concern about the the problem of online underaged gamblers.

[Mahanton]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

I could say that this kind of problem is somewhat cant really be resolved nor get rid of it due to the technology that we do have today.This is something that cant really be stopped completely but somehow it could be able
to be controlled via some programs or even just simply inside on the house where you do really give out awareness into your children about the risk of getting addicted to gambling and with this alone then you
can at least somehow stop out for your children on getting engage with gambling and getting addicted at least but it is actually on someones personal take as they gets older.

[chaser15]

But as you said, the child has always curiosity on these things, and the upbringing will come into play in these crucial stages of the child.

And if stopping them intentionally will take place, it might result for that child to make things secret and private which is far more dangerous in the long-run.

Children nowadays will really encounter the word gambling while they are growing up so let it that way. Advertisers are targeting general people which is just a normal thing to do and that includes being exposed to children.

Just trust our kids that they know what's right or long. It doesn't mean that once a child encounter a gambling ads or any, they will automatically be involved with it.

[Fortify]

On the notification panel of my android device and that of many other devices of people in my locale that i have come across, I noticed too many pop up ads about one gambling site or the other, which with a click, you will find yourself in the interface of an online casino or betting site asking for you to sign up and get huge bonuses, I also observed that when using the chrome browser on my cell phone to surf some websites on the internet, I am forcefully redirected to some gambling and betting websites that opens up on the tab as well.

I'm concerned for the underaged and how easy these things have become so exposed to them. I did a little research as to the statistics of underaged gamblers for last year, and according to an article, "39% of 11-16-year olds have bet their own money" as at when published in October 2020.

https://www.roulettesites.org/blog/responsible-gambling/underage-gambling.php

Just like pornographic sites, I don't think online gambling sites and casino's can fully checkmate underaged users that sign up, and as a result, unfortunately i see the number of underaged gamblers worldwide to increase significantly by October this year.

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

It used to be the case that debit and credit cards were the main means of payment (directly or through intermediary payment processors). Most of the companies running those cards were fairly restrictive about access to under 18 year old's and the world has become a lot more digitized. To the most ruthless of companies it was a goldmine to target this audience, whether getting them cards theoretically controlled by their parents or just getting parent's credit cards to sign up. I don't think that most gambling sites have a problem with this because KYC documentation requirements are pretty intense these days and you'd have to go to some extremes to fake such documentation effectively. However the micro-transactions and loot boxes you find in most games is certain gearing up underage gamers into the same sort of mentality - which can be very damaging long term and wrongly encouraqes the addictive behavior + sunk cost designs.

[Fredomago]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

I could say that this kind of problem is somewhat cant really be resolved nor get rid of it due to the technology that we do have today.This is something that cant really be stopped completely but somehow it could be able
to be controlled via some programs or even just simply inside on the house where you do really give out awareness into your children about the risk of getting addicted to gambling and with this alone then you
can at least somehow stop out for your children on getting engage with gambling and getting addicted at least but it is actually on someones personal take as they gets older.

The influenced of growing technology provides easy access with gambling, it's tough to stop or prevent those young guys to learn more about this activity.

The best way to deal with this is your awareness with your kids. Even the government implements rules. Without your guidance, those kids will always find the way to continue playing once they already have the experienced. Addiction is more prone with young kids, when corruptions inside their minds already penetrate, it's hard to prevent them to resist.

Unless, government will seriuosly interfere  with this kind of business, banning is a good way to stop risking those
kids in terms of early addiction to gambling.

[crzy]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

Everything is possible in online world, and it’s too hard now to track the activities of many young people and they are really exposed into this kind of industry and even the government can’t handle this anymore, so I believe this should start from the parents on guiding their own child and educating them about the possible risk of being into gambling, this may not look easy but it can still be stopped. Gambling is not meant for them, their emotions are too weak for this and if they didn’t control themselves anymore, that could be result to a bigger problem.

[stomachgrowls]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

Everything is possible in online world, and it’s too hard now to track the activities of many young people and they are really exposed into this kind of industry and even the government can’t handle this anymore, so I believe this should start from the parents on guiding their own child and educating them about the possible risk of being into gambling, this may not look easy but it can still be stopped. Gambling is not meant for them, their emotions are too weak for this and if they didn’t control themselves anymore, that could be result to a bigger problem.

Tracking is the hardest thing because you cant really have your eyes on your children 24/7 which means as long theyre exposed or having their own smartphone or pc then tendency that they would really be exposed into something like this and not only limited on gambling aspect but also in other things as well which underage shouldnt must involved.

The market is gambling is gradually increasing and the demand is there which simply means that it is really making out some effective way of exposure out of those gambling advertisements and other marketing stuff.

This problem cant be resolved for sure but at least there are ways for it to be slow down but totally get rid of it is impossible.

[Oshosondy]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

Like in my country, the young children are exposed to gambling sites not only on phones but also on TV, like the DSTV and GOTV we watch in my country, you can be on a particular channel which will be advertising online betting platforms, children know more about the internet.

What to be done goes to the parent, everything about their children online activities must be monitored, they should not take this for granted. It also goes to betting agents, making sure the agents do not allow underaged.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

It's the responsibility of both parent and the gambling site to prevent children from getting into gambling at a really young age, the best thing that we can do is for us to fill our roles to prevent such thing, if you're a parent then it's your role to supervise and monitor your children and what they do online, as a gambling site owner, it's your role to prevent children from getting into the site.

[ipanks]

It's the responsibility of both parent and the gambling site to prevent children from getting into gambling at a really young age, the best thing that we can do is for us to fill our roles to prevent such thing, if you're a parent then it's your role to supervise and monitor your children and what they do online, as a gambling site owner, it's your role to prevent children from getting into the site.

If parents can supervise their kids when they are online with their gadgets, their kids will not try to visit unnecessary websites and focus on what they want to do. They will not try playing gambling because their parents have already told them that playing gambling can make them become addicted and can ruin their lives in the short term. The role key of the parents is not easy because they need to guard their children and make sure that they do not break the illegal thing that can drag them anytime.

[bitterguy28]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

Like in my country, the young children are exposed to gambling sites not only on phones but also on TV, like the DSTV and GOTV we watch in my country, you can be on a particular channel which will be advertising online betting platforms, children know more about the internet.

is this for real? a gambling site advertised directly in TV nationwide ? does your government really allows this when the TV shows and Ads must be at least concerned about younger generations?
lucky that my country does not allow this though internet is really a Shit source for children nowadays.

What to be done goes to the parent, everything about their children online activities must be monitored, they should not take this for granted. It also goes to betting agents, making sure the agents do not allow underaged.

But we parents aren't always there? but of course this  is a task for us parents, limit their tv usage just allow them when we are around with them.

same as the using of internet in which let them access only in our front and turn of the wifi without our presence  .

[poldanmig]

It's the responsibility of both parent and the gambling site to prevent children from getting into gambling at a really young age, the best thing that we can do is for us to fill our roles to prevent such thing, if you're a parent then it's your role to supervise and monitor your children and what they do online, as a gambling site owner, it's your role to prevent children from getting into the site.

In my opinion, parents are currently too busy to take care of their work, so without realizing it, they don't have time to monitor children's behavior, and of course it will have an impact on the psychology of children who are looking for their own character, so that in the end many children end up behaving badly.
Besides,the need for supervision from parents, environmental factors and also children friends become a big influence in shaping children's behavior today.

[lienfaye]

On the notification panel of my android device and that of many other devices of people in my locale that i
What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

This is one of the problem of parents who have a teenager kids like me. Especially now that the new form of studies are through online or modular learning (due to pandemic because face to face classes are prohibited). Which means they need gadgets to communicate with their teachers and be updated of the cuurent lesson. Its inevitable for them to be expose in gambling sites (and also porn sites) because ads can be seen everywhere. The reason why a strict monitoring is needed and as a parent it is our responsibility to guide them and explain everything about these sites which are not for minors.

[Jackl87]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

I don't think that there is a solution to make 100% sure that no underaged can gamble on online casinos. I mean everyone gets asked if you are at least 18 years old (or maybe even oder depending from which country or state you are coming) before you can register at online Casinos. Some of them even require you to do a full KYC. So i don't think that the casinos are the ones to blame. In the end the parents are responsible for their childs and what they are doing with their money.

[Taskford]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

I don't think that there is a solution to make 100% sure that no underaged can gamble on online casinos. I mean everyone gets asked if you are at least 18 years old (or maybe even oder depending from which country or state you are coming) before you can register at online Casinos. Some of them even require you to do a full KYC. So i don't think that the casinos are the ones to blame. In the end the parents are responsible for their childs and what they are doing with their money.

The less solution we can do is we shouldn't use their phone to open up any gambling apps or any apps related unto it so that there's no gambling links will pop up and caught their interest to try on. Also we should monitor our underage kids at the end of the day to see on what activities they are on using their devices, from this we can assure a little bit that they are away from gambling.

[KTChampions]

Most fiat-based casinos if not all, require KYC from their players. Unless, the kid uses his parents' credit/debit cards to get in.
So this problem maybe more on crypto casinos since they are not requiring KYC as of now.
Aside from the fact that crypto is getting popular these days owed also to Play-to-Earn games.
More than likely, some underaged users/gamers will encounter these P2E gaming platforms and so these crypto casinos.
But as you said, the child has always curiosity on these things, and the upbringing will come into play in these crucial stages of the child.

There are many play-to-earn games outside of the crypto realm - check ebay and other sites for a huge variety of things from games for big bucks. Therefore, children have access to money without even using their parents' cards. Therefore, if you want to protect your children from gambling, you need to do it not at the level of availability of money, but at the level of understanding that this is an unprofitable entertainment, and not a way to earn money.

[ralle14]

Blocking most gambling sites from the service provider is one good way to discourage them and using a VPN would simply put them at risk as gambling sites are very cautious when it comes catching gamblers who break their rules. We could always come up with different solution but like what mu enrico mentioned there's no easy fix to this problem because gambling is also connected to video games and other forms of activity where teenagers still have access on. As much as we want to prevent others from developing gambling addiction there's no way to completely shut gambling down as a whole.

[carlisle1]

Blocking most gambling sites from the service provider is one good way to discourage them and using a VPN would simply put them at risk as gambling sites are very cautious when it comes catching gamblers who break their rules. We could always come up with different solution but like what mu enrico mentioned there's no easy fix to this problem because gambling is also connected to video games and other forms of activity where teenagers still have access on. As much as we want to prevent others from developing gambling addiction there's no way to completely shut gambling down as a whole.

Nothing but banning those gambling sites is the right solution if it's really concerned with underaged gamblers.

Very tough, but it will ensure that the activities of these people are limited, with strict implementations of government rules, it can't be accessed by anyone.
VPN can be the tunnel, but it's risky as you mentioned. Gambling sites are strict with this process good enough to lessen the interest of these minor.

The only thing here is the common interest of these young generations. They can start gambling, even playing their favorite games.
Parents should look at this and not to allow participations of their kids with these kinds of activities. Things will work with the join hands
of the government and the parents, to protect their children from gambling addiction.

[Silberman]

On the notification panel of my android device and that of many other devices of people in my locale that i have come across, I noticed too many pop up ads about one gambling site or the other, which with a click, you will find yourself in the interface of an online casino or betting site asking for you to sign up and get huge bonuses, I also observed that when using the chrome browser on my cell phone to surf some websites on the internet, I am forcefully redirected to some gambling and betting websites that opens up on the tab as well.

I'm concerned for the underaged and how easy these things have become so exposed to them. I did a little research as to the statistics of underaged gamblers for last year, and according to an article, "39% of 11-16-year olds have bet their own money" as at when published in October 2020.

https://www.roulettesites.org/blog/responsible-gambling/underage-gambling.php

Just like pornographic sites, I don't think online gambling sites and casino's can fully checkmate underaged users that sign up, and as a result, unfortunately i see the number of underaged gamblers worldwide to increase significantly by October this year.

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

Personally I think this is on the parents, it is very common in this day and age that parents just give a smartphone to their kids and then they just forget about them, not understanding that they need their guidance and their admonition, it is very easy to set up filters on their computers or their phones that at least filter out the majority of those websites and if you have a chat with your kids about the topic then the problem can be easily solved in just a few minutes but many parents are too lazy to do even that.

[Quidat]

What are your thoughts?, What are the possible solutions to the problem of the rising number of online underaged gamblers?

I could say that this kind of problem is somewhat cant really be resolved nor get rid of it due to the technology that we do have today.This is something that cant really be stopped completely but somehow it could be able
to be controlled via some programs or even just simply inside on the house where you do really give out awareness into your children about the risk of getting addicted to gambling and with this alone then you
can at least somehow stop out for your children on getting engage with gambling and getting addicted at least but it is actually on someones personal take as they gets older.

The influenced of growing technology provides easy access with gambling, it's tough to stop or prevent those young guys to learn more about this activity.

The best way to deal with this is your awareness with your kids. Even the government implements rules. Without your guidance, those kids will always find the way to continue playing once they already have the experienced. Addiction is more prone with young kids, when corruptions inside their minds already penetrate, it's hard to prevent them to resist.

Unless, government will seriuosly interfere  with this kind of business, banning is a good way to stop risking those
kids in terms of early addiction to gambling.

There are no other ways because getting rid of it or simply isnt that possible and this is why we do only need to at least make aware of our children about gambling on this they would
able to know on what are the things that should be done in case they do able to encounter it.This is something a problem that  cant really be resolved nor get rid.
Its true that due to technology nowadays then its really hard for young age to avoid on not to see those things specially if they are really connected to internet from time to time.

[Dragonfund]

Most of these casinos and gambling pop up advertisements have small user bases at times, they therefore always try to expand the number of players. Ads are meant to be based on user activity, yet I receive them all the time when I don't usually participate. Ita kind of weird that you need to keep skipping them all the time.
Another problem with these casinos and gambling websites is that they will allow underage ones to register even though they are completely aware of their age, they will allow them to make bets, when they lose, they will take the money away, but when they win, it becomes difficult to cash out, that's when they remember user policy.

Well as a parent, if you keep reporting the ads, at a point, they will stop because it's among ads policy not to tailor them to users who don't necessarily need them.

is this for real? a gambling site advertised directly in TV nationwide ? does your government really allows this when the TV shows and Ads must be at least concerned about younger generations?
lucky that my country does not allow this though internet is really a Shit source for children nowadays.

I used DStv and what that young man just pinout is correct, about advertising underage ads are done on TV mostly around the age of 13 and above and a clear warning is always written if parental advice is required.