under-age gamblers

[DaNNy001]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

[Oshosondy]

Similar case to this: How can this gambling related issue be handled?

But what evidence do you have that it is the boy that gambled? What if it is his brother that gave him the booking code and called the cashier that his brother his coming to give him the booking code? Are you sure it is the boy that bet or another person that bet and gave the boy the booking code?

Underage gambling is common in some countries, if it is like that, it would worth your attention if your relative or brother happens to be an underage and gambling, then you can refer to what people posted on the thread that I provided the link above.

The issue of underage gambling can only perfectly be solved by the gambling regulatory body in your country.

[o48o]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Other countries have restrictions for kids to gamble for a good reason.
Their brains aren't developed enough for being responsible for most decisions, especially for any financial decisions involving addictive games. Those are hard for some adults too mut they are at least legally responsible for their actions.

[Baofeng]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Gonna be hard though, and as big as the world cup, for sure there are young gamblers that are going to be addicted to it, I mean the impact of that sports to the young generation, maybe those have ambitions too to become a footballer or even go the world cup in the future.

But as I have said, hard to stop once you get yourself involved at a young age, 14-15 are prone to this kind of addiction. It's their parents that should control this kids and really emphasized what gambling addiction could lead them in the future.

[meser#]

Young people want to do many things and if their family's financial situation is not enough, they look for different solutions. They can work somewhere in their spare time, buy and sell things, these are good things. The bad part is when they start gambling for easy money. They may be lucky at first. Even if they have unlucky times, they can win after a while. They will put 1 and get 3-5-10-20 whatever. If they lose they will say next time ill win and i'll cover my losses. In this way, they can live for several years. They may make bad choices to find money. Stealing money from their families, being sellers of illegal things etc. If they are not very successful in gambling, which 97-98% will bad at it. At the end they will drown in debt. They get older, they missed many opportunity probably they wont know how to make money in real life. In this way, they will have wasted a life.

This might be seems bad scenario but I had a friend couple years ago this story based on his life. One small wrong decision can affect your whole life like a domino effect.

[Die_empty]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Underaged gamblers are not emotionally matured, hence they are highly prone to gambling addiction. They might not be able to control the drive to gamble which might really have a negative affect on them. Most of them are not working, which means that the money they use in gambling was given to them as gifts from their parents or relative. The challenge now is that most of them might go to the extent of stealing from their relatives to satisfy their gambling drive when they don't have access to funds.

Gambling can also be a big distraction from their educational pursuit. Instead of focusing on their studies some of these underaged gamblers would be carried away by match results and predictions. They might even use money meant for their schooling to play gamble. By the time the become adults, they are now full blown gamble addicts that can even use their belongings to gamble.  

[DoublerHunter]

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.
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^As I see, there is no tight regulation in your country because even an underage boy can place a bet in a gambling casino.
Here in my country, the lottery is very common but youngsters cannot buy tickets if he/she is under 18 years old. It is strictly prohibited here. So I don't know how is the law being applied in your country, it is probably a common practice there.
As parenthood, we should not ask our kids to do this if they are underage because the chances of being a gambling addict are very close.

[X-ray]

am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

It won't affect the person as long as this person was not become so addict with it. I have ever gambled when myself was still under the legal age but to be honest i was only doing it once or two times and that's related with football. The problem is always be on the young guy will not have ability to control his emotion. I did know that if i would do that for so long and that might make me become addicted with it and i just preventing myself to did it even further. The main concern about restricting the under age gamblers are related with emotional by the gamblers.
Remember that if young gamblers didn't have active income and they may stole from their family to be used for gambling and this is the bad thing that being prevented by implemented underage gambling has not allowed to play.

[bitcampaign]

it depends on how the child's way of life is from their environment or association, even though in my place there are also many small children betting on a children's game whether it's betting money or just food, if they continue to instill it it might affect their future but if they bet just for fun, I don't think it will affect his future, but it could be that the child you saw didn't really place a bet for him, maybe his parents told him to place a bet

[aioc]

In an open country, children are exposed to gambling, and with the advent of the internet and lack of regulation children learn from gambling from what they see online and offline, and it's not good in fact every year and in many countries, children learn gambling by discovering it on their own, this is alarming gambling in an early age is a corruption of the mind they learn that you can get money by chance without working for it, this is something many countries are facing a responsible government and a strong value are the only ones that can stop underage gambling, so if you see many children betting in your country that could only mean the two institutions failed to check and protect their young ones.

[minime0105]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Other countries have restrictions for kids to gamble for a good reason.
Their brains aren't developed enough for being responsible for most decisions, especially for any financial decisions involving addictive games. Those are hard for some adults too mut they are at least legally responsible for their actions.

It's very difficult before you could see a country that restrict their people especially a children that have not gotten to the age of adult before indulge into gambling, and i believe that the only place that someone can restrict gambling to children is for a small environment i know quite well that the security might be higher than the population, but a process whereby the population is not higher than the population it's where something of that kind can work. Children will sneak and gamble and the parents neither government will not be aware of it.

[STT]

Its easier to form bad habits at an early age so its a dangerous path for someone young to take.  Its also possible they could be ok also  though thats controversial to say and in any case its illegal to allow such gambling and should be avoided in all cases.   If nothing else someone young doesn't have proper cashflow or likely good regular income so its not a smart idea to be spending money you don't have.

 The biggest point that has to be made on a thread with this subject is the propagation of gambling via in mainstream game transactions and micro buying within 'childrens' games (obviously all age groups play games).  Its a grey area but as I've seen it up close alot I would classify it as gambling, it can result in a problem habit imo its basically exploitative by the companies vs a very young audience.   I think that's by far the biggest most widespread issue rather then access to casinos specifically.

[Fortify]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I think the main takeaway from underage gambling is that the young mind is not fully developed yet and picking up these activities could create abnormal behavior if done too early. Younger people might not be able to properly control their emotions, realize that an addiction is building or even how to get out of such an addiction after it formed. It can also have a stunting effect as as it distracts from more wholesome pursuits around that age

[ultrloa]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Other countries have restrictions for kids to gamble for a good reason.
Their brains aren't developed enough for being responsible for most decisions, especially for any financial decisions involving addictive games. Those are hard for some adults too mut they are at least legally responsible for their actions.

It's very difficult before you could see a country that restrict their people especially a children that have not gotten to the age of adult before indulge into gambling, and i believe that the only place that someone can restrict gambling to children is for a small environment i know quite well that the security might be higher than the population, but a process whereby the population is not higher than the population it's where something of that kind can work. Children will sneak and gamble and the parents neither government will not be aware of it.

This is what happen if a country doesn't have any strict law towards gambling since gambling companies or agents will not care about if the one placing their bets on them are minors. If government will just have strong gambling regulation and put penalties on letting minor to bet for sure those establishments will no let young guys spend their money there.

[Rengga Jati]

Gambling always becomes an addiction and a big problem for everyone who cannot control their willingness and emotions on gambling. This happens for everyone, not only kids but also adults. But, we can't deny that most kids will not be able to control their emotion very well on gambling, cannot analyze which one must be, and probably cannot control their willingness to stop gambling even after losing much.
Although we know that each country has different age restirctions about kids doing gambling. Like what I ever created topic here:
Age restriction in gambling
But, generally, kids have weakness on gambling. I know that some kids may be good enough in gambling, even they are able to control themselves and can earn much money. But, I am sure enough that most of them cannot do that.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

If the kids have started to be gamblers at young ages, this becomes an addiction, and this doesn't get enough attention and treatment, I am sure that this will really give an impact on the future. Gambling addiction can be continuous and worse enough for them as long as they are not able to control and manage it. And, of course, it this isvery difficult to overcome if this has been addicted.

[Tumanggor]

what are the police doing so they can't control the gambling of underage children. in my neighborhood there was a child who had just been caught by residents trying to rob an old woman, when asked by the police he answered to pay debts to loan sharks because he lost at gambling

children don't have a mature mind and don't work yet so they don't have a steady income and they will do reckless things if they don't have money

[goinmerry]

It's been clear as the sky that in your place, the gambling law is not enforced strictly that's why underage can still enter gambling establishments. Since they are customers, these operators won't mind if they are underage since I'm sure in the first place, there's no required verification that is needed upon entering that casino.

Will you just wait for these gambling operators to now become strict when it comes to prohibiting minors at casinos?

Why not consider doing directly the best solution which is right at the home? Parents or guardians should be responsible enough to know their minor's activity.

[Welsh]

what are the police doing so they can't control the gambling of underage children. in my neighborhood there was a child who had just been caught by residents trying to rob an old woman, when asked by the police he answered to pay debts to loan sharks because he lost at gambling

Most governments have a Know Your Customer (KYC) policy because of this exact reason. To prevent underage gambling, as well as malicious criminal activities. This is one of the examples where KYC actually makes a little bit of sense. I've said this before, but not all KYC is a bad idea. Unfortunately, a lot of cryptocurrency gambling websites don't have this requirement which makes it a lot easier for underage people to gamble. I'm not saying that they should implement KYC though, I'm just saying this is unfortunately unavoidable without compromising other users privacy.

[ralle14]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

It can likely affect the person at a young age since it reminded me of an article that was shared here in this section. The topic was about how her gambling issue got worse but the unfortunate part is that it all started because she was exposed at an early age by her parents. Also, I'm surprised that gambling is allowed in your place at a very young age because here in our country the security is too strict where they really have to confirm your age with an ID before they'd let you through.

[TelolettOm]

Ideal gamblers should be mature people, under-age gamblers can't handle their emotions and have no ability to make proper decisions during playing gambling. Under-age gamblers also don't understand how to manage their money, they even still use their parents' money for gambling. Since they don't use their own money, they may not realize to limit money in gambling. They only focus on playing gambling, they don't realize the impacts. These are the reasons why under-age gamblers should be not involved in gambling. Under-age gamblers will gamble in a careless way, which possibly leads to bad habits and impacts negatively on their mentality.

[Silberman]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Other countries have restrictions for kids to gamble for a good reason.
Their brains aren't developed enough for being responsible for most decisions, especially for any financial decisions involving addictive games. Those are hard for some adults too mut they are at least legally responsible for their actions.

And due to that lack of development kids are more likely to develop gambling problems in their adulthood if they gamble at such an early age, after all it is know that the part of your brain that regulates your impulses is still very undeveloped when you are young, so letting kids and even young people gamble is simply a terrible idea, however it is getting more and more difficult to protect them as now they have access to thousands of casinos around the world thanks to their phones.

[Solosanz]

Your government and regulator are the wrong in this case, but since you're not a police or someone that has a right to take such kind problem, you have no choice, just close your eyes and think like it doesn't happen.

Underage gamblers are dangerous because they don't have a good emotional and self control, when gambling is a habit for them, it will be very hard to stop. If your country are open for free speech, I think you can report about that case and talk to the police.

[Wexnident]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Probably has been discussed to oblivion, but my point would be that they're free to interact with gambling at a young age, but not like this. Should be under the supervision of an adult, and even if they were asked to give the bet slip by their parents, or someone old, it should never be a kid who does it. Letting them know what gambling is, and letting them gamble are two different things. Idk if the laws are lax or if it's just allowed, but if it's written in black and white about underage ones, pretty sure you can file a complaint or something.

Not necessarily surprised younger people know more about gambling compared to back then. Just goes to show how the internet can easily teach someone about something imo.

[dimonstration]

Similar case to this: How can this gambling related issue be handled?

But what evidence do you have that it is the boy that gambled? What if it is his brother that gave him the booking code and called the cashier that his brother his coming to give him the booking code? Are you sure it is the boy that bet or another person that bet and gave the boy the booking code?

It’s still not allowed for a minor handle the bet slip even if the owner is not him. The legal age brother should be the one who’s placing bets instead of his brother. This is same with the liquor law for underage in some country. You can’t buy it from the store unless grown up buy it for you. The cashier should know the law when it comes to this sensitive matter.

The country of the OP didn’t stated and we don’t have any idea if they have the law protecting the child against gambling but in country like mine a minor won’t allowed to place a bet even if it’s for someone on legal age.

[Rockstarguy]

The reasons why gambling is not good for under age people they are still at the age making good decisions will be difficult for them. Under age gambler may decide to use all the money he/she has to play gambling because the money was gotten through the hardworking of the parents. An adult thinks in the right state and regulate the manner which gambling is supposed to be played  because they understand the side effects of playing uncontrollable.

[alegotardo]

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Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I live in a country where gambling is prohibited, so I don't see something like this happening in my day-to-day life, but I am surprised by your report to know that it is possible to see minors gambling freely even in the real world.
I swore this was something restricted only to paosta sites where it would be possible to circumvent age restrictions with some ease.

One of the main aggravating factors for this problem is the unbridled advertising that invades all spaces in less developed countries. I see that the most effective way to prevent this is for parents, teachers and institutions to take measures to prevent Ludomania in children.

Yes, I had to do a little research on this.... ludomania is a term that even I didn't know, it's the gambling addiction disorder, it's what makes people give absolute priority to games in their lives. Something that already affects many adults and that in children has a much more devastating emotional damage.

[coinerer]

Gambling and alcohol are generally declared as banned for kids and all major sites maintain this but now even younger kids are gambling using some illegal methods like a 14-15 year old youth using a fake age to gamble and  continues. But in this case, the guardians have to be careful and always monitor the activities of their children so that it may be possible to free them from them. Otherwise they will continue to do these illegal activities and their future will be dark

[Yaunfitda]

Ideal gamblers should be mature people, under-age gamblers can't handle their emotions and have no ability to make proper decisions during playing gambling. Under-age gamblers also don't understand how to manage their money, they even still use their parents' money for gambling. Since they don't use their own money, they may not realize to limit money in gambling. They only focus on playing gambling, they don't realize the impacts. These are the reasons why under-age gamblers should be not involved in gambling. Under-age gamblers will gamble in a careless way, which possibly leads to bad habits and impacts negatively on their mentality.

Not only that, but where do you think this under age, kids will get their money?

Right, it's either from their parents, and for sure no parent will give their kids money just to gamble, or from some activities that could be illegal, easy money for them to gamble. That's why as a parent, it's very very important to us to at least see our kids and talk to them and know what is going on with them. Kids nowadays are very different from our generation, they have their own decision at a early age and think that they can do anything they want. We have to stop them before it's too late.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

I don't know where the OP is from, but I'd say he probably doesn't live in an industrialised country. Without denying that there may be exceptions, nowadays it is very difficult for an underage gambler to gamble. Most young people gamble online, and there they have to go through a KYC process beforehand, in addition to the fact that physical gambling sites ask for ID at the entrance.

There might be exceptions in some land based gambling sites, just as if somehow the underage can get cryptocurrencies they could get into casinos without KYC, but the percentage must be tiny.

[joeperry]

We can't help it. If that can happen in real life what more in the online casino and sports betting sites? One solution is the KYC but many people misunderstand it and some gambling sites use this as an advantage too to filter out underage players, avoid money laundering and sometimes they use it to avoid paying the players. I think as an adults we should also do about it like giving advice and guiding youngsters.

I was just curious, in the betshop in your country do they just accept bets without asking ID if they find that the player looks underage? I think you can file legal complaints about that.

[gunhell16]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I seem to have read something like this topic here in the forum, but it was a little different because from what I read, the brother complained to the owner of the gambling house that minor children were allowed to gamble.

This is the same as the casinos allow minors to gamble as well. As gamblers, we know that gambling does not discriminate against any age unless gambling establishments have a policy that only 18yrs and above can enter their gambling establishments.

[nakamura12]

Some underage are already exposed in gambling even if it's not in casino. Even myself is exposed in gambling when I was young but I have control and also my parents that time always give me advice that if you don't control yourself in gambling while it is still early then you won't get addicted. As we know that once being addicted to gambling then it will be very hard to get out of it without help. Even somr gambling addicts that got help from someone they know like family takes time.

[adzino]

Why is your "network" always so bad. Anyway, if there aren't strict laws and your government doesn't care much about who is gambling, there isn't much you can do to be honest. At best you can do is make everyone aware of the situation, get their parents to know how kids around you are getting involved in gambling, and tell them to take some steps to create awareness among their kids.

Similar case to this: How can this gambling related issue be handled?

But what evidence do you have that it is the boy that gambled? What if it is his brother that gave him the booking code and called the cashier that his brother his coming to give him the booking code? Are you sure it is the boy that bet or another person that bet and gave the boy the booking code?

Underage gambling is common in some countries, if it is like that, it would worth your attention if your relative or brother happens to be an underage and gambling, then you can refer to what people posted on the thread that I provided the link above.

The issue of underage gambling can only perfectly be solved by the gambling regulatory body in your country.

Still isn't right. You shouldn't send your underaged brother to do this kind of stuffs. The cashier shouldn't accept anything from that kid.

[romero121]

Some underage are already exposed in gambling even if it's not in casino. Even myself is exposed in gambling when I was young but I have control and also my parents that time always give me advice that if you don't control yourself in gambling while it is still early then you won't get addicted. As we know that once being addicted to gambling then it will be very hard to get out of it without help. Even somr gambling addicts that got help from someone they know like family takes time.

Not only with gambling, in all means the underage and young ones are exposed to various activities. The major reason I see is the technology advancement. It is quite early for them to understand and at this age this is how they'll do things. In the past to see a porn, it is quite risky and used to buy magazines. Now it is in the palm, with cent percent privacy. So, we can't blame the underage for which we need to teach them the good about technology and make them follow the path.

[mrongoz_imut]

Ideal gamblers should be mature people, under-age gamblers can't handle their emotions and have no ability to make proper decisions during playing gambling. Under-age gamblers also don't understand how to manage their money, they even still use their parents' money for gambling. Since they don't use their own money, they may not realize to limit money in gambling. They only focus on playing gambling, they don't realize the impacts. These are the reasons why under-age gamblers should be not involved in gambling. Under-age gamblers will gamble in a careless way, which possibly leads to bad habits and impacts negatively on their mentality.

I really agree with your review because children who are underage should not be involved in any gambling, because there will be a very big risk for their future growth, let alone children who are underage even adults who already have a lot of experience and being able to control themselves and being able to earn their own income may not necessarily be able to control gambling, minors still need parental guidance and must remain focused on pursuing their education not focusing on gambling.

[yahoo62278]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I think I read somewhere that people under the age of 18 still have an underdeveloped brain. So, could gambling underage affect them more? Likely yes, but even young people can be responsible. I'm not saying to send your kids out to gamble, but if the child was raised right they may gamble responsibly. That's obviously not a guarantee.

[martyns]

Some underage are already exposed in gambling even if it's not in casino. Even myself is exposed in gambling when I was young but I have control and also my parents that time always give me advice that if you don't control yourself in gambling while it is still early then you won't get addicted. As we know that once being addicted to gambling then it will be very hard to get out of it without help. Even somr gambling addicts that got help from someone they know like family takes time.

Our Brian's,our minds are all different.I cannot advise anyone to allow their children gamble because the spirit that comes with gambling is something one cannot control.Gambling is not meant for anyone,although I know there are some groups of persons benefitting daily from gambling and they cannot just leave it,but ones a child that has no experience gets exposed to it,and Gambles constantly,that child is  liable to be light-fingered,because he will want to meet up his gambling desires.
Atleast,their early age should not be when they will concentrate on gambling,their studies should be their top most priority.

[QueenVera]

I'm not sure if the game was for him but maybe he was sent by a much older person to help ho stake the game for him.
What I said above doesn't justify any actions of letting underaged into the betshops or casinos especially the physical ones. Most of this things happen as a result of the fact no one actually cares about anyone anymore as we mostly live in the era of minding ones business with excuses of not wanting to get into any problems.

I think the first thing to do is to put a strict law on letting under aged into any physical casino but this wouldn't be easy as tye betshop wouldn't wan to lose money by just depriving a potential customer on the bases of age which is very bad.
I also think on the other hand, the other gamblers like yourself would have confronted the under age and possibly caution him about seeing him in the shop again.
This alone will go a very long way to reduce the presences of this little ones in gambling at least in betshops.

[ethereumhunter]

Of course, this will influence the person to continue placing bets that he likes and he will do so continuously because he finds fun in placing those bets. Maybe he would not realize it until one day, he felt that his life had changed drastically because he had often placed bets and experienced the journey of winning and losing. And if that person is a boy who plays gambling, there is something wrong with him because, at that age, he should play more with his friends and have busy activities.

This requires more attention from the boy's parents so they can know if something is wrong with their son and they should pay more attention to it. If his parents can do this, they can help their son quit gambling before it's too late.

[Mauser]

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

That is really bad, I am sorry to heart that. Can't you do anything against it? If you know the children you should talk to their parents and inform them about the bad habits of their children. Gambling for minors is a very difficult situation than should not be allowed by the law. The government and police should avoid it as much as possible. So maybe you could talk to your local police officer about it? When adults are already struggling with gambling addictions than it's much worse for children. As a minor you don't fully understand the consequences of your actions yet. There is a reason why children don't decide for themselves, like for example what they want to eat every day. If children were in full control at a young age they would only eat Pizza and chocolate every day. The parents have a duty to protect their children from such harm. Once they are 18 they can decide for themselves if they want to gamble or not.

[Kemarit]

Some underage are already exposed in gambling even if it's not in casino. Even myself is exposed in gambling when I was young but I have control and also my parents that time always give me advice that if you don't control yourself in gambling while it is still early then you won't get addicted. As we know that once being addicted to gambling then it will be very hard to get out of it without help. Even somr gambling addicts that got help from someone they know like family takes time.

Good for you, at least you have control and your parents are always at your side giving you good advices. But for some who may have gone in the wrong path as early as what the OP witnessed, it's going to be very hard for this under age boys because they think it's perfectly legal or correct to bet even if they are not in the right age. Or even worst, they shouldn't involved themselves in gambling. This is the beginning for them and chances are they will go and become addicted to it when they got into their 20's.

[dothebeats]

Sometimes it's not the regulation but the enforcement of the said regulations. I see a lot of countries have this pretty black-and-white rule against underage gambling, yet the problem remains because the countries themselves do not actively enforce this law unless they will receive reports of it happening rampantly and it gets publicized and they are criticized. This is what's happening in my country too, and people will never really care about the problem unless it gets its way into the national television. You can't really blame the laws; they are there but they don't work because those who enforce said laws are always absent in doing their job.

[iv4n]

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I think I read somewhere that people under the age of 18 still have an underdeveloped brain. So, could gambling underage affect them more? Likely yes, but even young people can be responsible. I'm not saying to send your kids out to gamble, but if the child was raised right they may gamble responsibly. That's obviously not a guarantee.

When I had 14-15 years it was pretty normal to see a group of teenagers in some little casino. But those were different times, now the laws are much stricter. Now kids are looking for someone older who is willing to place a bet for them.

Surely our brain is still underdeveloped at that age, we have just started to learn about the world around us... and surely "forbidden things" are always more interesting and much more attractive. At that age "everything" affects us more, teenager's sensitivity which gets us into various problems and because of which we all made some mistakes (smaller or larger)... so it's the time when we start learning about self-control and responsibility.

[piebeyb]

why not ask the little boy if he is really betting because we also can't catch that he is the one betting in gambling, because he could have been asked by someone to place a bet there as some people in this thread said , usually children are only limited to having fun in gambling, it will not be serious, it will be different from us adults who think making money is difficult and finally choose to gamble to get money for needs, but I do not support underage gambling

[Wiwo]

How can underage gambling be checked when the law does not make provision for how to checkmate gambling activities in the country, or does not have the right citizens database that could help casinos to set age limits on the casinos and that also includes physical casinos. The major setback in the fight against underage gambling also the place of control from the family and the economic situation of the family what values are built in the child and the taste for money. Some third-world countries face these challenges and this has led to crime and other vises in society but in general terms, underage gambling should be totally discouraged.

[EarnOnVictor]

The OP should know that the standard legal age for every adult-oriented thing is 18 years and above, yet some people are cutting corners in doing it. In the present reality, you would see underage doing a lot of things they were supposed not to do, these are not limited to driving, drinking alcohol, smoking, and betting. So seeing underage gambling should not surprise you, though if a law enforcer is there, such kids and their parents, including the casino/staff could be tried.

But casinos need money, they won't care, particularly if it's offline without KYC. While some underage kids outsmart them with fake ages online.

[nakamura12]

Good for you, at least you have control and your parents are always at your side giving you good advices. But for some who may have gone in the wrong path as early as what the OP witnessed, it's going to be very hard for this under age boys because they think it's perfectly legal or correct to bet even if they are not in the right age. Or even worst, they shouldn't involved themselves in gambling. This is the beginning for them and chances are they will go and become addicted to it when they got into their 20's.

I don't know what will happen to me if I wasn't able to control myself so I won't become a gambling addict. For someone who didn't have someone who will help you to overcome from being a gambling addict to non-gambling addict person. We really can't blame offline casinos that they let underage to gamble in their casino. The only thing we can do is to notify their parents if you have their contact and to help that person go through rehabilitation.

[Cling18]

It really has a huge impact on a child's mental development and growth and might also result in gambling addiction. They have their own reasons why they gamble either because of peer influence or having the hope of taking home a huge reward for their family. Whatever the reasons are, the authorities might still take action on this. They must focus on the welfare of the younger generation.

[danherbias07]

Funny thing is, the story seems to be the same as this one.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5425165.0
The only difference is that one is about women and this one is about under age gamblers.

This very topic came up just few hours ago, my network was poor earlier today and I had to use the physical casino around me, I just stepped in, not upto 10 minutes later, a very pretty and fair looking lady walked in,

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

Anyway, underage. I started gambling when I was 13 or 14 years old but back then kids are afraid of their parents because if they will know that we are gambling there will surely be a punishment that we will remember for the rest of our lives.
Now, it's different. Kids can access online gambling sites and just answer they are 18+ to start gambling or fake any identity requirements.
We should be more careful now about how they will act.
Regarding your example, it's the cashier's fault for letting him make the bet. He/she should've asked for an ID first.
Effect on the kids? They won't be innocent about it anymore, or worst.

[acroman08]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

despite the age, the effects of gambling will differ from person to person. I hope people don't think that just because an underage is gambling they will be automatically addicted to it. that being said, the gambling shop should not be allowing the kid to enter or be able to place a bet. @OP if there is a law in your area that prohibit underage children to gamble, you should report the incident in hopes that it won't happen again.

[fortunecrypto]

under-age gambling.any side effects?  

There are many consequences of underage gambling the mind of the child should be free from the burden and pressure of gambling, even adults have problem coping on the issues of too much gambling what more on a child

These are some of the problem and issues child gambling are facing
https://lancerfeed.press/opinions/2016/02/03/too-much-too-soon-the-consequences-of-underage-gambling/

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

The government should be the one responsible for looking after the welfare of the children because they are the future of their nation, they should see to it that they are mature enough to gamble if the government allow gambling, the mind of the children are too sensitive to overburden with the effect of gambling, check if your government is not allowing children to bet and if they do not allow report these betting stations so their license will be revoked and they will be fine.

[nakamura12]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

despite the age, the effects of gambling will differ from person to person. I hope people don't think that just because an underage is gambling they will be automatically addicted to it. that being said, the gambling shop should not be allowing the kid to enter or be able to place a bet. @OP if there is a law in your area that prohibit underage children to gamble, you should report the incident in hopes that it won't happen again.

This is what lack in previous explanation that it differ from person to person. As I have stated in my previous post that I am exposed to gambling when I was young but I didn't become a gambling addict so I would definitely agree with this. My sisters and brother are also gambling but they didn't become a gambling addict just like me. Let's just say most of us are gamblimg but only gambled what we can afford to lose instead of gambling without limit.

[Strongkored]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

People can change and the environment of the children can change a lot it can be good or bad for continuing to be in a gambling environment, but surprisingly enough the betting shop accepts the bets of the kids they should verify it by showing national id, but what about The law in that area should regulate gambling and kids are not allowed to get involved because it will not be good for the kids mentality because they are not mature enough to react to it.

[Johnyz]

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Being exposed to gambling at your younger age will surely affect your future, and probably you will ended up a gambler as well.
Either that guy is just a messenger or a real gambler, that betshop should not allow it in the first place not unless you go to an illegal casinos which you will see this scenario most of the time. Gambling affects the life of the adult so what more if you are still young where you don't much self-control, he will surely deal with a lot of anxiety if left untreated.

[bitbollo]

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The issue of underage gambling can only perfectly be solved by the gambling regulatory body in your country.

Under age gambling should be fight with strong education and support for all operators and end users (both parents and under age). I don't think the only solution can be a massive KYC.
Bans and regulations are useful but these can be bypassed (easily) and cannot prevent the spread of this absolutely negative and dangerous habit since.

[_act_]

despite the age, the effects of gambling will differ from person to person. I hope people don't think that just because an underage is gambling they will be automatically addicted to it. that being said, the gambling shop should not be allowing the kid to enter or be able to place a bet. @OP if there is a law in your area that prohibit underage children to gamble, you should report the incident in hopes that it won't happen again.

Everyone will learn their lessons and adults can also be addicted, anyone can suffer from gambling addiction, but for underage to be gambling should not be tolerated in any aeas where gambling is allowed, underage are not to make the decisions on their own in official cases, if they want to bet, it should be through their parent, if they want to do things that are not for underage, it most be through their parents. I think no parent will want to encourage their children to gamble, also I think no child will tell their parent that they want to gamble, even if they tell their parent, their parent can lead them to the right path by advising them and how gambling is very risky with life lesson of some addicts in the past and why not to gamble.

[Darker45]

Was the boy also betting or was he only asked to give the booking code to the cashier? Here in my place, little boys are normally asked to do things which are otherwise be illegal for minors in some countries. Children are usually asked by parents to place their bet in a lottery. They're even asked to buy cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, and others that are usually not sold to minors. So, I was thinking this might also be the same thing that's happening in your place.

To be honest, though, minors here are also gambling, in many ways. It's already being tolerated by many families especially in poor communities.

[cabron]

How did the kid get some funds to bet?
This will always be the case of whether he can sustain his habit because if he has no job, it will just be a one-time bet, and after that, it's over.

There is a good and bad effects on the kid. I'd prefer to look at the good after all he is still a kid and can turn his life around when he hit rock bottom because of his gambling activity.  Starting old and addicted to gambling while a person is 40+ I think will struggle more to overcome the addiction than a kid.

[virasisog]

How did the kid get some funds to bet?
This will always be the case of whether he can sustain his habit because if he has no job, it will just be a one-time bet, and after that, it's over.

There is a good and bad effect on the kid. I'd prefer to look at the good after all he is still a kid and can turn his life around when he hit rock bottom because of his gambling activity.  Starting old and addicted to gambling while a person is 40+ I think will struggle more to overcome the addiction than a kid.

The parents should also play accountable if he's getting the funds from them. They should monitor the allowances and money that they're giving their child and also, self-control and self-discipline should be taught at home so I guess the child's parent's have missed teaching that important thing to their kid.
An underage child can't still make firm decisions so he should always be guided and as much as possible, educate him to get rid of anything that can ruin his life in the future.

[minime0105]

It really has a huge impact on a child's mental development and growth and might also result in gambling addiction. They have their own reasons why they gamble either because of peer influence or having the hope of taking home a huge reward for their family. Whatever the reasons are, the authorities might still take action on this. They focus on the welfare of the younger generation.

Children is not allowed to be expose where gambling is taking placbe for the first time, i blame everyone who have a child that is interested in gamblling, sometimes children who goes into gambling does not have any attention of doing it, but they got the concept from their parents or the environment they found theirs self, so i believe that gambling is something we emulate from people around us, because children might have seen people gambling before developing interest.

[Davidvictorson]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Under-aged gambling and under-aged drinking addictions are the most terrible addictions that can any person can pick up at a very young age. Sadly, as much as the government and its agencies are trying to checkmate this the onus lies on us as adults to take responsibly for looking out for under-aged gamblers and cautioning them where necessary, telling them about the dangers involved. Most under aged gamblers do not come from a stable home. We should take care to help them out were we can.

[jostorres]

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

If gambling there isn't regulated, the best thing that they can do is to control themselves to not play gambling if they feel that they are becoming an addict already. They shouldn't put the blame on the government. There's even countries where gambling is ban and heavily regulated and people there wishes to cut it out so that they can play gambling.

Their parents can also help them as long as they confess this issue to them. Gambling at a very young age can cause a side/bad effect as long as not controlled and they can be the following: the children can't study properly and it can gave them a bad grade or they won't go to school at all. They can also learn on how to steal money. These are only a few but there might be more than this.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

The parents should also play accountable if he's getting the funds from them. They should monitor the allowances and money that they're giving their child and also, self-control and self-discipline should be taught at home so I guess the child's parent's have missed teaching that important thing to their kid.
An underage child can't still make firm decisions so he should always be guided and as much as possible, educate him to get rid of anything that can ruin his life in the future.

   - It's okay what you mentioned mate, it's a good reminder for parents to be honest. That's the only problem we have here that I see, even if the parents do it if their child is surrounded by friends who like gambling, even if their child doesn't like it at first, their child may eventually get used to it.

And when this thing happens, it will become a habit at the beginning which can lead to an addiction to gambling regardless of their age.

[Agbe]

It is very bad for a teen of that age to involve in Gambling. In normal circumstance, the sight effect is very bad in nature. At that age the teen is not strong enough in heart to defend the bad influence temptations that will follow such act. Some of the sight effect follows:
1. Arm robbery
2. Stealing
3. Cultist
4. Fighting etc. And other deviate behaviors in the society.

But in the third world Nations, specifically Nigeria. Since the government can't help matters, the citizens do anything to survive so nobody question what he or she does for a living. What is very bad in the society is a lucrative business in Nigeria. And government and it law enforcement agencies can't do anything because in most cases they are part and parcel of the act. The law enforcement agencies in Nigeria are even worst than the ordinary civilians.

[pawanjain]

Underage gambling should be avoided at all cost. If someone who is underage is found to gamble it becomes our responsibility to make him understand quit gambling until at least he is 18 years of age.
It is also parent's responsibility to make sure their children are involved in these activities.
The motive behind stopping underage gambling is because sometimes teens don't understand the value of money.
They gamble with the money they didn't even earn and this makes them decrease their value on money.
Another big danger is if they get addicted to gambling then we can't even imagine the consequences of an underage person getting addicted to gambling.

[Genemind]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

For the long-term effect, it could be the start of bad spending habits, those who gamble are all up for the thrill of winning and care less about money. Another thing, those who become addicted to gambling don't bother about priorities, at a young age they sometimes cut classes to gamble, steal money from their parents and forget about school and academics which could affect their future as well. Proper guidance is needed for under-age since this is the phase where they are curious about anything and would explore everything.

[Slow death]

minors don't know anything about life, they have many dreams and illusions, now you imagine that a minor wants a car, but doesn't have much money to buy a car, so he sees a gambling site, where he bets 10$ and he can win 30$, he will start thinking about a lot of things like betting a lot to win a lot of money and buy a car, he won't think about losing, when he starts to lose, then he will borrow money and continue playing, when he loses again he will steal money to continue playing and become addicted, gambling spoils minors

[Maestro75]

But what evidence do you have that it is the boy that gambled? What if it is his brother that gave him the booking code and called the cashier that his brother his coming to give him the booking code? Are you sure it is the boy that bet or another person that bet and gave the boy the booking code?

You have a point there because there are instances where parents also send their underage children on such errands. It is bad and irresponsible parenting and shame should be on parents like that. Minors are supposed to be protected from things that can cause addiction, and gambling is one of such. It is same like father warning his children against wayward life but turn around to bring in different women to the house who are not related to them by blood.

[coin-investor]

Children is not allowed to be expose where gambling is taking placbe for the first time, i blame everyone who have a child that is interested in gamblling, sometimes children who goes into gambling does not have any attention of doing it, but they got the concept from their parents or the environment they found theirs self, so i believe that gambling is something we emulate from people around us, because children might have seen people gambling before developing interest.

Unfortunately, the internet is the place where underage find gambling and there are kids that already use the internet at a very young age, especially in times of pandemic where the learning institutions opted to distance learning through the internet, we adults should monitor our kid's activities online see to it that we check what they are surfing and monitor their surfing history.
Besides adults not gambling in front of our children monitoring their internet activity is also a must.
We are going to ruin our children's future if we let our children be exposed to gambling, early intervention is a must for a child to have a bright future.

[348Judah]

I don't give it an acceptable idea having children underaged into gambling, that's somewhat ridiculous and i can do all it takes to stop such abuse if seen any around me, why is because they are yet matured enough to decern the good frombthe bad and through the freedom of openness to gambling, they can attract bad friends or character beyond the control of their parents orbthe society at large  and it may also engenders them to stealing money to gamble with since they aren't matured enough to know how to earn money or safe it for a better life.

[GiftedMAN]

if they bet just for fun, I don't think it will affect his future.

On the contrary, a child that is aware of gambling at an early age may grow up to be an addicted gambler because the child may be gambling for fun. After all, he or she is not financially stable at the moment because of his age but when he or she is of age he may decide to try out what he's been doing from an early age with funds by so doing the then child has grown up to become an addicted gambler. In order not to risk the child's future, I won't encourage anyone to allow his child to know or get used to gambling be it for fun or anything.

[Oasisman]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Under-aged gambling and under-aged drinking addictions are the most terrible addictions that can any person can pick up at a very young age. Sadly, as much as the government and its agencies are trying to checkmate this the onus lies on us as adults to take responsibly for looking out for under-aged gamblers and cautioning them where necessary, telling them about the dangers involved. Most under aged gamblers do not come from a stable home. We should take care to help them out were we can.

Well, it's hard to catch a minor today, because gambling today can be accessed online. Unlike before the internet, the government can impose a law regarding this and will most definitely going to sanction the casino by letting them pay for their violations. And, Yeah, it is our responsibility as parents to watch out for our children nowadays on what specific stuff they're doing online  
But children could be clever too. So, it's really hard to catch them red handed.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

Question is, betshop illegal or legal? because if they are allowing underage to bet on their shop then it might be just fly by night betshop in our country? I'm just curious. Because for sure if gambling is allow in your country it could be with some legal restrictions like 18 and up?

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

It will have a effect since they are still underage, and it's possible that they will be addicted, I mean we have been in this situation before. Regardless of the outcome of our bet, whether winning or losing, we will always comeback to feel that experience in our body.

[Renampun]

it depends on how the child's way of life is from their environment or association, even though in my place there are also many small children betting on a children's game whether it's betting money or just food, if they continue to instill it it might affect their future but if they bet just for fun, I don't think it will affect his future,

does not affect the future? How can you be so sure, I have seen many children whose school life was ruined because of gambling even though some children managed to control themselves from gambling too, but the majority of underage gamblers will end up having a ruined school life.

but it could be that the child you saw didn't really place a bet for him, maybe his parents told him to place a bet

there are also many cases that happen like this, some irresponsible parents force their children to place bets because they are playing there or they deliberately make their children shields because they are afraid the forest will be billed or something like that. I feel sad for the children whose childhood was exploited by people like that.

[bitzizzix]

It is very concerning when minors are involved in gambling, because minors do not have the concept of money or finances, and real word problems. And I think getting addicted to things is much easier than adults and should be given help ASAP, especially parents who are very involved with this.
and it is very dangerous to allow someone so young, naive, and inexperienced to gamble, especially with other people's money.
parents have to be really sensitive to this, especially in this day and age where it's easy to search the internet for anything that isn't appropriate for minors. And this convenience needs to be fully mastered by parents and provide knowledge about things that are not good, and can damage the mind and limit the use of gadgets and also control them regularly including their activities.

[abel1337]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Under-aged gambling and under-aged drinking addictions are the most terrible addictions that can any person can pick up at a very young age. Sadly, as much as the government and its agencies are trying to checkmate this the onus lies on us as adults to take responsibly for looking out for under-aged gamblers and cautioning them where necessary, telling them about the dangers involved. Most under aged gamblers do not come from a stable home. We should take care to help them out were we can.

Well, it's hard to catch a minor today, because gambling today can be accessed online. Unlike before the internet, the government can impose a law regarding this and will most definitely going to sanction the casino by letting them pay for their violations. And, Yeah, it is our responsibility as parents to watch out for our children nowadays on what specific stuff they're doing online  
But children could be clever too. So, it's really hard to catch them red handed.

Yep it's true, Casino's are hardly identifying the age of their customers unless the gamblers will be subjected to KYC which will most likely will caught the minor. Payment methods is also one way of detecting if a minor is depositing, It depends on the payment method but yeah if it's crypto, I'm pretty sure it's unlikely that they the casino will end up identifying it's an underage gambler. I believe that it is one of the government concerns about online gambling, which is making minors accessed their casino. Normally, Casino will put a banner that no underage is allowed to play on that certain casino but of course the minor will easily snob that. As you said, Children could be clever.

[Queentoshi]

Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gambler.

I started a topic here and shared the story of how my best girl was worried about her younger brother who was heavy into gambling and as result of it has even started going to the extent of stealing money to gamble with. The danger with underage addiction to gambling and gambling operators turning a blind eye on them, allowing the underaged to gamble so they can make money off of them is promoting and slowly cultivating a future where we will have many irresponsible people without self-control to discipline themselves not to indulge in criminal activities to keep up gambling.

[Casdinyard]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Again there's the case of this boy just running an errand for an older relative of his. Although the nonchalance on the cashier and the staff's part is a bit concerning, coz now it seems to me like they tolerate, or maybe even support this which is a little too severe if I do say so myself. People should know better to never let a child be near anything gambling-related, their young minds aren't supposed to be corrupted by something as brazen as gambling, so as adults we should all take part in ensuring the youth aren't gambling whatsoever, even if sometimes it may look as if we're dipping our noses into someone else's business. Gambling for us may mean enjoyment, but for simple minds like them it could mean profit, they could easily get addicted to it.

[Blawpaw]

under-age gambling.any side effects?  

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

20 years ago, there was no control and any kid with 12 years old could easily start gambling online. With the advent of online gambling, many of us started playing before having 18 years old, so I guess we are the generation who can better answer to that. I had a few friends that got addicted to gambling at some point but eventually they ended up finding their way.

I guess that nowadays, with KYCs and stuff, its getting very hard for kids to start gambling, but in a way, that are already "gambling" with those online pay for win games and they don't even have a chance of having a big win.

[madnessteat]

If we're talking about age restrictions on betting, it's all easily circumvented, because almost every under-aged teenager has an adult acquaintance from the next yard who can both buy cigarettes in the store and place a bet.

Thinking back to myself as a minor, I can say that I did many of the things they tried to restrict me from doing. A person always tries to bypass restrictions because it's a kind of a challenge for him. Whether it's good or bad, everyone decides for himself.

[rahmad2nd]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Not only for gambling, anything in excess is not good. whatever it is, if you do it excessively the side effects will not be good.  Gambling is a very enjoyable part of entertainment, and it triggers dopamine in our brains.

we all love this activity, even in this age of high technology. Gambling is not something that is taboo, to be discussed in general.  regarding underage gambling, I have to tell you. it's not only your government that has to be responsible, but at least you also have to take part in admonishing and ensuring that the child is not allowed to place bets. You can question the betting cashier, to ask why the child was allowed to buy tickets. at least, you've done something useful.

related to influencing and having a bad impact or not on the child, we will not know for sure and there is no right answer. first of all, you and I do not know him. there is a possibility if he is asked by more mature people, for example his parents or whoever it is. or maybe the kid really likes to gamble. however, to follow up regarding your inquiry. further research is needed, in this case it is the child we are discussing here.

Apart from all that, this is where the duties and roles of parents must be to provide good education to children. provide related understandings that are prohibited at their age, so that children do not do something inappropriate at their age.

[goldkingcoiner]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I think that under-age gambling is a huge risk for the correct development of the adolescent brain. Just like with drugs, gambling releases chemicals in your brain which, if done again and again could possibly rewire the young brain in such a way, that its development becomes stunted or just completely wrong. This is not a big risk for adults because their brains are done growing (around age 21-25?, I think?).

If you see kids gambling, you should definitely intervene, as a responsible adult.

[OgNasty]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

[poldanmig]

Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gambler.

I started a topic here and shared the story of how my best girl was worried about her younger brother who was heavy into gambling and as result of it has even started going to the extent of stealing money to gamble with. The danger with underage addiction to gambling and gambling operators turning a blind eye on them, allowing the underaged to gamble so they can make money off of them is promoting and slowly cultivating a future where we will have many irresponsible people without self-control to discipline themselves not to indulge in criminal activities to keep up gambling.

The ease of accessing gambling sites via smartphones and computers has made many teenagers and children start to get to know gambling at this time, so It's no wonder if their continue  involved in gambling, of course it will certainly become a habit/addiction that may be very difficult to get rid of until they grow up, Most gambling sites may have made formalities to prohibit minors from gambling by implementing KYC on their sites, but that does not mean that they have closed the door for children to gamble, our role as parents certainly has a bigger contribution by carrying out strict supervision. to children so that at least they don't get caught up in gambling, we cannot fully blame gambling operators without realizing that actually children's addiction to gambling actually starts with parents who first introduce smartphones or computers to children, but parents are often negligent without  regulation and also provide education on positive smartphone use to children.

[MainIbem]

The government should be taken appropriate measure about this before it would get out of hand and I strongly recommended the regulatory body's to thoroughly investigate and monitor every betting shop to make sure no under age is allowed to move inside the betting hall to place a bet without tendering their means of identification to show if they are above the restricted age to place a bet.

[Jemzx00]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

It may be inevitable to happen that kids will explore gambling whether we like it or not however I don't think it's appropriate to let them be. At least, let them know that what they are doing shouldn't be done by kids and they must be at least a certain age bracket to do so. Just like anything, Kids can take part in things that they should not be doing such as alcohol, it's better for us adults to restrict and advise them about these things.

[Lanatsa]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

It may be inevitable to happen that kids will explore gambling whether we like it or not however I don't think it's appropriate to let them be. At least, let them know that what they are doing shouldn't be done by kids and they must be at least a certain age bracket to do so. Just like anything, Kids can take part in things that they should not be doing such as alcohol, it's better for us adults to restrict and advise them about these things.

And everything would really be starting from home on which it is really just that normal for us guardians or parents on leading them the way which trying out to explain or guide them as much as we could on things

that wont really be messing out their lives ahead.We guardians are aware already on what are the probabilities for these things to happen if we do really that spent up money and time that much.

It is really just cant be something be easily handled out by a minor which they would really be that easily get hooked up.They might able to stopped when they dont have
money but as addiction is really be a part then they would definitely starting on doing some stealing or in correlated to this.

[fzkto]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

Unfortunately, that's true. Kids cannot be stopped, especially in the digital space. Nowadays it is not difficult for a child to buy drugs on a dark market or even more so to play in a casino, if that is what they want. In the same way non-traditional values are promoted when Snow White is shown as a man in a cartoon, for example. I'm not talking about teenagers who are 15-17 years old, they have already got their minds set. The digital world has a very strong influence on young children. And gambling is probably not the biggest problem.

[ajochems]

Gambling will became an addiction when you are interested in thrills. Because gambling give us surprise and gift after a game. As compared to treasure, it also get your all money. Because it had a risk factor. If you play the bet match in your school days, you will be the gambler for now. Because gambling is more or like bet match. If you win the match, you will have a reward. Incase you lose the bed, you need to pay the opponent some money. Gambling is like bet matches. We can use this for the fun at the needful time.

[RealMalatesta]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Under-aged gambling and under-aged drinking addictions are the most terrible addictions that can any person can pick up at a very young age. Sadly, as much as the government and its agencies are trying to checkmate this the onus lies on us as adults to take responsibly for looking out for under-aged gamblers and cautioning them where necessary, telling them about the dangers involved. Most under aged gamblers do not come from a stable home. We should take care to help them out were we can.

Unfortunately, the world is filled with people who smoke cigarettes and weed, drink booze, gamble, and do many underage things that they shouldn't do. I have to say it's a bit about the genetics as well, back in the day after 13-14 years old, kids would be enlisted on the army and go join wars, you think all those historical wars that we hear today were between adult people? All those "Rome attacked germanica with 40 thousand men" really meant men over 18?

Maybe over half of that was kids under 15, and even if not that much, it was a good chunk of it. So the body is not developed to be "not a kid" after 18, it's developed to be "not a kid" after 13, that is the problem.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Indeed, under-aged gambling is a thing that should be greatly discouraged, one of the side effect I know that is with under-aged gambling is that, it is more easier for under-aged to get addicted, under-aged due to the fact that their brain hasn't developed to its full capacity can easily get addicted to any thing they focus on too much, not just gambling.
And in terms of regulation, my question would be, what are the parents of this under-aged gamblers doing to save their children? We can't leave everything to the government all the time, parents should start learning to take care of their children, if per-adventure gambling destroys this children, the government won't be blamed but the parents.

[Merit.s]

Under age gambling have so many side effects on children such as stealing, addiction and distraction to their educational lives. It is hard to stop these kids because from the age of 14-15 years,youth exorbitance will come into play,they will want to do everything they see people doing and are easily carried away with it because they lack self control.
It's not only gambling but so many other habits, government in the advanced countries are trying their best to regulate gambling from these underage kids,it is only in the third world countries that underage gambling is rampard.

[Viscore]

Young people want to do many things and if their family's financial situation is not enough, they look for different solutions. They can work somewhere in their spare time, buy and sell things, these are good things. The bad part is when they start gambling for easy money. They may be lucky at first. Even if they have unlucky times, they can win after a while. They will put 1 and get 3-5-10-20 whatever. If they lose they will say next time ill win and i'll cover my losses. In this way, they can live for several years. They may make bad choices to find money. Stealing money from their families, being sellers of illegal things etc. If they are not very successful in gambling, which 97-98% will bad at it. At the end they will drown in debt. They get older, they missed many opportunity probably they wont know how to make money in real life. In this way, they will have wasted a life.

This might be seems bad scenario but I had a friend couple years ago this story based on his life. One small wrong decision can affect your whole life like a domino effect.

Gambling won’t be an ideal source of living, one thing that minors these days failed to realize as what they are only considering is that when they hit the jackpot through gambling, it will definitely bring big changes to their family’s lives. Yes, they may get beginner’s luck while they are starting, but that won’t guarantee consistent profits while they keep on betting. In the end, they will only realize their mistakes if they fall into gambling addiction which I think will be hard anymore to escape from gambling, especially for minors who can’t even handle their lives properly.

[robelneo]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The hardest thing for youth who gamble is how to keep up with the money he learns to lie and he learns to steal and this will totally corrupt him and will take away his future

...Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Lack of regulation and corruption in operating the betting places contributed to youth gambling if these operators just implement what's on their license underage bettors cannot bet, but they are profit driven and they don't care about who is their bettors.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

It's really disgusting to see that, you can report that to authorities here in our place operators never do that because they will get their license revoked and our government ordered a mandatory placing a visible notice that underage are not allowed to place bets, if the youth donot see a sign like that he'll think that he can bet.

[lionheart78]

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

It is possible that the guys is just an errand boy.  It is normal in a family where the father or older member of a family is a gambler to ask their kids to run an errand for them.  I think the one you saw fall under this situation.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

It will definitely affect the kid.  First, it will be inculcated in his mind that gambling is normal since the older member of the family engages in gambling and they even ask him to run an errand for them to bet in a game.  Second, if the kid saw that the bet win, he will have an idea that gambling is a good way to earn money thus, he will gamble his money with an intention of getting a huge profit.  

In a scenario where a kid is already engaged in gambling, it would be disastrous if not guided because the kid is exposed and possibility of developing gambling addiction.

[jakelyson]

In our province here in the Philippines, there are younger than that, that play card games. They usually play lucky9 or Tong-its, a very common card game here in the Philippines. Most of the time, these young girls and boys are exposed early to gambling because their parents are gamblers too. So, they also play the same card games their parents play.

I do not have the statistics but not all of these young gamblers end up addicted to it. Some of them get addicted, that is true but not all of them. Some of them grew up and gave up gambling. They became focused on their education and became successful in their life.

Maybe there is a higher risk that you will become addicted when you are exposed early, but it still depends on the person's priority. If he prioritized gambling, then he can be an addict. But if prioritized sport or education, he can easily leave gambling behind even when exposed early.

[safari88]

Much has been said and written about the KYC, but in the end it is beneficial to apply it to prevent minors from starting gambling. When you talk about crypto, there are still some platforms that don't use it. In theory, a minor could also play on that, although I don't know off the top of my head which gambling sites allow gambling without performing a certain KYC. Yet you don't hear much about gambling among minors. After all, what minor has a significant budget for gambling?

[bitcampaign]

if they bet just for fun, I don't think it will affect his future.

On the contrary, a child that is aware of gambling at an early age may grow up to be an addicted gambler because the child may be gambling for fun. After all, he or she is not financially stable at the moment because of his age but when he or she is of age he may decide to try out what he's been doing from an early age with funds by so doing the then child has grown up to become an addicted gambler. In order not to risk the child's future, I won't encourage anyone to allow his child to know or get used to gambling be it for fun or anything.

since childhood I like to gamble with my friends using dominoes to bet my pocket money, lose and win we still enjoy the results together because the thoughts of children always sharing with friends is good, but that has not made me a gambling addict until now, I gamble on soccer betting even then once every week in the big leagues, not every day to gamble

[minime0105]

Children is not allowed to be expose where gambling is taking placbe for the first time, i blame everyone who have a child that is interested in gamblling, sometimes children who goes into gambling does not have any attention of doing it, but they got the concept from their parents or the environment they found theirs self, so i believe that gambling is something we emulate from people around us, because children might have seen people gambling before developing interest.

Unfortunately, the internet is the place where underage find gambling and there are kids that already use the internet at a very young age, especially in times of pandemic where the learning institutions opted to distance learning through the internet, we adults should monitor our kid's activities online see to it that we check what they are surfing and monitor their surfing history.
Besides adults not gambling in front of our children monitoring their internet activity is also a must.
We are going to ruin our children's future if we let our children be exposed to gambling, early intervention is a must for a child to have a bright future.

That's why i made a point of parents contributing sixty percent of their children be addicted in gamblling, from tender age a child is being exposed in the internet, why won't them know what os gamblling, because it's the narrative you give your children will determine if children will directly understand the meaning of gambling and exactly the advantages and disadvantages of gambling from the way i understand it. I believe gamble have two different ways which children can copy and gamble, either hearing from the parents or knowing through internet, which a parents can restrict it, if the kids at home is well monitored.

[tabas]

It may look odd for most but it's really happening, and I've been introduced to gambling when I was younger and also under aged. I think the effect of it would last long until that young person grows up. He'll get to have many ideas in gambling and it's on him whether he's going to continue it or not. But as someone who's been introduced to it on a younger age, I wouldn't allow the younger ones that I know introduced on it, it will be a terrible idea and I don't know how they can bring themselves in and out on it.

[Rufsilf]

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

The regulatory system and the implementing body never perform their job well. They are the ones to be blamed in the first place, not these young age gamblers because they can't be there if the restrictions are working. But never I see the care in this situation and even the parent just let their kids be involved in this place. They are not just allowing it but they teach their kids how to break the law and even push them to become addicted to gambling.

 - the bad effect is that this could lead these young ages to commit criminalities/illegalities when they become heavily addicted to gambling.

[Doell]

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

I read a few years ago in an article about the effect of gambling among underage bettors, and finally I found it again.

Kenyan, Nigerian governments addressing rampant youth sports gambling
In spite of the laws regulating gambling in Nigeria, that's the minimum legal age to be able to gamble in Nigeria is 18 years, only on paper the fact is that there is still a lot of illegal gambling without age restrictions.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Depending on the situation and conditions in the future, he could be better or worse, but usually most of them will be worse and be addicted.

[erep]

It's really disgusting to see that, you can report that to authorities here in our place operators never do that because they will get their license revoked and our government ordered a mandatory placing a visible notice that underage are not allowed to place bets, if the youth donot see a sign like that he'll think that he can bet.

Many gambling places do not actually have licenses and they gamble without following the regulations of the authorities so that some violations are eliminated, I am very concerned to see the younger generation being allowed to gamble because they have provided gambling places, but underage gambling must be reported immediately because the casino have violated the rules regarding underage gambling participants, are not allowed to gamble and are not even allowed to join real gambling and online gambling.

[lalabotax]

Many gambling places do not actually have licenses and they gamble without following the regulations of the authorities so that some violations are eliminated, I am very concerned to see the younger generation being allowed to gamble because they have provided gambling places, but underage gambling must be reported immediately because the casino have violated the rules regarding underage gambling participants, are not allowed to gamble and are not even allowed to join real gambling and online gambling.

Some gambling platforms use certain KYC processes to avoid this thing, that is about under age gamblers. As we know that kids nowadays are really skillful in some games. But in gambling, this is different. We are not only dealing with the games that we have the skill in, but also our emotions, management to control our desire for gambling, our risk management, and many more again. And I ma sure that most kids don't have the requirement very well. they may be able to play for gambling, but how they are able to make it well-controlled and conform to their willingness.

[Vaskiy]

Gambling is much practiced by the underage people. Amidst the regulation and restrictions the usage of gambling have increased much among the younger generation over time. Gambling gives the belief of being rich, and this tempts the younger ones to be into gambling. This kind of underage gambling is much experienced on the African countries and the same will spread around, as the gambling industry is getting widened with existence of more and more number of gambling service providers.

[qwertyup23]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Just like any other addiction, it starts with developing a habit. Then once you continuously do your habit, it becomes a discipline where you integrate it to your daily lives at least everyday. The problem with under-age gamblers is that they are very fragile and sensitive when it comes to their influences. At a very young age, they should be focusing on their career paths/goals and gambling is one of those potentially destructive activity that can hinder them from achieving their goal due to its nature.

There is a reason on why gambling is only allowed 18+ or the age of majority in our respective countries as this is considered the age of full discretion. If under-age gamblers become victim of this activity, then their welfare is definitely in danger of being hindered detrimentally.

[darkangel11]

The legal age has been a topic of countless discussions already and while I agree that there should be some limits and we shouldn't allow children to do what adults are doing, but in different parts of the world the word adult means different things. In some places a teenager who is 16 is considered to be of legal age to gamble, drink, start a family. In other parts of the world like in the US you have to be 21 to do certain things.

So what's the legal age? How old should a person be to drink, smoke and gamble. Most US teenagers have sex before they turn 17, but they can't legally drink for another 4 years. Is that what restrictions should look like?

[noorman0]

I think the fantasies of underage people are bigger than adults, influenced by the spectacle of entertainers who live glamorously so that they can dream of achieving unlimited "success" as early as possible. Basically, underage people find it easier to place bets without feeling heavy because most of them don't understand the difficulty of making money on their own. Besides prohibiting underage gambling, regulations in several countries also do not allow young people (school age) to get a job.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

Unfortunately, that's true. Kids cannot be stopped, especially in the digital space. Nowadays it is not difficult for a child to buy drugs on a dark market or even more so to play in a casino, if that is what they want. In the same way non-traditional values are promoted when Snow White is shown as a man in a cartoon, for example. I'm not talking about teenagers who are 15-17 years old, they have already got their minds set. The digital world has a very strong influence on young children. And gambling is probably not the biggest problem.

This is undoubtedly the case, many children and adolescents are quite curious and do whatever it takes to obtain information and access to the places they most want and are prohibited from, when it comes to casinos, many are drawn to it, and they have access to all kinds of things. of technology because they are very smart, they are capable of learning anything, there are no limits for them.

That is why parents should have a very important role in their children, parents always have to protect their children, and one of these ways is through supervision, making them do activities like sports, music, making them learn an art, whatever keeps them away to make up.

[gunhell16]

Gambling is much practiced by the underage people. Amidst the regulation and restrictions the usage of gambling have increased much among the younger generation over time. Gambling gives the belief of being rich, and this tempts the younger ones to be into gambling. This kind of underage gambling is much experienced on the African countries and the same will spread around, as the gambling industry is getting widened with existence of more and more number of gambling service providers.

The only thing that is not good in the minds of minors and even adult gamblers who are involved in gambling is that they think that they can get rich with small capital gambling bets when they get the jackpot bonus like the Lottery.

Especially since I have seen many of them become millionaires because of the lottery, even I sometimes bet on the lottery here when I saw that the prize in the raffle draw was too big. And I think the number of gamblers has increased now since we entered the pandemic and now every country is gradually easing up on this matter.

[Genemind]

Kids are going to gamble. You can’t stop it. Kids see things and they want to take part. Gambling is no different. I recall kids in school gambling on things from as early as I can remember. Even games like Pogs were introduced to children that seemingly fueled the urge to gamble. There isn’t much that could be done as it’s easier to gamble than get your hands on alcohol as a kid. Especially with online gambling and crypto now, I don’t see this as an easily tackled problem.

I remember playing pogs and different kinds of games which is some sort of gambling in a form. You are right, we cannot stop kids from discovering things such as gambling. Learning gambling at a young age is inevitable especially nowadays when kids have access to almost everything thru the internet. I would say with proper guidance and discipline from adults a kid will never go astray. I've grown up in a family of gamblers, my grandparents are heavy gamblers but with their proper guidance, I never became a problematic gambler. So parents take a huge part in how these kids grow up since there's no stopping them from discovering things.

[len01]

Underage gambling has a novel effect on the future of the person.
because minors cannot control their emotions properly and eventually they will become addicted and become bad habits until they grow up.
Some gambling addicts who are really extreme can become really depressed and crazy just because they are addicted to gambling. There have been lots of examples where people with high depression have been caused by gambling.

and I think underage gambling should be supervised by the gambling regulatory agency in your city to provide proper guidance for underage gamblers.

[xSkylarx]

under-age gambling.any side effects? 

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Mostly the reason why they won't allow underage persons in gambling is because it can make them addicted to it, and you know that if this comes, you can't control yourself as well as you are going to do everything, no matter what just to gamble, it's sort of like doing drugs. Also, there are a lot of reasons why they are going to gamble. First, they were just told by their parents to bet on this as a task for them, and second, they have friends who will tell them to bet since they can earn money on it. 

[Saisher]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

We, adults, have problems with how to cure our addiction and it's taking a big toll on our minds and our work, what more on the youth, gambling should not occupy the mind of the youth their mind is fertile and can easily influence if their thoughts run on how easy money be made on gambling, they will not study anymore and will just their luck in gambling. and this will shatter their dreams and will be a big problem for their parents and society, youth should cultivate their dreams and study to fulfill them, and gambling should have no place in any young's mind.

[Gyfts]

what are the police doing so they can't control the gambling of underage children. in my neighborhood there was a child who had just been caught by residents trying to rob an old woman, when asked by the police he answered to pay debts to loan sharks because he lost at gambling

Most governments have a Know Your Customer (KYC) policy because of this exact reason. To prevent underage gambling, as well as malicious criminal activities. This is one of the examples where KYC actually makes a little bit of sense. I've said this before, but not all KYC is a bad idea. Unfortunately, a lot of cryptocurrency gambling websites don't have this requirement which makes it a lot easier for underage people to gamble. I'm not saying that they should implement KYC though, I'm just saying this is unfortunately unavoidable without compromising other users privacy.

I'm generally okay with KYC for physical casinos because they'll ask you upon entrance, not after you deposit money, win, and try to withdraw.

You don't have to comply with a KYC either, refuse the ID request and just leave the premise.

I'm sure a lot of underage gambling happens on online crypto casinos, I'm not sure what the solution is. IMO, it's unreasonable to ask for KYC for every user just because a minority of them might be underage. Parents should police their children better instead of passing that off that responsibility to platforms.

[jamyr]

under-age gambling.any side effects?  

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

When you realize you have been gambling at school as a kid, not with money yes, but what is money if it aint its value, and school kids value bragging rights and pride.
 School kids who sometimes enjoy playing with other kids in forms of video games, or simple sports games.

And of course the state of euphoria when you come out as a champ.

[lienfaye]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Gambling is not suitable for minor and they should not be allowed to gamble. It can affect their mental health and how they deal with things like in school, at home, staying away with friends and social activities. If they experience to win in gambling, kids might think it's easy to earn money especially the money they use to gamble is from their parents. They didn't experience yet the financial struggle that adults experienced after engaging themselves in gambling. Hence, the Government should implement a strict rules for the prohibition of gambling to underage.

[Slow death]

When you realize you have been gambling at school as a kid, not with money yes...

It reminds me that when I was a child and my friends when I played we bet real money, we always bet on real money, see that in those times in my country there were no casinos, I had no smart headphones, you didn't have TV smart or high -tech TVs, So as we didn't have it all, it was a world without technology, nobody was addicted because of gambling, no one who knows, but today and different, a 6 -year -old already has a phone who gets on the internet, watched TV and vertey of gambling

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Gambling is not suitable for minor and they should not be allowed to gamble. It can affect their mental health and how they deal with things like in school, at home, staying away with friends and social activities.

But this just happens in this high -tech generation in the past, something like 20 years behind, children played and bet on real money and did not get addiction and psychological problems, except children in drug use zones

[SOKO-DEKE]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Gambling is not suitable for minor and they should not be allowed to gamble. It can affect their mental health and how they deal with things like in school, at home, staying away with friends and social activities. If they experience to win in gambling, kids might think it's easy to earn money especially the money they use to gamble is from their parents. They didn't experience yet the financial struggle that adults experienced after engaging themselves in gambling. Hence, the Government should implement a strict rules for the prohibition of gambling to underage.

 I believe all this betting sites have their rules, especially when it turn to term of age I always found it in any betting site whenever visited any betting site that under 18 of age is prohibited, but children of nowadays lies doing the registration in those sites that they are above 18 I  age. And for those children going to shop to bet games are mostly convinced the cashiers or the owner of the bet shop that they have been send by their parents or elderly once which are adult.


Many kids learn how to gamble through their parents or elderly once, so it is  left for parents any or elderly people to avoid discussing any related thing to gambling in front of kids and whenever found any kind doing such a diet thing they should advise those kids to stop it because it very dangerous for life. Because the addiction of gambling can lead kinds  to stealing from money for parents, relatives or find any way for getting the money to bet whenever they don't have money to gamble again.

We should know that government and betting companies can't do it a lone by site only law but also need the help of adults in that aspect, so that kids life will not spoil in addition to gambling.

[YOSHIE]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I visit land casinos quite often, but i have never seen minors allowed in to visit, let alone want to place a bet, we live in a country where the rules for land casinos are really strict, as far as I know each country has special rules for visitors who want to bet.

I don't know, which country do you live in, what is clear is that children 14-15 years are not a good solution for them, it will have a bad impact on them now and in the future, the risk is bigger than what is seen at this time.

Sometimes, the minors you've seen, they visit the casino, actually it's not their fault, the casinos are blamed for letting them gamble, I think if such a case happens, my forecast is less adult visitors there, for that they allow their goal to get profits and assets regardless of the risks and effects that occur in the future because they allow minors.

[tabas]

It may look odd for most but it's really happening, and I've been introduced to gambling when I was younger and also under aged. I think the effect of it would last long until that young person grows up. He'll get to have many ideas in gambling and it's on him whether he's going to continue it or not. But as someone who's been introduced to it on a younger age, I wouldn't allow the younger ones that I know introduced on it, it will be a terrible idea and I don't know how they can bring themselves in and out on it.

What country OP talks about?
While these young guys have a chance to build their future, they have to avoid any kind of addiction and governments should be involved in such situations. Gambling companies have strict rules and most popular online sports bookies ask for KYC to verify a user's age. Having an interest in soccer is understandable, it is not a problem if they keep supporting the team they like most but making bets over teams will lead to addictions since their brain activity age is still going on to keep observing things around them. Banning underage gambling companies and arresting such resellers can save young gamblers, otherwise, gambling addiction will kick in sooner or later for the young generation.

I think it's Nigeria since that's where he's posting locally based on his post history. Even if the gambling companies will be strict with their implementing rules and policies about keeping away the minors. There are minors that are too persistent and want to keep gambling and hides under the wings of their parents identity. That's why it's hard to combat this issue whether the government intervenes or the casino becomes too hard on them but I guess, with those effort, there will be from little effect to major effect in the future.

[fzkto]

It may look odd for most but it's really happening, and I've been introduced to gambling when I was younger and also under aged. I think the effect of it would last long until that young person grows up. He'll get to have many ideas in gambling and it's on him whether he's going to continue it or not. But as someone who's been introduced to it on a younger age, I wouldn't allow the younger ones that I know introduced on it, it will be a terrible idea and I don't know how they can bring themselves in and out on it.

What country OP talks about?
While these young guys have a chance to build their future, they have to avoid any kind of addiction and governments should be involved in such situations. Gambling companies have strict rules and most popular online sports bookies ask for KYC to verify a user's age. Having an interest in soccer is understandable, it is not a problem if they keep supporting the team they like most but making bets over teams will lead to addictions since their brain activity age is still going on to keep observing things around them. Banning underage gambling companies and arresting such resellers can save young gamblers, otherwise, gambling addiction will kick in sooner or later for the young generation.

I can tell you from experience that none of the gambling sites I used to register with offered me verification. That is, there were buttons confirming my age, but nothing more. So any underage user can play on gambling sites without any problem. And individual governments have no power to influence this. This is a really big problem with little mention of it.

[inthelongrun]

There are many countries that not strictly imposing some of their laws and one of them is to not allow underage individuals to play in casinos, be it online or offline. In my country, I cannot remember when casino security personnel asked for IDs or asked people their age. But this is also similar to online crypto casinos that are not forcing their clients to do a KYC. In the end, it is the government that needs its laws to be enacted properly. Responsible gambling is a must.

[ethereumhunter]

I can tell you from experience that none of the gambling sites I used to register with offered me verification. That is, there were buttons confirming my age, but nothing more. So any underage user can play on gambling sites without any problem. And individual governments have no power to influence this. This is a really big problem with little mention of it.

Especially if it means users can use their cell phones freely and have an internet connection. They can browse almost any site without any problems and when they see a gambling ad, they can easily register and deposit money to play immediately. If they are asked to verify, they can also easily verify it. But crypto casinos can play without verifying because there are still some that don't ask users to verify directly. This needs serious attention from the government and parents to monitor how their children use their cell phones.

[roslinpl]

Gambling is not a game of minor people. Some minor involved in the gambling by using the proxy Id. It should not be encouraged at any level. Some minor using the Id of their fathers, this happening with the gambling sites mandatory the kyc. This minor use the Id of their parents and the debit card of the parents. Many minor was captured after they used their parents cards and lost some millions. Till the usage of card with less money doesn’t affect the balance of the parents. So they won’t notify their loss till the statement he get from the bank account. At this stage, their children will totally addicted to the gambling.

[Cookdata]

under-age gambling.any side effects?  

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Every time I see or hear of underage gambling, the adage that says "an idle mind is a devil's workshop" comes to mind. The underage children you see in such betting shops are sometimes the result of factors such as inadequate parental guidance, peer pressure within their group, the environment, and the gaming company and ads agencies. Let me explain in more detail:

1. Poor parental guidance: Parents are meant to be aware of their children's activities and to oversee what they do and where they go, but some parents, particularly those who work and have little or no time for their children, are very lenient in this regard.

2. Peer pressure: Some adolescents are carried away by the small amounts of money their peers make and are affected by it just to feel among, which is something parents should keep an eye on.

3. The environment we live in impacts us, and society determines the type of person we become without proper supervision, if the environment does not restrict gambling for children, it will surely be a major issue in society.

4. The way gambling firms and agencies advertise are too pushy. I understand that underage children are meant to have limits on internet exposure, but I don't think gambling advertisements should be on underage screens.

These are some of the few things that contribute to underage gambling, though with proper supervision, parents can minimise them.

[Jemzx00]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

I visit land casinos quite often, but i have never seen minors allowed in to visit, let alone want to place a bet, we live in a country where the rules for land casinos are really strict, as far as I know each country has special rules for visitors who want to bet.

I don't know, which country do you live in, what is clear is that children 14-15 years are not a good solution for them, it will have a bad impact on them now and in the future, the risk is bigger than what is seen at this time.

Sometimes, the minors you've seen, they visit the casino, actually it's not their fault, the casinos are blamed for letting them gamble, I think if such a case happens, my forecast is less adult visitors there, for that they allow their goal to get profits and assets regardless of the risks and effects that occur in the future because they allow minors.

This often vary country to country. Same goes on my country, you will rarely see minors on physical casinos however there are some casinos which allows minors on the premises as long as they are accompanied by an adult, and they cannot play any table or games, in short, they can only observe and watch games, but they cannot gamble.

If in any case, these minors have been allowed to gamble, then only the casino are at fault as they are the one who should not allow them to play.

[BITCOIN4X]

I can tell you from experience that none of the gambling sites I used to register with offered me verification. That is, there were buttons confirming my age, but nothing more. So any underage user can play on gambling sites without any problem. And individual governments have no power to influence this. This is a really big problem with little mention of it.

So what if the casino asked them to fill out a KYC form, would these kids use someone else's KYC to pass?
I never thought it was proper practice to be able to gamble because basically forcing myself to play under the age of 18 is a clear offence.

I disagree about kids being able to gamble without any restrictions, even if they manage to cheat the casino with other people's data then it is really not recommended. But anyway the casino will not mind it as long as gamblers are able to complete KYC when it is needed at any time.

[fzkto]

I can tell you from experience that none of the gambling sites I used to register with offered me verification. That is, there were buttons confirming my age, but nothing more. So any underage user can play on gambling sites without any problem. And individual governments have no power to influence this. This is a really big problem with little mention of it.

So what if the casino asked them to fill out a KYC form, would these kids use someone else's KYC to pass?
I never thought it was proper practice to be able to gamble because basically forcing myself to play under the age of 18 is a clear offence.

I disagree about kids being able to gamble without any restrictions, even if they manage to cheat the casino with other people's data then it is really not recommended. But anyway the casino will not mind it as long as gamblers are able to complete KYC when it is needed at any time.

They will not need to cheat anyone. All they have to do is go to another site which might not ask for verification. There are now so many online crypto gambling sites with any choice of gambling products. And absolutely all sites use in their design beautiful cartoon graphics, which attracts more attention just from young people. Yes, probably the way out of such a situation would be the introduction of KYC.

[serjent05]

When you realize you have been gambling at school as a kid, not with money yes, but what is money if it aint its value, and school kids value bragging rights and pride.
 School kids who sometimes enjoy playing with other kids in forms of video games, or simple sports games.

And of course the state of euphoria when you come out as a champ.

This isn't gambling, this is competition, IMO.  Competition is way different than gambling unless money is involved as wagering on whoever comes out victorious.  This kind of activity involves the participant's self-esteem especially when they bet on their opponent in that competition.  The same way the defeated has the motivation to improve themselves in that category.  In short, this kind of activity renders a positive result for the participants.

While kids involving themselves in gambling games such as slots, dice, ect... will render themselves open to gambling addiction and that is not a good thing for kids.

[FanEagle]

KYC is not a way to prevent under-age gamblers, lets be honest with each other because they are asking it from everyone whereas it could be like maybe 5% of all gamblers that are underage, probably less. So that is not the main way to prevent it, and they will just go to places that doesn't ask KYC and it's over.

The real reason why under-age gambling is a problem is also the same as underage drinking, smoking, sex, and everything else. It is just not something you can prevent and that's the trouble. As long as you can't prevent none of that, you can't prevent gambling neither. Some people will do things before they are allowed to, and you won't be stopping that at all.

[carlisle1]

KYC is not a way to prevent under-age gamblers, lets be honest with each other because they are asking it from everyone whereas it could be like maybe 5% of all gamblers that are underage, probably less. So that is not the main way to prevent it, and they will just go to places that doesn't ask KYC and it's over.

The real reason why under-age gambling is a problem is also the same as underage drinking, smoking, sex, and everything else. It is just not something you can prevent and that's the trouble. As long as you can't prevent none of that, you can't prevent gambling neither. Some people will do things before they are allowed to, and you won't be stopping that at all.

Exactly these rascals will always find ways to continue with this kind of activities even they are still not allowed to do so, we can't prevent it if we will not focus on it and try to limit those young folks.

Though it's another concern since limiting them will only push them to try other alternatives, like you said, even you place KYC those people
will just find other option other places that they can continue without any hassle with KYC.

It will continue and we just need to be alerted to avoid things to happen with our own family members.

[stomachgrowls]

KYC is not a way to prevent under-age gamblers, lets be honest with each other because they are asking it from everyone whereas it could be like maybe 5% of all gamblers that are underage, probably less. So that is not the main way to prevent it, and they will just go to places that doesn't ask KYC and it's over.

The real reason why under-age gambling is a problem is also the same as underage drinking, smoking, sex, and everything else. It is just not something you can prevent and that's the trouble. As long as you can't prevent none of that, you can't prevent gambling neither. Some people will do things before they are allowed to, and you won't be stopping that at all.

Exactly these rascals will always find ways to continue with this kind of activities even they are still not allowed to do so, we can't prevent it if we will not focus on it and try to limit those young folks.

Though it's another concern since limiting them will only push them to try other alternatives, like you said, even you place KYC those people
will just find other option other places that they can continue without any hassle with KYC.

It will continue and we just need to be alerted to avoid things to happen with our own family members.

There's always a way and this is why we do keep on seeing or listening out this kind of news or situation where there are minors who do able to bypass out these platforms and able to play whether in online or offline casinos.This do really particularly pertains about house decision and verification process but we know that it can't really be that perfect.

It's true that it would always be that good on having a check into your children or kids on guiding them and advising on what are the cons of gambling which it'd never be that good.
Verification process is standard but we know that there are ways which it could be bypassed and let those youngsters do able to play.

[Cookdata]

KYC is not a way to prevent under-age gamblers, lets be honest with each other because they are asking it from everyone whereas it could be like maybe 5% of all gamblers that are underage, probably less. So that is not the main way to prevent it, and they will just go to places that doesn't ask KYC and it's over.

KYC is a measure at least, it will reduce some numbers of them to some certain extent but the crooks ones who are techy would know the crook's ways to overcome the KYC barrier without casinos knowing the real person behind an account.

The real reason why under-age gambling is a problem is also the same as underage drinking, smoking, sex, and everything else. It is just not something you can prevent and that's the trouble. As long as you can't prevent none of that, you can't prevent gambling neither. Some people will do things before they are allowed to, and you won't be stopping that at all.

I beg to differ though, Sex, Alcohol consumption and smoking start from a stage and any serious parents see one of two of the symptoms of these addictions at an earlier stage, they just choose to ignore or don't do their part. There is Sex education for underage children, there are dangers of smoking for every parent to teach their children, there is also dangers of consumptions of alcohol to teach their children, the problem is that parent overlook these important things, if all these should have a remedy, then gambling can be set to the bearest minimum among underage children.

[KennyR]

Gambling is not a game of minor people. Some minor involved in the gambling by using the proxy Id.It should not be encouraged at any level. Some minor using the Id of their fathers, this happening with the gambling sites mandatory the kyc. This minor use the Id of their parents and the debit card of the parents. Many minor was captured after they used their parents cards and lost some millions. Till the usage of card with less money doesn’t affect the balance of the parents. So they won’t notify their loss till the statement he get from the bank account. At this stage, their children will totally addicted to the gambling.

Gambling is not for the underage people. Nowadays most of the person into gambling were underaged ones. The technology advancement have given access to it. Underage people find it an easy thing as technology gives the convenience to gamble without restrictions. I find gaming addiction to be an serious issue with specific age group which might further turn to be gambling addiction.

[harizen]

Then how the hell did these 14-15 years old got money to gamble with? Regardless, these minors don't have that full encouragement yet to just push their gambling activity and with just a serious approach on them to apply strong restrictions, they will surely have that mindset to just follow.

Not all minors are dumb. They have that knowledge already to know what's right or wrong. It's just that they learning new things each while growing and gambling-related stuff are just around the corner. Now let's say that the said minor is showing bad habits because of gambling, it's the guardian's responsibility to take care of that thing.

[Yogee]

.....then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

There are countries whose legal age is 16 and there may be others with lower number as their age of consent. I doubt the one or two-year age gap would really be that big of a factor when we talk about the "side effects" of gambling addiction at an early age.

[xSkylarx]

.....then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

There are countries whose legal age is 16 and there may be others with lower number as their age of consent. I doubt the one or two-year age gap won't really be that big of a factor when we talk about the "side effects" of gambling addiction at an early age.

Our government is also pushing this legal age due to incidents involving minors, mostly 17 years old. It has really good aspects to have this 16- to 17-year-old legal age. At this generation's age, 16 to 17, people are more mature than they were in my time, and they are more curious about things that we parents can't stop.
Mostly, those side effects greatly affect those teens, as that is where they start learning what is really in the world, and this is also the time that teens get curious, which is where the addiction starts. 

[AicecreaME]

under-age gambling.any side effects?  

Firstly gambling is a habit that becomes an addiction when not properly control and its really gonna eat you up likewise making you restless and not always focused on things you should do.

The  rate at which i see young minds and teens involved in the act of gambling in my area is really alarming and because of the poor regulatory bodies controlling the laws in my area they can't really do anything about this and its really affecting this young age.
Gambling has become a thing for everyone in my locality with out any age restrictions and am just curious If this is not going to cause side effects on this young gamblers.

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Minors are prohibited to gambling in most countries for a reason. It isn't imposed just because. There are many good reasons as to why underage people shouldn't engage in gambling. In my perspective, here are the things to consider valid grounds to not allow minors to be gamblers.

1. They are not yet good decision makers. Those people who are considered to be underage which are years 18 below do not really possess the necessary knowledge just yet when it comes to making decisions on their own. They still have to be guided by their parents or guardians because their brains aren't mature enough to make sound judgments needed in taking an action, most especially when it comes to gambling.

2. They still need to ask for their parent's consent. Related to number 1, this will prove that the minors cannot really move on their own just yet because of maturity reasons. They have to ask permission first before they can be allowed to do something or go to something. Since gambling could possess major risks in someone's life, a person who can't consent on their own and has to ask consent on their parents shouldn't be qualified and tolerated to be gambling.

3. They don't earn money just yet. Since they are underage, they definitely are still living in the same roof with their parents. Therefore, they still have no job/s to pay for their own meal or rent, nor even spend for the things they want to like. They are still relying on the allowances being given to them by their parents or guardians. In this case, someone must not use the money allocated for a certain thing which is important just to gamble. Using your parents' hard-earned money in betting is just pure disrespect.

4. They still have no enough concept about how the world works. Minors do not have the enough knowledge about financial management, risk assessment, risk analysis, and so on. They don't know the depth of possible repercussions the moment they engage in gambling. They have the idea of entertainment, fun, and winning money, but they don't have the idea about how to responsibly take care of them.

There are still so many reasons why minors shouldn't really be gambling on their youth. Their teenage years could be their formative years which could have an impact in the way they view life and the way how they will do things. Gambling shouldn't really be honed in those years. Instead of gambling, they should be learning about risk assessment and management, and financial literacy. So when they grew up, if ever they do want to engage in gambling in their adult years, they already have the necessary information which could help them stay in the right path and avoid being addicted in gambling.

[danherbias07]

Then how the hell did these 14-15 years old got money to gamble with? Regardless, these minors don't have that full encouragement yet to just push their gambling activity and with just a serious approach on them to apply strong restrictions, they will surely have that mindset to just follow.

Not all minors are dumb. They have that knowledge already to know what's right or wrong. It's just that they learning new things each while growing and gambling-related stuff are just around the corner. Now let's say that the said minor is showing bad habits because of gambling, it's the guardian's responsibility to take care of that thing.

That's true. Let's not always put the blame on the gambling sites, there's also the side of lack of responsibility from the parents or guardians of these underage kids.
Although, in the case of OP's story about the cashier making it possible for the kids to gamble is the gambling platform's mistake.
They could be sued for that.
I remember when I was still young and since I am too small, the cashier will always ask for my ID when I try to buy things that should only be allowed for 18+ age. i.e. cigarettes and alcohol. They should keep on reminding their employees about how big is at stake if ever they deal with a minor.

[passwordnow]

Not all minors are dumb. They have that knowledge already to know what's right or wrong. It's just that they learning new things each while growing and gambling-related stuff are just around the corner.

I agree, they've got the knowledge and it's not just an accident that they fell into the gambling houses or casinos. They're even smarter these days with the help of technology.

Now let's say that the said minor is showing bad habits because of gambling, it's the guardian's responsibility to take care of that thing.

The sad thing about this is that the guardian is doing the best but still not enough to guard the kid because of being hard-headed. This is mostly a parental problem but if the kid is in a bad community and got bad influence in the circle of friends, that's hard to deal with.

[Docnaster]

.....then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

There are countries whose legal age is 16 and there may be others with lower number as their age of consent. I doubt the one or two-year age gap won't really be that big of a factor when we talk about the "side effects" of gambling addiction at an early age.

Our government is also pushing this legal age due to incidents involving minors, mostly 17 years old. It has really good aspects to have this 16- to 17-year-old legal age. At this generation's age, 16 to 17, people are more mature than they were in my time, and they are more curious about things that we parents can't stop.
Mostly, those side effects greatly affect those teens, as that is where they start learning what is really in the world, and this is also the time that teens get curious, which is where the addiction starts. 

After seeing how young people grow big and misbehave this time around, I concluded that God created another generation from the year 2000. If you look at this teenagers you think that they know things as they have grow. but I took out my time to call few of them and interviewed them and I discovered that they don't have any experience of life. There is little or even nothing in their head about life and that is why I cry for them because they are heading to doom and some of their parents do not take responsibility, they allowed society to train their kids any how the kids meet the society

[wiss19]

I remember playing pogs and different kinds of games which is some sort of gambling in a form. You are right, we cannot stop kids from discovering things such as gambling. Learning gambling at a young age is inevitable especially nowadays when kids have access to almost everything thru the internet. I would say with proper guidance and discipline from adults a kid will never go astray. I've grown up in a family of gamblers, my grandparents are heavy gamblers but with their proper guidance, I never became a problematic gambler. So parents take a huge part in how these kids grow up since there's no stopping them from discovering things.

When we are kids we are already exposed in gambling due to some of the games that we play which has an element of it and our parents didn't totally stop us from this because they think it was only just a game but they will only stop us if we are over doing it because we also have to study and go to school. This is the priority of our parents as a kid.

I think that can also be apply even if kids are playing the real thing which is gambling. Their parents can allow them but as long as they won't over do it so that they won't become a gambling addict later on which could result for some disastrous things like stealing, mental, and physical health issues. etc.

[maydna]

Not all minors are dumb. They have that knowledge already to know what's right or wrong. It's just that they learning new things each while growing and gambling-related stuff are just around the corner.

I agree, they've got the knowledge and it's not just an accident that they fell into the gambling houses or casinos. They're even smarter these days with the help of technology.

Today's underage children are smarter than children for decades because their food intake is better than before, triggering better brain development as well. In learning something, they tend to be able to accept it more quickly than previous children. And with the help of technology makes them well developed and better teaches them good things.

Now let's say that the said minor is showing bad habits because of gambling, it's the guardian's responsibility to take care of that thing.

The sad thing about this is that the guardian is doing the best but still not enough to guard the kid because of being hard-headed. This is mostly a parental problem but if the kid is in a bad community and got bad influence in the circle of friends, that's hard to deal with.

The most common problem faced is parents who are too busy with their activities and do not supervise their children properly. They think that by giving what their child asks for, they can solve the problem. But that only sometimes works because, in that way, children feel they can do something different from other children. This is what parents need to realize because, with today's technological developments, parents also need to learn more to accompany their children.

[Silberman]

I remember playing pogs and different kinds of games which is some sort of gambling in a form. You are right, we cannot stop kids from discovering things such as gambling. Learning gambling at a young age is inevitable especially nowadays when kids have access to almost everything thru the internet. I would say with proper guidance and discipline from adults a kid will never go astray. I've grown up in a family of gamblers, my grandparents are heavy gamblers but with their proper guidance, I never became a problematic gambler. So parents take a huge part in how these kids grow up since there's no stopping them from discovering things.

When we are kids we are already exposed in gambling due to some of the games that we play which has an element of it and our parents didn't totally stop us from this because they think it was only just a game but they will only stop us if we are over doing it because we also have to study and go to school. This is the priority of our parents as a kid.

I think that can also be apply even if kids are playing the real thing which is gambling. Their parents can allow them but as long as they won't over do it so that they won't become a gambling addict later on which could result for some disastrous things like stealing, mental, and physical health issues. etc.

Since it is impossible to protect kids from being exposed to some gambling games then the parents need to take the initiative and explain to them why those games are not for minors and should only be practiced by them if they are adults, after all the money that is given by the parents to their kids has a completely different purpose, and as such kids should not be free to spend it in whatever they want as that money did not belonged to them in the first place.

[Poker Player]

Just the other day i was predicting  some games in the world cup in a betshop cause my network was bad so i can't stake online  so i decided to go to the betshop to place the bet, then to my shock i was boy aged around 14 to 15 years who came in and gave the cashier a booking code to place the bet and give him the coupon and the cashier collected and i was like isn't this too little to be involved in such acts.

I don't know where you live but where I live that doesn't happen.

Since it is impossible to protect kids from being exposed to some gambling games then the parents need to take the initiative and explain to them why those games are not for minors and should only be practiced by them if they are adults, after all the money that is given by the parents to their kids has a completely different purpose, and as such kids should not be free to spend it in whatever they want as that money did not belonged to them in the first place.

I deny the premise. It is not impossible. If you live in a place where to enter a casino or bookmaker you are asked for an ID and your visit is registered, with large fines and even jail sentences for those who skip it, the possibility of a 14 year old entering is reduced to practically 0.

Education is fine, but if you live in a country where this is not controlled and minors are allowed to enter gambling sites everywhere, even if you educate your children, there is always a risk that they will end up in a gambling site at some point.

[Pierre 2]

I personally started sports betting at around 16-17 ages. I remember bettinghouse (or shop whatever you call) was filled with underages. They were all making coupons to make money to eat couple of free lunches in general. They never played with high amount of money as far as I could see. I think side effects of it are bit exeggarated. Like consider a kid betting a dollar for 3 matches to win 25 dollars. Its nothing in terms of amount. It will not influence your life.

[rodskee]

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And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Other countries have restrictions for kids to gamble for a good reason.
Their brains aren't developed enough for being responsible for most decisions, especially for any financial decisions involving addictive games. Those are hard for some adults too mut they are at least legally responsible for their actions.

but the problem here is that Gambling sites cannot completely handle the situation of Under age playing because we knew that gambling is rampant nowadays and younger generation is dealing with this as they can easily fake their details and conduct playing specially in decentralized gambling platform .
maybe we should look at the parental part about this and may see what would be the good effect towards this matter.

[btc78]

And am just curious if this won't affect the person in times to come

Mostly the reason why they won't allow underage persons in gambling is because it can make them addicted to it, and you know that if this comes, you can't control yourself as well as you are going to do everything, no matter what just to gamble, it's sort of like doing drugs. Also, there are a lot of reasons why they are going to gamble. First, they were just told by their parents to bet on this as a task for them, and second, they have friends who will tell them to bet since they can earn money on it.

The question stands about what is the effect of younger ages addiction mate  and not  why they are not allowed because even if they dont? surely people will still find ways to gamble specially youngsters that is very productive and willing to do everything about how to gamble.
so lets not blame sites instead let us blame ourselves from being addicted when we can skip from this if we only learn how to deal in gambling properly from beginning.

I personally started sports betting at around 16-17 ages. I remember bettinghouse (or shop whatever you call) was filled with underages. They were all making coupons to make money to eat couple of free lunches in general. They never played with high amount of money as far as I could see. I think side effects of it are bit exeggarated. Like consider a kid betting a dollar for 3 matches to win 25 dollars. Its nothing in terms of amount. It will not influence your life.

my sports betting in that age? are when we are betting in basketball or volleyball lol.

[traderethereum]

I personally started sports betting at around 16-17 ages. I remember bettinghouse (or shop whatever you call) was filled with underages. They were all making coupons to make money to eat couple of free lunches in general. They never played with high amount of money as far as I could see. I think side effects of it are bit exeggarated. Like consider a kid betting a dollar for 3 matches to win 25 dollars. Its nothing in terms of amount. It will not influence your life.

Many stores make coupons to attract children to try their luck, which is the store's income.
Unknowingly, these children already play gambling at a young age and their parents also don't complain about this because they see it as fun for their children.
And some parents even give their children extra money so they can try to buy the coupons.
And if this continues, it can cause mental problems because the children see that there is nothing wrong to do and may continue to ask their parents for money.

[carlisle1]

I remember playing pogs and different kinds of games which is some sort of gambling in a form. You are right, we cannot stop kids from discovering things such as gambling. Learning gambling at a young age is inevitable especially nowadays when kids have access to almost everything thru the internet. I would say with proper guidance and discipline from adults a kid will never go astray. I've grown up in a family of gamblers, my grandparents are heavy gamblers but with their proper guidance, I never became a problematic gambler. So parents take a huge part in how these kids grow up since there's no stopping them from discovering things.

When we are kids we are already exposed in gambling due to some of the games that we play which has an element of it and our parents didn't totally stop us from this because they think it was only just a game but they will only stop us if we are over doing it because we also have to study and go to school. This is the priority of our parents as a kid.

I think that can also be apply even if kids are playing the real thing which is gambling. Their parents can allow them but as long as they won't over do it so that they won't become a gambling addict later on which could result for some disastrous things like stealing, mental, and physical health issues. etc.

Since it is impossible to protect kids from being exposed to some gambling games then the parents need to take the initiative and explain to them why those games are not for minors and should only be practiced by them if they are adults, after all the money that is given by the parents to their kids has a completely different purpose, and as such kids should not be free to spend it in whatever they want as that money did not belonged to them in the first place.

Being responsible for taking initiative guiding your kids while they are in the process of exploring things, if you can have that open conversation
with your kids, you should explain to them the aftereffects of this activity.

You need to make sure that they will understand and they will get every point to limit them or if possible not to let them do gambling,
you still have that control while they are still young in mind.

Best thing to do if possible is to make sure to always be there, your present will avoid them to take this path.

[irhact]

The reasons why gambling is not good for under age people they are still at the age making good decisions will be difficult for them.

Underage gambling should never be supported as this younglings don't know what's good for them yet, when they're old enough to make life changing decision as becoming a gambler then they can be allowed to bet. Gambling has an addictive side and when youngling are allowed to be exposed to them we might get dangerous gamblers that can steal just to have money to gamble.

We have seem how destructive gambling can be and usually the youngling are the most affected as they're yet to understand life. Underage gambling should be ban in all countries and casino should put measure in place so they can fight this as well.

[Naficopa]

Gambling should only be allowed at an age where the person is ready to support himself and his financial needs , underage people who are still dependent on their parents and are still looking for parents consent in life matters shouldn't be allowed to participate in gambling.  They don't know what's good for them and what this gambling world is so better keep them away from this side of world .
Proper check and balance from parents end is the first thing needed for that.

[Yatsan]

Gambling should only be allowed at an age where the person is ready to support himself and his financial needs , underage people who are still dependent on their parents and are still looking for parents consent in life matters shouldn't be allowed to participate in gambling.  They don't know what's good for them and what this gambling world is so better keep them away from this side of world .
Proper check and balance from parents end is the first thing needed for that.

Problem is lack of legitimacy to some KYC procedures in online gambling industry. Everything transaction would be done virtually ofcourse players at any age could really engage to this activity by flasifying documents. And this thing is also evident even in land based casinos. Best thing to do is to prevent them personally if you are their friend or family member; let us start atleast with that. If more people would do so then through years, this might be prevented. Emphasis as well at school would be helpful to lessen the rate of gambling addiction not only on people of right ages but especially to young ones. But quite of suggestion, what if Kyc would be done as a video? Do you guys think that would work? (well, privacy concerns would be tackled if ever).

[jrrsparkles]

If I am not wrong every country has age restriction for gambling even though its completely legal there to gamble online or offline but the operators don't care about it on certain areas because all they need is money and laws are not that strict so they found loophole and all these things must be happening with the officials as well because of corrupted hands.

If you have the evidence and want to really stop the underage kids from gambling then all you can do is take legal actions with lawsuit.

[piebeyb]

Then how the hell did these 14-15 years old got money to gamble with? Regardless, these minors don't have that full encouragement yet to just push their gambling activity and with just a serious approach on them to apply strong restrictions, they will surely have that mindset to just follow.

Not all minors are dumb. They have that knowledge already to know what's right or wrong. It's just that they learning new things each while growing and gambling-related stuff are just around the corner. Now let's say that the said minor is showing bad habits because of gambling, it's the guardian's responsibility to take care of that thing.

it all depends on the way their parents educate or the environment in which they live, if there are many gamblers where the child lives, of course such an environment is not justified because underage children play gambling which should not be common there unless they live in a country free of gambling while in In my country, gambling like that will be prohibited and even the local police will arrest them if they see open gambling like that, let alone allowing minors to play gambling