under-age gamblers

[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.

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[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.