Minimum Age to gamble

[Docnaster]

As we all know that the age limit for gambling in casinos varies from country to country and can also depend on certain casino policies. And in most countries the minimum age for gambling in casinos is 18 years, there is also in some countries the age limit may be 21 years or more.
and 18 years and over are considered adults, but it is important to remember that gambling can be addictive and can have negative social and financial consequences, so it is important to gamble responsibly and really think maturely and play maturely to avoid addiction.

I don't know of other countries but gambling in my country is strictly for people that are 18+. However because of the fact there's limited number of law enforcement agencies that will punish offenders,  their seem to be good number of under age children in gambling sites

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[AmoreJaz]

Online casinos can easily be accessed and I think that teenagers below this age do gamble online because it will not be difficult for them to register and start gambling. At 18,it shows that you are an adult and should be left alone to make decisions on your own and face any consequences of your actions if they are illegal or against the law.

On land base casino,I don't know if the casino will have their own age limit at 18yrs. This also depends on the casino,it an be differ from one country to another or from one state to another. Anybody below 18yrs that gambles and win big in a casino that say 18-21 years,he might find it difficult to cash out his wins

Teenagers will always find a way to game the system and trick the platform into thinking that they are legal age individuals that can gamble on these platforms. You'll never really know if they're already allowed to gamble or not because they can easily submit fake documents or documentation that is bought online and then they're through. There are also some casinos out there that do not impose KYC restrictions because they are working illegally, so minors can also use that casino to gamble with little to no repercussions at all if they're caught.

As for land-based casinos, it will be hard for the teenagers to pass security checks unless they really look like they're old enough to play plus they have fake documentation that looks authentic to back up their claim.

that is the dilemma of some parents who have underage kids, as they can't look after them 24/7, and the access today is quite easy as 1-2-3, they can just rely on the teachings they give to their kids at home and hope that they won't go off course.
and let's admit that most casinos care for how much they can take in from their players, usually they will only flag down the account if they see big winnings and want to stall paying their winnings.

[STT]

I like how Poker is more legitimate in Connecticut and you can gamble at 18 instead 21 for anything else in the casino.  A proper game to play, respectable like     In some countries you can gamble on the government run lottery at 16, this might be because the government looks at this scheme as a kind of voluntary tax and so anyone who can pay tax can also buy a ticket for the lottery.   Its still gambling but thought of differently again.  I even know millionaire winners who won at age 16 too, its only fair I guess lucky them

[qwertyup23]

I came across an article How Old Do You Have to Be to Gamble in USA?. In this article, i saw that the minimum age to gamble is between 18 to 21 years. I wonder if the online casino do follow this minimum age for gambling.

Yes, the gambling sites have our age data through the KYC documents. Do they ever restrict anyone who is underage to not to gamble?

Yes, gambling websites may restrict or even ban users if they discover that the account is being used by an underage person. Depending on the ToS of a specific gambling website, a person of legal age is a pre-requisite in order for them to be able to gamble at their website.

Failure to comply with these requirements may compel the said gambling website to ban or deny your withdrawals at any time.

Also, if we find any site allowing minors to gamble, can legal action be taken against them?

As far as I know, this depends upon the jurisdiction of the said gambling website. If it is a land-based casino, then you may report this to your local enforcement agencies. If it is an online casino, the best thing that you could do is to report it to this forum for awareness of everyone.

[coin-investor]

that is the dilemma of some parents who have underage kids, as they can't look after them 24/7, and the access today is quite easy as 1-2-3, they can just rely on the teachings they give to their kids at home and hope that they won't go off course.
and let's admit that most casinos care for how much they can take in from their players, usually they will only flag down the account if they see big winnings and want to stall paying their winnings.

That's one bad scenario you have a kid winning a huge amount of money, he used his real name and not thinking that one day he can win a big amount of money, and yet being a kid can not have that amount, these kids will then learn to manipulate KYC, so letting kids play in casinos will not only make him addicted to gambling at an early age but there's a possibility that he will be exposed to corruption, kids nowadays are imaginative.

[serjent05]

It is a standard  for minimum age to gamble to be 18-21 depending on the jurisdiction.  In my country it is 18 years old for minimum age to gamble.  But I wonder if casinos are really implementing such age limit.  I have seen some landbased casino not checking the age of a person by just letting them to go in after frisking.  While in online gambling specifically crypto gambling platform ofter not follow this minimum age limit especially when they are not asking for KYC upon registration.

[uneng]

It is a standard  for minimum age to gamble to be 18-21 depending on the jurisdiction.  In my country it is 18 years old for minimum age to gamble.  But I wonder if casinos are really implementing such age limit.  I have seen some landbased casino not checking the age of a person by just letting them to go in after frisking.  While in online gambling specifically crypto gambling platform ofter not follow this minimum age limit especially when they are not asking for KYC upon registration.

These landbased casinos you mentioned will find themselves in a big mess once authorities realize they aren't checking the IDs of young people entering their places. The law is really harsh on this matter and even clandestine casinos which operate illegaly don't allow underage gamblers on their houses. It's a kind of moral standard every casinos follow, despite them being legal or not.

The only exception are decentralized casinos, as no documents are required to join in, so anyone, including children, can access them, create an account and start gambling. However, children are unlikely to have a source of income to gamble, so it's not a big issue to say the truth.

[arwin100]

I came across an article How Old Do You Have to Be to Gamble in USA?. In this article, i saw that the minimum age to gamble is between 18 to 21 years. I wonder if the online casino do follow this minimum age for gambling.

Yes, the gambling sites have our age data through the KYC documents. Do they ever restrict anyone who is underage to not to gamble?
Also, if we find any site allowing minors to gamble, can legal action be taken against them?

Casino follow this since if not they are the one who will get sued by the government and receive penalties for not restricting minors not to play on their platform. This is the reason why they implement a KYC feature to filter out there users and disallow minors to play their casino.

But its undeniable that there are some minors fake out their details that's why see a few of them still gamble even if there's restriction impose by law and by the rules of the casino.

[pakhitheboss]

From 5 years to Max 23 years is the minimum age restriction in gambling globally. You can read this thread if you are interested to know which country allows a 5 year old toddler. Age restriction in gambling, although in most countries where gambling is legal the age varies from 18 to 21. Most online casino and crypto casino follow the same law. If they don't then they risk losing their license.

[Davidvictorson]

I came across an article How Old Do You Have to Be to Gamble in USA?. In this article, i saw that the minimum age to gamble is between 18 to 21 years. I wonder if the online casino do follow this minimum age for gambling.

Yes, the gambling sites have our age data through the KYC documents. Do they ever restrict anyone who is underage to not to gamble?
Also, if we find any site allowing minors to gamble, can legal action be taken against them?

There is no effect method for casino's particularly online casinos to monitor and block underaged gamblers from using their platform for gambling. Some underaged gamblers grew up in homes where their parents do not care about them or where they have an irresponsible adult that do not mind handling over their documents for the kid to register and gamble on their behalf. Some kids may steal the documents of the adults in the house and use it for gambling.

In my estimation, most casinos try to follow the regulations with regards to underaged gambling but then it is just not possible to totally monitor it. The best way which I know for now is the video call from a casino staff as part of the KYC verification process. But for sports betting, this is near impossible. Where I live, a trip to a physical sports bookie will reveal to you that we have an underaged gambling pandemic on our hands.

[Rabata]

All licensed casino platforms around the world must adhere to specific rules to operate their casino platform. If any kind of fault is found in that place, their license is likely to be revoked. However, some casino platforms show flexibility on various issues related to KYC. Consequence of this fact, even a minor gets a chance to gamble. If an error is found, the gambler is more likely to suffer. Minors should not play gamble, similarly no casino platform should allow minors to gamble.

[Blitzboy]

I came across an article How Old Do You Have to Be to Gamble in USA?. In this article, i saw that the minimum age to gamble is between 18 to 21 years. I wonder if the online casino do follow this minimum age for gambling.

Yes, the gambling sites have our age data through the KYC documents. Do they ever restrict anyone who is underage to not to gamble?
Also, if we find any site allowing minors to gamble, can legal action be taken against them?

There is no effect method for casino's particularly online casinos to monitor and block underaged gamblers from using their platform for gambling. Some underaged gamblers grew up in homes where their parents do not care about them or where they have an irresponsible adult that do not mind handling over their documents for the kid to register and gamble on their behalf. Some kids may steal the documents of the adults in the house and use it for gambling.

In my estimation, most casinos try to follow the regulations with regards to underaged gambling but then it is just not possible to totally monitor it. The best way which I know for now is the video call from a casino staff as part of the KYC verification process. But for sports betting, this is near impossible. Where I live, a trip to a physical sports bookie will reveal to you that we have an underaged gambling pandemic on our hands.

In fact, your statement brings to light a problem that the gaming business continues to face. Although both online and land-based casinos make an attempt to combat it, underage gambling is a serious problem that is difficult to solve. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, such as biometric verification or face recognition software, might be one answer. But these innovations have their own constraints and privacy problems, so they fall short of providing a complete solution.

Community and social responsibility may fill up the gaps left by technology. The public has to be made aware of the dangers of underage gambling and the value of protecting personal papers. Despite its size, the obstacle is manageable. We can make sure that gambling is always a fun and responsible hobby for persons of legal age by working hard and thinking creatively. Together, we can change things; this is a cause worth fighting for.

[tusandii]

From 5 years to Max 23 years is the minimum age restriction in gambling globally. You can read this thread if you are interested to know which country allows a 5 year old toddler. Age restriction in gambling, although in most countries where gambling is legal the age varies from 18 to 21. Most online casino and crypto casino follow the same law. If they don't then they risk losing their license.

Of course, every country will have different regulations regarding gambling because some prohibit or allow it, so if a country allows gambling, there must also be special requirements for anyone who will gamble in that country.
If in a land-based casino you can easily limit the age because visitors are always monitored and asked for identification there, so it can be easy if there are ages who are still not allowed to enter the casino.
But for crypto casinos it can be seen whether the gambler is old enough or not depending on KYC while there are also casinos that don't require KYC but also have a license.

[Negotiation]

The demand for gambling worldwide is so high that most gambling platforms do not set age limits. If there is kyc then many people are hindered but if valid and licensed then age does not matter. But in my opinion it is not right to legalize the gambling of minors. They need to have a minimum gambling age of 16-21 years. Gambling with casino games requires some experience or skill. Most games are mathematically arranged in such a way that families suffer more than gamblers. When a gambler starts before the right age in a gambler's life, gambling problems arise in the life of a certain type of adolescent child. Crypto gambling does not set an age limit but prevents minors from growing up.

[Doan9269]

It is a standard  for minimum age to gamble to be 18-21 depending on the jurisdiction.  In my country it is 18 years old for minimum age to gamble.  But I wonder if casinos are really implementing such age limit.  I have seen some landbased casino not checking the age of a person by just letting them to go in after frisking.  While in online gambling specifically crypto gambling platform ofter not follow this minimum age limit especially when they are not asking for KYC upon registration.

I will like to adopt the age limit of 21 because being a teenage, it's still somehow a little bit risky to get exposed to gambling that early when there are many things the child can develop interest to learn and get used to at that particular age, but having additional years of three will help the child to have grown more experience about live and in learning how to descern from doing things, maturity level of a 21 uears old is far better than that of 18 year in most cases, the 18 years old boy is not the starting point to being independent completely, there are still some limitations to give till they achieve 21 years old even though the law may permit them to gamble but they shouldn't

[Issa56]

I don't know of other countries but gambling in my country is strictly for people that are 18+. However because of the fact there's limited number of law enforcement agencies that will punish offenders,  their seem to be good number of under age children in gambling sites

Also in my country gambling is strictly 18+, but you won’t even see any law enforcement at any gambling shop to stop underage gamblers from gambling, and in my country their are lots of online gambling sites which you can gamble with fiat currency online, without submitting your kyc for verification, most of the gambling site which you can gamble with fiat currency those not request for kyc for verification, so it’s very easy for even underage to gamble and nobody will notice that. I think those gambling sites just care about the money they are making, and they don’t care if underage are gambling or not, they are not doing anything to stop underage from gambling.

[Merit.s]

I believe that in most countries the age limit of gambling is the same which is from 18,but nowadays people below this age do gamble in an offline casino and government don't care about doing their job. Two streets after mine is a Betking shop,I do see boys below 18 that are always there gambling and I begin to ask myself that where is the government. It is these same underage boys that will go and steal to gamble they are very much vulnerable to addiction. Likewise an online casino will be the same thing happening, fake information can be used for KYC.

[electronicash]

I believe that in most countries the age limit of gambling is the same which is from 18,but nowadays people below this age do gamble in an offline casino and government don't care about doing their job. Two streets after mine is a Betking shop,I do see boys below 18 that are always there gambling and I begin to ask myself that where is the government. It is these same underage boys that will go and steal to gamble they are very much vulnerable to addiction. Likewise an online casino will be the same thing happening, fake information can be used for KYC.

well kids do have the freewill to do that. i hid with my friends playing cards when i was in high school. no one dares to stop us even when older people are around. gambling is common in my country, the only time the authorities will stop a teen from gambling is when a camera is on them.

when the media snoop on them, that's when the action began. but in most cases, kids gambling in hidden places is common is fine. as long as it's not in a public place. they are safe.

[maydna]

I believe that in most countries the age limit of gambling is the same which is from 18,but nowadays people below this age do gamble in an offline casino and government don't care about doing their job. Two streets after mine is a Betking shop,I do see boys below 18 that are always there gambling and I begin to ask myself that where is the government. It is these same underage boys that will go and steal to gamble they are very much vulnerable to addiction. Likewise an online casino will be the same thing happening, fake information can be used for KYC.

Perhaps, that's true, but it's best to raise the minimum gambling age limit above 20 or 21 years. At 18, many young people still cannot think in an adult way and still follow their emotions. So if this continues, there is a possibility that many young people will lose control of themselves in gambling. But we know that children have started gambling with each other, and their parents don't know about it. And this depends on how the children get along. If they can keep themselves social, they will not try to gamble and will stay away from it.

[GigaBit]

I believe that in most countries the age limit of gambling is the same which is from 18,but nowadays people below this age do gamble in an offline casino and government don't care about doing their job. Two streets after mine is a Betking shop,I do see boys below 18 that are always there gambling and I begin to ask myself that where is the government. It is these same underage boys that will go and steal to gamble they are very much vulnerable to addiction. Likewise an online casino will be the same thing happening, fake information can be used for KYC.

Perhaps, that's true, but it's best to raise the minimum gambling age limit above 20 or 21 years. At 18, many young people still cannot think in an adult way and still follow their emotions. So if this continues, there is a possibility that many young people will lose control of themselves in gambling. But we know that children have started gambling with each other, and their parents don't know about it. And this depends on how the children get along. If they can keep themselves social, they will not try to gamble and will stay away from it.

I agree with you that it is better to be 21 or more to gamble because gamblers of that age can control them self. But according to the current context that will not be possible because most of the youth of today start to consider themselves mature around 18 or 20 years. Moreover, most of the gamblers nowadays are relatively young. 20 years or 21 years are what I consider the perfect age for gambling. However, if casinos or gambling platforms do not allow gamblers under this age to gamble, then this age issue can be solved.