Gambling Education.

[Kakmakr]

Why should schools take over the responsibility of the parents or the guardians of that child? It is every parent or guardians responsibility to educate the child in the dangers of all the things that might cause him or her harm.

Gambling can be an entertaining exercise, if you do it responsibly and if you can keep to a budget. The parents should teach the child to gamble responsibly, if they decide to do that and how not to get addicted to gambling. 

[davis196]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

How do you imagine this "gambling education"? A bunch of teachers going to the schools and telling the kids "gambling is bad, don't do gambling" or "please gamble moderately or you might get addicted"? There is sex education, but there are also many cases of abortion and AIDs. There's is anti-drug addiction education, but the amount of drug addicts didn't decrease.
Is there a way to measure the effectiveness of such education?
Imposing such "gambling education" would cost a lot of money and I don't think that the politicians are willing to spend taxpayer's money for this.

[acroman08]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

it sounds like a good idea but if they are going to put this in schools they should not stop on gambling education, they should include other things like drug addiction, alcohol, addiction, etc.... and if you ask me, parents should also be educated along with their children about these things, a lot of parents often do not notice the changes on their child behaviours when they start abusing gambling, drugs or alcohol and they only start to notice it when it becomes a full-blown addiction.

[swogerino]

Many countries prohibit gambling, to the extent that they do not licence any casino in their country. This however did not completely prevent the citizens of such countries from gambling. They go extra miles by using hidden or rerouted IP addresses to gamble. Even when the casinos block these users they keep attempting to cheat both their country's law and the casino.

Also, many countries have official gambling age but their citizens also violate this age standard.
All these abnormal ways of gambling promote gambling abuse and possible addiction which further makes gambling a societal menace.

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

That would be the best option,to increase awareness into people about going a bit far in gambling and the consequences that come from such action.I must admit in all countries in the world except those who I do not call normal countries run by totalitarian regimes that they ban or put people to jail for even smaller things than gambling,in the developed countries very little is being done in this direction and I believe this will remain the same.

It will remain the same because the casinos have a lot of budget and they know who to pay to stop such awareness in big scale and as such I doubt this will ever change.

[irhact]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

Most country that have banned gambling don't want to have anything to do with gambling that's why they banned it. When they start teaching gambling education it means they're telling their people that it's okay to gamble but it shouldn't be overdone which they can't control because they can't monitor every individual. Banning gambling will be more effective as it'll make it illegal to gamble and any individual caught will be punished which will make others stay away from gambling.

Calling it gambling abuse sounds nice but It's not abuse but addiction because it's gambling addiction that makes an underaged individual to hide and gamble and any other reason why you feel people abuse gambling is because of the addition they're struggling with.

[piebeyb]

Yes, that's the fact that gamblers, even though their country has blocked gambling, can still access it using a VPN and whatever it is, a person's habit cannot be stopped, let alone if it has become an addiction, it will obviously be very difficult to stop them. If asked about gambling education, I think that depending on each individual's point of view there will definitely be pros and cons, personally I don't think it's necessary.

It is enough just to give advice to the public that gambling can cause addiction and also make people fall into poverty, just like when the government gives warnings about the dangers of smoking and drugs, I think that is more than enough if added to education, worry that those who are prohibited will become curious and want to try it and it will obviously mess up too.   

[summonerrk]

Many countries prohibit gambling, to the extent that they do not licence any casino in their country. This however did not completely prevent the citizens of such countries from gambling. They go extra miles by using hidden or rerouted IP addresses to gamble. Even when the casinos block these users they keep attempting to cheat both their country's law and the casino.

Also, many countries have official gambling age but their citizens also violate this age standard.
All these abnormal ways of gambling promote gambling abuse and possible addiction which further makes gambling a societal menace.

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

Of course, this is not worth doing, because children really like to do the opposite. This is normal at their age, they are just trying to gain experience in their own way, even if it sometimes looks like someone puts his hand in the fire. If you start telling them about the dangers of gambling, then their attention will be strongly attracted to this activity. This will be the strongest advertisement for casinos, roulette and betting. Therefore, I think it's better not to. Depending on gambling, these are isolated cases, and they need to be worked out after the fact and individually with each player.

[Nrcewker]

I can feel your motive. But to be hones, sex education is also not taught in many schools or nations. In many countries gambling has lot of restrictions and regulations. For them gambling is like sin. Hence in many countries gambling is also banned. Now in such places I don’t think the government will decide to add gambling in part of their curriculum. The people who are gambling, then need to understand themselves only, and do gambling responsibly.

[Cantsay]

I have seen the wonders that sex education have done in some children although some of them still pay a deaf ear to it and still continue with their immorality, and I think the same thing will happen for gambling education, it will surely help reduce unhealthy gambling habits or prepare young ones who will ever want to try gambling how they can safely use it and also detach themselves from it completely without having any problems.

But the issue here is that, no one is going to do it anytime soon there are so many other things that needs to be thought in schools that are yet to happen so gambling education should be at the bottom of the list of schools priorities.

[Tuturtinular]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

Honestly this is a great idea. Even though I don't agree if gambling education is included in the school or campus syllabus, it seems like the state needs to make a policy for gambling education activities so that people can be responsible for their gambling and know the regulations regarding gambling in their country.

I do not agree with gambling education being included in the school syllabus because gambling is not a basic need, while sex education is a biological need for every human being. So gambling education does not need to be included in the school education system. But I agree, there must be general gambling education for the public and it doesn't have to go through school institutions

[xSkylarx]

It is a good idea but like with sex education it took time before it was implemented in schools and it would also be the duty of the parents to teach their children about it. Though we know others will still not listen to their parents but guidance is really the key to not getting addicted to gambling.

The government is doing its part so it would be ourselves to blame for this as we cannot control it and also having guidance from parents is really needed to prevent this kind of addiction.

[Accardo]

Education doesn't start or end in school, people learn gambling education at homes, societies or even read them in books. It's a great initiative, but it'll only boost the number of gamblers as many would think that it's now legalized because schools teach responsible gambling. Like in sex education, it hazs increased the high rate of sexual activities and unwanted pregnancies in adolescents and adults. They're young people who do not think about gambling, but if initiated in their school curriculum they'll know and practice it. Not every student would be smart in learning what's been thought in school. I don't think your proposal will put an end to gambling addiction. It has a lot added to it, than just learning them in school. Things like divorce, single parenting, and domestic violence can lead a child to get addicted to gambling because s/he will seek for pleasure. No amount of gambling lessons can stop it. If you notice, you'll see that sexual activities was also fueled by the high rate of divorce and domestic violence in today's world. These kids grow up looking for love and pleasure, which they lack in their various families. These have to do with emotional problems. Teaching emotional intelligence in school will help reduce gambling addiction than gambling education. Understanding how the brain work in line with our emotions is crucial to the society and the next generation. If nothing is done about it, more people will be victims of gambling addiction and it's very bad to the economy of the society at large. Great idea, Op, anything can happen, the government might add that too, but the disadvantage of such education can mislead students to practice gambling unguarded.

[noorman0]

General rules in the world tend to classify gambling as entertainment or a hobby from the customer's perspective. I think it is too specific to be used as a syllabus if the main aim is only to discuss these 2 consequences (violation and addiction, which in my opinion have a wider scope and are suitable as a main syllabus).

[Gozie51]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

Gambling education is not within the justification of government to start doing that or including it to school curriculum, or don't you think that will be absurd and an aberration. If at all something as such could be heard it should be under economics teaching and how to be financially prudent, not to have a whole full accreditation to be taught in schools, I don't think that is right. Remember most religions abhor gambling which is why it is already seen as a sin, so taking it into class room can be termed as very harmful and abnormal, even in countries with mixed religion, you don't have everyone agreeing to it and curriculum is suppose to be what will be good for everyone's consumption. It is more or less like teaching gay marriage in schools, even societies that have quite some numbers of gays don't preach that in schools.

Government will rather teach sex education, abortion or financial management skills than teaching someone how to go gambling. If they bring gambling teaching in class room they know the economy will crash because it is luck based and they can't even make up from tax because the number of winners is far lower than winners. But sex education and abortio/ financial management helps the government to plan the economy both in population control.

So it is for the parents to educate their children against or about gambling not the government.

[slaman29]

Such a ridiculous idea, next we will be having full classes for all the different vices in the world. Or crypto trading too, and prostitution let's not make it awareness, let's teach people lol.

I agree regulation is the way but education, not at school, at casinos. Ask casinos to educate.

Sex education is life education. Something natural you can't stop. Let's not confuse ourselves here.

[Broadanbig]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

it sounds like a good idea but if they are going to put this in schools they should not stop on gambling education, they should include other things like drug addiction, alcohol, addiction, etc.... and if you ask me, parents should also be educated along with their children about these things, a lot of parents often do not notice the changes on their child behaviours when they start abusing gambling, drugs or alcohol and they only start to notice it when it becomes a full-blown addiction.

This idea is quite a good one but when talking about schools, which of them are you referring to as school because it would be nice this particular area is categorized as children do not really have idea what gambling is all about and telling them at that age what it is all about would definitely push them to wanting to have idea how it works. We know children are always curious about something and would want to have a first hand experience. So it would be nice looking into the higher institutions and colleges because at that age, they are matured enough to have knowledge and control themselves. I think this would give a push to control gambling addiction as the case maybe.

[arwin100]

Many countries prohibit gambling, to the extent that they do not licence any casino in their country. This however did not completely prevent the citizens of such countries from gambling. They go extra miles by using hidden or rerouted IP addresses to gamble. Even when the casinos block these users they keep attempting to cheat both their country's law and the casino.

Many casino now do their own diligence to prohibit certain citizens to access some games if their government doesn't allow or restrict them to play so for sure those people who use that methods will encounter an issue and their account will get lock. So its no use for any further more harsh action because casino will always follow the law since they don't want to get any trouble on certain jurisdictions.

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

There's no use to have that gambling education teaching because this is minor problem only which anyone can easily avoid. I know this is risky activity but it doesn't give much bigger threat especially if you're government is doing some good actions to cut off this activities in their country. We don't need to add up more school loads to our children since we can teach them directly about this topic.

[Coin_trader]

It is a good idea but like with sex education it took time before it was implemented in schools and it would also be the duty of the parents to teach their children about it. Though we know others will still not listen to their parents but guidance is really the key to not getting addicted to gambling.

How come it’s a good idea while gambling is not part of the natural human process. We live without gambling while sex education is part of our life that’s why people is being educated to properly propagate. Introducing gambling education might cause a different effect on human since you are encouraging them to gambling in a control way while not all people is interested on gambling.

It will give some innocent people an idea to gamble since the government is willing to educate them as part of the education system.

I don't see anything wrong on the effect of gambling in my country. Regulating it is much easier task than introduce it on educational program of young mind even if the purpose is ro educate about the risk since human has a natural curiosity to discover everything.

[ethereumhunter]

If the government agrees, it will incorporate the law into education and create a curriculum about gambling. But it seems that this can be done in countries that allow gambling to provide knowledge about gambling so that the younger generation does not get into any problems when they gamble. Maybe it can help to reduce the problems that have arisen in society, but that also depends on the people in that country. They might argue that this younger generation is vulnerable to gambling problems because they can easily be tempted to gamble. But the government should also provide lessons about self-control because, after all, the younger generation must have self-control while gambling.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Instead of outrightly banning gambling, how about if the concerned countries officially include gambling education in their academic syllabus, just like sex education is taught in schools. Gambling education will teach the young ones the dangers of gambling and promote moderation in gambling. Will this not be a better way to handle the gambling cases?

Honestly, I do not know what other people think since I haven't really gone through the comments, but I do not think it is wise to teach gambling in out schools, it doesn't make any sense to start teaching gambling in schools since gambling is not something any body will want to graduate from school and take up as a profession, those who gamble do so on their own personal terms and I believe they also understand the risks involved, even those who abuse gambling know that what they are doing is wrong and understand the implications, I do not see any reason why gambling should be taught in schools simply or merely for this purpose.