The challenges of protecting children from gambling

[Moreno233]

Gambling is definitely not good for children, that is why there is age limitation in virtually all casinos. Unfortunately, children are becoming too smart and inquisitive, so I was just thinking about the possibilities of protecting children from getting involved in gambling. My worries was increased by the fact that there are physical casinos and betting shops(as they are called in my town) in many streets with big signboards. Children passes these places and some parents do stop by with their children to place a quick bet. Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

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[moneystery]

that's why it's important for us as parents to be able to provide basic knowledge about gambling to our children. we must be able to tell them that gambling is not as exciting as they imagine, that they can earn money and become rich from it. we must be able to direct them to more positive activities and tell them that for now they must focus on their duties as children and study until they can pursue their dreams. this action should be able to prevent children from getting involved in the world of gambling.

[cabron]

Isn't that the job of the local authorities in your town?  You can always get the attention of the authorities in your town and tell them what's happening in those bet shops. If they are not taking some action then there really is a need to call for morality in those officials.

Normally people on social media will look at the parents and probably award them the Father of the Year award and with that I guess the authorities will finally take action. Sometimes it needs a viral video before things get attention.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Gambling is definitely not good for children, that is why there is age limitation in virtually all casinos. Unfortunately, children are becoming too smart and inquisitive, so I was just thinking about the possibilities of protecting children from getting involved in gambling. My worries was increased by the fact that there are physical casinos and betting shops(as they are called in my town) in many streets with big signboards. Children passes these places and some parents do stop by with their children to place a quick bet. Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

Well, the only, which I believe is actually the best way, is for the government in all levels to become more strict to gambling operators, or the betting shops as it's often referred to.
Already, there is an underage law that is already in place and prohibit the participation of young people under the age of 18 from gambling, but the issue is that, many of the gambling operators we have around no longer care about this law, and some don't even know that such laws exists, simply because that governmental body that is charged with the responsibility of enforcing this law are no longer doing their job, they rather stand on the road and extort money from motorists and so, this is me particularly focusing on my country though, for I know that things may be a bit different in other countries, most especially the more developed ones.

So, the solution i can think right now is, for the government to become more strict in enforcing the law against underage gambling, this will ensure and make the gambling operators become more serious in rejecting bet requests from underage that enters their casino and request to play a game, such a person can either be sent away, but if he or' she keeps coming back, the parents of that child can be summoned, arrested and sactions, as a way of reminding them to look after their children more carefully.

[Davidvictorson]

Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

Awareness campaigns. Start an awareness campaign in your community to educate parents, guardians , casino and bet shop Owners on the dangers of children getting involved in gambling. The children should not be left out of this advocacy. You should carry out a school outreach. Go to primary schools and secondary schools, go to churches, mosques and other places of worship where there are kids 7 - 17 years old. Carry out social media campaigns to reach a wider audience. This social media campaigns will target the parents, guardians, casino operators, bet shop Owners, and the general public. You can lobby the stakeholders and government to pass bills that will protect children from gambling and to deal with casino owner and bet shop operators who encourage allow kids into their premises.

[Oshosondy]

Awareness campaigns. Start an awareness campaign in your community to educate parents, guardians , casino and bet shop Owners on the dangers of children getting involved in gambling. The children should not be left out of this advocacy. You should carry out a school outreach. Go to primary schools and secondary schools, go to churches, mosques and other places of worship where there are kids 7 - 17 years old. Carry out social media campaigns to reach a wider audience. This social media campaigns will target the parents, guardians, casino operators, bet shop Owners, and the general public. You can lobby the stakeholders and government to pass bills that will protect children from gambling and to deal with casino owner and bet shop operators who encourage allow kids into their premises.

Just that the government do not care if children are gambling in your country. Anyone that should be allowed to gamble should be someone that is 18 years or above, but which can be 21 years in some countries. If the government made the law, the government also supposed to make sure that casinos and other gambling sites abide to it. The government should make it mandatory to first ask for identity card if new gamblers. This can be the most effective ways. Your idea is also good but it supposed to be secondary.

[un_rank]

90% of the job falls on the parents. They get to decide what information the child consumes and the company they keep. If they are addicted to gambling themselves, it becomes more difficult to prevent their children from getting involved, they emulate what goes on around them.

The media can do a job of sensitizing parents on the dangers of minors gambling, especially since those shops will stop them from claiming any wins they have to keep for themselves.

- Jay -

[coin-investor]

.... My worries was increased by the fact that there are physical casinos and betting shops(as they are called in my town) in many streets with big signboards. Children passes these places and some parents do stop by with their children to place a quick bet. Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

It is the responsibility of the parents they are the ones to blame for exposing their children based on your story, it's the parents who should be educated on exposing their children to betting at an early age.
Responsible parenthood includes not exposing your children to a bad environment being a good example and influencing their children to be a good citizen.

The government also has a responsibility and that is to give warnings and penalize platforms that expose children to gambling, they are committing abuse if they expose children to gambling, the parents and the gambling platform should be held liable and there should be laws for that.

[Davidvictorson]

Just that the government do not care if children are gambling in your country. Anyone that should be allowed to gamble should be someone that is 18 years or above, but which can be 21 years in some countries. If the government made the law, the government also supposed to make sure that casinos and other gambling sites abide to it. The government should make it mandatory to first ask for identity card if new gamblers. This can be the most effective ways. Your idea is also good but it supposed to be secondary.

The government will not care if children are gambling until someone, an ordinary citizen, the parent , sibling, relative, friend of the child who got killed by a drunk driver on their way from the casino or bet shop decides to care. In my country I have seen pressure groups made the government care about a social issue through awareness and advocacy campaigns. These pressure groups and civil society can make the government care by lobbying lawmakers, stakeholders, community leaders, religious leaders and even the international community to lend their voices to underaged gambling and its dangers to the well-being of the child.

[YOSHIE]

Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

If you want to stop your child from getting involved in the world of gambling, especially casinos that operate near you, that's a simple and easy matter.
The method:
• Give your child a school that has a boarding house and teaches your child about religion.
• move house and find a house where offline casinos don't exist.

These two methods are often used by people to keep their children and themselves away from physical casinos.
Placing children in dormitories, Of course it will prevent him from mingling with delinquents and visiting physical casinos and looking for a house where casinos are not available, it can also help you and your family not fall into gambling.

These two methods are often used by those who don't like gambling and have succeeded well. These methods are positive, rather than doing nothing and continuing to pressure your child every day with rules that might make him stressed and frustrated.

[Assface16678]

Sad but truth reality, no matter what discussion we will do if this topic and opinions will not reach those parents or children thay is currently being involved in gambling then this discussion is useless, not all peopme or gamblers can see or even know this forum, so what you are saying here about preventing younger age to gamble or educating the parents and children to be more responsible and avoid gambling, you should also do that, dont just talk and do a movement, raise a campaign or spread awareness in that way even in a small deed you can touch some parents or even gamblers that is exposed to gambling at younger age. So take action do some of your part be a voice for those who wants to spread awareness in those children that is already exposed and doing what they think is entertaining and good for them.

[Zanab247]

I don't think anything will be done to protect children from gambling because, they know all the strategies their parents are using to gamble whenever they stop at some junction to gamble but they will not do it now when they are still in the primary or secondary school but once they enter higher institution, they will begin to gamble anyhow in the campus with their parents money.

Even in their school, some of their teachers are gamblers which is the reason why I said, it will be very difficult for parents to protect their children from gambling but you can protect them when you are with them but the moment you leave them to be alone in some hours or days, they will begin to have access to all those gambling app in their phone to gamble secretly.

[Rruchi man]

Just that the government do not care if children are gambling in your country.

I cannot find the topic exactly but I am hoping the OP of that topic sees this and highlights the post that I am about to make reference to.

We had a discussion about a country sometime ago where the government do not have any problems with the citizens gambling but heavily frowns against any form of gambling promotion either online or offline by any gambler or person. If governments of other countries can adopt this kind of policy, Gambling shops and outlets will be forced to take off their billboards and signpost, and it will to a good extent protect the underage from being exposed to gambling.

children are becoming too smart and inquisitive, so I was just thinking about the possibilities of protecting children from getting involved in gambling.

As a parent or a guardian do not try to hide what gambling really is from your children because they will still get to find out and if you are not quick to let them know that gambling should be for fun and should be done responsibly at an age and time when someone has the money to spare for it, some of these children will learn from outside from other people that gambling is a way to make money putting them at the danger of addiction.

[Hewlet]

Gambling is definitely not good for children, that is why there is age limitation in virtually all casinos. Unfortunately, children are becoming too smart and inquisitive, so I was just thinking about the possibilities of protecting children from getting involved in gambling. My worries was increased by the fact that there are physical casinos and betting shops(as they are called in my town) in many streets with big signboards. Children passes these places and some parents do stop by with their children to place a quick bet. Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

children learn more from what they see thier parents doing and regardless of the amount of casino or betting shops that's around your neighborhood, if the child hasn't seen the parent going into such places, it's going to be deficult for the child to start going into gambling or to even have the thought to gamble. But from a place of personal experience, I did high school in a neighborhood where always all the street has at least two betting shops and almost all the youth from fifteen upwards are into sports gambling and the way the gambling shops are designed, you can comfortably sit in the shop and watch live matches which makes the children to comfortably hang around most gambling shops although they don't necessarily gamble. Now the reality is that such children have high probability of engaging in gambling at an early age and because they might not be emotionally matured enough to handle some moment of losses that comes with sports gambling, it's possible they might end easily get addicted to gambling.

But then, as a parent you need to put in all the effort to protecting your childs mental health and ensure that circumstances around his upbringing doesn't shape him into becoming a toxic adult.

[acroman08]

Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

The best thing you can do if you want kids to be protected is make them aware about gambling and the possible dangers and risks it has if they do it excessively. Trying to completely block children from seeing or knowing about gambling in this time and age is almost impossible, gambling ads is everywhere, so the best thing to protect them is to make them aware about gambling and then educate them.

[aioc]

The challenge is on the government and the family, they are the one who will help nurturte the coming generations of the country, so government must educate the parents of the children of the harm of exposing their children at a very young age, and they can also warn or give penalty to gambling platform if they accept children below the age of admittance in gambling premises.

Here in our country, our governemnt is very strict in implementing laws against allowing children to bet, they should have a notification on their premises that they will not allow children to bet, the children cannot protect themselves so we the elder and the one who understand addiction should lead the way.

[alastantiger]

Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

Yes
This will sound nuts but physical shops for betting or gambling shouldn't be situated anywhere around schools, residential apartments, markets, religious places. They should be situated far away from places where kids can easily be found. Somewhere far far away. The community should take responsibility for each kids regardless of whether they are their kids or not in sending them away from these places if they are caught gambling. This is the reorientation that they need. Not my kid, not my problem shouldn't be the case because very soon the kid who is gambling and is not yours will soon teach yours how to gamble.

[Truthlovecoins]

Is there anything that can be done to protect children from gambling with reference to physical shops that they see everyday?

Nothing can be done really, but it's not because the children know they would be in serious 'pot of soup ' literally, if they get caught by their parents or guardian or someone who knows them and know they shouldn't be there, but because they know their age wouldn't allow them, their knowledge of how to play the bet is often skewed, but if they insist, then the owners of the bet shops or gambling houses knows better than to allow children indulge in such habits unless they are orphans, lack child support or are members of street gangs and cults.

[Ruttoshi]

The parents are the ones to do this and no one else because they are our children. Everything a child learns starts from the house, and that is why it is the duty of the parents to enlighten their children and the consequences of gambling, and even use someone for an example. Watch the friends that they keep and try to be very close to your children and their friends, so that it will be difficult for your child to hide anything from you.

Parents shouldn't gamble in the present of their children, and always engage them with church activities to enable them work on the right part.

[masulum]

support and become more close to their children can be a way to prevent children to gamble. support can provide motivation and a positive mentality to children. The more time spent with parents, the more indirectly parents can prevent children from other activities, including gambling. However, if it is discovered that a child is gambling, parents should start providing more supervision over the child, including finances. Indeed, gambling is not because parents are negligent, but it arises from their own desires. However, being together with children can minimize this.