In Your Country Who Gamble More? Young Ones or Elderly Ones

[Agbe]

I have lived in many communities and some States or regions in my country and there are some communities I went and I discovered that women are more productive by going to farm and other daily activities to provide food in the family than men. While the male sons and fathers are busy playing bet with Checkers Game and popular known in my locality "Draft Board Game" and bet on "Whot Card Game". And their.wives would go to farm or fishing to feed the families. Till date those things are common in the places I have visited in the country, mostly the elderly ones who the young once are busy using the casino centers and websites to play their games.

The elderly ones are still busy playing games with the traditional methods so most of us didn't notice that they are gambling but they bet with money and that has become automatically a gambling habit while the younger generation is using the new methods of online and casino Halls. Mostly of this elders would left home early morning to the draft games centers and stay there till evening. Playing games with one another. In most time they use places that sells drinks and smoking things like cigarettes and others. Those places are always busy with elderly people.

Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

[cabron]

Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

Both I think are engaging in gambling.  The adoption of smartphones I think contributed to all these siesta moments even in the time when they are supposed to be working.

Social media is more addictive than gambling though, this is where people are spending more time on social media trying to learn what each other is doing.  But the casinos are also grabbing attention especially if it's about national sports, people are betting on it online regardless of age.

[Hispo]

Both demographic groups like to gamble from time to time here in my country, however, there are keys differences. The elderly prefer to engage in gamgling with card games and pvp games, in person, they go for traditional games which date way back before the implementation of internet and electronic gambling. One of the most popular games is truco.
When comes to the youngest generation of gamblers, they prefer to experiment with experiences which use the advance of technology and internet to take gambling to new levels, they prefer to play cards online, not truco but poker, black jack, or rommy in some occasions. Because we are talking about a generation which has grown up with technology on their hands, it is no problem for them to use their smartphones and tablets to gamble.

So, I would say in the particular case in this country, the youth are more into gambling than the elderly.

The economical situation of the elderly does not help, by the way, because of inflation and the fact their retirement money is barely worth anything, so they are less likely to pick up gambling as a hobby or activity to spend their spare time in.

[Cantsay]

Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

I have seen people play those games you mentioned and the only one I know how to play is shot-game, as for the checkers I haven’t played it before so I don’t know how it works.

Back to the op, things have changed a bit from when betting with agents were still the talk of town - back then, some agents might reject some bets from individuals that look young but that has changed with the development of online gambling. In my community I feel the younger ones are now more interested in gambling than the adults, most of them were first attracted by the profits some public made and decided to published on their social media. Most youngster just want to make millions from gambling, it’s impossible for any you greater to tell you that they gamble because it’s fun their aim is to make the most from gambling nothing more thing less.

This is form my personal observations, youngsters are now gambling more than adults.

[alastantiger]

The younger ones which are the youth from the age of 18 to 35 gamble more than the ones from 36 to 60. One of the reasons is that the youth spend more time on their mobile devices than they do on any other activity. It is therefore easy for them to sign up at a casino and spend the most of their time and their money gambling. In contrast to the older ones who may have their own form of gambling but do not spend so much time on it because they have other responsibilities to attend to. Even without talking about gambling online walk into any sports bookie and count the number of people you think would be 18 to 35 and people you feel would be 36 to 60 and you would find out that there are more younger people that older people gambling.

[swogerino]

In my country I have seen that old and elderly one are not gambling like they used to anymore compared like how they used to do when online gambling was not that dispersed as it is now,I mean widely available.You can see that some of them where I live going to the biggest casino which is the only one licensed by the state and you will see them there,smoking and drinking whiskey while they enjoy their games,roulette,poker or slot machines,that's it though they just play small amounts as I have been following that casino also quite some times now as of lately.

The youth I know gambles much more but they do it independently from their phones and no one knows how much they lose,the government have banned all the websites including the word "bet" but there are many more casinos that don't include that word and these youths go there to enjoy themselves.

[DaNNy001]

Majority of persons who gamble are usually the youths because at that old age you are already begging to settle down and relax more than stressing your mental ability to make predictions and all that. But from where I come from, both old and young are gambling at a very close ration of 40:70. The youths focus on majorly on sport betting and some casino games while the aged men focus on playing a game called Loto, were dey have to generate/predict numbers and if anyone successfully guesses the number to be display by the casino after some hours, they'll  be the winner of the game. While their reward is  dependent on how much dey put in as stake. However the old usually get addicted to this game but their addiction is unlike that of the youths because, they usually make small stakes, as low as some cents per entry.

[darkangel11]

It's really hard to say. From my experience it's mostly middle aged to elderly that gamble. As a teenager I used to go to bars more often that I do now and young guys were always drinking, focusing on watching football, talking, but 50 year olds were usually coming to play cards or slots, or they'd play pool and gamble on that. I feel like especially gambling drunk is the domain of overworked middle-aged men and guys who retired and don't know what to do with their free time. When it comes to online gambling it's all ages.

[Slow death]

My country is made up of a large majority of young people. and when it comes to gambling, the majority of people who are involved in gambling in my country are young people, this is easy to see because I have constantly seen young people buying lottery tickets and being winners, on the streets of my country. In my country, young people spend every day playing slot machines, in the casinos in my country the majority of people who play are young people, and it is visible because there are many videos that show young people in my country playing in the casinos in my country. As my country is made up of young people, it makes a lot of sense that young people are the majority who get involved in gambling.

In the physical betting shops in my country I see a lot of young people when they are withdrawing the money they have won, I hardly see old people in the betting shops, I hardly see old people playing on the slot machines in my country. Young people in my country are more focused on having fun because the corrupt government in my country is not developing the country, there are a large number of unemployed people in my country and that number are young people. So as they are unemployed young people, they spend a lot of time gambling

[Sandra_hakeem]

Majority of persons who gamble are usually the youths because at that old age you are already begging to settle down and relax more than stressing your mental ability to make predictions and all that.

That's obviously a false statement! What most of the middle-aged/ old people rely on are weekly coupon bets; I got used to the fact that i needed to stake games upon games althrough Fridays to Sundays, with coupon codes.. '"that also reminds me of a time i loaded the wrong code and thus, the wrong game "  The only thing that helped me to easily evade the chances of paying every customer's potential wins was that the games didn't end well.
For a fact, the younger ones play on virtual and casino games mostly - that alone can wreck an old gambler's pocket. Mind you, the least stake on coupon bets are as low as 50 naira.

[Obim34]

We should know at what age range we consider an Elder, are we talking about much older people, because those who gamble with cards and Drafts are normally aged from 50(+) and above. If we are to reconsider and analyse, we will find out that the younger people gamble more often or are more in numbers than the elderly people. This has become possible through the help of the internet, many people have abducted gambling as an act, more especially the young and mid aged are now evolved in the world of online gambling because the internet has made it more convenient and accessible even much appealing that it becomes a big problem in the society.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

In the city where I live, I would say that youths are the most involved in gambling activities compared to the number of older people who are gambling. In the city here, even the elderly don't usually gamble but are also ingaged in a more assuring occupation that can help them earn a consistent income and be able to live to the standard in the city. Some of these old men here already have the idea that gambling is not an occupation and doesn't guarantee earnings. So, it's the youths—I mean, a lot of youths—that put their money and energy into gambling, and some of them are doing this because they want to become rich abruptly. 

Even in my locality, which I only visit every once in a blue moon, the number of young gamblers there is much higher than that of old men. I am not from the community that you have described above, where women are the workaholics and men are the lazy heads at home. By right, things are not meant to be like that, and I assume such things could only be common in the primitive part of Africa. 

[DabsPoorVersion]

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Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

The last time I visit in physical casino, which is last month, the majority of gamblers are elderly people. I don't know if it's just a coincidence but yes, the same as you they are gambling using the traditional methods. While the young ones, I often see it in social media platforms, promoting online casino and playing online casino which are currently the trend in our country.
You can see young ones posting their daily gambling activities, some agents who are inviting more players to play, and also other gamblers who are looking for new fun games.

[famososMuertos]

Seriously, how do you respond to a topic like this on this board without falling into the shitpots, I'm doing it, but in fact I dare to do it for the very sense of what we are betting on: the Best shitpots.

How can you come to a conclusion based on visual perception, without the non-existent statistics.

If you see prostitutes on a street in Los Angeles, that does not mean that there is less prostitution in Paris. Hence, if you place a bet without having accurate data, that leads to a coin toss or what is known as guessing.

Nobody here can give you precise data on that, except for what is known from countries like Australia, the UK, the United States, etc.

It is not my responsibility to know, nor can I determine it by sensations.

In any case, if I had to bet I wouldn't do it, I don't have precise information, I don't know, nobody knows, any information about your question is false.

#TBT topic

[KTChampions]

I always thought that gambling was an activity for adults or at least teenagers, since there are a lot of interesting activities for schoolchildren even without gambling (when you are young you enjoy literally everything). But after talking with several schoolchildren, I learned that gambling among them is quite widespread and many have already stopped doing it because they had serious problems (financial and addiction) because of it.
Therefore, it is difficult for me to judge what age people are more involved in gambling - our ideas may differ greatly from reality.

[Miles2006]

Gambling is a matter of choice and it's obvious young children nowadays gamble without thinking twice if this act will develop a negative impact but they still decide to gamble, this has gotten to an extend people rendering service in a casino shop no longer bother driving an underage out from the shop but instead they attend and forget about the law. From my observation both old and young participate in gambling carelessly like the example op mentioned, elderly men play gambling games likewise the young ones or people who make use of the online casino.

[Wexnident]

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I guess a different type of gamble? From what I've seen in my neighborhood, instead of games like poker, slots or whatnot, most of those who are above in age usually enjoy lotteries, scratch it tickets, and Bingo. To be more specific, they usually have this weekly kind of gathering in my neighborhood where they setup a tent and tables in the road (not enough to be a hindrance) and just, well, play it out there.

For anything more specific in online, you only have their statistics, if they ever publicly release it as a source. You can't exactly take a random person from the internet's word for it lol.

[Falconer]

I can't find a definite answer to your question, especially because I didn't find any data or survey results about the age of gamblers in my country. The majority of gamblers I know are aged 18 to 55 years, but among the working age group, there are more of them than those aged 45 years and over.

Older gamblers tend not to gamble openly like those aged 18 to 30 years, I mean gamblers over 40 years old tend to gamble secretly because they feel embarrassed if their family and friends find out. There are religious norms that they pay attention to, while gambling is also a problem that can get them punished or arrested if caught red-handed.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I think the question of who gambles more, should be directed at gender difference and not age bracket.
It is not clear if the young are fr age 10- 30 and the old from 32-60, even if it is, I think exposure to ones environment and social settings has alot more influence on ones gambling behavior, irrespective of the age bracket.
The younger ones may be more inclined to  and do gamble so more often with free cash gifts, but the older ones with more responsibility may have to be specific about how much time and funds and the kind of game with ease to play, that they can afford to gamble on.

[Die_empty]

I have lived in many communities and some States or regions in my country and there are some communities I went and I discovered that women are more productive by going to farm and other daily activities to provide food in the family than men. While the male sons and fathers are busy playing bet with Checkers Game and popular known in my locality "Draft Board Game" and bet on "Whot Card Game". And their.wives would go to farm or fishing to feed the families. Till date those things are common in the places I have visited in the country, mostly the elderly ones who the young once are busy using the casino centers and websites to play their games.

The elderly ones are still busy playing games with the traditional methods so most of us didn't notice that they are gambling but they bet with money and that has become automatically a gambling habit while the younger generation is using the new methods of online and casino Halls. Mostly of this elders would left home early morning to the draft games centers and stay there till evening. Playing games with one another. In most time they use places that sells drinks and smoking things like cigarettes and others. Those places are always busy with elderly people.

I don't think this situation is popular in Africa. The attitude of allowing women to go to work while the male stay at home wasting their productive time on gambling might be peculiar to your area or tribe. African male are generally known as very hardworking and productive. This is why they can be able to survive even with the harsh economic and corrupt political situation they find themselves. Most Africans that have the opportunity to travel outside the continent easily excel because they can adopt to any condition and can easily find oppurtunity to succeed.

Do you see such elderly people in your country? Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

While growing up gambling was the activity of the mature men ranging from age 40 and above. They spend some time in physical bet shops predicting and playing mostly sports bets. But the introduction of online casinos has changed the narrative. Currently, youths are the highest gamble in my country. It is now common to see a group of young people in casinos or bet shops doing what they know best. The COVID-19 lockdown also contributed massively to the increase of youth involvement in gambling activities m