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

[SatoPrincess]

It’s a tough one. In my country, older people within the age of 47-85 are very active gamblers, it has been this way before the age of online casinos. These folks are used to playing checkers in the evenings after work hours or lotto, hoping to win big money. So much so that’s it become a culture in certain areas, it’s common to see older men gambling on a game of checkers. But in terms of volume, I think the younger generation gamble more than older people because they use the internet more and have access to all kinds of gambling casinos and games.

[Smartvirus]

I would have liked to see where you draw the line between young and the once you would refer to as elderly. It would have been more easier to give an answer with an estimate based on who we do find regularly when we visit the gambling house. As we know it, under age or young once gambling isn’t allowed in most countries.

Hence, adults remains the market movers for the gambling industry. Those with the need to handle themselves, they often sought out gambling for a way out and most times, you end up loosing the little you might think you had. For an age grade, it’s common between the 19-40years, those who could earn something could risk something.

[Stepstowealth]

For an age grade, it’s common between the 19-40years, those who could earn something could risk something.

I will like to suggest a slight adjustment in the range which is slightly higher in my side of my country, say 19-45years are more active gamblers than age range 45-80years because there are also elderly people who play and gamble regularly on local Player against player games.
I think the economy of the country affects the number of gamblers because in countries where the higher number of gamblers is as a result of some gamblers gambling mainly for making money and not for fun. In countries where gamblers are gambling for fun we find that most of the younger generation will find fun in other activities than in gambling hence would see a number of more older gamblers than young gamblers(maybe).

[HelliumZ]

All classes of people are seen participating in gambling, especially in rural economy in my country, people in the age group of 50 and above are the most likely to participate in land-based gambling. In the past usually older people participated in card based gambling but now in our rural economy also all classes of gamblers are seen especially school college students, laborers and employed people are also participating in gambling. However, students and working people are the most involved in online gambling, while the participation of older people is much less than that of young people.

[lienfaye]

Do you see such elderly people in your country?

Elderly gamblers here are betting in cockfighting and lottery. Physical casinos are usually for gamblers who have decent capital and obviously it's not ideal for people who are just earning a minimum wage. That being said, based on my observation, there are many younger gamblers now playing due to the popularity of online casinos wherein anyone can access (even minors) because they're less strict. Easy access and privacy are what makes these younger ones to play online.

[Samlucky O]

Do you see such elderly people in your country?

Yes such thing happen I frequently see elderly men that sits in a joint from morning to night playing games without thinking of going home or being domestically productive rather end up a frequent local gambler. Though it is not applicable to all men to all men though, only few that does that.

Or is it only in Africa? Is the younger ones play gamble more than the elders?

It is Common in n Africa yes. And the younger ones gamble more than the elderly ones. In my community the elderly ones has boundaries in gambling, they are only subjected to Lotto games, pools and draft/checkers. But the younger ones are usually playing online games from sport betting sites, and they are always everywhere trying to meet up the struggle of life. So the younger generation are more frequent in gambling expecially advanced gambling.

[Adbitco]

I think it's of tribe let say in gambling it's more recorded that young men I mean the youths and teenage gambles more than the old men, I myself have also witnessed it. Then talking about women putting food on the table well, this not common in our tribe rather a particular state in our country and which is common because I am also experience person who has ones lived that region for so much long and this is not so within our tribes because we do value our women and the men provide for them and for about playing the game called 'draft' is mostly done when they are less busy or had finished their activities for the day.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

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 think still 50:50 in my opinion, here I see elderly people playing in land base casinos, with all their entourage and maids, so it mean they are rich already. On the other hand, there could be some elderly as well that plays online because they don't want to go to landbase casino.

And mind you, online gambling are accessible to anyone, so I guess that will answer that question because everyone can play regardless of our age or color or race. Even if you are from Africa to Asia. You can also look at it this way, for fun and recreational purposes. Those individuals that are old and to say the least have couple of years here on earth, might as well enjoy the best of their lives.

[Sithara007]

It is a very tough question actually. In India, only permitted form of gambling is in the form of government issued lotteries. But the markup is too high (if the ticket sales are worth say $10 million, then just $1-2 million will be spent on the prizes). And it is mainly elderly people who purchase these lotteries. All other forms of gambling are prohibited, including online gambling. But there are a lot of people who indulge in online gambling. And in this sector, the younger participants outnumber the older ones by a huge margin.

[AliMan]

Not only with Africa, but what I seem to observe here in my local community elderly people who seek for additional income for their families try find luck from gambling.
This isn't a good mindset to choose with because you can't rely your need from gambling for there's no assurance from the winning expectations.
You can't have both fun and your souce of money to be productive once betting is initiated. You end up losing more rather than winning, so this isn't a good example for your ones who started to gamble their money.

[Oasisman]

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 past generations, like in the 90's most of the people who are retired in the age bracket of 50-65 years old, they are every where in every gambling events. May it be in the casinos or some private places intended for gambling. So, I can say the elders gambles the most during those days. However, when the current innovations in the gambling industries where everyone can place a bet everywhere using their smart phones and computers, I think more and more younger people are engaged into gambling, despite being busy with their day jobs and other extra activities. Majority of the old people aren't techy enough to access online gambling on their own, so most of them will stick to traditional gambling.
I'm kind of amazed by the old people who are really techy nowadays, I mean they can enjoy their retirement and money if they can access the internet themselves and that includes gambling.

[bitbollo]

interesting question... I think that mainly in my country (Italy) there is a propensity towards gambling based on "income".
People with a low income would bets more than one with a higher income.

Likewise it is easy to find unemployed (young) or retired (elderly) people who gamble a lot of money, while perhaps those who have a stable job do not have much exposure or they are playing just for fun.
The classic motto "playing for making money"....

[qwertyup23]

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.

I agree with you. With the rise of technology that somehow influenced the elderly, they are now discovering ways on how to gamble on their respective mobile phones.

Before the pandemic happened, I noticed that there are lots of middle aged to elderly people who were high rollers in such casino. Additionally, I rarely see young individuals gamble at physical casinos; or if there are any, they rarely stay.

Now after the pandemic, the rise of online gambling has skyrocketed its popularity where everyone seems to try it. Not to mention, even the elderly are now shifting to this method since most online gambling websites made it convenient for them to participate (e.g. simple controls, etc.).

[Litzki1990]

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?

Not only in my country but in every country usually people who are young and above are mostly gamblers. People of any age can be involved in gambling when they learn about online gambling platforms in various ways or when they have free time they try to gamble and there are some gamblers who take gambling as their profession. I have also heard that after retiring from his job, the working man gambles to take care of his children. Also I have heard that all members of the same family are gambling at the same time so it is hard to say for sure which age group gambles more but from my point of view I would say that young people tend to gamble more.

[shield132]

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?

For a moment I thought that you visited my country but as it seems this is the problem of every poor country, like mine.
Yeah, it's a sad fact but young people and middle-aged people gamble in online casinos every day. Old people, like those above 65, have no idea about online gambling but they collect together in squares, gardens and public places and play their favourite game backgammon, sometimes they play domino. You may ask, what do wives do? They work, they are the only major workforce. They usually migrate to other countries and take care of older people in exchange for money. That's the money they send back to countries and that's the money that their husbands and sons use to gamble.

[klidex]

In my country gambling is an illegal game so you can't gamble carelessly or go to offline casinos like countries that allow offline gambling or land-based casinos, but in my country there is online gambling, there are many online gambling sites, especially slot games and many also participate in it this game, but if I observe the people around me, not many parents play online gambling, most of them don't understand today's technology so they are a little behind, but the good news is that these parents don't understand online gambling, so they are still busy with their activities, whether farming or working to meet household needs compared to gambling where they cannot make money for sure and instead waste their money.

Most people who play online gambling are around the age of 20-35, meaning that age is the right age for gamblers, but they don't make gambling a bad habit, they still work to earn a living for their household needs, so they not rely on gambling or let women work to make ends meet the house is an unfair act. We must be able to draw a line between gambling and work so that the household continues to run stay mentally healthy.

[TopTort777]

For a moment I thought that you visited my country but as it seems this is the problem of every poor country, like mine.
Yeah, it's a sad fact but young people and middle-aged people gamble in online casinos every day. Old people, like those above 65, have no idea about online gambling but they collect together in squares, gardens and public places and play their favourite game backgammon, sometimes they play domino. You may ask, what do wives do? They work, they are the only major workforce. They usually migrate to other countries and take care of older people in exchange for money. That's the money they send back to countries and that's the money that their husbands and sons use to gamble.

On the other hand, elders, who are not much familiar with technologies, that conquered our world today, dont have much things to do. They can easily spend of lot of time gambling offline. In the retirement homes elder people often play cards, lotto, board games. They can do it without money involved, but can bet something else. We can say that young ones gamble online more than elderly ones, but offline gambling is more popular among people who are in age already. In the offline casinos (I am speaking about real casino, but not a room with slots and bar) I mostly see people 50+. Those people are not young, but cant be considered as elderly already also

[ethereumhunter]

Whether I don't know how many people who playing gambling or the younger ones play gamble more than the elders, I guess that numbers will be many. They like playing gambling because they feels that they can gets fun, especially if they playing gambling with their friends and they can have a chance to make money if they wins. But even if they can't wins, they can have fun with their funs and that's makes them keeps return to the casino to playing gambling. But with the presence of the internet now makes younger playing gambling using their gadgets so they don't have to go to casino. Even they can playing gambling with their friends in their rooms while they don't have any activities. I even meets some younger who playing gambling in public and they don't care if some people watch their gambling activity. I just worry if that can makes them addicted to gambling sooner or later.

[Outhue]

I see in my country the elderly ones are gamble more than the young ones.

Most of retired people have a lot time that they don't know what they need to spend, so they will do anything they like including gambling. Money isn't their main objective anymore, but their health and happiness are what they looking for, while the young ones are really like to make money.

If young people meet up every week or month, the retired people can meet up everyday.

Are you sure its gambling? Because we have older men in my country that have all the free times in the world and they come together to play games but you won't ever see them placing money on these local games.

If money isn't their main target anymore it even make sense that they can engage in card games or Ludo games just to have some fun, because let's ask oursledves, how many older people are you seeing getting addicted to gambling?

Not many like the youths of today I bet, not needing money makes you think straight when it comes to gambling, so even if these older people want to have a taste of gambling again it is sure that they will do it in a responsible way, like youve said, money isn't the priority here.

Todays youth engage in gambling for the money only, nothing else.

[Lucius]

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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?

I think that everything depends on the country and has to do with the level of education and general culture towards such things. When we talk about typical physical casinos, I can say that I see mostly middle-aged people there, I would say 30+, and when it comes to sports betting, there are still younger people.

However, now that gambling and sports betting are happening more and more online, it is difficult (without data) to estimate who uses such services more. What seems to me is that a lot of people who didn't have such activities before because they didn't want to be seen in physical branches have now taken advantage of the opportunity to gamble in the online world.

At the end of the day, gambling evokes the same emotion in people of any age, and there's nothing wrong with it as long as it's fun and doesn't become much more than that.