Is it proper for younger ones to gamble?

[Ever-young]

It pains me to see our young people gamble at a very tender age instead of engaging in things that are very beneficial in life or concentrating more on education but gambling has become their best option which is very bad but we can be of help by preventing harm and also providing resources which can help them have a fulfilling lives like counselling, support groups or developing effective solutions because gambling addiction is a very serious case and can't be easily prevented without help because it can cause some to commit suicide. So let's work together and create awareness about the consequences of underage gambling to help our teenagers build a solid foundation and also their wellbeing. Remember prevention is better than cure and together we can make a difference.

[bakasabo]

Sometimes I think that +18 age limit should be reconsidered and adopted to modern realia. This +18 = adult comes from ancient times. Current kids, with access to the internet are more advanced than kids 50 years ago. Its kids today who teach adults. They are much more friendly with modern digital world. Its kids today, who set up, install or modernize every single gadget for their parents. I will not surprised, that in 20-30 years, vehicles will be so easy to ride, that drivers licenses will be available from 14. Not saying that kids at kindergarten age must gamble, but lots of +14 kids already play slots and roulette using counter-strike skins, and "game currency", that parents buy them.

Their childhoods were shaped by a world of high digital connectivity; a world that gives many people a deep technological savvy even before adolescence.

However, in adjusting age limits, we cannot ignore the implications for child safety. Although some children have advanced technological skills, they may lack the emotional or cognitive maturity necessary to resolve problem gambling. Teenagers are still in the learning and development stage; they are vulnerable to the adverse effects of gambling practices, such as addiction and financial instability, which can hinder their future growth and success.

Therefore, even though technological advances are bringing children into a world rich in digital exposure, we must remember that age restrictions in gambling are not just a measure of technological proficiency. They have a lot to say about protecting the interests and strategies for protecting children, both now and in the future. Therefore, it is important to enforce current age restrictions. The goal is twofold: isolating children from the dangers of gambling and providing a healthy pathway to safe development.

However, a child addicted to gambling will cause less problems to himself and people around him if that would do an adult addicted to gambling. Children are much more limited with money than adults, and they have less chances to get them to continue gambling. As they are still learning the world, sometimes I think that they wont give much attention to gambling in general, but rather switch to something that are more in trend. This is not a call to allow them gamble, but how much can they lose? Lunch money and what they got as a gifts. What an adult can lose? Salary, borrowed money, and money he could get from pawnshops.

[hyudien]

Indeed. It's because of money. Those betting shops allowing minors to gamble are just after profit. Thus, regardless of the age, anyone can play as long as you have money. If minors are restricted to gamble, then underage gamblers would be lessen somehow. Of course, there's a way for them to play if they really want to since online casinos are already existing. But seeing these kids playing in public, wearing their uniform, is still not good and can only influence other minors to do the same.

That makes sense, even nowadays I can say that there are many children who are underage but they are already gambling. And also casinos do not seem to have age restrictions, but it seems that if there are small children gambling in physical casinos it is unlikely, unless they gamble by doing online casino gambling. Online casinos certainly do not look at anyone, all can gamble if they meet the requirements such as having money and accounts. After that they only think about profit, with so many people gambling, the more profit the casino can get.
Don't do online gambling by wearing school uniforms with them without wearing school uniforms even in my opinion it is still not good. Because with their age that is not yet sufficient, it is not natural for them to do gambling. It is the same with those who are in high school seats,. If you are still in the school environment, you should not do gambling.

[ethereumhunter]

It pains me to see our young people gamble at a very tender age instead of engaging in things that are very beneficial in life or concentrating more on education but gambling has become their best option which is very bad but we can be of help by preventing harm and also providing resources which can help them have a fulfilling lives like counselling, support groups or developing effective solutions because gambling addiction is a very serious case and can't be easily prevented without help because it can cause some to commit suicide. So let's work together and create awareness about the consequences of underage gambling to help our teenagers build a solid foundation and also their wellbeing. Remember prevention is better than cure and together we can make a difference.

That's why we must doing prevention for our children by always monitor, guard them and teach them to stay away from gambling in their ages. Even if they grow up and more than 18+, we must keeps guards them as in this era, everything becomes easy to access. They can use internet to search, learn, and using anything they wants and many tutorials about gambling in the internet which can helps them to understand gambling. But if we can always tells them about the danger of gambling, they will not playing gambling and will avoids it so they will not becomes addicted to gambling. It's sad to see younger people playing gambling, even they becomes addicted to gambling so we must make sure that our children is not like other younger people who gets addicted to gambling.

[Lida93]

It depends on the country and their legal framework concerning gambling and how the law enforcement services are in such regions as regards to under age gambling.


But in general this is the worst scenerios, because gambling addictions will always be present in such location since there is nothing like under age gambling restrictions.

Any country in the world that have gambling companies saturated all over the country both online and land based but doesn't have enacted acts prohibiting young underage persons from being allowed to gamble, there's no other words to use in describing the government of such country than saying they are the most  useless government on earth as their priority lies squarely on the profit they make through gambling taxes far above the quality of their country's next generation.

What I have noticed in my part of the world is that, despite how much the law makes provisions restricting against underage gambling, the problem is in the enforcement of these laws by the agents saddled with these responsibility.  On the other hand, another factor that increases underage gambling irrespective of the laws in that location, is the high rate of poverty.

[Dewi Aries]

While it may be true that the government will most likely not know the full extent of whether the younger generation is involved in gambling or not, but certainly I think there is nothing wrong with making regulations or enforcing regulations about prohibiting the younger generation from engaging in gambling, this can be informed to the entire community by the government through television news shows so that parents can really limit and challenge the activities of a child.

Another thing is that I quite agree with you that the rest of this is the fault of the casino, the government should work with the casino, or the point is to tell the casino firmly to prohibit the younger generation from entering the betting shop to engage in gambling with an agreement and provide sanctions if it turns out that the casino violates the rules applied by the government, so I think this problem can still be solved as long as the government can be really firm.

Are you talking about countries that have legalized casinos? If so, I would agree with what you said. But if the government makes such an effort to enforce the regulations as you say, will it be effective,? Because in this era it is so easy to play gambling. If the younger generation is limited to playing in betting shops. He will have another option by playing on online gambling sites. Here shows the role of parents must focus more on limiting their children's activities and their children's own awareness of the dangers of gambling.

Yes I am talking about some countries that legalize gambling in their countries especially those that give licenses to physical casinos that run there, and I think obviously this is a fairly effective way to solve the problem of minors involved in physical casinos by establishing agreements with physical casino owners to impose strict limits on the prohibition of minors to engage in gambling. Another thing is yes I understand what you mean here, although I think my opinion is quite reliable if we are talking about physical casinos but yes we should be able to open our eyes more that lately the population of gamblers involved in online casino types is increasing.

I'm not forgetting the fact that online casinos are indeed more frequented by most gamblers due to the convenience that makes it easier for gamblers to engage in betting, but above I just talked about one formula that I think is quite effective in preventing minors from getting involved in physical casinos. At the end of the day it's clear as you say that it comes down to each parent really needing to be able to limit a child's activities, keep an eye on them to prevent them from going to betting shops and also limit their use of smartphones or laptops to minimize a child's exposure to online casinos.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

I think most casino owners only care about the profits they make, they won't care whether someone gambling is old enough or whether the financial situation is secure or not, as long as they have money. It is true that according to the law, letting these students gamble may be an illegal act, but as far as I know, small betting shops usually ignore it.

I remember when I was a child, about 20 years ago, there were many small betting shops with small slot machines opened, and the main customers of these shops were mostly students like us. They often do not open publicly but secretly to avoid inspection by authorities. Honestly speaking, where there is demand, there will be supply, access to gambling games like this is nothing new to the current generation of students. And those who supply these services are not foolish enough to ignore this customer source.

[Lidger]

It improper in all forms. Nothing is funny about this, allowing children to gamble should be prohibited and even gambling houses accepting them should be fined or close down, how can children that are supposed to be in school be at the gambling house for what reason?, Money!! Lol.

Imagine the orientation of such children about gambling from that age what about when they are full grown up if they continue this way, financial crisis and emotional imbalance is certain.

When we were in school we were banned from school that we couldn't use phones at all and if we ever brought phones to school the teacher would punish us severely. Every week our school used to make jokes about the guardian and what his child was doing and how much they were addicted to mobile they would directly talk to the guardian as a result of which we didn't get much chance to use mobile then. But now smart phone has become a very accessible thing and guardians teachers are not very aware of the student or the child due to which easily a student gets involved in gambling. I don't say gambling is wrong but I definitely say gambling underage is wrong and underage gambling can lead a student's career in wrong direction.

[Betwrong]

It depends on how old they are, usually people under the age of 18 are restricted from gambling but that depends on the country they come from.

Gambling is an activity that is taken as a bad habit just like drinking alcohol or smoking, they could be fun but they got a lot of negative sides. Just like it is forbidden for kids to encounter these bad habits, I think that it is also bad for younger ones to participate in gambling because when someone is in a younger age they could behave irresponsibility and impulsively which makes them take stupid decisions.

That's exactly why gambling should be prohibited for younger people. They don't understand the limits, they ignore all the rules. That's how many of us had been behaving when we were young. We are lucky that we weren't introduced to gambling at that age. The reality is that our lives could have been ruined either way: whether we lost or won because having access to big money at a young age does more harm than good.

[knowngunman]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

What type of gambling? Did they just placed a bet and collect their tickets or they were there playing live games? The reason why I am asking this is to allow me draw my conclusions accurately without being unjust to the teenagers. Sometimes, you will see this underage in the gambling places placing bets but they actually have no idea of what is going on because they are being sent by elderly people with a code to generate the game. I have encountered series of cases like this and you will be surprised when you ask them.

I am also guilty of this because I have done it sometimes back. That very day, I have no enough money to place bet on my account but I need to play that game while I also have another engagement at the same time. I don't have other choice than to book the game on my phone and sent a teenager with a code to help me print the tickets. I felt so disappointed in myself for doing that I hope not to repeat it again. He brought it back and asked me whether it is my school result and say yes, lol.

[Renampun]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

This all concerns morals and ethics, I am sure that even in countries where gambling is legal, there is an age limit for players there but it is difficult to implement it effectively, for example in our country, online slot gambling is very common, even those who are older In "10 years" there are quite a lot of people who end up becoming addicted, this needs attention from all parties, children who are still students should focus on studying because losing at gambling can really affect their psychology, even worse, it can make the person stop going to school.

[Crypto Library]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

Younger or under-aged?
I don't think there is any country in the world where there are no restrictions on under aged gambling. Under aged gambling addiction can have a terrible impact on the society, firstly they understand less about money management, moreover due to their low maturity they can do anything when they need money for gambling. In this case, there will be more chaos in the society, currently as a third world country, in my country, most of these under aged people are known as juvenile gangs and they are becoming very scary day by day.
Now I think what you should do is if under-aged gambling is illegal in your country then you will take legal action against them to punish them for it.

[Aniel Jay]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

All gambling must still at least possess that sense of decency.

Back in the days when we had no access to online gambling platforms, we were unable to enter the betting shops because it was restricted for persons under the age of 18, especially in secondary school then but we usually hid or begged an elderly person to help stake our bet for us, though at first, they'll be reluctant but after few warnings they will help us play.

But these days people are more concerned about making profits, they don't care who's playing, they will tell you if I don't allow him to play here, he will definitely go use the online platform.

It's good we guide our younger ones on the risk of gambling and the addiction part of it.

[Betwrong]

~ But these days people are more concerned about making profits, they don't care who's playing, they will tell you if I don't allow him to play here, he will definitely go use the online platform. ~

I don't know how it is in your country, but normally such casinos could be fined or even closed. It's similar to selling alcohol or cigarettes to those who's underage. No matter how much you concerned about making profits, you shouldn't do that.

Also, like you said, "gambling must still at least possess that sense of decency". It's immoral to allow young people, people who don't possess certain knowledge essential for safe gambling to play games of chance at your place.

[Jody.Drummer]

~ But these days people are more concerned about making profits, they don't care who's playing, they will tell you if I don't allow him to play here, he will definitely go use the online platform. ~

I don't know how it is in your country, but normally such casinos could be fined or even closed. It's similar to selling alcohol or cigarettes to those who's underage. No matter how much you concerned about making profits, you shouldn't do that.

Also, like you said, "gambling must still at least possess that sense of decency". It's immoral to allow young people, people who don't possess certain knowledge essential for safe gambling to play games of chance at your place.

Yes, if there are casinos that do not apply any restrictions or do not apply the rule that a minor is not allowed to participate in gambling activities in their betting shop then yes, the government should step in to solve this problem, and if indeed from the beginning the government only allowed gambling for people who are adults then yes, I think there is no reason for any defense for the government not to immediately solve this problem.

At least the government must act decisively by giving sanctions or penalties in the form of fines or other penalties if indeed the casino still allows children who are still underage to be involved in the betting shop. On the other hand, it is clear that for casinos, they certainly want the freedom to allow everyone including minors to be involved in their betting shops because their goal is to generate greater profits from the number of gamblers involved, meaning that I think for this problem it is back to the government who must act decisively and also indirectly this is also the duty of parents who must be stricter in protecting their children from reaching gambling.

[Rockstarguy]

It improper in all forms. Nothing is funny about this, allowing children to gamble should be prohibited and even gambling houses accepting them should be fined or close down, how can children that are supposed to be in school be at the gambling house for what reason?, Money!! Lol.

Indeed. It's because of money. Those betting shops allowing minors to gamble are just after profit. Thus, regardless of the age, anyone can play as long as you have money. If minors are restricted to gamble, then underage gamblers would be lessen somehow. Of course, there's a way for them to play if they really want to since online casinos are already existing. But seeing these kids playing in public, wearing their uniform, is still not good and can only influence other minors to do the same.

If we go into analysing gambling well, the rate at which young  people that are below 18 gamble is much and if gambling is restricted from underage u don't think gambling companies will make much money . The reason why we see so many underage people in gambling is because they want to make money so quick and gambling is a means which they think they can involve themselves to generate money. I think young people just need orientation to stop gambling,  because even if their is a body that controls and restrict young people from playing gambling in gambling shops they can still have access by gambling with their device.

Nothing but good orientation that will help in reducing the rate young people go into gambling. The goverment can also help if they come up with a law to close down any gambling shop allowing young people to gamble, I think this will help most gambling shop to sit up and not to welcome young people that are not up to the age of gambling.

[bettercrypto]

It pains me to see our young people gamble at a very tender age instead of engaging in things that are very beneficial in life or concentrating more on education but gambling has become their best option which is very bad but we can be of help by preventing harm and also providing resources which can help them have a fulfilling lives like counselling, support groups or developing effective solutions because gambling addiction is a very serious case and can't be easily prevented without help because it can cause some to commit suicide. So let's work together and create awareness about the consequences of underage gambling to help our teenagers build a solid foundation and also their wellbeing. Remember prevention is better than cure and together we can make a difference.

It's not really nice to see a young student still in uniform inside a casino. Instead of studying at school, they spend time gambling, something that is not good to see, and at the same time, it also destroys the focus of attention on learning.

Maybe the students who have been seen in physical gambling have experienced winning, so they go back and forth to that gambling. They think that the small amount they pocket can turn into a large amount of money, but there should really be a prohibition or restriction on students.

[HelliumZ]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

The spread of gambling addiction among school and college boys and girls is like a curse for future generations. However, in all countries where gambling is legal, gambling is legal for students and they can participate in gambling within the permitted age. But in my country like in your country children are getting addicted to gambling at a young age and also students in school uniform are getting involved in the horrendous addiction to drugs, so they are heading towards a dark future and we cannot expect anything good from the next generation.

[Wakate]

Because nowadays the younger ones take gambling more seriously then school. Yesterday i got back home early so I decided to step out and go to a betting shop to catch some fun while gambling, I saw two teenagers gambling with their school uniforms on them.

I asked someone besides me why did they allow this boy's to come in with their uniforms and gamble, he said did they put any restrictions that younger ones are not allowed to gamble. I said but it's not normal, I replied him what if this are your kids would you be happy seeing them gambling with their uniforms on them. So what do you guys think about this situation at hand now.

The spread of gambling addiction among school and college boys and girls is like a curse for future generations. However, in all countries where gambling is legal, gambling is legal for students and they can participate in gambling within the permitted age. But in my country like in your country children are getting addicted to gambling at a young age and also students in school uniform are getting involved in the horrendous addiction to drugs, so they are heading towards a dark future and we cannot expect anything good from the next generation.

I believe that each country has their gambling limit and people need to respect I don't see a good reason why the little or young ones would have to gamble when they are not supposed to. If children starts gambling at a tender age, that means before they reach the youthful age things would have become addictive which is something that is not meant to happen. Gambling is supposed to be regulated even though the government is trying to regulated so that things would not go bad that little children would be gambling when they are supposed to think about something else. It is important we corect our younger ones and stop them from involving in any form of gambling.

[EluguHcman]

Sometimes I think that +18 age limit should be reconsidered and adopted to modern realia. This +18 = adult comes from ancient times. Current kids, with access to the internet are more advanced than kids 50 years ago. Its kids today who teach adults. They are much more friendly with modern digital world. Its kids today, who set up, install or modernize every single gadget for their parents. I will not surprised, that in 20-30 years, vehicles will be so easy to ride, that drivers licenses will be available from 14. Not saying that kids at kindergarten age must gamble, but lots of +14 kids already play slots and roulette using counter-strike skins, and "game currency", that parents buy them.

Their childhoods were shaped by a world of high digital connectivity; a world that gives many people a deep technological savvy even before adolescence.

However, in adjusting age limits, we cannot ignore the implications for child safety. Although some children have advanced technological skills, they may lack the emotional or cognitive maturity necessary to resolve problem gambling. Teenagers are still in the learning and development stage; they are vulnerable to the adverse effects of gambling practices, such as addiction and financial instability, which can hinder their future growth and success.

Therefore, even though technological advances are bringing children into a world rich in digital exposure, we must remember that age restrictions in gambling are not just a measure of technological proficiency. They have a lot to say about protecting the interests and strategies for protecting children, both now and in the future. Therefore, it is important to enforce current age restrictions. The goal is twofold: isolating children from the dangers of gambling and providing a healthy pathway to safe development.

However, a child addicted to gambling will cause less problems to himself and people around him if that would do an adult addicted to gambling. Children are much more limited with money than adults, and they have less chances to get them to continue gambling. As they are still learning the world, sometimes I think that they wont give much attention to gambling in general, but rather switch to something that are more in trend. This is not a call to allow them gamble, but how much can they lose? Lunch money and what they got as a gifts. What an adult can lose? Salary, borrowed money, and money he could get from pawnshops.

@bakasabo, I understood your perspective view clearly. It is true that more looses are accounted when an adult is addicted to gambling because the adult would always have those privileges to source for money so he could keep gambling.

But bear it in mind that there would be more tension when a child is addicted because the child can as well attracted to illegal indulgences also for source of being able to gamble more when the child got no cash within the moment.
It could also traumatize the child to loose concentration while learning because all that would be ringing in his head is either for school to dismiss so he could go gambling or going to gambling during school hours, most interestingly, the child goes beyond control as not limited where the adult can sell his valuable just to gamble the child could as well indulge in selling the parents properties for same reason.

It becomes more tension when a child is addicted to gambling because he can not summon courage by himself to stop it like the courageous adults could be, so by so doing, the child could grow up by it by becoming a chronic addicted and wayward adult that was breeded from the childhood.