Concerns grow over online gambling among teens

[Onyeeze]

Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

I would like to add to what has been said that children are often interested in e-sports; this is a gaming discipline that did not exist before. 
And if at an early age football and hockey are not so interesting, then children enthusiastically watch the battles and battles of teams in Dota 2 and counter-strike 2. And this is the first step to betting on the betting platform.  This is another factor that children have now become interested in betting.

In addition to what you have said, there are now several play-to-earn games that are similar to gambling because they bring the money consciousness to children. Furthermore, children are becoming so financially independent these days because of peer influence and societal pressure, the means by which they make the money is immaterial and gambling seems to hold so much potential and this is why children are getting more involved in gambling. It will be difficult to change because online gambling have changed everything and make gambling more accessible.

right for your own philosophical observation towards children engaging themselves in to gambling but I understand that the major objectives why gambling is having much traffic is due to lack of employment opportunity across some countries and again introduction of people in gambling that makes gambling to be more influential and the more popular across the world so children now who is engaging desperately gambling I'm doing that due to the needed a quick money and they have understood that a gambling is the shortest way of them to make money that is why we continue having addition and gambling so the remedy will come from gambling website for verification before anyone can partake fully in gambling, so kyc verification will be the one to figure out children not to participate in gambling

[irhact]

A person regardless of their age has a responsibility towards themselves to try to pick the very best outcomes they can, a teen knows enough about the world to make judgments about what is best for them and whether what they are doing is correct or not, after all if a teen did not knew this information then why do they hide the fact they are gambling? Because they know it is wrong, so they are purposely doing something they know they should not be doing, and as such no matter their age they should be held responsible for their actions.

No teen gamble without knowing as they are grown up and no longer kids that we can say will get influence to try things that they shouldn't be trying. Teens gambling is becoming problematic to the society as more of them are beginning to gamble in search of money. Teens needs to be paid attention to more as they are doing things that'll destroy their life when they're not matured to know how bad gambling can be to their finances. Teens need to be pointed to the right direction as I think most of them gambling are only doing it to get money and they would had been misinformed about things that can give them money this is why they rely on gambling for money and it is a bad habit to have as you're still growing up. Teens need to get proper enlightenment on how bad gambling can be if done wrongly before it gets worst.

[LDL]

Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

I totally agree with you because one of the main reasons why youths are getting spoiled in today's age is the use of mobile phones. I am not against the use of mobile phones but if the mobiles are not used properly, youths will definitely destroy their careers. If a student spends 10 hours in mobile phone in 24 hours then how will his career be formed. In the village where I live, 90% of children below 18 use mobile phones while studying. If they use mobile phone while studying then surely their career will be ruined. Moreover, guardians are forced to buy mobile phones for small children because in my village, guardians are even being blackmailed to buy mobile phones.

[STT]

This subject is already out of the bag in terms of controlling the spread of gambling to children, not even as old teens would you have to consider restricting your range to.  Even a ten year old likely has a gambling feature integrated into the games they are playing so are being actively pursed by companies for profit from an early age.  

That whole concept of capturing children as customers  to various schemes online, mobile based and other new markets was here maybe ten years or more ago, people have been slow to only consider the idea of a straight casino as gambling but its moved on from that to something far more elusive.  Not just some companies but multi billion global corporations now include monetization into games, that can be assessed as gambling in quite a few of them.

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Teens need to be pointed to the right direction as I think most of them gambling are only doing it to get money and they would had been misinformed about things that can give them money this is why they rely on gambling for money and it is a bad habit to have as you're still growing up. Teens need to get proper enlightenment on how bad gambling can be if done wrongly before it gets worst.

However, it is not an easy job to be able to advise teenagers because most of them are in a period of rebellion and tend to be closed off from the advice given by other people regarding what they are doing. That's why as a parent it is also important to take part in providing advice and, if necessary, a firm attitude towards teenagers who do not want to be advised not to gamble at their age. These teenagers are very vulnerable to gambling addiction and this will not only disrupt their psychology, but also how they can focus on their school, therefore as soon as possible they must be given proper education about gambling.

[bubilas]

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Teens need to be pointed to the right direction as I think most of them gambling are only doing it to get money and they would had been misinformed about things that can give them money this is why they rely on gambling for money and it is a bad habit to have as you're still growing up. Teens need to get proper enlightenment on how bad gambling can be if done wrongly before it gets worst.

However, it is not an easy job to be able to advise teenagers because most of them are in a period of rebellion and tend to be closed off from the advice given by other people regarding what they are doing. That's why as a parent it is also important to take part in providing advice and, if necessary, a firm attitude towards teenagers who do not want to be advised not to gamble at their age. These teenagers are very vulnerable to gambling addiction and this will not only disrupt their psychology, but also how they can focus on their school, therefore as soon as possible they must be given proper education about gambling.

This is true.  Teenagers are the age when children move from a cozy and peaceful world into a cruel reality.  They understand that everything is not so good and rosy, so they lock up their feelings and rebel against reality before becoming adults and accepting it.  Nevertheless, they are as naive as small children, and it is better to keep such phenomena as gambling away from them so that addiction does not ruin the life of a fragile teenager.

[Obari]

Well, I can’t speak for others but personally I think it’s a no, no because there are still millions of kids out there who still haven’t gotten into gambling and maybe in course of trying to school them, they might want to give it a try and you guys already know how gambling already works and how easily a newbie could get carried away if not properly guided.
I think the idea of fighting underaged gambling should be more on the casinos and to enforce more strict regulations against minors maybe a KYC for underaged will go a very long way to reducing the gambling activities within underaged( just my random opinion).

That can be possible in offline casinos but that is easy to manipulate in online gambling sites. Even online casinos asking KYC but there is a hole in doing it and it is not the thing they focused on, it is increasing profit. Apparently, they are aware of the situation but they just let the situation grow and worsen. And now, the government is in the challenge to stop them.

I actually agree with you that there is a whole in the system especially when most times they don’t bother to ask for KYC before deposit and most ask for KYC after a win which is more like not balancing the whole situation which isn’t right and if the casino can be 100 percent sincere about their KYC then the issue of underage gambling can be minimized even in online gambling.

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Secondly, I don’t think a gambler gambles primarily just because his rooting for a club or a player because I’ve always been on the opinion that, the moment money is staked, each gambler hopes for a win and the fun and entertainment would come more if the wins are there.

That is the problem because these casinos are so tempting which makes a newbie easily fall into it. If the parents are gambling, that is a big influence on the mindset of their kids and the possibility that they become a gamblers as well. If online gambling is not fully controlled by the government, I don't think this issue will be resolved, I even expect more.

These generation of parents are even the most careless ones please forgive me and don’t get my statement wrong as what I mean, is that as compared to the data of our parents, we could imagine how strict they were to us which helped a lot but these generation of parents are giving so much freedom to the kids and making them go off the line and I think everything also starts from the parents .

[ethereumhunter]

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Teens need to be pointed to the right direction as I think most of them gambling are only doing it to get money and they would had been misinformed about things that can give them money this is why they rely on gambling for money and it is a bad habit to have as you're still growing up. Teens need to get proper enlightenment on how bad gambling can be if done wrongly before it gets worst.

However, it is not an easy job to be able to advise teenagers because most of them are in a period of rebellion and tend to be closed off from the advice given by other people regarding what they are doing. That's why as a parent it is also important to take part in providing advice and, if necessary, a firm attitude towards teenagers who do not want to be advised not to gamble at their age. These teenagers are very vulnerable to gambling addiction and this will not only disrupt their psychology, but also how they can focus on their school, therefore as soon as possible they must be given proper education about gambling.

That's why teenagers needs to be guided by their parents. No matters if teenagers becomes an adult person, their parents will consider they are still kids and needs to be protected by them. But unfortunately, not many parents can do that because many parents knows busy with their jobs and left their kids with their nanny.

They thinks that if they guard by their nanny, they will be safety and not doing something that can harm their life. But that will not truly right because we see many cases happens to the kids that has been guided by their nanny. Teenagers needs to get right enlightenment from their parents so it's a job for every parents to always make sure that they can gives more attention to their kids. But don't too strict to their kids because they will not like it.

[mirakal]

Well, I can’t speak for others but personally I think it’s a no, no because there are still millions of kids out there who still haven’t gotten into gambling and maybe in course of trying to school them, they might want to give it a try and you guys already know how gambling already works and how easily a newbie could get carried away if not properly guided.
I think the idea of fighting underaged gambling should be more on the casinos and to enforce more strict regulations against minors maybe a KYC for underaged will go a very long way to reducing the gambling activities within underaged( just my random opinion).

That can be possible in offline casinos but that is easy to manipulate in online gambling sites. Even online casinos asking KYC but there is a hole in doing it and it is not the thing they focused on, it is increasing profit. Apparently, they are aware of the situation but they just let the situation grow and worsen. And now, the government is in the challenge to stop them.

Secondly, I don’t think a gambler gambles primarily just because his rooting for a club or a player because I’ve always been on the opinion that, the moment money is staked, each gambler hopes for a win and the fun and entertainment would come more if the wins are there.

That is the problem because these casinos are so tempting which makes a newbie easily fall into it. If the parents are gambling, that is a big influence on the mindset of their kids and the possibility that they become a gamblers as well. If online gambling is not fully controlled by the government, I don't think this issue will be resolved, I even expect more.

[Obari]

Well, I can’t speak for others but personally I think it’s a no, no because there are still millions of kids out there who still haven’t gotten into gambling and maybe in course of trying to school them, they might want to give it a try and you guys already know how gambling already works and how easily a newbie could get carried away if not properly guided.
I think the idea of fighting underaged gambling should be more on the casinos and to enforce more strict regulations against minors maybe a KYC for underaged will go a very long way to reducing the gambling activities within underaged( just my random opinion).

That can be possible in offline casinos but that is easy to manipulate in online gambling sites. Even online casinos asking KYC but there is a hole in doing it and it is not the thing they focused on, it is increasing profit. Apparently, they are aware of the situation but they just let the situation grow and worsen. And now, the government is in the challenge to stop them.

I actually agree with you that there is a whole in the system especially when most times they don’t bother to ask for KYC before deposit and most ask for KYC after a win which is more like not balancing the whole situation which isn’t right and if the casino can be 100 percent sincere about their KYC then the issue of underage gambling can be minimized even in online gambling.

[Litzki1990]

Smart phones are now very accessible along with the internet is now at hand so a teenager or teen can get involved in gambling at a young age without any hassle. Everything has a certain age. Teenagers are not the perfect age for gambling. At this stage of life a person usually does not earn money and also does not have enough decision making power so when he focuses more on such gambling his career will go bad. If the boy is addicted to gambling at this age, not only his career will go bad but also his family will be ruined. I think the casino sides can add some more rules in this regard so that these young ladies don't get addicted to gambling at a young age.

[Dewi Aries]

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Teens need to be pointed to the right direction as I think most of them gambling are only doing it to get money and they would had been misinformed about things that can give them money this is why they rely on gambling for money and it is a bad habit to have as you're still growing up. Teens need to get proper enlightenment on how bad gambling can be if done wrongly before it gets worst.

However, it is not an easy job to be able to advise teenagers because most of them are in a period of rebellion and tend to be closed off from the advice given by other people regarding what they are doing. That's why as a parent it is also important to take part in providing advice and, if necessary, a firm attitude towards teenagers who do not want to be advised not to gamble at their age. These teenagers are very vulnerable to gambling addiction and this will not only disrupt their psychology, but also how they can focus on their school, therefore as soon as possible they must be given proper education about gambling.

That's why a small child must always be guided in everything, not all the bad things we see are also bad for them, they can't yet differentiate between good and bad, what to follow and what to avoid. and simply put, usually when they see an adult doing something then they will most likely follow it without finding out first about whether it is a good or bad action, but it is natural because after all a child who is still a minor will not be able to make judgments because their minds are still young. unstable.

A child who is still underage is usually controlled by a sense of selfishness, they will rebel or cry when something they want is not fulfilled by their parents, meaning that the danger is when they really have an interest in gambling which is where they are now it is easy to find gambling on the internet, especially on social media, plus recently I have seen a child prefer to spend most of his remaining time holding a smartphone, meaning the possibility of falling into gambling is quite large, and of course There is no other solution other than what you said, namely that both parents must be able to keep them away from various things that can make their children reach the reach of gambling. Providing education is good, but I think if a child really hasn't touched gambling then it's better to focus on preventive measures and not say anything about gambling.

[bangjoe]

Smart phones are now very accessible along with the internet is now at hand so a teenager or teen can get involved in gambling at a young age without any hassle. Everything has a certain age. Teenagers are not the perfect age for gambling. At this stage of life a person usually does not earn money and also does not have enough decision making power so when he focuses more on such gambling his career will go bad. If the boy is addicted to gambling at this age, not only his career will go bad but also his family will be ruined. I think the casino sides can add some more rules in this regard so that these young ladies don't get addicted to gambling at a young age.

Yes with smart phones everything is easier to access, so a lot of young people who see online gambling are easily attracted and try it, even though their economy is really not in time, they are still in school and some are still very young to know gambling, and that is the real danger.

But unfortunately most of these young people I believe they access illegal casinos because illegal casinos do not have certain restrictions to filter their services, I think some large and recognized casinos already have rules such as KYC is one form of filtering their consumers who are still underage are not allowed to gamble.

[Awaklara]

Smart phones are now very accessible along with the internet is now at hand so a teenager or teen can get involved in gambling at a young age without any hassle. Everything has a certain age. Teenagers are not the perfect age for gambling. At this stage of life a person usually does not earn money and also does not have enough decision making power so when he focuses more on such gambling his career will go bad. If the boy is addicted to gambling at this age, not only his career will go bad but also his family will be ruined. I think the casino sides can add some more rules in this regard so that these young ladies don't get addicted to gambling at a young age.

What makes it easier for teenagers to access online gambling is none other than the increasing number of payment alternatives. It makes it easier for anyone to make deposits, including teenagers who are curious about gambling.
It doesn't matter where they get their money from, but in their teens, they definitely have an interest in something that might be prohibited. Forbidding them from gambling is not the best solution, but providing knowledge regarding risks and readiness from a young age is an option.
Nowadays, many young people, even underage people, can access online gambling. The role of parents is to be closer and know what their children are doing so they don't make the wrong choice in choosing steps.

[Hispo]

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But unfortunately most of these young people I believe they access illegal casinos because illegal casinos do not have certain restrictions to filter their services, I think some large and recognized casinos already have rules such as KYC is one form of filtering their consumers who are still underage are not allowed to gamble.

Rather than illegal, I would call those casinos to be "unregistered", instead. Because calling them illegal would imply they are operating in a jurisdiction in which gambling is not within the law or there is a lack of gambling authority in the country.
Also, those unregistered casinos which do not ask for KYC from their gamblers eventually become big enough to catch the attention of authorities, either they start to comply with regulators or they website and social media would get seized and unable to access to by the owners. That is what typically happens when a service becomes big enough but chooses not to comply with regulations, anyways.

[Obari]

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But unfortunately most of these young people I believe they access illegal casinos because illegal casinos do not have certain restrictions to filter their services, I think some large and recognized casinos already have rules such as KYC is one form of filtering their consumers who are still underage are not allowed to gamble.

Rather than illegal, I would call those casinos to be "unregistered", instead. Because calling them illegal would imply they are operating in a jurisdiction in which gambling is not within the law or there is a lack of gambling authority in the country.
Also, those unregistered casinos which do not ask for KYC from their gamblers eventually become big enough to catch the attention of authorities, either they start to comply with regulators or they website and social media would get seized and unable to access to by the owners. That is what typically happens when a service becomes big enough but chooses not to comply with regulations, anyways.

I don’t know how best to say this but personally I think any casino that doesn’t work under the required jurisdiction of a particular country of operation isn’t wrong to be tagged illegal that’s just another way to say unregistered but I think using the word “illegal” might seem too harsh I guess🥱
I agree with you @Hispo that as the casino grows, the government starts coming after it and that’s because the government already knows that’s you already gotten a lot fan and customers and might be difficult for you to want to leave and as such you wouldn’t be left with no other option but to bargain with the government and we’ve seen things like this happen to companies and even exchanges of recent in my country were already victims of this.

[bering]

Gambling among teenagers is definitely growing and two obvious factors are to blame for this: firstly, all teenagers now have smartphones. And now it is very easy for them to just go to the gambling casino or betting site and place a bet there.
All teenagers have plastic cards, so it will not be a problem to replenish the deposit. And the casino will not check in any way whether teenagers are as old as they need to be under the law.

I totally agree with you because one of the main reasons why youths are getting spoiled in today's age is the use of mobile phones. I am not against the use of mobile phones but if the mobiles are not used properly, youths will definitely destroy their careers. If a student spends 10 hours in mobile phone in 24 hours then how will his career be formed. In the village where I live, 90% of children below 18 use mobile phones while studying. If they use mobile phone while studying then surely their career will be ruined. Moreover, guardians are forced to buy mobile phones for small children because in my village, guardians are even being blackmailed to buy mobile phones.

Smart phone is the current technology and the development of this thing cannot be stopped because not only kids who can used smart phone and we all know people around the world always be used this thing for their daily needs and from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed we can't get away from the smart phone so we cannot prevent kids from using the smart phone but indeed i think it's time for the parents to more concern and controlling their kids for using smart phone because i think it can be avoiding the kids to be aware of things we don't want such as gambling and maybe implementing gambling prevention education in schools is very necessary someday so the teacher can explain what is the negative impact from gambling to the kids besides that with the know the risk early the kids will have good self awareness about gambling

[cabron]

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But unfortunately most of these young people I believe they access illegal casinos because illegal casinos do not have certain restrictions to filter their services, I think some large and recognized casinos already have rules such as KYC is one form of filtering their consumers who are still underage are not allowed to gamble.

Rather than illegal, I would call those casinos to be "unregistered", instead. Because calling them illegal would imply they are operating in a jurisdiction in which gambling is not within the law or there is a lack of gambling authority in the country.
Also, those unregistered casinos which do not ask for KYC from their gamblers eventually become big enough to catch the attention of authorities, either they start to comply with regulators or they website and social media would get seized and unable to access to by the owners. That is what typically happens when a service becomes big enough but chooses not to comply with regulations, anyways.

I don’t know how best to say this but personally I think any casino that doesn’t work under the required jurisdiction of a particular country of operation isn’t wrong to be tagged illegal that’s just another way to say unregistered but I think using the word “illegal” might seem too harsh I guess🥱
I agree with you @Hispo that as the casino grows, the government starts coming after it and that’s because the government already knows that’s you already gotten a lot fan and customers and might be difficult for you to want to leave and as such you wouldn’t be left with no other option but to bargain with the government and we’ve seen things like this happen to companies and even exchanges of recent in my country were already victims of this.

As long as kids can play and are not required to submit KYC, they will continue playing on such platform. It won't matter what label you use for them, when kids can play on it, they will stay there. especially when these kids learn they can use cryptocurrency, it will be freedom to do a lot more.

So there are still decentralized exchanges and casinos that don't ask KYC these days. It can be a double-edged sword for these casinos can turn scams and they couldn't file a lawsuit.  More problematic scenes in the end, kids get addicted to gambling and at the same time scammed by scam casinos.

[SamReomo]

As long as kids can play and are not required to submit KYC, they will continue playing on such platform. It won't matter what label you use for them, when kids can play on it, they will stay there.

Yes, kids don't care about anything when they don't have to submit KYC or any other details on those type of platforms. KYC can stop those kids but since there's no requirement to do any kind of KYC and that's why kids can do whatever they want without any fear.

Kids, and teenagers are quite naive in taking proper decisions because they want fun and entertainment in their life and earning money on those online casinos or just imagining that kind of earning could add enough fun in their lives, however they can get addicted to gambling and that can destroy their lives.

[Huppercase]

Yes with smart phones everything is easier to access, so a lot of young people who see online gambling are easily attracted and try it, even though their economy is really not in time, they are still in school and some are still very young to know gambling, and that is the real danger.

We often blame the young lad for doing what they are not supposed to do before their age but we as the guardians failed to do our own part of the scrutiny. If a child lives with you and eat food under your roof, you have every right to restrict them of some things but before the restrictions, you have to educate them about what we warn them about, that way they wouldn't be able to raise any curiosity of what you are trying to avoid them towards.

It's a growing concern among our society and what caused it majorly is because they want to make money in their younger age as that is what the society now does, money precede everything today and that is how they become addicted to gambling due to lack of experience and money loss. By the time they try to get back the money and the don't make it, the consistent loss can make them addicted to the point of losing focus about life especially education.