What are the remedy to underage gambling?

[Charles-Tim]

If a player who is underage accept the terms and conditions and check the box which specify the date requirements, it is no longer the fault of the platform. Parents and guardians should do more to prevent underage gambling because the bulk of the job is with them.

If the kid do not accept it, it will not allow the kid to gamble. If the kid access the site again and accept that he is above 18, the site will allow him to register and start gambling. This is what smart kids will do. I do not think all gambling sites are doing this. This is the reason I like Stake.com (Stake.us for those that are living in United States) as it makes KYC mandatory.

[DaNNy001]

Having a strict kyc policy would be a good way to prevent this from happening and also if physical betting centers can also be strict with gamblers showing their id before they walk in this would prevent the high rate of underage gambling...There are lots of things that can actually be done but these casinos are not taking it seriously...if we don't stop underage gambling it would only bring about more addicts

[Sammye3]

Anything done online can be accessible to everybody regardless of age bracket, that is the world we live in now.
I don't see the possibility of stopping underage individuals from betting if there is no physical meeting or interaction.

Though it is clearly written in the ToS that underage are not allowed to bet but the casino or betting site also need finances to operate so would not necessarily treat the KYC verification strictly as they believe every consequence is self-blamed.

It must not always be about the age but the maturity that comes with gambling, self discipline and control.

[arwin100]

It is true that some of the gambling site or casino sites there terms for someone to start gambling over there are ranging from age 18+ although I learnt that some countries are from 16+ while some are between from 19+ above before they could start operating on the gambling/casino site. Nowadays I am so shocked and surprised on how children of this generation do made their way into casino to start gambling without them even getting to aged bracket of accessing the gambling site before they could starts gambling.
I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

Parents can do two things with that case and that is monitoring their child activities if they can track those things for sure that they can help them lessen to engage in this activity. Also they should educate their underage children towards possible effect of gambling maybe showing the worse case scenario happen to other people might help them. There are bad stories they can watch on streaming sites and for sure they can learn lot of things about that situation. Open dialogue is important towards this situation and if they can enforce strict rules towards their child about not to engage on gambling there's huge chance that they can escape on early addiction which is destructive to them.

[Patikno]

It is true that some of the gambling site or casino sites there terms for someone to start gambling over there are ranging from age 18+ although I learnt that some countries are from 16+ while some are between from 19+ above before they could start operating on the gambling/casino site. Nowadays I am so shocked and surprised on how children of this generation do made their way into casino to start gambling without them even getting to aged bracket of accessing the gambling site before they could starts gambling.
I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

Actually, KYC requirements are useful for reducing the potential for underage gamblers to engage in gambling, but they aren't enough to stop underage gambling. On the other hand, casino KYC requirements still have loopholes that underage gamblers can exploit. I believe casinos could implement live KYC verification for every user who logs in, and this is intended to further reduce underage gambling, but I believe it also poses another risk to the casino, meaning users might be reluctant to do so every time. Therefore, I don't think there is a foolproof solution to ending underage gambling, and even if casinos do enforce to do it as I said, then I think it would create a dilemma.

By the way, I think another possible way to stop underage gambling is through collaboration between the government and casinos. We know that the government has data on citizens of the country, which means that data can be used to identify users, and then live KYC is required for every user activity. However, this is just a wild idea, and I think it is difficult to implement, Cmiiw.

[Tmoonz]

It's simple, if every casino can adhere to the making strict kyc verifications then this would limit underage gambling to a large extent, now there are so many kyc free casinos that makes it easier for a lot of people to access gambling but this only promotes underage gambling because kids below 18 years would be able to access gambling freely without any form of restrictions at all, these are the cons of it

The parents have an important role to play in this by sensitizing the children about the danger and risk of gambling especially to underaged and they have to be doing this with love because teenagers are good at going to or doing whatever that are warn not to out of curiosity and they are willing to go to any length to achieve their aims, for a strict verification process trust me they are going to have their way out at all cost, parents should guide their children and also put them on watch with love just like I have said before and this will help along way.

[bitbollo]

The real problem is that the more you prohibit something ...the more attractive it becomes in some way.
It's always better to explain how betting/gamblibworks; in a way, it's also a life lesson.
Many choices can be seen as real bets.

[Yamifoud]

Having a strict kyc policy would be a good way to prevent this from happening and also if physical betting centers can also be strict with gamblers showing their id before they walk in this would prevent the high rate of underage gambling...There are lots of things that can actually be done but these casinos are not taking it seriously...if we don't stop underage gambling it would only bring about more addicts

KYC isn’t really the solution, because it can still be faked. That is why fraud and money laundering continue to happen even with KYC in place. So honestly, the only remedy would be to completely ban online gambling in the country. But I don't think they will choose that option, knowing how much the government benefits from it. Casinos still can’t fully prevent minors from accessing their platforms, no matter what rules they implement.

In the end, the best thing we can do is guide our kids properly and never encourage them to gamble until they reach the legal age.

[LogitechMouse]

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I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

Mandatory KYC is one of the solutions that many are looking into it, but we know that there are some who don't want to share their personal information to some strangers online. That's also one of the reason why there are many gamblers who prefer gambling on a non-KYC gambling website because they want to become as anonymous as possible.

Nowadays, it's hard to prevent these underage teens from gambling especially with how easy gambling can be accessed now. Just a smartphone and an internet and you're good to go. Parents should look at their children as well and what websites they're going, but it's still hard for them to track their children all the time. I don't know if there's a solution that will totally work where underage people will be prohibited from gambling especially on online gambling. Of course in physical casinos, this can be tracked since it's physical, but doing it online is very hard.

KYC is still the best solution that I know, but not all gambling websites are requiring it to their customers. Maybe if ALL of the legal casinos will implement it then that could reduce the number of underage gamblers, but that will not eradicate it completely.

[Itz-prisigold]

It’s just crazy how online casinos still don’t do anything about the underage users. Personally, just entering the date of birth in a site’s system isn’t enough. Gambling sites have to do something about this, and it’s time gambling sites requested proper ID such as driver’s license, national ID, or to some reasonable degree a system that can verify one’s identity or some anti-fraud system that can differentiate between real and fake users.

There also has to be more education tactics to parents to make them inform their kids about the dangers of gambling. At the same time gambling sites also has a responsibility to make some more educational content and inform users about responsible gambling and age-related regulations.

At the end of the day, the gambling industry also has to take the responsibility and make sure to have a proper enforcement of their age restrictions otherwise the stories about underage gambling will just continue.

[Derekfunds]

It is true that some of the gambling site or casino sites there terms for someone to start gambling over there are ranging from age 18+ although I learnt that some countries are from 16+ while some are between from 19+ above before they could start operating on the gambling/casino site. Nowadays I am so shocked and surprised on how children of this generation do made their way into casino to start gambling without them even getting to aged bracket of accessing the gambling site before they could starts gambling.
I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

First you should understand or agree with me that some company don't care who's coming to patronize them or not rather they are just concerned with how they will make their money and I doubt if there are companies that doesn't want growth, improvement, customers etc. and then I think the only way this can be eliminated or reduced is by requesting for a facial verification with also an ID card showing the age of the person which I think some people will still by pass and company wouldn't do that because no one wants to go through this stress to gamble in a particular site when there are thousands of sites they can literally signed up without any of these...

[coinlary]

There is a way already and it's KYC, a casino or Betting site can verify the age of a gambler before using their service. If they are found to be underage then the verification  process will be denied unless it's a NoKYC casino .

The parents have a lot to do when it comes to this aspect,  there's  no need to hide it from them,  show them and let them know the dangers of getting involved as an underage or addicted gambler. If you don't  they will learn it outside or social media  and get curious  to try it out.

[btc_angela]

There is a way already and it's KYC, a casino or Betting site can verify the age of a gambler before using their service. If they are found to be underage then the verification  process will be denied unless it's a NoKYC casino .

The parents have a lot to do when it comes to this aspect,  there's  no need to hide it from them,  show them and let them know the dangers of getting involved as an underage or addicted gambler. If you don't  they will learn it outside or social media  and get curious  to try it out.

That's one, parents should be the one to blame if their kids got to gamble maybe using their credit cards or their information as well. And its going to be very hard for online casinos it someone that registers are under age or not.

And as far as reporting? To who? I don't think that casino will extend a helping hand by reporting it to the authorities. It's another over head cost for them and then we have the problem of jurisdiction.

Strict implementation of KYC is the only thing that can deter underage to gamble.

[danherbias07]

I think being strict with the KYC is all they can do. They cannot do house-to-house just to check who is playing behind the smartphone or the computer because it would be against the law. Privacy today is over-exaggerated, which is why it will be tough to check if it is really a legal age who is playing.

I believe it will just depend on the parenting. There's no way online casinos have the capability to stop teenagers or even younger people from cheating with their information. If they are using their parents' identification, that's the fault of the parent. If they are using an older friend's ID then it is a parenting issue also.

[Gozie51]

I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

The bulk of the challenge to reduce the incidence of underaged gambling is on the parents because the gambling companies and casinos have given their regulation and age limit required before you can register and gamble using their platform, so it is left for the family to guide and discipline their children not to do what they are not suppose to do at the time they are not up to the age. Some parents are free with their phones and their children use it to register, use a mature person's picture for KYC. Some children also use their parents account to gamble and the parents are okay with it. So it is not for the casino to start what they can't regulate after they had given the guide, the parents need to take it up.

[Jubilee58]

Gambling is not meant for children, and many of them are ignorant of the risk associated with gambling. In order to stop underaged gambling strict measures should be deployed in order to be able to handle it.

It should be the responsibility of parents to educate their children why they should avoid gambling and the associated risk when they are underaged.

Government should deem it necessary to hold seminars on gambling and it's associated risk through schools, radios etc.

Government should make underaged gambling a punishable offense if any underaged child is caught playing gamble.

Government should administer strict warning to the gambling companies should in case of online gambling or in the cause of conducting their KYC, should not make the mistake of accepting underaged child, otherwise will be banned from operation.

I believe if some of this measures are put in place, underaged gambling is going to reduce drastically.

[bettercrypto]

It is true that some of the gambling site or casino sites there terms for someone to start gambling over there are ranging from age 18+ although I learnt that some countries are from 16+ while some are between from 19+ above before they could start operating on the gambling/casino site. Nowadays I am so shocked and surprised on how children of this generation do made their way into casino to start gambling without them even getting to aged bracket of accessing the gambling site before they could starts gambling.
I had numerous stories, which led me to create this topic to know if there are other ways or modalities a gambling site should use to put to end of underage gambling.

Here in our country, even though online casinos officially require players to be 18 years old and above, a minor can still find ways to gamble. If a minor happens to win a large amount, it’s easy for them to cash out: they simply ask an adult friend with valid ID documents to withdraw the money for them.

What I’m saying is that the actual (under-age) player will use someone else’s name someone who qualifies for KYC and they’ll just agree on what percentage of the winnings goes
to the person who provided the KYC documents.

[0x000369]

This is a tough one Perfectbaby everyone is right that KYC is the main answer like Dave1 and act said

But you already pointed out the problem in your own reply kids arent stupid They just get their 18 year old friend to sign up for them or they "borrow" their dad's ID a casino can't stop a kid who has a valid ID even if it's not theirs and then you have all the no-KYC casinos that (Hummus) mentioned they don't even try to stop it

Honestly I agree with joeperry and Dr.Bitcoin_Strange it's a parenting problem Parents give their 12 year old a smartphone with full internet access and zero supervision and then act shocked when they find gambling apps



A casino can't be a parent for you

That idea from TopTort777 about letting 16 year olds gamble under supervision is pretty wild lol I kinda see the logic better they learn a hard lesson with their $100 Christmas money than lose their house when they are 30 But still a crazy idea

The only real fix is for parents to actually parent their kids and lock down their phones

[knowngunman]

It's clearly states on the ToS of the gambling sites that they don't allow underage to play. Even when you created a account it will question you initially. Of course, you can click that options and says that you are older.

But the obvious answer is the mandatory KYC. We all know that most of casinos are now asking for it to verify whether you are what you are saying, maybe even before you can put or start your first bet. KYC includes government ID, proof of billing or address or selfie to make sure that indeed you're in the right age to gamble.

Mandatory KYC? This is not applicable to all casino platforms by the way. In fact, most casinos now promote themselves and boast for being a non KYC casino. Underage children can play in any of these casinos despite its against their policy without them knowing. Although even non KYC casinos can some time request for KYC either to upgrade your account to a higher tier or when there's issue. Some underage children go as far as using another person document for KYC just to be able to play and withdraw from the casino they operate with. It's difficult for casinos to figure out this issues and block them, it's our duty as parents to monitor our underage children from getting into this mess at their early stage.

[Russlenat]

Here in our country, even though online casinos officially require players to be 18 years old and above, a minor can still find ways to gamble. If a minor happens to win a large amount, it’s easy for them to cash out: they simply ask an adult friend with valid ID documents to withdraw the money for them.

What I’m saying is that the actual (under-age) player will use someone else’s name someone who qualifies for KYC and they’ll just agree on what percentage of the winnings goes
to the person who provided the KYC documents.

That still doesn’t fall under underage gambling in the eyes of the casino because they don’t really know who’s the one playing. They just assume the information submitted is correct. As long as the casino follows the proper verification process, they’re free from liability if a minor still manages to gamble.

Besides, a casino’s main purpose is entertainment and making money from it. They’re not going to go out of their way to investigate every gambler’s real age. The basic requirements they enforce are enough to keep them safe from any legal trouble.