What are the remedy to underage gambling?

[JoyMarsha]

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.

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.

I have seen someone who is underage and is gambling which I know too well that he is not up to age of gambling, when I tried to interrogate him he said I met with my friend who is 2 years older than him and he helped him passed the verification.
I was shocked to see how smart he could, but then; the he also considered the consequences of gambling even without him getting to the age bracket when I asked he said there is nothing there that as long as he is gambling within his means that he has no issues with it.

My question is that; Do you think when such people are caught should be reported to the gambling site or what action should be taken to stop them gambling?

There is nothing much you can really do, if not to report them to their parents or relatives if you know them, so that they will be aware of what their son is into "gambling''. Whether they are really okay with their little son gambling as underage gambling. Their response will make you understand their stance on it, whether it is a good or bad move for them to find their son gambling.

In some families, they will have the boy punished for thinking of gambling when he's not up to 18.

[Pandu Geddon]

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.

It is very difficult to control this in online casinos. Especially for slot sites that do not require KYC, I think they are very easily accessible to minors. 
For land-based casinos, the age regulations should be stricter to be able to access gambling at the casino. But I think there is a big loophole, and it is difficult to overcome in online casinos. If every gambling site required KYC at the initial registration, it might help reduce underage gambling.

[Inwestour]

It is very difficult to control this in online casinos. Especially for slot sites that do not require KYC, I think they are very easily accessible to minors. 
For land-based casinos, the age regulations should be stricter to be able to access gambling at the casino. But I think there is a big loophole, and it is difficult to overcome in online casinos. If every gambling site required KYC at the initial registration, it might help reduce underage gambling.

In land-based casinos, this is all very easy to detect, if the administration has any suspicions that a player is underage, they can ask them to provide proof of age. But in online casinos things are different, and it's much easier to bypass this if desired. On the one hand, I understand that it's bad for teenagers to gamble because their nervous system is still immature, and they may not be prepared for losses. But on the other hand, I believe that if a teenager wants to gamble, they'll find a way.

[Fortify]

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.

Are there different ages for gambling in different countries? Yes, that should be obvious. Sometimes 18, sometimes 21 and even in other cases 25 with everything in between. Most countries around the world will give an official government ID when you hit 18 or above, which the casinos can ask to validate by uploading it. In most casinos identification is also required for know your customer type checks, so it serves the secondary purpose of minimum age verification too

[Oasisman]

I think setting up some parental control to the children's device to block all elements of gambling can be a good remedy to avoid them from engaging into gambling.
We all know that gambling website doesn't allow minors to register an account. But, there are ways to bypass it. So, blocking them in the device might be effective.

[bakasabo]

I think setting up some parental control to the children's device to block all elements of gambling can be a good remedy to avoid them from engaging into gambling.
We all know that gambling website doesn't allow minors to register an account. But, there are ways to bypass it. So, blocking them in the device might be effective.

Then every parent of every child must block access to casinos on every device children have, or it wont work. Because you can block everything, limit on control your childs devices, but he will gamble with his friend on friends device. However blocking websites is a good advice, because it will block access for part of underaged gamblers. Something is better than nothing. However, children should be aware that something is blocked on their devices; explanation why parents have done that is required, otherwise there will be lots of misunderstanding from their side.

[Johnlomape]

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.

For someone that is up to the age of 18 years does not mean that they have to gamble. The law is only trying to limit the way undaged people gamble which is not supposed to be. If the law say 18+ years means you means be 18 years and not still smart to gamble. You can be 20 years of age and you may not still have the full understanding about life and how to make decisions so you don't gamble and gamble for too long, the money might be available for you to bet but your mental health might not be smart enough to gamble with yhe right mind and set-up.
Children can have mental health issues when they gamble too frequently without having the boldness to say no and leave betting.

[Localhostspeed]

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.

Gambling can be regulated and fully effective but that can't work if we don't examine the causes. The government and the parents are the two people that can do this thing. If the government makes sure casino works very well and implement KYC appropriately, then rest assure they are going to comply by force and they will do anything weed out children that are under age. Even though it's understandable that you KYC can be manipulated, it is going to make it harder and less number of under age children.

Now comes the parent part. You see, many parents are just claiming the custody of their children, they don't have the time to study what their children does, they doing worry about the things the children do and yet they complain when their children go out of the line. Parents need to regulate children that are not upto the age of gambling, this will save us from this outcry of casino this and underage gambling that has been disturbing for long time.

[stadus]

I think setting up some parental control to the children's device to block all elements of gambling can be a good remedy to avoid them from engaging into gambling.
We all know that gambling website doesn't allow minors to register an account. But, there are ways to bypass it. So, blocking them in the device might be effective.

That’s if most parents even consider the idea that their kids might gamble. What if they don’t? Kids nowadays can hide what they’re doing online, and it really depends on how good we are at monitoring them. But honestly, because of the internet, they have their own world already, we don’t know everything they’re doing.

I don’t think this case is that rampant though, because if casinos require KYC, these kids can’t pass it anyway… unless they’re willing to commit an actual crime like faking an identity or stealing someone else’s documents.

[mak013]

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.

Cmon, all of us know this way. The problem is that lots of people don`t like it. It is KYC during the registration. Additional problem is that casinos don`t like KYC during the registration too. If you is KYCed, they can`t freeze your money until your KYC will be completed.

To be honest, it is interesting moment. Who will win - cryptocurrencies "anonymity" or age gambling ranging?

[Rabata]

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.

Gambling sites must allow gamblers to gamble after considering their age. While there are some sites that give importance to this issue, many sites do not give importance to it, which increases the tendency of underage gamblers to gamble. If a site really wants to reduce the number of underage gamblers, then they must give importance to the KYC issue. Sites should be aware of whether the gambler is doing KYC with his own documents. They can also do live verification of the gambler if necessary.

[Slow death]

Nowadays, children get phones very early, so they can obtain a lot of information on the internet very early on. Because of this, they are even able to get fake IDs and pass casino KYC checks as if they were adults when in fact they are minors. They can also lie to their parents about needing money for school expenses when they want money to gamble at online casinos.

This generation of children is very intelligent. Even as children, they can steal their parents' cars to go to parties. Here in my country, a child stole his mother's car and ran someone over. Something shocking. Therefore, parents must be more careful; they should supervise their children more closely to prevent them from getting involved with gambling.

[7juju]

Why won't underaged children gamble when the online cisinos are just asking the people opening accounts in their platforms if they are up to 18+, and all they will have to do is just click on yes or no. In most cases the gamblers will click on yes and that's all even if they are not up to that age. If the casinos wants to curb underage gambling, they should start requesting for government issued documents that will specify the age of the people opening accounts with them. They should also verify if those documents are original or fake. This way underage gambling will reduce.

[Salahmu]

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.

I thought that age of 18 is the only age that is acceptable in gambling even if is different from what other countries sees that should be best to gamble, so if some are accepting 16 years that means soon they will bring it down below 10 years. Instead of reducing the age limit it should have been kept more higher instead because a 16 years is not an adult, so the increase in age is supposed to be a remedy of abusive gambling from children whom there age is not supposed to be doing gambling, any remedy can work if any initiative is accepted by the site they gamble but anything without them doesn't give much effectiveness on any remedy because of there role.

[CryptoBuds]

Most online casinos do not pay  attention to this aspect. Because if fewer minors participate in  gambling, the casinos benefit more. These gamblers have less experience and they lose money.

But I would say that  it is very necessary  for casinos to pay attention to this aspect. Because it has a bad effect on the public's mind about gambling. These minors usually spend their  parents' money on gambling and without informing them. I have seen many news that the father's medical expenses have been spent by his son on gambling. And as a result, everyone will naturally take gambling in a bad way. So casinos should take necessary steps to  keep children away from gambling. The minimum age for gambling should be 16 years.

[Akbarkoe]

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.

As for the actual ban, casinos don't care because anyone who gambles is a benefit to them, but due to regulations, they have to follow these restrictions for the rules and regulations of casinos operating in a country.

Currently it is still quite effective for the rules that are in place, the problem is, it at least suppresses underage gamblers, especially casinos that have set mandatory KYC before being able to play in their casino, in this case they can moderate easily in the casino, unlike casinos that are KYC free, they are very difficult to identify underage gamblers.

[michellee]

It is difficult to end underage gambling unless they don't know anything about gambling. Underage will use smartphones easily, they can search for more info about gambling. Even they can do that with their friends without adult people monitoring their activities. It needs help from parents to always take care of their children. They can ask their children to stay away from gambling and leave gambling ads if they see those things on their social media. If parents can help and always remind their children about the dangers of gambling, their children will not playing gambling. They know the risks and don't want to get the bad things.

[Agbamoni]

My question is that; Do you think when such people are caught should be reported to the gambling site or what action should be taken to stop them gambling?

Is it a crime?

The only reason why we don't allow underage people to gamble is that they still haven't set their emotions right, and also, they are probably seen as not being able to make money for themselves, thus may be pushed to either steal to get money for gambling. But most importantly, it has to do with their emotions. We never said it is a crime. If you see any underage gambling, you can just talk to them out of it, give them good reasons to quit until they are up to the age.

[Bigjoe33]

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.

Gambling platforms have many policies to prevent underage gambling such as requesting for KYC documents to be sure that those who are gambling in their platform are up to the age. Even platforms that does not enforce KYC still make it clear the age limit they want in their platform. 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.

It is really a serious issue to handle because it seems very difficult to detect or even stop these underaged gamblers. I agree with you that our parents or guardians have a greater role to play, because betting companies or casino's can't do it all alone. There are KYC, yet, young ones can out smart the KYC and not been caught provided they are determined to begging gambling.

So I think parents should rather do a counselling stuff to there children, try to limit there access to phones when they are below 18 and guid them better. This will help them understand the risk associated to gambling, and know how to handle things as teenagers

[sompitonov]

It is difficult to end underage gambling unless they don't know anything about gambling. Underage will use smartphones easily, they can search for more info about gambling. Even they can do that with their friends without adult people monitoring their activities. It needs help from parents to always take care of their children. They can ask their children to stay away from gambling and leave gambling ads if they see those things on their social media. If parents can help and always remind their children about the dangers of gambling, their children will not playing gambling. They know the risks and don't want to get the bad things.

This is certainly true. I know of cases where fathers have demonstrated the game to their children at home to demonstrate the essence of losing. Parents believe it's better for children to learn this at home and ask questions right then and there, so everything is transparent and understandable. However, smart children will likely avoid playing after this, but others will want to try the forbidden fruit. For example, underage players will ask their older siblings to come over and play. Children aren't stupid enough to come up with workarounds, so this is what needs to be monitored most carefully.