Old age restrictions on gambling do you think is proper?

[PrivacyG]

I do not believe banning them would necessarily bring a positive outcome.  It is however sad that many old people spend their monthly funds on Gambling in a hope of making the Wealth they could not make during their life.

What I would ban however is urinating on stools.  If you are so addicted that the Casino has to replace stools due to your pee, a ban DEFINITELY comes with only positive outcome.

[Anayochukwu]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

I don't think it's necessary to stop them from gambling because gambling is all about decision so nobody has any right to stop them from doing what they want, especially in this pool gambling because that has always been there usual betting. But since you are not comfortable staying with them in the same shop, why not look for another place to enable you feel comfortable because this set of people are not ready to listen to you, they are just after the game so the easiest way is to avoid them since they are not too familiar with online gambling, you can decide to do your gambling activities in your comfort zone.

[chigo]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

I disagree with you. Everyone has the right to express themselves, even the elderly, because what they do when gambling is something that makes them happy!

I've even read that in some cultures, gambling is a way to sharpen the mind, and it's a great way to prevent dementia in those over 65.

[FFrankie]

We would not let a child bet because they cannot comprehend the consequences… correct? Then I don’t think advanced dementia patients should gamble for money but just because someone is old doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able to gamble or even drive.

[TopTort777]

I don't understand why older people should be restricted from gambling. Firstly, it's an infringement of their rights. It's an infringement of people's rights based on age. Secondly, statistics show that interest in gambling generally declines among older people. In old age, people are more likely to get sick and focus on their illnesses. Thirdly, those older people who still have an interest in gambling are people who have retained a zest for life. Perhaps they don't have many joys in life. Is there anything a person should enjoy?

No one should be restricted from gambling. Even those who are close to turning adults should not. At 16 or 17, kids arent as stupid and babies, as most adults think. If underaged gamble, lose everything, then try to win that back, and use different methods later to get more money, then when he turns adult, he would do the same. "Undeveloped mind" is not the problem here, but a wrong vision of the world is.

Regards older people, they for sure can gamble, but it would be nice if there would be someone who would look after them while they play. Because some of them might forget that they have already played today, or played their affordable budget. Would be really bad if someone loses monthly pension in one day, because that person forgot he he has already lost part of it today, and continue playing.

[Olatundespo]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

Gambling is open to all but it is better to restrict it only for children. Children have to cross a certain age limit to develop mentally. Most online gambling sites require 18+. Those children will face obstacles to entering a physical casino before reaching that age.

There is no logical obstacle to having restrictions for the elderly because they are mature in terms of age. If they have money, they can spend their time gambling as they wish. As a neighbor you can only recommend them to gamble in a disciplined manner.

Family is the best place to restrict those old gamblers. If family rules are not enforced, it can be difficult to stop gamblers of this age from gambling. Most old gamblers gamble to spend most of their time because they are lonely. If family ties are strong in the society then the number of old gamblers in that society will gradually decrease and they will not become addicted.

[Fredomago]

It would be discrimination. It is possible to restrict some old people if medics say that he can`t control himself. That`s all. We can`t restrict anybody, if he not interfere with others.

And it can be a good idea to make fake money or some tickets for gambling in nursing home. Something that doesn`t cost money, but increase interest to the game.

Well said, as long as there's no restriction or any form of medical history that they are not capable controlling themselves they should be free to do what other people can, the money that they'll going to use is somewhat a benefits that they should enjoy while they are still alive, though limitation might be provided in terms of over consuming their time knowing that there's some personal things that they needed to address which is not easy for their age.

I like the idea of fake money of some sort of tickets for gambling which can be done inside the nursing home, something that will give them additional excitement if they'll going to win a prize.

[Kelward]

We would not let a child bet because they cannot comprehend the consequences… correct? Then I don’t think advanced dementia patients should gamble for money but just because someone is old doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able to gamble or even drive.

An old gambler who has serious health issues should not be allowed to gamble, especially dementia and heart related illnesses, they are clearly not in the category to gamble. Gamblers who have not reached old age that are experiencing these illnesses should also be discouraged from gambling, they are also at risk but it is more risky for old people because they are naturally weaker. Any old gambler that is fit who still lives healthy lifestyle and loves to continue gambling should be left to do so, they can only be cautioned to gamble once in a while. I understand that over excitement as well as stress is not good for them, at that of life moderation matters a lot.

[imthegreat]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

This is the age when men no longer change. Moreover, male nature is such that changing a man's character after 30 is impossible. And we're talking about an age when these men's best years are already behind them. Plus, there are those gamblers among them who are as stubborn as sheep. This quality is good if he's pursuing a woman or showing success in business, but the stubbornness of problem gamblers lies in their inability to give up and their refusal to acknowledge the problem of addiction.
They keep giving and giving, accepting the syndrome of a life on hold that will never change for the better for them.

[HONDACD125]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

Sorry to say, but you don't sound fair to me. Why do you think that old people shouldn't be allowed to gamble? As long as they have the ability to do something, they should be allowed to do it, and if any of them have crossed the point of being sane and having enough understanding of their surroundings and things they are doing, it's the responsibility of their children and other members of the family to make sure they stay at home at that age, but if someone is healthy and able to commute and have enough sense to manage their money, they have the right to do whatever they want with it.

Mostly, old people don't gamble out of addiction, but they do it out of loneliness, and it's not their fault, but it's the fault of their families for not giving them enough time, spending time with them, talking to them, and when they have no one around them to talk to or spend time with, they decide to do something to keep themselves busy, and gambling is one of the escapes for them. You will barely find old people being addicted to gambling.

[Zigabel]

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it, if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted, this is my opinion yours is need too.

In as much as much as i know that these old people can be very experienced and have some knowledge we may not have due to their long term experience gambling, i agree that they should at some point be restricted, they should be under care giving at such age and not thinking of gambling an dhow to win games that are very much luck dependent. I also know that gambling addictions is mostly common amongst youth but there are some aged people to who may have been addicted already before ever they got old, and because they did not take care of the addictive habit they have developed already, it then interferes with their activities at old age.

I also think that since there is an age limit for which one will have to be before they start gambling, then there should also be an age limit after which they should not be allowed to gamble because some of them may be in a position where they cannot make good decisions for themselves and so should be restricted from getting access to certain things so it doesn't ruin them at such age.

[Furious 7]

I do not believe banning them would necessarily bring a positive outcome.  It is however sad that many old people spend their monthly funds on Gambling in a hope of making the Wealth they could not make during their life.

What I would ban however is urinating on stools.  If you are so addicted that the Casino has to replace stools due to your pee, a ban DEFINITELY comes with only positive outcome.

Indeed, there are quite a few elderly people who should be enjoying life in a better way than gambling, but they still choose to gamble, perhaps because, as you said, they want to win and become rich, something they haven't achieved before.
Personally, if I had a parent who still enjoyed gambling, I probably wouldn't stay silent. I would try my best to dissuade them from gambling and encourage them to pursue other pursuits.

This age restriction will not only have no positive impact, but I also believe it will be difficult to enforce, as online gambling is now easily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, and many elderly people are also mobile-savvy.

[bakasabo]

I do not believe banning them would necessarily bring a positive outcome.  It is however sad that many old people spend their monthly funds on Gambling in a hope of making the Wealth they could not make during their life.

What I would ban however is urinating on stools.  If you are so addicted that the Casino has to replace stools due to your pee, a ban DEFINITELY comes with only positive outcome.

Indeed, there are quite a few elderly people who should be enjoying life in a better way than gambling, but they still choose to gamble, perhaps because, as you said, they want to win and become rich, something they haven't achieved before.
Personally, if I had a parent who still enjoyed gambling, I probably wouldn't stay silent. I would try my best to dissuade them from gambling and encourage them to pursue other pursuits.

This age restriction will not only have no positive impact, but I also believe it will be difficult to enforce, as online gambling is now easily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, and many elderly people are also mobile-savvy.

I dont think that elderly people have plans to win and become rich. Imo they gamble for 3 reasons: 1) because it is one of fun activities they are still capable of doing, or if they are bored 2) because they are in short of money, they cant get job and have nobody to help or borrow them 3) gambling is already a habit or hobby.

Personally the only think I would do is to try to persuade them not to gamble with money, but use demo play. As for the rest, they are experienced enough, mature enough, have huge life background to be afraid of gambling recklessly or to get addicted and get into serious problems.

[Sonia_123]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

If it is really a disadvantage on that very aged person, they he should be kept away from gambling to avoid more problem to the family mainly when it is affecting his health condition.

[letteredhub]

Just know that old men are wise than you think they are but most people know that they are wise. If you take a look at the stat of age groups that are addicted to gambling, old people will be far less than young adults. Young adults are more likely to have problem gambling than old people. Most people that are addicted to gambling will likely be within the age of 18 to 30.

Old people are truly wise which is due to the abundance of experiences they have gone through in life over the years they have longed live than the young people have. And for the older persons, the agenda for gambling is pretty different from what attracts the people of age 18 to maybe 35 at most, most of the older people, if not all, do gambling not in chase for profit but to entertain themselves off the boredom that comes with old age, especially for those that don't have people that are always around them.

[YOSHIE]

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

Of course those over 70-80 years old should be prohibited and restricted from coming to casino shops, judging from their age of course they have no hope of carrying out activities in online gambling, their eye sight is limited, the only way they gamble is going to land-based casinos.

Well, in general the casinos don't want to limit those aged 70-80 years and over, they know that those who bring the most money to the casino to gamble are those who are that age. those aged 30-60 years often make trouble, the casinos are comfortable with older people coming to visit their casinos, the only way to limit or prohibit them is their children or their family members other than that there are none, the security forces, the authorities are useless, a joke.

[Fuso.hp]

Even in old age, if a person can make the right decision, control himself or do his own things like a responsible person, then he can definitely decide to gamble or continue gambling. Before creating an account on various casino sites, there is such an instruction that the person who is creating the account is 18 plus, that is, only adults are allowed to gamble, but there is no mention of such a thing that no person above 70 years of age can gamble or no person above 80 years of age can gamble. People can make their own decisions, an old person who is not able to move well will definitely not think of gambling. So I think there is no barrier after the age of maturity for gambling.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Gambling has a greater spirits their are people who are into gambling from young age till they become very old yet they continue gambling,I think restricting them is the best , because many of them don't longer know what they can predict to win but due to their constant gambling they became addicted to gambling,check in your locality you will see them most of them don't take their bath all they concentrate is pool gambling and I think they should place restrictions on the old people because they use the money they are supposed to feed themselves on gambling which is not good.

Do you believe a man of 80s,78 are still going to gambling shops this people are suffering to walk they are supposed to be ban completely the money you couldn't get at your youth is it old age you can get it,if you meet most of them in the gambling shop you will hardly feel free staying with them ,old people should be restricted,this is my opinion yours is need too.

Sorry but I won't agree to this your opinion. First of all, you can't judge every Old person gambling to have been gambling since when they were youths, there is still the possibility that some of them started gambling right at that their old age after they retired from working..

Old people also enjoy having fun too, in fact,  if you ask me, they are the ones who deserve gambling the more because old age can some times come out as a very lonely time because all the children must have all grown up and gone their ways to live their own life, the man needs friends to pass time with and if he's friends are gamblers, there is nothing wrong if they all gamble together as a means entertaining themselves and keeping themselves happy, so long as they are not stealing the money they spend on gambling, and are also not begging for food after they maybe lose money to gambling, I see no reason why they should be banned from gambling.

[Smartprofit]

Personally, I'm categorically against such restrictions... Banning elderly people from gambling? Simply because they're 80 or older? I personally know elderly people who are so smart and savvy that they can give twenty-year-olds a run for their money. I had a university professor who taught a course called "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving." He was 82 years old. He taught students how to invent and solve creative problems. Is it really appropriate to impose restrictions and prohibitions on such a wise person? Doesn't he have the right to gamble (if he wants)?

Of course, if doctors have diagnosed a person with senile dementia, I admit that some restrictions are possible. Such people can be officially declared incompetent. Here, we need to look at the specific regulations of individual countries. What prohibitions are imposed on incompetent people... However, I repeat, most elderly people are smart enough to make such decisions for themselves.  If they enjoy gambling, why limit it? It might even be good for them. Perhaps gambling makes them feel young. It makes them feel the joy of life! 🏋️

[retreat]

There are several reasons why elderly people gamble, but mostly it is for entertainment and as a way to cope with loneliness or emotional distress, so they gamble using their retirement money or gifts from their children. This puts them at risk of financial instability if they develop a gambling addiction, because these elderly people can spend longer in gambling places for their gambling sessions, and in some cases they even become more aggressive because of the losses they experience. But it becomes quite difficult if you forbid them from gambling, because elderly people are quite sensitive and they might react emotionally to restrictions, they think that you are limiting their freedom, so it might be a bit tricky to forbid them from gambling.