Underage Gambling Is No Longer a Future Problem — It Is Already Here

[SuperBitMan]

A lot of countries right now are now recording underage gambling, I saw in the news that In Japan, police discovered a 13-year-old boy who had accessed an online casino around 7,000 times and lost all the money he deposited.
Some days ago in my home town a saw a very small boy in one of the gambling store and he was gambling the boy should be around 14 to 15 years old and I immediately confronted the owner of the gambling store about allowing underage children in his gambling store and threatening to call the police on him if I see this continue and he begged me and promise he won’t how underage children to come close to his gambling center anymore.

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

[Dunamisx]

The country cannot help with this because they are not the one directly involved in the operations of a casino, this is why they also have regulations that tie discussing operators to doing some certain things and not some, it is expected that the restricts under each gambling as long as there will be no proof to show that a new user intending to use the casino is not well proving not to be an underage gambler, this is why they make use of kyc and other tracking medium to know.

[BIT-BENDER]

Underage Gambling has never been a future problem, underage gambling has always been around, underage are freely participating in gambling on and offline even though all gambling platforms has an age restriction that they have even made public.
For me there are lots of factors that keeps underage gambling happening, yes bad parenting is one because as a parent it's your duty to educate and inform your child about gambling at there age but it is not only the fault of the parent also bet platforms need to start seeing that they tackle underage gambling online and offline make more public advert about it which will create more awareness.

[Maslate]

It could fall into these three factors, but I think it would not reach into both platform and societal issue if it won't start from a parenting issue. Everything starts at home, and every parent or guardian should perform as a role model and as a good adviser to their kids most especially in practical topics like gambling. There should be specific rules at home, so that children will learn to respect and follow what is set as standards.

However, there are still serious cases of underage gambling despite how parents strictly remind their children about gambling. Maybe its not because of the environment, but since gambling is often advertised online, its not surprising if these minors start to study and explore gambling.

Curiosity kills the cat as they say, that's why as much as possible, parents should monitor their kids every now and then not because its their obligation, but because discipline starts at home, and parents are often to be blamed whenever their children commit mistakes or failures in life.

[sotelorene]

A lot of countries right now are now recording underage gambling, I saw in the news that In Japan, police discovered a 13-year-old boy who had accessed an online casino around 7,000 times and lost all the money he deposited.
Some days ago in my home town a saw a very small boy in one of the gambling store and he was gambling the boy should be around 14 to 15 years old and I immediately confronted the owner of the gambling store about allowing underage children in his gambling store and threatening to call the police on him if I see this continue and he begged me and promise he won’t how underage children to come close to his gambling center anymore.

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

Well I don't know if the 18 plus of age is considered the right age to gamble in other countries because I think some countries minimum age of gambling is below 18 and in such place you can not call it under age gambling but in my Country the minimum age is 18 yet I see people who are below this age gamble and some of them is doing it due to the situation and circumstance the found themselves but it is not enough reason to do that. To answer your question, the people you mentioned are in one way the issue while under age gamble, some parents don't take good care of their children and some gambling site don't ask for your KYC and the kind of people children meet outside can influence them so yea, they are the issue in some way/one way.

[viljy]

Parents live in a society. Platforms also function in society. The whole blame lies on society, and more specifically on the format of the social structure. If all opportunities to rise up in society are blocked, then people choose casinos, because at least they have a chance there. Minors see this and do the same.

Society has changed a lot. Even 50 years ago, hard work could bear fruit. Not right now. That's understandable. In an economy that has essentially been turned into a casino (by financial markets), only gambling (in a broad sense) makes sense. That is why the appearance of such a format as prediction markets in our days is by no means accidental. This is demanded by the system itself.

Completely inadequate housing prices and many other things, difficulties with finding employment, compounded by the expansion of AI into all areas and the displacement of jobs, all this makes the principles that previous generations, such as boomers, adhered to meaningless.

It's only going to get worse. Moreover, all these are consequences of the monstrous growth of inequality in society. Some scientists, such as Stiglitz, have long warned about the consequences of this.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

To a large extent I would agree it is primarily a parenting issue because parents are saddled with the responsibility of grooming their children properly, especially when they're underage, they should be accountable of places they go, the kind of things they do and even the kind of friends they keep. All these are very possible if the parents are close to the children and created a free flow of communication and openness with their children and incite their children to see them as their best friends. That way they can regulate what the children lay their hands upon and how they integrate into the society.

On the part of online gambling, parents now have the ability to use Google family link to connect child's email to parents own and it sends in reports on your child's daily activity. My people always says that charity stars at home, I can not agree less to it. If the parents are more vigilant, most of these excesses can be spotted and curbed on time.

[danherbias07]

It's a combined issue. We cannot just blame it on the parents. Even if you are as strict as possible with your kids and give every possible wisdom to avoid gambling, when the online casinos are open to youngsters, or if friends urge the underage, it will still happen.

That's true. It's already here. I also saw kids gambling online now. I think most of what they are using is not regulated by the country, and probably offshore online casinos that are scams. As a parent, I don't really show my kids when I gamble because I know it could sink in their minds and they will remember it. Kids are like sponges who absorbs information easily, and they don't forget easily what they see.

Let's also face it, the online games today feel like they are already gambling. Roblox and other games have money-based gachas, and they spend money to get something from a gamble.

[_act_]

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

Underage gambling can be reduced, but it cannot be stopped. If you see what these children are doing among themselves, you will understand what I am taking about. I am referring to boys that are teenagers.

But it is good that you warned the owner of the gambling store. Underage gambling should be discouraged and people should be warned about it.

Most time it is not the fault of the parents, it is about what is going on in the children's environment and how online is these modern time. Some teenagers are very smart.

[$crypto$]

There are many factors why minors play gambling because now it is easier to access gambling sites anywhere, even almost every child now has a mobile except parents who can control where cell phones should not be given while it is not time.

Without strict parental supervision, the child can access anywhere he finds on the internet, this is indeed difficult to prevent sometimes the platform also does not apply strict rules, like you see minors playing gambling in his shop.

[mirakal]

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

Obviously, it is a parenting issue because they are the ones who should do the first step of prevention to make sure their kids are not gambling.

Minors are the responsibility of the parents, and if parents will not monitor them, they can easily gamble. It is also hard for casinos to stop them, especially if some casinos do not require KYC. Even if they require KYC, some kids are smart enough to bypass it using fake information and documents, so parents should still be the first line of protection.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

For me it's a perceptional issue, underage gambling could not be an issue base on parents and their training to which they give to their children, even when such exist in our environment many children with good training will hardly engaged or involved in such act, the parental impact matters a lot when growing our children mostly on things that may not seem well in the eyes of the society towards a child , with my experience on gambler children who barely make good decisions engaging in gambling will end up becoming a nuisance in the society because such child will likely and easily get addicted.
In other hand it will be a problem despite been here as op stated because many will definitely get addicted no matter the medium the child uses to engage in the gambling because the decision aspect and having that ability to control oneself when the pendulum is not swinging as expected will been difficult and that is problem, it takes a child with good morality and parental impacted to gain control of Lost that exists in gambling.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

I think it's all of the above, we know that some parents are even the reason why their children gets to know about gambling quite early and also the free hands they give the child to browse everything online without parental guidance, not check what the kids is doing on the phone, not spending time with them, all of that can be the problem. For instance, you said you saw a 14/15 years old kid in the betting shop, now the question is, where is the parents of that child? They overlooked their child and he stepped out to place a bet, I will blame the parents  bro.

[Achalugo BTC]

For me it's a perceptional issue, underage gambling could not be an issue base on parents and their training to which they give to their children, even when such exist in our environment many children with good training will hardly engaged or involved in such act, the parental impact matters a lot when growing our children mostly on things that may not seem well in the eyes of the society towards a child , with my experience on gambler children who barely make good decisions engaging in gambling will end up becoming a nuisance in the society because such child will likely and easily get addicted.
In other hand it will be a problem despite been here as op stated because many will definitely get addicted no matter the medium the child uses to engage in the gambling because the decision aspect and having that ability to control oneself when the pendulum is not swinging as expected will been difficult and that is problem, it takes a child with good morality and parental impacted to gain control of Lost that exists in gambling.

Its not about home training again, some children have divert from the good training they got into something else, they no longer want to be controlled by anyone, but to some who allowed their training to impact them positively can prevent themselves from problems because they aware of the implications that it will cause them if the still neglect their parents advice and honestly, gambling is good at testing that impact, especially if they got lucky to win huge money from gambling, if not it will be difficult for them.

[WhoYouCantKill]

Underage Gambling has never been a future problem, underage gambling has always been around, underage are freely participating in gambling on and offline even though all gambling platforms has an age restriction that they have even made public.
For me there are lots of factors that keeps underage gambling happening, yes bad parenting is one because as a parent it's your duty to educate and inform your child about gambling at there age but it is not only the fault of the parent also bet platforms need to start seeing that they tackle underage gambling online and offline make more public advert about it which will create more awareness.

Sure, this is not a new thing, underage gambling has been in existence and most children are not longer afraid or ashamed to show themselves in public, as they now see it as a regular thing. The only way they can stop gambling from becoming a harm to children, its by encouraging them and making them to understand that gambling can't give one the kind of money they want, it can't make them rich because better education can help the kids to make good choices and if some still insist to gamble despite all they know about gambling, its to also let them know that involving themselves in gambling increases more harm than good in their lives.

[JoyMarsha]

I don't think underage gambling has to do with a parenting issue or a societal issue. I'm not sure about the platform issue because what those people care most about is the money they are to make; every other thing is secondary to them.

I don't think the parents and society we live in support and encourage underage gambling or being the reason kids gamble without fear of being punished. Some people may say that bad parenting and everything being mostly digital can lead to underage gambling but that could be stopped if everyone learns to teach kids about what underage gambling can cause to their lives

[swogerino]

That is why most casinos are asking KYC now about the players, the only bad thing they are doing is that they are only asking for KYC no before deposit but before withdrawal which kinda defeats the very first objective of KYC. If casinos are serious about underage gambling then they would ask before someone deposits the KYC (Know Your Customer) and not after the customer have deposited money into the account. I don't know how to interpret it, as some people interpret it as the casino intentionally doing like that because if the client loses money they don't care yet if he wins money they limit his withdrawal which to be honest is not fair. Anyway underage gambling is already a problem as these 13 years old know technology good enough to put the ID of their family there or of a relative, lots of cases like that around the world.

[Merit.s]

Parent needs to educate their children about the consequences of gambling and government should also go and and sensitize these children in their schools about the negative impact of gambling in the society.

Parents shouldn't also gamble in front of their children or give them money to go book a game for them. Their friends can also make them gamble but if the parents have played their own role properly, these children wouldn't be so loose to gambling because they will remember the teachings of their parents.

[Agbe]

It is a social problem. Parents have nothing to do with those boys gambling. Op are you new to it or you are just hearing or seeing it? This has been on ground for years now. Op stopping the boy from entering a casino shop doesn't stop him from gambling. Even if you like call the police to lock him up. When he comes out, he will still gamble. Did you inform all the gambling centers to not allowing the boy to play gamble? No. Did you inform network providers to stop the boy from gambling? No and finally do you follow the boy to everywhere he goes? No. Though you have done you part and the parents have to do their part and the boy have to complete the remaining part for him to stop gambling at that age.

[Pandu Geddon]

Is underage gambling primarily a parenting issue, a platform issue, or a societal issue?

In my opinion, everything should be interconnected. Parenting and school are also important in shaping an initial understanding of gambling and its risks for minors. The same goes for supervision. Meanwhile, gambling platforms should be more selective regarding who accesses casinos, not just thinking about profit. I think the issue in society has the most influence. Friends who engage in the wrong social circles will have a greater negative impact on how these minors take steps.