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

[Chinesebaby]

Underage gambling isn't really a future problem it's something that is affecting a lot of people now. This has a lot to do with poor parenting because when parents fail to give their kids the attention that is required they end up getting involved in a lot of negative things. Another reason for underage gambling is bad influence, a lot of kids get negatively influenced by adults.

I will say that the society is to be blamed more in this case, despite the fact that both the parents and the casino also plays a role in either encouraging or discouraging minors from going into gambling, as they might see it as the fastest means to getting rich. Because let's take for example in places like "North Korea" or "Japan" where gambling is prohibited, do you think a kid can just wake up in the morning and start gambling in these places, knowing fully well that the society frowns at it and is a punishment for its defaulters. Because it is only in a society where nobody care about who gambles and the age of the person who is gambling, that such might happen, just as O.P saw a 14 years boy.

[passwordnow]

There are apps that allow parents to control their children's mobile phones and give them only the permissions they need, or to monitor their children's behavior via mobile phone, so that parents can know what their children are doing all the time.

And aside from the apps, it's also possible to make a control through the modem in the house. So, the wifi that they might use for that access in casinos, they won't be able to. But of course as a parent, you're also not going to be able to access it unless you do some dns things that these kids don't know how to do it. Just don't let them know how to undo it and bypass that.

[Achalugo BTC]

Dont think there is any complete solution to stop underage gambling. It can be mitigated but cannot be stopped. How we can help society reduce underage gambling is to chase kids going to live casinos and restrict them from having access to certain gambling apps and sites. If that does not help, then restrict them from holding a device that can be connected to the internet until they are 18.

That is just the best thing to do, to help eliminate underage gambling because without this option of holding a device that can be connected to the Internet from them, will not be possible for kids who are underage not to gamble, even if they parents decides to monitor their phones, they can still play smart on their parents and still continue gambling, this will develop risks that will shifts their mindset from what its more valuable to earning quick profit from gambling. That is why they need to be taught about the risks and educate more of what its important.

[Findingnemo]

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?

And alcohol is only for 18+ here but even 10 year and 13 year kids are buying it somehow and even causing a nuisance to others after drinking, so there will always be an exception that can't be avoided. If the platform let the kid to gamble even after knowing that is just a minor kid then they should be blamed here but I doubt that any casino would let that happen.

Parental issues? Probably, but how many kids are respecting the words of their parents in this modern era and the even flexing it to others.

[Charcol]

Gambling has become so widespread in society that even a small boy is now aware of it. When curiosity arises in their minds about gambling, they start looking for opportunities to experience gambling. In that case, they take advantage of any opportunity. I think that if parents are a little aware in this regard, they can keep their children away from gambling. Also, those who own or manage casinos should make literature that discourages minors from gambling and if any child expresses interest in gambling, they should inform their parents about it.
That is, just as a minor boy or girl can get involved in gambling due to the collective irresponsibility of the society, it is possible to keep boys and girls away from gambling with a collective effort.

Although I agree with your main point, I think it will not be possible to keep minors away from gambling by creating warning texts or brochures. Because when a teenager becomes curious about gambling, he gives more importance to the possibility of winning than the warning. And this is also seen in adults. And if minors have already seen gambling as a normal thing on social media, from friends, family, or sports betting advertisements, it is almost impossible to bring them back.

[Fiasem20]

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

In most cases underage gambling could be as a result of poor parenting,because it’s the duty of every parents to watch after their children and bring them up rightly.Most parents aren’t even bothered about their children in regards to places they visit,it’s the role of the parents to enlighten their children on the darkside of starting gambling at a young age,when you educate them on matter like this they would hardly be influenced or pressured by peers outside.Underage gambling isn’t a future problem it’s already happening as we’re discussing,so it’s the responsibility of parents to educate and watch after their children online and offline.

[Judith87403]

I will say that the society is to be blamed more in this case, despite the fact that both the parents and the casino also plays a role in either encouraging or discouraging minors from going into gambling, as they might see it as the fastest means to getting rich. Because let's take for example in places like "North Korea" or "Japan" where gambling is prohibited, do you think a kid can just wake up in the morning and start gambling in these places, knowing fully well that the society frowns at it and is a punishment for its defaulters. Because it is only in a society where nobody care about who gambles and the age of the person who is gambling, that such might happen, just as O.P saw a 14 years boy.

You make a good point because most of the causes why there is increase of underage gambling is due to how reluctant the society is, they don't care to help the children to grow and become a better version of themselves, just like the way North Korea and Japan set limits or rules, and the people sticks by it for they know its the right thing to do, if most countries sets rules like this and stay by it, as it will do a lot of work and help to them to fight against peer pressure and any forms of advertisement that will want to lure them into gambling.

[Rockstarguy]

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?

I think the problem of underage gambling is something that has being their for a very long time and invest could remember as a teenager, I and some of my school mates once visited a gambling shop and no one scolded us because we were young.  The person in charge of the gambling shop recieved us very well because he needed the money and that is what  they care most about. The truth of the matter is that if you are very exposed to gamble nobody is coming to help you, it is possible for some people to talk about it but if you want to still engage in gambling you will still do it secretly without anyone knowing. Underage gambling is nothing new but parents have a lot of role to play for so that the young ones dont end up getting into gambling.

[Jubilee58]

Gambling is a game of the matured people, and not for children who are underaged. In many gambling site, it is always said children who are underaged should abstain from gambling. Allowing underaged people to gamble has many disadvantages on them, this is because children lacks control, and can easily get addicted to gambling than adults.
Gambling can make underaged people loose focus in life, and also make them to deviate from achieving their life purpose. Underaged gambling should be kicked against, and any child indulging in underaged gambling should be cautioned very serious because it can be more disastrous to them than some of us think.

[Versatile_choice]

Because let's take for example in places like "North Korea" or "Japan" where gambling is prohibited, do you think a kid can just wake up in the morning and start gambling in these places, knowing fully well that the society frowns at it and is a punishment for its defaulters. Because it is only in a society where nobody care about who gambles and the age of the person who is gambling, that such might happen, just as O.P saw a 14 years boy.

You really can't tell if they are gambling or not, remember there's online gambling. for the fact that gambling is prohibited in this above mentioned countries doesn't mean they also prohibit them from accessing it online. They only prohibit their citizens in offline gamble and not online, but I believe it's only adult that would want to go behind their back to gamble but since there's no awareness about gambling in such countries underage will not have time for it.

But as for those countries where gambling is made legal even though they stop children from visiting offline casino some will still go behind their back to gamble online, so the only thing I have to say is that parents should keep a close eye on thier children watch them in every single step they take.

[Sammye3]

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?

Underage gambling should be highly prohibited because starting at an early age would cause more harm to the child in the future. The highest factor that influences underage gambling is an unstable home, maybe a poor background that children are not guided on what to do but left to find for themselves.

So it's somewhat connected to the government as well, as there should be provision for children education and sponsorship that would give children the focus on education rather than prohibited activities. There was a reason why gambling was prohibited for underage and that is because they lack the discipline to control losses.

[boyptc]

So it's somewhat connected to the government as well, as there should be provision for children education and sponsorship that would give children the focus on education rather than prohibited activities. There was a reason why gambling was prohibited for underage and that is because they lack the discipline to control losses.

Somehow but it's all on the parents. Because once the kids are at home, the government can't monitor them all.

And that's the duty of the parents to check them always if they're doing just fine or whatever they do.

It's actually shouldn't be allowed to let the underage gamble. But with how information is scattered on the web and how they can easily access it. They are seeing it with curiosity and thinking too easy on it because they have the same understanding about it.

That gambling is a way to make easy money because that's how young minds extract info.

[Slow death]

Here in my country, despite gambling being widely accepted by the government and many people playing, and TV channels and newspapers promoting gambling because it's legal, the control over KYC (Know Your Customer) is effective. I've seen many times that employees of betting shops and lottery outlets always demand documents.

Even online casinos and betting sites in my country require KYC at the time of registration, and the deposit must come from an account in the person's name. Opening a bank account, mobile wallet, or in-person account is only possible for those over 21 years of age. Therefore, even people over 18 years of age in my country won't be able to gamble, even though it's legal; they'll have to wait until they're 21 to be able to play.

[o48o]

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

It can't be primarily anything, because it's everyone's issue. Platforms are following regulations that are forced on them by society. In this case, loophole of the platform was unregulated crypto casinos that use cryptocurrencies only.

Kids are clever to find loopholes, as they are internet natives. Parents who don't have control over their kids internet use couldn't keep up what loopholes their kids have learned. And since it's the internet, it's going to be best ones in worst kind of way.

Btw your link doesn't work.

Here's the working link for anyone interested: https://gamblersconnect.com/a-boy-from-kanagawa-casino-accessed-more-than-7000-illegal-casinos-in-one-year/

[PhilosopherKing]

The society is the problem in this situation because if the society function the way it is supposed to, the small child you pursued away from the bet shop wouldn't have been there, because he will be busy learning with his mates in the school.

Also plenty people now see betting as a way to make money, and that thinking has spread everywhere like wild fire and it has locate the young ones. So pursuing one child away and threatening to report the owner of the bet shop didn't solve the main cause which is coming from the society we leave in. You pursued one child today but tomorrow plenty more will troop in because all of them are controlled by the same thinking of making fast money.

Wtf, Social media are making things worst because they like to be advertising their site everywhere, there is no viewer restriction

[rachael9385]

Dont think there is any complete solution to stop underage gambling. It can be mitigated but cannot be stopped. How we can help society reduce underage gambling is to chase kids going to live casinos and restrict them from having access to certain gambling apps and sites. If that does not help, then restrict them from holding a device that can be connected to the internet until they are 18.

There are so many things that contributes to online gambling and that is the reason why it would always be a continuous problem. The only way it can be controlled is through parental guidance, creating awareness and also for the casinos to monitor users and take age restrictions seriously using KYC and other means necessary.

[Sonia_123]

The society has being battling with under age gambling which is not making it easier to handle but rather getting worse by the day.

Children are supposed to be faced with their academics in other to become a better person in future, there are things that parents are not suppose to allow their children to be aware of that can geopadise their future.

Parents should be able to interact freely with their children, their you will find some things which is not really good for them to deal with as children.

[Davidvictorson]

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

Underaged gambling is a socioeconomic issue.
Socioeconomic issues include
- income level of the parents
- Educational level of the parents
- Age of the parents
- Living conditions/ settlement of the parents (rural or urban)

If these conditions are present but poor the likelihood of an underage gambling will be high. It has more to do with these conditions than parenting.

[Fredomago]

There are apps that allow parents to control their children's mobile phones and give them only the permissions they need, or to monitor their children's behavior via mobile phone, so that parents can know what their children are doing all the time.

And aside from the apps, it's also possible to make a control through the modem in the house. So, the wifi that they might use for that access in casinos, they won't be able to. But of course as a parent, you're also not going to be able to access it unless you do some dns things that these kids don't know how to do it. Just don't let them know how to undo it and bypass that.

If you want to held responsible better to have this security inside your house and aside from it better to have a good communication with your kids, it's not easy but there are always a better ways to keep them away from gambling, for sure to those responsible parents or guardians they don't want their kids to be involve to gambling and get addicted, they will surely do whatever that they are capable to keep them away from gambling.

[alani123]

In today's world parents can be busy working all day and leaving their kids roam and do whatever unsupervised.

But in older times it was common for betting shops to accept kids. Even the authorities didn't care. Police officers would bet alongside middle school kids. It was never considered a Biggie even before the internet. Now we've started caring just because it's done online? I'm not sure what to say about this. Parents should supervise their kids.

It's not a problem of lack of implementation of KYC because that would trump the rights of everyone
 I'd rather see parents take care of their kids