How Alarming if Online Gambling Is Reaching Elementary School Children

[Bluedrem]

To be honest, it would be very scary. Gambling can already be addictive to ordinary people, so if the issue of gambling spreads among primary school students, they will not be able to take it very well at their immature age. Because they are not old enough and they are supposed to have a huge lack of experience. Therefore, the more young people can be kept away from gambling, the safer they are. Since gambling is a punishable crime in my country, no one can gamble openly here, so it does not mean that gambling is illegal here, but because of this gambling law, children do not get the opportunity to learn much about it.

[yudi09]

Gambling is certainly not intended for minors. It’s safe to say that all online casinos have established written regulations with an “18+” age restriction.
It’s not uncommon to hear reports from certain countries about minors addicted to online gambling, with varying reported consequences—prompting discussions on why this happens, ranging from the possibility that the minors manipulated their information during registration to the failure of certain casinos to conduct proper KYC verification.
If minors are gambling, this is a concern that requires a real solution.

[Yablee0]

What I noticed but which I thought will not be in South Korea before but I am doubting that now is lack of strict regulations on underage gambling which need to be very effective.

Another one are the parents. They need to be advising the children and the reason they should stay away from gambling. Gambling should be for only adults, although children are gambling in school and other places, but with very small amount of money and not on gambling sites but within themselves.

This is how they gratually nurture the habit of gambling from their very tender age and before they know it, it has turn into something they can't control anymore. That's the more reasons parents shouldn't only advice their children against gambling but to also pay close attention to their activities but in school and within the neighborhood.

Again, another thing that has aid this recent happenings is mostly the used of smart phones by children that are still under the watch of their parents.  However, If parents or guardians can kick against this practice (early  phone usage) I believe this will go a long way in savings the situation on ground.

[Alvin_talk]

This is very dangerous for kids in my opinion. The major cause of this issue is because children are allowed to use smart phones and PC's. Ofcourse I'm not against that but I think the phones handed to our kids should have some kind of limitations and restriction. Online Casinos and other related adult content should be restricted. These are just minors and they are yet to figure things out. Such restrictions will avoid these kind of incident from ever occuring in the future.

[acroman08]

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age?

It is alarming, online gambling shouldn't be reaching kids, especially when studies have revealed(I've read an article about it before) that kids are very impressionable and are more prone to addiction because their brains are still developing. So, getting exposed to something like gambling could be dangerous.

The proposed approach would connect schools, police and gambling treatment centres on a permanent basis. The aim would be to identify children showing signs of risky behaviour before gambling develops into a more entrenched problem.

I like this part of the initiative they want to take. Since they want to connect gambling treatment centers to schools, they should also strongly push for gambling awareness. Educating kids about the dangers and risks that comes with gambling and how to navigate through it would be one of the best things they could do in the initiative they want to take.

[Frankolala]

This is alarming. I wonder what these children need money for. Though, I'm not surprised because I started gambling before ten years old with my siblings. I always hang out with gamblers at the age of 12 in my secondary school but I was lucky not to get carried away by the game. Parents need to stop gambling in front of their kids and they should also sensitise their children on gambling addiction. Don't ignore your responsibility as a parent if not, the street will do that for you.

[Ever-young]

To be honest, it would be very scary. Gambling can already be addictive to ordinary people, so if the issue of gambling spreads among primary school students, they will not be able to take it very well at their immature age. Because they are not old enough and they are supposed to have a huge lack of experience. Therefore, the more young people can be kept away from gambling, the safer they are. Since gambling is a punishable crime in my country, no one can gamble openly here, so it does not mean that gambling is illegal here, but because of this gambling law, children do not get the opportunity to learn much about it.

Your concerns are quite agreeable, especially because children still doesn’t really understand what actual risks are about, they lack the experience and judgement that’s needed to really comprehend the risks involved in gambling, and so they’re most likely to make ridiculous decisions and thus making it very easy for them to land themselves into gambling troubles and addiction. Not to mention the fact that they may start incurring debts for themselves at such tender age, which could really result to even stealing from their parents and other stupid behaviors.

[moneystery]

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age? Do you have something like this in your country, and what remedies has your government undertaken?

If more children are already exposed to gambling, then the government should take swift action to mitigate its impact so that it does not worsen. This is not enough by merely banning gambling, but also coordinating with parents and schools to provide education about how dangerous gambling is.
Because these children could gain access to gambling from their friends or social media platforms. If parents are able to control what their children access and educate them well, then the negative impact of gambling can be reduced for these children.

[Crypto_Timothy]

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age? Do you have something like this in your country, and what remedies has your government undertaken?

I think the situation should never get to the point where we see children now suffering from it, i mean adults shouldnt suffer from it too but we can all agree that adults can be responsible for what they expose themselves to but children are still at a formative stage and whatever we see them displaying just goes to show what is very rampant and socially common in that environment. I really think that it needs to be addressed before it turns into something else. In my country, gambling addiction is a serious problem, especially now that gambling can easily be done online, just anyone with a phone and phone number can register for some of these gambling sites and then slowly the addiction just slips in, so yea the government needs to step in and also the parents, they have alot of work to do as well.

[ArabBTC]

If truly minors as low as age 10years are involved in online casino gambling then things have really gotten out of hand and i suggest that the government of such countries should enact immediate policies that will completely restrict such kids from gambling because it completely goes against every moral standard, if kids start gambling at early stages it will completely ruin their future, it will distract them completely from their academic work and even give them a wrong conception about life generally and before you know it most of them will start telling lies and eventually start stealing just to have money to play such online casino games.

This is why parents have to always monitor the activities of their growing kids, it is not all about registering them in schools, parents should ensure they monitor the friends their kids keep and also regulate the informations at their kids disposal, some of this bad gambling habits at tender age are learnt either from their friends or from their phones through online adverts etc, sincerely it is highly condemnable for a kid of 10years to start gambling, please let the parents and government of that country tackle the menace immediately before it gets out of hand.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

Your concerns are quite agreeable, especially because children still doesn’t really understand what actual risks are about, they lack the experience and judgement that’s needed to really comprehend the risks involved in gambling, and so they’re most likely to make ridiculous decisions and thus making it very easy for them to land themselves into gambling troubles and addiction. Not to mention the fact that they may start incurring debts for themselves at such tender age, which could really result to even stealing from their parents and other stupid behaviors.

I can’t even begin to think about the consequences of kids getting involved in gambling at such a very tender age, I mean the damage will be enormous, both themselves, their education and their parents. Gambling on its own is addictive by nature, and a lot of adults are even struggling to navigate it due this factor, so children getting involve is just gonna be chaotic.

I believe the reason why children are massively getting involved in gambling asides peer pressure is uncensored social media gambling ads. Casinos now make the gambling business appear to look like a risk free venture where people can just come and make money, and children are in the best position to misunderstand this and fall for that trap.

[HelliumZ]

If boys are attracted to gambling at an age when students should be busy with their schooling, then the country's talented group will be plunged into darkness. The participation of such students in gambling has now reached an extreme level not only in South Korea but in all countries of the world. In my country, 40 percent of students under the age of 18 participate in gambling and this has now become a cause of concern at the Guardian level.
Guardians now often complain that their children are being attracted to online gambling and are participating in gambling by stealing money from their fathers' pockets. Many Guardians complain that children are even starving and falling ill by saving tiffin money. Now the only step that needs to be taken by the government is to immediately pass a law on gambling so that children under the age of 18 do not get the opportunity to participate in gambling. Or at least, strict punitive measures must be taken, otherwise gambling addiction will spread like a virus among children in the next generation.

[Antotena]

Our country was once hit by rampant gambling addiction because of online cockfighting fever, where parents spent their salaries on online casinos; the fever slowed down when the government shut it down. During those times, only adults were addicted to online gambling.

We never had news that children as young as 10 years old were playing in online casinos, but in South Korea, online gambling is reaching elementary school children.

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age? Do you have something like this in your country, and what remedies has your government undertaken?

I don't think gambling in your country can be that worse compare to my country. Let me give you this back story of how gambling became the next biggest problem without control. Before this gambling on apps became popular, we do have gambling kiosk and shops where agents help people to book games, they don't care about the age, your source of money or anything, as long as you have the money, you will be allow to gamble and place your bet.

At some point, the children that are not upto 15 were gambling excessively. Some of them were keeping their school launch money so they can bet after school. It was getting out of hand until the government begin restriction and with time it went down. Now, they have done online, most casino here doesn't require kyc before you bet, it's making many people to lose their sense of thinking because they see gambling as way to make money their parents has refused them.

[ndutndut]

Our country was once hit by rampant gambling addiction because of online cockfighting fever, where parents spent their salaries on online casinos; the fever slowed down when the government shut it down. During those times, only adults were addicted to online gambling.

We never had news that children as young as 10 years old were playing in online casinos, but in South Korea, online gambling is reaching elementary school children.

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age? Do you have something like this in your country, and what remedies has your government undertaken?

Of course this is really worrying when gambling has reached children, especially minors. In my area, there are also many underage kids who are already familiar with gambling because it's very easy to access through the many gambling sites scattered across the internet, and sometimes gambling sites even appear in ads. Preventing it is indeed quite difficult, especially given the internet's borderless nature. The only way is for the government to make regulations for these sites, enforce strict age limits, and verify identities. Besides that there also needs to be campaigns and education.

Because being addicted to gambling at an early age especially while still in school, can be really bad since it can harm brain development, family finances, and long-term mental health. I think the issue of online gambling being easily accessible to kids happens in many countries, including mine. But besides government supervision, the main thing that can be done to prevent kids from gambling online is that there must be supervision from parents because parents know their children's character best.

[Bryan jessy]

This situation is very alarming and I am trying to pinpoint what could be the interest or what must have actually drive a 10 to 13 years kids to gambling they are still too young for gambling games, curtsey of social media this kids most have been exposed to gambling either through social media or someone very close to them who is a gambler it could be a father, a relationship or friends, this is the reason a parent who is a gambler should not gamble nor have a gambling related discussion in the presence of their kids, also I think children should be restricted from using social media until they get to a certain age like 16 to 18, because social media is one of the medium where gambling advert is all over the place.

[Yorubek]

School children's interest in gambling is increasing day by day, children are becoming aggressive towards gambling without understanding the dangers of gambling, which is really worrying. Children aged 10 to 15, if they fall prey to gambling addiction at this age, there will be nothing left in their lives except darkness in the future. They think that they can easily and quickly make a lot of money through gambling, and they are attracted to gambling with this mentality, they are basically victims of greed.

I think it is very important for parents to be aware to protect their children from this situation because if parents always keep an eye on where their children go and with whom they associate and keep an eye on whether they are doing any bad things by associating with friends, it is very important. Children between the ages of 10 and 15 are very emotional, so they get involved in bad things without understanding anything well, so if parents are aware in advance, they can be saved from any major accident.

[blockman]

Do you think it's very alarming that online gambling is reaching young people and becoming addictive at an early age?

Yes, it's very alarming when it goes to the younger ones and access is becoming handy and at ease. Because if they become addicted at a young age, that will give them hard time to recover and it's just not right. They had no money to gamble with, so they'll do something that could make their parents not proud.

Do you have something like this in your country, and what remedies has your government undertaken?

We know what our government is doing, they're banning the illegal ones but the legal ones stay. The best option is to ban devices and phones during classes and let them hand it over to the teachers for the entire duration of the class on that day. So that if ever there are still some emergencies, they'd get the call and will only given to them.

[Free Market Capitalist]

I'm blown away by this news. First, because as has been mentioned, kids that age don't usually handle much money, and when I was that age, it would never have occurred to me to spend the little money I had on gambling. But the other thing is that, since it seems like the money they handle these days is mostly electronic, they can always find a site that doesn't require identity verification or anything like that.

But the news story is about South Korea; I don’t think this is at all widespread in other countries.

Children aged 10 to 15, if they fall prey to gambling addiction at this age, there will be nothing left in their lives except darkness in the future.

That's the problem. Developing problematic behavior at such a young age can lead to lifelong issues, which is why fast-food chains try to hook kids from a young age—because if you start early, it's much harder to break the habit of eating that junk food as an adult.

[Asuspawer09]

Here in my country gambling is a huge problem, but in my opinion of the reason of this was gambling casino advertisement was just all over the place here in my country, they were everywhere on social media platforms, not to mention that there are also a lot of influencers that is advertising gambling as well supporting it, I mean these influencers are very well paid so, also celebrities are doing it as well. Children as well are all over social media as well so it's very alarming to see the data increasing. I think even on some gaming platforms you could see gambling advertisements, here in my country, there are even huge billboards of gambling websites so it was really influential.

For me, parents have a huge role here because gambling, for sure, is not allowed for children, but I think they are finding ways to bypass it. Everything starts from home, in my opinion, so if something is wrong at home, obviously they might want to do something outside of it. I believe if they are guided well by their parents, they wouldn't for sure do gambling. With parental guidance, they could do a lot of things to avoid this, I mean, giving phones at a very early age? No restrictions? etc. So, as a parent, they should be responsible for everything that they are giving to their children.

[Wiwo]

Gambling addiction is now a war that the government need to strengthen their reach to cut down on gambling operations, most especially those that develop addictive games and let children under the age of gambling access those games.

Parents also have failed in their own responsibility because before the kids get exposed to gambling, Parents are the ones who give them access to smart devices at an age too early to handle the pressure of the entertainment in those games.

So you see, the problem is on both sides: the government, casinos themselves, and even Parental control; all of this can solve the problem of global gambling addiction.