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Too
Many
Children
Online
Gambling
December
27,
2007
According
to a
recent
survey,
the
number
of
children
that
have
experienced
online
gambling
has
increased
over
the
past
few
years.
It
used
to
be
that
activists
were
concerned
with
the
amount
of
money
that
was
spent
on
online
gambling
by
adults
and
the
number
of
those
adults
that
had
the
ability
to
become
addicted
to
the
sport.
Now,
however,
it
seems
that
there
is a
whole
generation
of
children
who
have
not
only
experienced
online
gambling,
but
some
of
whom
are
already
developing
addictions
to
online
gambling
themselves.
According
to
the
recent
study,
children
and
teenagers
are
more
susceptible
to
online
gambling
addiction
because
of
their
youth
and
inexperience.
They
are
also
more
likely
to
try
it
due
to
peer
pressure.
With
talk
of
online
gambling
pretty
much
everywhere
these
days
that
kids
look,
they
have
been
exposed
to
it
at a
much
earlier
age
than
that
of
generations
past.
Some
children
even
list
professional
poker
player
or
professional
gambler
as
careers
they
would
like
to
have
as
they
got
older.
Past
generations
did
not
necessarily
think
that
way,
and
if
they
did
they
were
in
the
minority.
According
to
the
Oregon
Department
of
Human
Services,
more
than
75%
of
their
teens
have
already
tried
online
gambling
and
about
4%
of
those
teens
have
already
demonstrated
a
gambling
problem.
This
makes
roughly
one
in
every
ten
teenagers
a
potential
online
gambling
addict
risk.
Not
only
that,
but
as
of
the
latest
numbers,
their
age
group
is
among
the
fastest
growing
area
of
the
population
to
develop
online
gambling
addiction.
Some
experts
say
that
they
feel
that
children
are
being
“groomed”
to
take
over
the
online
gambling
support
industry,
in
that
it
is
considered
“socially
popular”
to
participate
in
it –
as
is
apparent
from
the
number
of
shows
that
are
currently
on
television
that
make
gambling
seem
glamorous.
Because
children
are
much
more
technologically
savvy
than
past
generations
were
at
their
age,
they
are
more
likely
to
start
at
an
earlier
age
and
to
develop
a
problem
at
both
an
earlier
age
and
to a
much
higher
degree
of
addiction.
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