by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker

Feb 10, 2007

Canada gambling age:

Canada has an exclusive policy construction with respect to gambling. It differs from many global counterparts as gambling operates solely under the control of the regional and territorial governments. These governments work within the confines of the Criminal Code to recommend gambling option that the market and the supporting environment demand. Charities, First Nations and private operators also benefit from gambling in Canada by providing provincially authorized gambling actions through operational arrangements.

Teenage gambling in Canada:

A new study shows that 35 per cent of Canadian teenagers like 17-year-olds are gambling for money and that percentage is expected to double by the time they are 20. The in charge of Gambling Council study found that about 40 per cent of adolescence who are gambling play poker and about 25 per cent bet on sports. The council's have researched that about 10 percent gamble are done online. In most cases, they use their parent’s credit cards, since their own cards would show they are under-age. Only about seven per cent admitted to having a gambling problem. The gambling council of Canada collected data in the survey will be used to develop prevention programs better suited to young people. Thirteen per cent of young people who play poker declare that they sometimes spend more money than they can manage to pay for on gambling, and that's a particular alarm.

Easy access for teenager:

Teens are getting information about gambling from the Internet, parents, friends and TV and are highly updated about the outside world of gambling. This includes invalid messages like Gambling is a good way to make money or one can win the money back. There are many researcher centers for addiction and mental problem people for gambling in Canada. Challenging gambling is very much about dreaming and dreaming of the big win. Teenagers are very much horizontal to dreaming more. Their goals very often are out of reality. Few study are made to ask them that why they were gambling. Most reported they gambled for entertainment, but a large number said they gambled because they needed money.

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