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Tighter age verification for free online casino games
 April 16, 2009, 7:54 am (2 years ago)Concentrating on the demand to guard teens and avoid the rise of problem gambling has to be a main concern for online casinos if one of their goal is that the US legislators to let go the allegations by family groups that the Internet gambling industry is publicly negligent and dangerous. A new survey in Oregon recommends strict age limitations for free play at online gambling sites should be a clever move politically plus ethically.
More or less, every Internet casino provides “play for fun”, in which no money is involved. Often, the procedure for signing up for free play is much easier than signing up to for real money version. While the age of the players are being checked, verifying identity and age previous to letting the new player to try out online casino gaming is not effectively done.
However, a survey by the Oregon Department of Health Services indicated that underage involvement at free Internet gaming sites is the one part of gambling which is increasing between the ages of 12 to 17.
Paul D. Potter, problem gambling manager for the state DHS stated that the emergence of free gambling on the Internet is not something they didn’t expect but is of real concern.
He added that the study indicated underage gamblers playing on the lottery had decreased by 80 % throughout the last ten years, and he commended casinos and lottery officials for putting their efforts into stopping teen gambling. But he advised parents to pay attention to what games their kids are using. “Parents have to be alert about their kids’ Internet utilization.”
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