The dangers of video games played by children or The road to addiction begins with the child 601531
The state shrugs its shoulders and leaves it up to the parents. 2r5b24
One of the problems of the current generation of children is the danger in the video games they play from a young age. 5e634g
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I read on September 21, 2024 on casino.org that a federal judge in Northern California has given the green light to a class-action lawsuit accusing mobile gaming platform Roblox of encouraging underage gambling.
The complaint accuses Roblox of knowingly allowing third-party gambling sites to accept bets using Robux, the platform’s in-game currency. The litigation was brought by a group of parents who claim their children lost money when they engaged in virtual casinos with Robux. The parents sued Roblox in August 2023, claiming it incentivizes third-party developers to create experiences that use Robux. Developers can profit by exchanging the Robux they receive for real money. Roblox charges a 30% commission on these trades. Here’s another problem. Mostly a moral one…but depending on how the lawsuit goes, also a criminal one.
What is underage gambling? 676pj
Underage gambling is the use of gambling and betting services by minors. In most countries in the world the age of gambling is 18, but some countries have raised the age to 21.
The dangers of children playing video games 514ja
Video games are very popular among children in the first place, and more and more children prefer it as their main form of entertainment, at the expense of playing outdoors with other children or playing sports. Video games on consoles such as Play Station, Xbox or Nintend offer the possibility to play a lot of games such as Minecraft, Roblox, Mario Kart or FIFA. These games have the advantage that they can be played anywhere on mobile consoles, and the disadvantage that they are addictive for those who play them. It’s the same kind of addiction as with screens of any kind: looking at cell phones or TV. For this kind of addiction, the authorities (including those in Romania) don’t have any programs to help, leaving it all up to the parents. However, the same authorities are forced to amend gambling legislation in countless ways and whenever they feel like it and it suits them politically for adults who gamble beyond their knowledge. It’s weird!
For children who become addicted to screens or video games at a young age, the Romanian state has no measures in place, but for adults (who are supposed to take care of them) it has a lot of legislative regulations and restrictions, often even thinking about banning gambling because some adults behave like children and can not distinguish between fun and pathological gambling practiced with the thought of financial gain. Does this seem strange to you? In other words, gambling operators are required to protect their players (who are adults) while providers of video games for children are told nothing, they have no duty to their s.
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Roblox
Roblox is an online gaming platform and game creation system that allows its s to play on a virtual playground with -created games.
The game is free to play, although s can purchase Robux through real-money in-game purchases. In August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million active s. It is so popular that more than half of American children under 16 play the game.
Approximately 60% of Roblox s are under 16, with 23% of those between the ages of 9-12 and 22% under 9, according to an SEC filing in February 2022.
What exactly the casino.org news story says: that “Plaintiffs allege that Roblox has created a clearinghouse for illegal transactions at the virtual playground and that Roblox facilitates and profits from those transactions,” Judge Vince Chhabria writes in the Sept. 19, 2024, ruling. “They contend that these deliberate design decisions made by Roblox created the risk of harm to the minor plaintiffs who otherwise would not have been exposed to virtual casinos.” “Roblox knew how these virtual casinos operated and could have foreseen the likelihood that minors would surf these sites and play Robux,” he added.
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Minecraft
In Minecraft, another popular game among kids you can buy Minecoins, which is the game’s specific in-game currency, to purchase content from the creators of the Minecraft community. Look, for example, from Amazon you can buy a stock of 1720 (costs £8.39) or 3500 coins (costs £16.74) Minecoins which you can use to buy skins, texture packs, maps and other content created by the creators of the Minecraft community! I can understand Microsoft (the owners of the Minecraft brand) wanting to make a profit, but will it be ok to do that off of children’s lack of emotional intelligence? Kids will ask their parents for money, and parents may or may not buy these Minecoins, but couldn’t the state(s) get more involved to develop legislation to protect parents from the emotional blackmail their children will be subjected to? Or to protect children from being able to find ways to get money to spend on various video games without their parents’ knowledge? We all know how resourceful some children can be when they want to achieve their goals…
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I’ve heard countless stories from parents I’ve come into with over the years where almost as a pattern the vast majority have told me how they noticed the lack of money on their card or cash in their wallet. Some, who had even tracked their kids on their child’s phone GPS, found out that they were going to a selfpay machine, which we now find everywhere we go, and buying World of Tanks credentials from there to get tougher tank armor or higher cannon firepower, etc.
World of Tanks TV commercials we’ve seen a lot of World of Tanks TV commercials in years gone by, at all hours of the day and night…Surely you .
Signs to look out for in minors to identify if your child may be addicted to video games:
-School truancy;
-Lost interest and lack of concentration in school classes;
-Unnecessary restlessness;
-Preoccupation with video arcades;
-Lost money without adequate explanation;
-Borrowing or stealing money from friends and family;
-Selling or losing property;
-Explainably large amounts of money;
-False identity among personal belongings;
-An internet trail leading to games using various virtual currencies.
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Conclusion 542t2p
This article is written by a terrified parent who is watching how the state that is supposed to protect children, i.e. future adults, from excesses and the pitfalls of addictions leaves parents alone in front of their own choices, emotionally blackmailed by their children, because isn’t it?, on the video game casings it says that the game is 7+ let’s say, or 7-99 years, i.e. see my God, these are games that can be played in the family. It’s just that the addictive power of addictive screens and moving images that deliver content to you out of the box, you as a child not needing to use your imagination because you are playing what others have created for you, is more addictive over time than going to a casino when you are an adult. The only games that I recommend from my own experience to play with your children are the ones like Chess, Don’t Mind Brother, Silly Fool or Goat, Cabbage, Wolf, Septich, Macao or Scrabble…
I hope that the Romanian State will do something on this front of addictions and not just it defeat as it did with drugs…
Surse: casino.org, casinoinside-ro.casinowinning.net, amazon.co.uk
