Seen this story in a couple of papers over the weekend:
A boy aged 13 went on an £80,000 crime spree to fund a gambling addiction as new Government figures reveal he is one of 25,000 children aged 11-16 who are hooked on gambling.
For me barely a month goes by without making a deposit, then seconds later getting a text or phone call from the bank asking if it was a genuine transaction. How comes this never happens in these cases? Also, surely the bill-payer gets credit card statements and has to pay monthly bills?
These kind of stories are becoming commonplace these days, but I wonder if in some cases it is one of parents who has the problem, blames the kid so the casino has to refund all the losses?
What it does highlight is how easy it is for a player to join a casino under a false identity and get away with it for quite some time. Casinos like 32Red, William Hill etc that use electronic checks are most open to this type of fraud. Sending in copies of passports and utility bills has advantages.
For years I watched a very popular twitch streamer, and only last month it was revealed he was underage and was using his dads identity (with permission) to play. He had thousands of people fooled, including myself who for 10 years worked in casinos verifying ages!
A boy aged 13 went on an £80,000 crime spree to fund a gambling addiction as new Government figures reveal he is one of 25,000 children aged 11-16 who are hooked on gambling.
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For me barely a month goes by without making a deposit, then seconds later getting a text or phone call from the bank asking if it was a genuine transaction. How comes this never happens in these cases? Also, surely the bill-payer gets credit card statements and has to pay monthly bills?
These kind of stories are becoming commonplace these days, but I wonder if in some cases it is one of parents who has the problem, blames the kid so the casino has to refund all the losses?
What it does highlight is how easy it is for a player to join a casino under a false identity and get away with it for quite some time. Casinos like 32Red, William Hill etc that use electronic checks are most open to this type of fraud. Sending in copies of passports and utility bills has advantages.
For years I watched a very popular twitch streamer, and only last month it was revealed he was underage and was using his dads identity (with permission) to play. He had thousands of people fooled, including myself who for 10 years worked in casinos verifying ages!
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