Point made. This could be the get out of jail free card.
Is it right to go this route? I don't think so. There's a thing called responsibility whether it be on his or his parents shoulders. He knew he was doing something illegal and wrong. The parents are ultimately responsible for a minor child.
If he had been winning, this most likely wouldn't be an issue and the money would have be happily accepted...
The idea of making newly registered players forward all docs before depositing and playing is just ridiculous. There are many casinos a player will try, some once, some a few times, but may decide not to continue depositing at that casino.
Why in the heck should we have to send our personal and financial information to every single casino we try out? Just because one or two children have managed to fraud their way into such a venue?
I personally don't want my information out there at every casino on the planet, do you?
all4greed, if you read my post carefully, I said: "I would agree that if the info is indeed true, the child should be dealt with by the parents in an appropriately stern manner."
But this is not a parenting forum, but a gambling one, and my post was tailored as such. I think that most agree that the minor child should have to deal with consequences for their actions. But ultimately this is to be the parents call, and I maintain that is how it should be.
But in a legal sense, what should happen? At least in the states, the answer is quite clear to me; both Neteller and the casino are at fault. It is absolutely their responsibility to make sure this type of thing doesn't happen.
It is here that Mavin's post needs to be addressed. Simply, it is not the player's call as to what verifications happen or when. The only thing you can do is not play at a site which you think goes overboard on this issue.
Now, I have seen many, many complaints in this forum about required documentation, particularily at cashout, and the abuses that occur. I for one would gladly submit my docs up front, for once and for all, if I knew that my cashouts were going to be processed swiftly and without hassle should I win.
Further, should (or more accurately, when) the US government legislates legal online gambling, don't you think that up front verification might be a real possibility? I can't imagine the politicians accepting a system that begs for an underage player to weasel their way into an active account.
To me, this is above all a
moral issue. Does anyone really want to side with a predatory institution over an underaged kid?
Lest you say that I am being unfair with my bracketing, I'll bring up another parallel example:
Your 17 year old son goes into a liquor store and manages to buy a case of beer. After he and his friends drink it all, they are involved in a fatal car crash. Now, what is your primary respone? To say, "He got what was coming to him, he was wrong to illegally buy the beer", or to say "That liquor store should have NEVER allowed him to buy alchohol, we must make sure that it never happens again?" I say, as a member of society, the second reaction is the appropriate one to focus on.