Gambling Reform in Pictures with Mike Bowers and Amy Remeikis

The under-the-radar 'epidemic' of underage gambling

Kath says she and her husband tried their best to resist, but finally did something they never imagined would be part of the parenting experience. The Toronto woman used her own credentials to set up an account for her 16-year-old son on a government-regulated gambling app, allowing him to skirt rules that ban anyone under 19 using the sites. “He would bug us and for the longest time we said ‘Absolutely not. It’s illegal and blah blah blah,” rec…

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The under-the-radar ‘epidemic’ of underage gambling

Kath says she and her husband tried their best to resist, but finally did something they never imagined would be part of the parenting experience. The Toronto woman used her own credentials to set up an account for her 16-year-old son on a government-regulated gambling app, allowing him to skirt rules that ban anyone under 19 using the sites. “He would bug us and for the longest time we said ‘Absolutely not. It’s illegal and blah blah blah,” rec…