Adults are generally on their own, and they should know that. Now I know 3 different gambling spots just here, and I could be betting on horses, football, sport, things, things that move. Drop a lot of money into the slot machine monster known as VLT, the one where there is no direct limit as to how much I can bet.
It’s a damn maze but once you make it to the second layer you pass from the sport betting to the slot machine hellscape, entirey shrouded in darkness, and only lit up by these screens. These sounds are nauseating, to the core.
If you, an adult, fall into that, nobody cares about you, really.
Gaming addiction might be the same thing for young adults.
But kids, kids are not going to be mentally prepared to that (neither adults)
I think the problem is less that the legislation is targeted at children and more that it is very easy to circumvent. Unless they start enforcing mandatory age verification for every game / gaming service that is, but even then you could just buy an account or game keys.
As long as parents don’t give a fuck, this won’t change much.
Furthermore, this only theoretically protects kid, but fuck people with grambling addictions i guess…
Adults are generally on their own, and they should know that. Now I know 3 different gambling spots just here, and I could be betting on horses, football, sport, things, things that move. Drop a lot of money into the slot machine monster known as VLT, the one where there is no direct limit as to how much I can bet. It’s a damn maze but once you make it to the second layer you pass from the sport betting to the slot machine hellscape, entirey shrouded in darkness, and only lit up by these screens. These sounds are nauseating, to the core. If you, an adult, fall into that, nobody cares about you, really. Gaming addiction might be the same thing for young adults. But kids, kids are not going to be mentally prepared to that (neither adults)
Some things are preventative. There’s plenty of studies that show that the likelihood of developing a gambling addiction is higher for kids.
I think the problem is less that the legislation is targeted at children and more that it is very easy to circumvent. Unless they start enforcing mandatory age verification for every game / gaming service that is, but even then you could just buy an account or game keys.
I’d rather they blanket ban all lootboxes
Kids won’t be able to play without stealing their parents ID or pointing a camera at a low res model in a web browser