xtinepink Posted August 22, 2018 #1 Posted August 22, 2018 Heya stakers! I was reading something over the internet about a 13 year old boy turned addicted inyo gambling. He took a photo of his dad’s credit card and the gambling started. He started by making a bets of £5 and £10 and turned about bad with losses at an amount of £20,000 within six months, he then confessed it to his parents. He was sent to and underwent psychotherapy. But sadly after five months he went back to gambling on the week-long and lost an amount of £60,000. They exposed this story to warn others and watch their kids to always check them out. Source: https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/03/boy-13-blew-80000-gambling-online-dads-credit-card-7600759/
Kate Posted August 22, 2018 #2 Posted August 22, 2018 Lol didnt his dad like stop him at the first time or what ? lol
Timvz Posted August 23, 2018 #3 Posted August 23, 2018 Soo.. The first time he took 20.000 and his parents still havent block the credit card he was playing with? You can also can that stupid parents lmao, but i would of take the 60.000 my self and dont gamble with it if i could
KinAniK Posted August 23, 2018 #4 Posted August 23, 2018 I read this article yesterday, the kid was completely gambling addict
Timvz Posted August 23, 2018 #5 Posted August 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, KinAniK said: I read this article yesterday, the kid was completely gambling addict Well, thats kinda sad... But i hope he did lose it all on stake so we have higher win chances Lmao, just KIDding ... 😜
rossi88 Posted August 23, 2018 #6 Posted August 23, 2018 You will always lose with gambling, everything happens very quickly, I am sad for the father. He did not stop the kid
Timvz Posted August 23, 2018 #7 Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, rossi88 said: You will always lose with gambling, everything happens very quickly, I am sad for the father. He did not stop the kid Well.. if you have a straight mind you dont always have to lose if you are able to stop early.. But yeah.. You cant expect this from a 13yo child, i cant see how his father let him make this mistake twice..
Kate Posted August 23, 2018 #8 Posted August 23, 2018 2 hours ago, KinAniK said: I read this article yesterday, the kid was completely gambling addict like most of the adults out there and stake members
Kate Posted August 24, 2018 #9 Posted August 24, 2018 No no no. wait i dont care about the money but cards usually should have an OTP or email confirmation right ?
Timvz Posted August 24, 2018 #10 Posted August 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Warloards said: Yeah...that is why im having doubt taht this is possible, some establishment or site need authorization first before proceeding on a payment using cards The kid must be very smart i quess.. I still dont see how the father can let this happen twice
Kate Posted August 24, 2018 #11 Posted August 24, 2018 And also which dad is this who has that much money in a credit card ? lol
testB Posted August 24, 2018 #12 Posted August 24, 2018 Those are some big credit limits they have on the cards. It's odd they didn't monitor him a bit better after something that big, and too bad about those workers that lost their jobs. "According to the Government, a staggering 25,000 children aged 11-16 are hooked on gambling." But then again not an isolated case, it can be addictive alright.
Kate Posted August 25, 2018 #13 Posted August 25, 2018 22 hours ago, Warloards said: Ur right, where do they put the card? And they didnt report it the first time it happen,they should report it unless theyre just making it an alibi, that the child is the one who bust all the money Oh yeah that makes more sense like usually cards should be kept in the purse or away from children but this kid got hand of it
OsmaNN Posted January 9, 2019 #14 Posted January 9, 2019 It was a very crazy thing: I did the same thing I did with my father's credit card I invested $ 5,000 xd
bmg Posted January 10, 2019 #15 Posted January 10, 2019 That is so sad to see a child of such young age going through that. I just want to know where were his parents and how did they not notice there credit card bill. I am a patent and I understand that you can't always be lurking over your children's shoulder 24/7 but for them to not know about that for that long it's just heartbreaking that that child was that unsupervised. I pray that he's no longer gambling.
williamshennie9 Posted January 10, 2019 #16 Posted January 10, 2019 Children stealing money from parents and using their bank cards are a very big problem these days. I know of stories of children who secretly use their parents credit cards to buy in-app purchases on their games on their phones. It is very sad that these are the times we live in, but it's the reality of life
anonnep Posted January 12, 2019 #17 Posted January 12, 2019 addction dont comes ringing beell ..it can happen any time
Etude Posted January 12, 2019 #18 Posted January 12, 2019 This might be an old news but I have only recently noticed it and am shocked by what happened. Must have been a terrible surprise for the parents when the credit card bill came in! Also underage gambling is a serious no no.
KiXxnTRiXx Posted January 12, 2019 #19 Posted January 12, 2019 Ewww that sucks, but hey its a credit card.. i hope the dad had one of those where you are not responsible for the spending which you did not make and thet cant put a 13yo in jail.. can they?
BLXN Posted February 4, 2019 #20 Posted February 4, 2019 if i had access to credit i'd probably do the same thing, only to my credit.
Kate Posted February 4, 2019 #21 Posted February 4, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 12:49 AM, KiXxnTRiXx said: Ewww that sucks, but hey its a credit card.. i hope the dad had one of those where you are not responsible for the spending which you did not make and thet cant put a 13yo in jail.. can they? Well there are countries which do jail 13 Year olds if they have done a severe crime but in this case i don't think the kid would be jailed but instead he would punished but in the main topic it was said that he spend 20000 Euros and then again 60000 Euros and then the parents were just issuing a warning for others so i guess the kid was a kid of rich parents
niki014 Posted February 4, 2019 #22 Posted February 4, 2019 aint that old ? there was a kid who lost 80k gambling in csgo skins
wry Posted February 4, 2019 #23 Posted February 4, 2019 On 8/22/2018 at 12:01 AM, xtinepink said: Heya stakers! I was reading something over the internet about a 13 year old boy turned addicted inyo gambling. He took a photo of his dad’s credit card and the gambling started. He started by making a bets of £5 and £10 and turned about bad with losses at an amount of £20,000 within six months, he then confessed it to his parents. He was sent to and underwent psychotherapy. But sadly after five months he went back to gambling on the week-long and lost an amount of £60,000. They exposed this story to warn others and watch their kids to always check them out. https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/03/boy-13-blew-80000-gambling-online-dads-credit-card-7600759/ Something about this story does not add up. How did the parents not notice all the charges on their credit cards? 20,000 GBP is a lot and spread over a few months, they had time to see the bills and take corrective action. Similarly, his parents must be unbelievably wealthy to have a 60000 GPB credit line on their credit card for the kid to use that much in only a week. Most cards max out much lower than that, and have even lower limits for cash advances which is what you'd need to use for something like gambling. I'm thinking this story was not too seriously fact checked.
Dan Posted February 5, 2019 #24 Posted February 5, 2019 My money is on the father blaming his kid when he lost it all.
wry Posted February 5, 2019 #25 Posted February 5, 2019 44 minutes ago, Dan said: My money is on the father blaming his kid when he lost it all. I like this theory! It seems way more plausable than my kid spent all my money on my credit card and I didn't notice it. I wonder if they can avoid paying the credit card bills if they pin it on a minor?
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