1700 Posted August 7, 2019 #1 Posted August 7, 2019 Mine was when i had turned 18 and was aloud into a betting shop, all my older friends would go on a saturday at 11am religiously. I remember feeling nervous and had my I.d at the ready, i put a bet on a horse copying my friend. I lost and realised at that moment the horses weren't for me although i still have a flutter now and again.
kayke94 Posted August 7, 2019 #2 Posted August 7, 2019 to be honest i made my first bet (not legal ofc.) when i was 14/15 just went to the casino and they let me in lol. my first legal bet was on my bday aswell i went also to the casino and i still remember the slot i was playing it was the sweet 16 slot at the local casino
Enzo Posted August 7, 2019 #3 Posted August 7, 2019 I honestly don't remember my first bet but I'm almost positive it was online crypto casinos where it happened. Definitely also was on a crash site that I religiously played when I first started gambling. I know my first bets were when I was underage on the V1 of a popular Bitcoin crash site and I cherish those times I had, not even betting just chatting on site. So much fun.
CntryBoy Posted August 8, 2019 #4 Posted August 8, 2019 I remember my first ever legal aged bet was a bet on a gray horse at the local race track. It actually ended up winning at 15-1 odds and I have almost always bet the gray horses since.
wngo123 Posted August 8, 2019 #5 Posted August 8, 2019 I don't remember my first bet, but it was in casino in real time. That you can count as first real bet. Which game? Slots
Etude Posted August 8, 2019 #6 Posted August 8, 2019 Well if gambling with friends during younger ages does not count then my first legal betting would be in a real life casino around age of 21 as that is the minimum age allowed here to enter a casino.
nuuuitsjdragon Posted August 8, 2019 #7 Posted August 8, 2019 Mine was a lottery/powerball ticket from my local betting provider where we pick a combination of 4 numbers and up to 30 sets are randomly drew via a ballot system every weekend. Needless to say, I have not tried since then and the very next time whereby I actually tried betting/gambling was on crypto casinos like Stake! 😁
kavasupienu Posted August 8, 2019 #8 Posted August 8, 2019 I was playing roulette as a first game ever, at age of 18
CntryBoy Posted August 10, 2019 #9 Posted August 10, 2019 It is interesting to see all of the different answers and I really did not realize that the legal gambling age varied so much around the world. I used to bet even before I could legally do it, my mom used to take me to the horse races when I as 15 or 16 and place my bets for me. Depending on the type of gambling here, the legal age ranges from 18-21.
polor12 Posted August 11, 2019 #10 Posted August 11, 2019 to gamble legally in california was 18. to buy scratchers and play near to the local casinos.. and 21 to the casinos that sold alcohol. i went to the casino when i turned 19.. when i turned 18 my first place was to go to the strip club..lol.
ScooterPi Posted August 11, 2019 #11 Posted August 11, 2019 My first legal bet was at the local horse races. I don’t recall if I won or not I was at an event for my employer at the time, and they actually gave us each $10 to bet with! Man, I miss working for that place. They had the best employee perks...
concertrate Posted August 11, 2019 #12 Posted August 11, 2019 I don't remember my legal age bet, but I do remember my first time (I was underage and used a fake Id). It was playing binho at a casino. Won a few times. Was lots of fun and i guess that's where I got hooked. If I'd lost it may have not drawn me in. Lol
SLFJ Posted August 12, 2019 #13 Posted August 12, 2019 Yeah, so my first legal bet was on another site, earlier when we had CS:GO gambling sites alive, I think the site was a coinflip/jackpot site too, and I remember I lost my first skin (45$), wasn't upset though, because I knew I could get it back somehow, so yeah, I kept playing and won everything back, I rarely do tend to visit irl casinos, I prefer online ones more, so yeah. Kind regards, slfj .
j240 Posted October 8, 2019 #14 Posted October 8, 2019 Hello there , I remembered clearly i was 19 years old at that time , i was a part time worker at a famous restaurant . I was new at that time so i didint have friends at the restaurant , as days,months and 2 years has pass i made friends with my coworkers , then suddenly they told me a secret , under ground basement of the restaurant was actually a Legal gambling site! , theres many machines like slots ,everything is there, even the drinks! , my first bet was at a poker table with 1$ just for fun,it was a table for newbies..thats where i start .
Tuzemsky Posted October 8, 2019 #15 Posted October 8, 2019 In Norway, we had no restriction on slots or the state governed Lottery (18 year age limit came in 2011), so I remember my first ever gambling experience at 10 or 11 and was the national Lotto. Also a lot of money lost on slots, even before age 18, since there was no age limit.
sheenazbay Posted October 8, 2019 #16 Posted October 8, 2019 I don't remember when I first gambled, but clearly at that time I was 12-13 years old, but I thought I started becoming addicted to gambling when I was 20 years old. and I gamble until now
zulfandina Posted October 9, 2019 #17 Posted October 9, 2019 I still remember it well what happened 30 years ago when I started to know gambling, at that time I was 11 years old and I have started to follow gambling activities, unfortunately I was netted in a raid conducted by the police and I was finally released because I was still underage, and I was also beaten by my father. memories that I cannot forget
dicesouke Posted October 9, 2019 #18 Posted October 9, 2019 10 hours ago, sheenazbay said: I don't remember when I first gambled, but clearly at that time I was 12-13 years old, but I thought I started becoming addicted to gambling when I was 20 years old. and I gamble until now the title says legal age but every country have a different legal age group right ? idk if 12/13 is a legal age on your country but i dont also know if what are the legal age group on my own country but i think i also started gambling when i was too young . i think my age was lower than 12/13 . it happens on our place specifally on the streets . its a kind of gambling that uses coins as bets . eventually many form of gambling is introduced by my friends . now the streets were now emptied because people have grown older and change thier hobby . i can only play gambling online
sheenazbay Posted October 9, 2019 #19 Posted October 9, 2019 17 hours ago, dicesouke said: the title says legal age but every country have a different legal age group right ? idk if 12/13 is a legal age on your country but i dont also know if what are the legal age group on my own country but i think i also started gambling when i was too young . i think my age was lower than 12/13 . it happens on our place specifally on the streets . its a kind of gambling that uses coins as bets . eventually many form of gambling is introduced by my friends . now the streets were now emptied because people have grown older and change thier hobby . i can only play gambling online 12-13 years old has not been allowed to gamble in my country, I did it in a house. the homeowner opens gambling like a casino without government permission. he opens illegal gambling, so anyone can play from young to old
AunIyahLaikha Posted October 9, 2019 #20 Posted October 9, 2019 My first bet when i was 16.. get very excited for the 1st win and become addicted.. haha
zulfandina Posted October 10, 2019 #21 Posted October 10, 2019 20 hours ago, AunIyahLaikha said: My first bet when i was 16.. get very excited for the 1st win and become addicted.. haha You are still quite old when you know about gambling. at the age of 16 years thought has matured, just waiting for maturity to be able to control themselves. still far compared to me where I still runny when knowing gambling. and I still didn't understand anything in the world when I first knew gambling
Aiza824 Posted October 10, 2019 #22 Posted October 10, 2019 It has always been prohibited in our country, save for the online casinos, which will soon be banned as well. But only lately, I knew about land-based casinos. They are already facing and trying to parry a resolution at our higher court that will make them close their businesses. Local gambling tables on streets are now also being raided everyday. It is effective though, because it hit me as well. It now makes me think to stop soon, for real.
iamsheikhadil Posted October 10, 2019 #23 Posted October 10, 2019 Well, it's very hard to remember. I'm gambling since 2012. So I don't really remember the exact bet. I was betting on Rollin and even before that on csgo. Before that I gambled on sports using IDs of my brothers etc. It was fun till it lasted when I started to use bigger funds when my risk apetite grew lmao.
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