This is another one of the many issues that these online operators have to address. It is easy to pick the kids out by the way that they chat and there are thousands of them at both the play money tables and the real money tables. As no ID is ever requested by anyone involved in the online gaming industry including Neteller it is easy for an underage person to set up and fund an account and start playing for real money. As long as you don't withdraw yopu can even have a Neteller account without even registering a bank account.
If the industry does not make a concerted effort to eliminate underage players in my opinion the US government has every right or even obligation to either make online gaming illegal or at the least to regulate it so that these operators are governed by the same laws and rules as the brick and mortar establishments. |