how young is too young to teach your kids to gamble?

[cmh6476]

So went DAV shopping for ugly sweater and found this $5 gem table top craps table complete with dice and all original chips!

So it's setup for someone on each side and someone to be the banker. Had my 7 year old and 9 year old playing me the banker and by the end of the night they are pretty good with the field and come bets and the hard ways.

So then I had to kind of explain to them gambling can be bad and isn't really something to joke about us playing and stuff. But first game on the books I think I set it up where they each got like $460 and me starting with over $800 and I went broke as the banker. My son couldn't let go of the dice and they were hitting crazy stuff like $25 hard 6.

So two questions; what randomly cool stuff do you feel like over time magically fell into your lap, and is it bad to teach young kids the game of craps?

:shrug:

[Katipan]

They have flippy cup and beer pong for kids.

So I'd go with it-depends-on-the-kid.

7 and 9 are great ages to teach about money but I'm not sure they'll quite grasp just how much money it took to build Vegas.

[Gonzo]

My boy is 6 and a math genius. I'm currently teaching him how to count cards.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Teach your kids that gambling is bad . Period.

[LoneWolf]

My boy is 6 and a math genius. I'm currently teaching him how to count cards.

15 minutes to Wapner.

Sorry dude, I couldn't resist. :D.

[cmh6476]

Hey I did do that, talked about how it can be addictive and people sometimes choose to gamble away their money instead of paying bills because of the thrill of winning. Also told them if you look at it as entertainment, and if you aren't going to get mad or feel bad that you lost the money then as a responsible adult it is ok to gamble.

:shrug:

[LoneWolf]

Teach your kids that gambling is bad . Period.

Speak for yourself. I won $17,563 at the Kansas Star Casino last month.

[FishingRod]

Speak for yourself. I won $17,563 at the Kansas Star Casino last month.

How much did you give them first? My X never understood that if you put $600 in a slot machine to hit a $300 jackpot you didn't actually win anything

[LoneWolf]

How much did you give them first? My X never understood that if you put $600 in a slot machine to hit a $300 jackpot you didn't actually win anything

I walked in with $500 and walked out with almost $18,000. I was down to $212 when I hit the jackpot. I only go to the casino about once a month. I take a few hundred dollars and if I lose that I leave. For the year I'm still up well over $15,000.

[R8RFAN]

just tell him to never bet on the Cheaps to win a playoff game or go to the Super and he will always win that one

[LoneWolf]

just tell him to never bet on the Cheaps to win a playoff game or go to the Super and he will always win that one

True. He could also tell him to never bet on the Raiders having a winning record.

[bdj23]

I had a Caesars Palace video game when I was a kid.

[R8RFAN]

True. He could also tell him to never bet on the Raiders having a winning record.

That would have been a good bet from 03 til now... I wouldn't take that bet after this year

[Chief Roundup]

Some fucking parent you are. Next you will be showing them alcohol, drugs, and "showgirls".
You shouldn't "teach" them that until they are adults. What a fucking idiot you are. WOW

[Saulbadguy]

Don't teach them about parlays or teasers until they are at least 10.

[Saulbadguy]

Some fucking parent you are. Next you will be showing them alcohol, drugs, and "showgirls".
You shouldn't "teach" them that until they are adults. What a fucking idiot you are. WOW

Dumbass.

[Katipan]

It's fucked up to make adults watch Showgirls.

[LoneWolf]

Some ****ing parent you are. Next you will be showing them alcohol, drugs, and "showgirls".
You shouldn't "teach" them that until they are adults. What a ****ing idiot you are. WOW

Lighten up, Francis!

[Saulbadguy]

It's fucked up to make adults watch Showgirls.

It's best to pretend alcohol, drugs, and the film "Showgirls" does not exist.

[notorious]

You always hear about the winners, but never the losers.


Teach your kids about that.

[Chief Roundup]

Lighten up, Francis!

I will never take fucking up children lightly. You know there are age requirements for reasons.

[notorious]

You could teach them a valuable lesson at a younger age.


Set the game up for them to lose nearly every time. They will learn to hate gambling and future tragedy will be avoided.

[Chief Roundup]

It's best to pretend alcohol, drugs, and the film "Showgirls" does not exist.

You fucking idiots I was not talking about some stupid fucking show.
You know in Vegas where there is legalized gambling there are "showgirls" preforming there everyday.
I suppose you all think that is ok too. Lets just go ahead and start them on all that as well.
When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.

[Katipan]

I will never take ****ing up children lightly. You know there are age requirements for reasons.

You teach your kids to gamble with things all the time. Life is a trade off. Is jaywalking worth (blank). Is lying about eating your vegetables worth (blank).

Gambling is adults only because only adults can sign their lives away. Only adults can have real credit.

Do you have any idea how many proms and junior proms are Casino Night related?

Good to teach kids discipline. Good to let kids be kids. Denying kids knowledge is a slippery enough slope. But denying them knowledge in an age where they can google the answer to anything they want, can be dangerous for your relationship.

[Deberg_1990]

Kids learn at an early age 'games of chance' with all those Chuck E Cheese games like the crane machines.


But teaching them Casino games young? Not a good idea.

[Gonzo]

Some fucking parent you are. Next you will be showing them alcohol, drugs, and "showgirls".
You shouldn't "teach" them that until they are adults. What a fucking idiot you are. WOW

My kid won me 8500 bucks at the blackjack tables last week. I had to put a fake beard on him and tell everyone he was Peter Dinklidge but it was worth it.

[Katipan]

You ****ing idiots I was not talking about some stupid ****ing show.
You know in Vegas where there is legalized gambling there are "showgirls" preforming there everyday.
I suppose you all think that is ok too. Lets just go ahead and start them on all that as well.
When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.

There are plenty of showgirls shows that are kid appropriate.

[ChiefRocka]

but what about the stock market?

[Lex Luthor]

Some ****ing parent you are. Next you will be showing them alcohol, drugs, and "showgirls".
You shouldn't "teach" them that until they are adults. What a ****ing idiot you are. WOW

JFC, lighten up Nancy. I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.

[Katipan]

but what about the stock market?

Oh wow good point. 5th grade we all had to bring in the financial section of the newspaper, pick a stock, buy it with monopoly money, and watch it for a year.

Hmmm. My kids need to do this.

[Dartgod]

When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.

Whoa, whoa, wait!


Because he was playing craps on some game he found in a thrift shop, his kids are now destined to be serial killers?

ROFL

[Katipan]

Whoa, whoa, wait!


Because he was playing craps on some game he found in a thrift shop, his kids are now destined to be serial killers?

ROFL

No that's what happens when you see bare breasts dance in a full stage production.
Or the movie "Showgirls"

[Bugeater]

You could teach them a valuable lesson at a younger age.


Set the game up for them to lose nearly every time. They will learn to hate gambling and future tragedy will be avoided.
The CP casino would be perfect for that.

[FishingRod]

. I only go to the casino about once a month. I take a few hundred dollars and if I lose that I leave.
Well done you understand how to do it. Too many people don't understand casinos are there to make money and they do.

[Lex Luthor]

You ****ing idiots I was not talking about some stupid ****ing show.
You know in Vegas where there is legalized gambling there are "showgirls" preforming there everyday.
I suppose you all think that is ok too. Lets just go ahead and start them on all that as well.
When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.
What a ****ing dumbass. Nobody thought you were actually referring to the movie "Showgirls".

And a big :facepalm: to the link you claim between a casino game and serial killers.

You need to spend less time judging other people and more time learning not to be retarded.

[cmh6476]

You ****ing idiots I was not talking about some stupid ****ing show.
You know in Vegas where there is legalized gambling there are "showgirls" preforming there everyday.
I suppose you all think that is ok too. Lets just go ahead and start them on all that as well.
When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.
Ummm there is a casino in town

[Chief Roundup]

It's best to pretend alcohol, drugs, and the film "Showgirls" does not exist.

What a ****ing dumbass. Nobody thought you were actually referring to the movie "Showgirls".

And a big :facepalm: to the link you claim between a casino game and serial killers.

You need to spend less time judging other people and more time learning not to be retarded.

Nobody really. Need to learn to read a little there.

[Chief Roundup]

Whoa, whoa, wait!


Because he was playing craps on some game he found in a thrift shop, his kids are now destined to be serial killers?

ROFL

Maybe not his, but yes this is the type of behavior that causes some people to become serial killers or having to be supported by the state.

[Gonzo]

What a ****ing dumbass. Nobody thought you were actually referring to the movie "Showgirls".

And a big :facepalm: to the link you claim between a casino game and serial killers.

You need to spend less time judging other people and more time learning not to be retarded.

Uh, I'm not sure if dude is serious or not. I'd assume not but you never know. Maybe he was subjected to gambling at an early age and the only way he could pay off his debts was to sell his anus to a very large Italian man named Jimmy Python.

[cmh6476]

So how about little treasures that fell in your lap no one seems to be talking about? :)

[Mr. Laz]

Teach your kids that gambling is bad . Period.
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might has well start teaching them how to smoke and shoot up as well



bad habits will come in life no matter what, no need to 'teach it' early on

[WhiteWhale]

You ****ing idiots I was not talking about some stupid ****ing show.
You know in Vegas where there is legalized gambling there are "showgirls" preforming there everyday.
I suppose you all think that is ok too. Lets just go ahead and start them on all that as well.
When they end up being serial killers or having to be supported by your tax dollars you all probably still would not realize that these are the kind of things that turn kids that way.

Read the OP.

He was talking about teaching them how to gamble, not taking them to Las Vegas for beers and a few rounds of black jack you fucking idiot.

[Chief Roundup]

this


might has well start teaching them how to smoke and shoot up as well



bad habits will come in life no matter what, no need to 'teach it' early on

What gambling can't lead anyone to bad behavior......It has never corrupted people. Gambling is great it is in every town. Our children must be taught at a young age if they are going to gamble with the best of them.

[WhiteWhale]

this


might has well start teaching them how to smoke and shoot up as well



bad habits will come in life no matter what, no need to 'teach it' early on

Yes, because teaching a game to kids is exactly the same as giving them drugs.

No false equivocation there.

[Mr. Laz]

Yes, because teaching a game to kids is exactly the same as giving them drugs.

No false equivocation there.

someone naming themselves a 'whale' likes gambling


surely not

[Lex Luthor]

Nobody really. Need to learn to read a little there.

No, you need to learn how to read and to understand context, humor, and sarcasm. Katipan made the first reference to the movie "Showgirls". She was making a joke, but you are apparently not bright enough to understand that. And Saulbadguy was following up on the joke.

[Chief Roundup]

No, you need to learn how to read and to understand context, humor, and sarcasm. Katipan made the first reference to the movie "Showgirls". She was making a joke, but you are apparently not bright enough to understand that. And Saulbadguy was following up on the joke.

Do you always moon walk that well?
Because that is 180 degrees from your post.
I don't see any of this as funny. We are talking about underage children here. Children under the age of 10.

[Chief Roundup]

Read the OP.

He was talking about teaching them how to gamble, not taking them to Las Vegas for beers and a few rounds of black jack you ****ing idiot.

You don't teach someone how to do something if there is no intent to use that learning.

[Chief Roundup]

JFC, lighten up Nancy. I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.

I don't party with children. I always have a good time at parties.

[Lex Luthor]

Maybe not his, but yes this is the type of behavior that causes some people to become serial killers or having to be supported by the state.
Casino gambling is the type of behavior that causes some people to become serial killers?

:facepalm:

How about backing that up with even a scintilla of scientific evidence? Not your bullshit opinion. Not your unsupported assertion. Evidence.

And don't post a link about gambling causing people to be supported by the state. I'm taking issue with the link you claim between gambling and serial killers.

[LoneWolf]

You don't teach someone how to do something if there is no intent to use that learning.

You're absolutely correct. Now you'll excuse me while I go dissect a frog.

Dumbass.

[Lex Luthor]

Do you always moon walk that well?
Because that is 180 degrees from your post.
I don't see any of this as funny. We are talking about underage children here. Children under the age of 10.

When I was around 10 years old my cousins taught me and my brother and sister how to play poker. We played with them and their parents for pennies.

When I was was in high school my buddies and I played poker for nickels and dimes. That continued through college and ever since for my entire adult life. I still get together with my friends for monthly Texas Hold'Em tournaments. I've taught my children how to play, and occasionally I play with my sons, my daughter, and my sister and her husband. We have a $5 buy-in (although I often pay the buy-ins for my kids).

We've been doing this years. My oldest kid is now 27. And you know what? Not a serial killer in the bunch. It's a fun activity that gives the adults and the children (now young adults) a way to interact with each other. I've also taught them that if you go to a casino, you take a fixed amount of money, you only take as much as you can afford to spend on entertainment, you leave if you lose it, and you understand that they don't build those luxurious and elegant buildings by allowing the gamblers to win in the long run.

The total dumbassery you are demonstrating in this thread is simpy mind-boggling. You remind me of the preacher in the original "Footloose" movie that starred Kevin Bacon as the teenage rebel and John Lithgow as the tight-assed narrow-minded preacher who thinks EVERYTHING is immoral and will corrupt the young people. If you want to raise your kids in a plastic bubble, more power to you. But don't go off on people who don't.

[Saulbadguy]

Taking your children to church is much worse for them than teaching them how to gamble.

[cmh6476]

Just saw parents walking a kid into the game in an Adrian Peterson jersey. At least I am not condoning that.

[stumppy]

My older brothers taught me how to play poker when I was around 6 or 7. It didn't take me too long to figure out what a gamble I was taking when I beat one of them.....buncha pricks.:D

[bevischief]

Who is playing the Jaguars.

[TLO]

The CP casino would be perfect for that.

Amen. LMAO

[BWillie]

I walked in with $500 and walked out with almost $18,000. I was down to $212 when I hit the jackpot. I only go to the casino about once a month. I take a few hundred dollars and if I lose that I leave. For the year I'm still up well over $15,000.

Nevertheless you are still playing a game with a negative expected value return. You won't win in the long run. There's no game you can except poker. My thoughts on it though is to think of it as entertainment. If you enjoy it as much as playing golf or some other expensive hobby , then even if you lose on average $20 an hour or something on gambling then it still is a good use of leisure time as long as you don't over do it.

[BWillie]

You teach your kids to gamble with things all the time. Life is a trade off. Is jaywalking worth (blank). Is lying about eating your vegetables worth (blank).

Gambling is adults only because only adults can sign their lives away. Only adults can have real credit.

Do you have any idea how many proms and junior proms are Casino Night related?

Good to teach kids discipline. Good to let kids be kids. Denying kids knowledge is a slippery enough slope. But denying them knowledge in an age where they can google the answer to anything they want, can be dangerous for your relationship.

Wonderful post. Very good.

[Easy 6]

I wouldnt introduce my kids to gambling, they'd have to become interested in it on their own.

[Gonzo]

John Wane Gacy, Jeffery Dahmer and Richard Ramierez were all famous serial killers. It is also widely accepted that the only reason they acted this way was because the penny slots at the Horeshoe told them to do so.

[Demonpenz]

living in st joseph hustling is a way of life. So loaded games of dice with your mark in the back of alabama street is ok, but a casino game. Nah man den yur the mark

[eDave]

I'd have my son put his entire net worth on Roulette. Red.

Decide from there.

[Oz_Chief]

They are ready as soon as they are old enough to learn about insurance.