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The Online Casinos Take the Fall

The is a definite problem in the United States and all over the world for that matter that involves underage gamblers accessing the online casinos and various internet gambling and betting sites. This is one of the biggest issues facing the internet gambling industry actually, and although the internet gambling sites have a lot of software in place to prevent underage gambling, it’s still happening and still worrisome. A new study out of Oxford though sheds some very new light on the situation in regards to just what the addictive behavior in youth is stemming from. According to a professor at Oxford, Susan Greenfield, it’s the fact that the children are on the computer for long periods of time, more so than the online casinos themselves, that is the real danger.

The professor’s research is not intended to marginalize the very real issue that has cropped up because of youth having access to online casinos and internet gambling sites, but rather shed light on the computer and internet activity of children. Her research indicates that rather than the obsession over blocking the online casinos all over the world, the real issue may come from allowing children too much time on the computer in the first place. She suggests that the computer and internet time in general is harmful to children and that the huge efforts to block internet gambling sites from the eyes of the youth is avoiding the larger problem.

Basically, the research finds that the brains of teenagers are still in a strong development phase and that internet time, just like the old adage about TV, may rot their brain. The professor puts it a bit more eloquently noting that the developing brain needs an array of stimulation at this critical growth time and excessive use of computers and surfing online may be more harmful than the actual internet content such as internet casino sites.