Most time I will see student whose are around the age range of 16 complaining on how they have lose their cash without even having good understanding about gambling. While some will give experience gambler to gamble for them. Where as gambling are for people that are matured with good sources of income. That have other things they are doing not putting all hope in betting. We'll know that betting not something you encourage children to engage with.
When it comes to keeping to the restriction of children on gambling, bookies have always abide by the restriction and they do this by ensuring that underage children are prevented from creating a betting account. When a child declares a false date of birth such a child can be held liable for misrepresentation and there are penalties for misrepresentation because it becomes a fraud. For shops allowing children to gamble, such bet shops should either be closed down or the manager should be arrested because State laws prohibit children from gambling. Sometimes, children appear bigger than their age hence it becomes difficult to even tell if the person is below 18yrs and you don't expect a bet shop manager to inquire about every gambler's age and this is one of the impediments faced by bet shop owners in a bid to restrict children from gambling. Also, asking someone to help you place a bet doesn't mean that you are a child. You can be an adult and even solicit assistance during gambling.
On the other hand, this will be difficult to stop, because access to gambling is now very easy, someone only needs a cellphone to start accessing gambling sites. On the other hand for the bookmakers they will not think too much about it, because even though there is a ban on gambling for them children, they can still access it without anyone's knowledge. And for the bookie himself, anyone who gambles will benefit them.
The role of parents is very necessary here, logically, children who have not worked can get money from where? yes definitely from their own parents, and in this case parents must provide supervision of them. The problem is that today's children are smarter, even though they gamble on their cellphones, they can still hide from their parents.