Teaching Them Young

It is unclear whether this is an example of concerted effort to desensitize our youth to gambling or just blatant ignorance about the addictive qualities of gambling, but if you go to http://www.neopets.com you will find games developed for very young children that mimic casino games. This site is aimed at YOUNG children.  At this site a child can adopt a “virtual pet.”, but the site lists games of “chance and luck” where a child can bet “neopoints” on games such as blackjack, slots and keno, as well as several other games of chance.

This is probably the casino industry’s dream, that kindergarten age children are being tutored in the methods of casino gambling.