Legal Gambling Age Questioned: 3

To play it safe, if you will, most online casinos have a minimum age requirement of 21 years of age to play inside their virtual doors. Even Tribal Casinos have a minimum age requirement of 21 years. Online casino and internet gambling laws are difficult to pin down since they are constantly being debated and they are changing constantly from region to region. So sometimes it is more difficult to find the answers you need when it comes to the legal gambling age of a specific region or country. Most countries have already established their land based casino laws and have based their online gaming rules on those that work for the other aspects of the gambling industry.

In the state of California in the United States, where the original study had taken place the law states that it is illegal for any person that is under the age of eighteen to play a ‘game of chance’. There is a new law in the state of California that allows for a charity to hols a legal poker game while the minimum age requirement for all players is 21 years of age. The likelihood that these laws will actually apply to operators that are off shore are not very good. In the United States it is currently illegal to play at an online casino if a player tries to transfer money form their financial institution directly to any of the millions of online casinos. There are ways to get around the rules but it is always best to play it safe. As far as getting caught for playing at an online casino and the player is under age, they may have a better chance of winning the progressive jackpot then get caught by the authorities.