Underage Gambling

[Dunhamzzz]

My little brother has been allowed to play in the over 18s section in a local arcade, and after stealing his savings book, lost over £1k and practically every penny of life savings he's ever had.

He's only 17.

I know theres nothing I can do to him ,except express my dissapointment to him but I at least want to attempt to get the arcade back.

Are there any special authorities I could report them to, I was speaking to the arcade owner, fishing for infomation and they were thinking of going all over-18 with roulettes and such. I was thinknig if they got busted this time, they would never be allowed to do such a thing, or maybe soemthing like that. Even if my brother was to be paid of (I would put the dosh in an account I know he aint gonna touch til he's 21!)

Anybody know the companies I need to speak to? Or is it just better off going to the police, and would any thing be actually acheived from this?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[mav_boy9001]

Doubt there would be any way of getting his money back - he shouldn't have been in there in the first place and he played off his own back. You may be able to get the place into trouble if you can prove he was in there though - only thing is if they have CCTV then they can choose not to let the police see it and there's nothing the police can legally do to get it. Perhaps if you filmed him going in though.

[alexross1977]

i think if his dad walks in with him [or someone 'big' pretending to be parent] he will get his dough back [perhaps by brandishing a creditcard bill full of withdrawals from that very arcade or whatever...]

the threat of losing licence would no doubt be enough to persuade the operator to offer some compo.. since the kid was underage etc.

could just contact the police and sue the arcade (get cctv footage etc)..

would be interested to hear what happens if anything..

[John Holmes' Stunt C**K]

Where abouts in Norfolk are you talking about Dunhamzz?

I live in North Norfolk, and will tell you now that if you were to do any of the above suggested in the arcades near me, they would just laugh at you

[Dunhamzzz]

Where abouts in Norfolk are you talking about Dunhamzz?

I live in North Norfolk, and will tell you now that if you were to do any of the above suggested in the arcades near me, they would just laugh at you

i guess silver would ring a bell.....

[S6TAV]

Did they know he was 17 ??
Unless he went in there and said hey im 17 I doubt they would have. They could just say I thought he was 18

I dont understand why you want to get the arcade back

My little brother has been allowed to play in the over 18s section in a local arcade, and after stealing his savings book

It sounds like he stole his savings book for one reason only

He's only 17

Which means he could be anything from 1-11 months away from being the legal age. As said in another post he went in there of his own back he knew what he was doing. It may be different if he was 11-14 and blatenly looks underage and thought they were just games

Another thing that springs to mind is he cant have lost 1K in a day. I know it's possible now days on a slotto but to me it sounds like he visited this place more then once. Which again just proves the point he knew what he was doing and why he was going there

Sorry to be harsh mate but I doubt there is much you can do

[a1056688]

I agree with the above he choose to spend his savings on gambling, the arcade didn't ask him to enter their premises.

[Dunhamzzz]

Hmm yeah I can see your point. He's a right little shit tbh. Hope the influene wasn't from me

Tho obviously it was.....

[darren222]

Hmm yeah I can see your point. He's a right little shit tbh. Hope the influene wasn't from me

Tho obviously it was.....

if only i could have the money ive lost in my time back and keep my winnings of course, i wouldnt even try and ask for it back though as i know i havnt a hope of getting it

[John Holmes' Stunt C**K]

Silver Slipper you mean then Dunhamzz??

I live near Hunstanton. Used to visit Yarmouth now and again, but its gone seriously downhill in the last few years IMO