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While it's true that many teens these days can get credit cards, all information including age is fairly easily obtained if a person is forced to pay by credit card (at least initially) for their first bet. Furthermore, for teenagers, credit card limits are usually quite low. As such, if it is determined from the credit card information that the person is not of age, the credit card transaction can be denied and access for anyone with that name and address can be blocked across all online gambling networks. However, since credit cards are no longer an option to merchants or clients in the United States, the next best solution is age verification programs.
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Don't a lot of porn sites use possession of a credit card as proof of age?
The underage issue was always a crock to me since alcohol, tobacco, and porn can all be purchased online currently. So we either need to shut down all those industries (since they are harming the children), or otherwise we have to admit that effective mechanisms are already in place to keep underagers off certain sites.