This had been the main issue in online gambling. Minors had been flocking to the online Casino site without any restrictions. They can blatantly access gambling sites with their parents' cards, fake their identities and so on. Germany does tackle this issue seriously and recently German Commission for the Protection of Minor in the Media (KJM). had a deal with Incode Technologies, a US-based specialist in biometric identity for the age verification solution.[1]
The German government is very inclined that it will help greatly in protecting minors because of its advanced technology.
Well first of all i definitely agree, that minors should not be able to gamble online. The reason for that is pretty simple: Minors are just not fully developed yet, physically but also mentally. Therefore i think it is safe to say that in general minors are way more prone to becoming addicted to online gambling than adults. Of course there are always exceptions too. I have not read to much about the system that Incode Technologies is using so i am not really sure what kind of method they are using in order to verify the age of users, but i am pretty sure that this kind of method could also be cheated again because i think there is no 100% bullet proof method to do online verification.
In the end the parents need to look after their child and what they are doing.