Sports betting at 15: what is allowed

If you are under 18, no licensed bookmaker may take your bet, in France, in Belgium or in Switzerland. That is not a formality to work around: an operator that lets a minor wager is breaking the law, and an account opened with a false date of birth is closed with its balance forfeited the moment identity is checked.

What is not forbidden is predicting a result without wagering anything. No stake, no payment, no cash prize: nothing to protect a minor from, because nothing can be lost.

Our rule: from 15

• Minimum age to hold an account: 15.
• No payment method is ever requested, so no minor can spend anything here.
• Rewards are gift cards, never cash, and never a transfer to a bank account.
• No gambling advertising and no bookmaker links anywhere on the site.
• One account per person: sharing a household is fine, sharing an identity is not.

Those rules are part of the terms of use, and the reasoning behind them is on the responsible gaming page.

For parents

There is no way to spend money on this site — no deposit page, no in-app purchase, no premium tier. What your child can do is predict football, tennis, basketball, rugby and Formula 1 results, and claim a gift card if they have earned enough points. What they cannot do is lose anything.

A question, or an account to delete: contact@freebetarena.com.