Sucks even more when the pricks are your family.

I would've demanded half if it was my dollar.

Yes, because OP's dad couldn't force him/her to pay for it or anything...

He technically can't the most he could do is take away some things.

He can sell enough of OP's things to cover the window. And ground OP/make him do a ton of chores.

I know. Wtf kind of parents let their kids near those machines?

26, those machines are everywhere and there's a lot of who will just put the one in. A one off is not harmful, it's when they feel like they have to play on it that it becomes a problem. I wouldn't say OPs dad is a bad parent for letting them play once.

Its like buying a scratch/pull tab ticket dor a dollar for you kid. It nakes them feel lucky if you win even $5.

Exactly. He probably just paid OPs smartphone bill with it.

4 - How exactly does that give parents the right to rob their children?

So what, a child has to pay back their parents for every dollar spent on them? No, it doesn't work that way.

OP's parents decided on having him and its their responsibility to pay for certain a things.

Get a job, ya bums.

I have a job but if it was my dollar/pound I would request the £200 because it would have been my money not my parents! As parents you are required to purchase things for your kid to ensure that they can live comfortably and survive. When they use their own money for things parents can be happy and the OP gave his parent HIS money to use the slot machine! So therefore it is the OP's money!

Not everyone goes.

True, but I try not to do this to my children. My wife says I need to be fair to them.

I would have given it to my son and made him take me out to lunch.

Where do you think those clothes OP wears comes from? And the lunch money and allowance and fuel in the vehicles and food on the table and... Just because he doesn't get the cash doesn't mean he doesn't get /anything/.

I think it's more to the point that it was the kids dollar in the first place that won the money, it's the principle of the matter.

You don't know that OP doesn't have a job. Perhaps they pay for a lot themselves.

Yep... That's some shit my Mom would have pulled before I was old enough. Some parents these days. I feel terrible for some kids... That's why I literally try my best to be the. Best Mom to my daughter. After all, they only deserve the best...!

Yes it would be, but the kid isn't old enough to gamble. Not like it was a carnival fair and the kid won a stuffed toy or a video game it's a casino. Plus, I'm pretty sure that's a chunk of it is going to be spent on the kid anyway since they are on vacation presumably.

18, He might not. For all we know, OP could be at home and had just given him the dollar. I still believe that even if this could be considered a way to teach OP, he should have AT LEAST say so.

18, in Las Vegas you can find slot machines in any local diner. You don't know it was a casino. Most US casinos won't even let you in unless you're over 21.