Yesterday, I listened to a conversation between two young men on wheelbarrows and slashes. Well, all they want is a good platform like Sportpesa and Betin. They believe that these gambling sites earned them good money. Instead of working, their mind is set on gambling and its redundant value. Addiction to gambling is the same addiction to alcohol and drugs. The only difference is that addiction to gambling has higher suicide rates when compared to figures from alcohol and substance abuse.
As an alcoholic, you work to get money for your local shot. The same thing happens to substance abusers. Now, the story reads differently when it comes to gambling. You will lose your income to these betting companies such as Bet365. Nobody will care about your payslip or check. All you will see are immense deductions. In the end, the debt will force you to suicide.
Today, radio stations in the country are engaging all senior folks in the countryside to answer simple questions. Many callers cannot get the right answer for obvious reasons. Your call costs around 100 Kes, then, there are charges you pay to participate. Isn’t this a new form of gambling?
When tasked with the same line of thought on Facebook, people believe that it is a willing buyer—willing seller.
In gambling, that law does not apply. The 100 thousand shillings that you are supposed to win are a fallacy. Suppose you are 100,000 people listening to a program on Milele FM. It means that you will send 10, 000,000 in one program to answer wrongly. Then they will pick one person who will get 100,000. The company pockets 9.9 million.
People are gambling with fees, rent, and everything possible as they target the 100,000 Kes. As a nation, we are losing a lot.
Simple mazematics….
QUIT GAMBLING!!!