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Nigeria Youths And Sport Betting. by cokerrammy(m): 3:11pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
These days football betting is very
popular among Nigerian youths. In
fact, to some people, it has become a
very “lucrative business”. Statistics
have shown that 70% of Nigerian
youths are football betting fanatics. It
has become more like a spell or ‘juju’.
Every corner of the street you go to is
overcrowded with some guys trying to
engage in football betting. Nobody is
left out as you can see both old and
young, students, touts and
schoolboys. When you go to this
football betting centers, you need to
see the passion in the eyes of this
young ones. It seems they are under
some kind of spell.
What baffles me most is that nobody
is saying anything about it. But why? I
guess the reason is that people see it
as a place to get quick cool cash.
I heard someone saying that football
betting has helped reduce crime rate
in the country and i am like : oh
really? Tell me about it. What crime
has it reduced? Perhaps someone
should tell me the meaning of
“crime”.
Whether you agree or not, football
betting is gambling. And you know
what they say about gambling?
“There are three ways to RUIN:
women, gambling and technician, the
most pleasant is with women, the
quickest is with gambling, but the
surest is with technicians”- Georges
Pompidou
and again…
“A gambler is nothing but a man who
makes his living out of hope”- William
Bolitho
Look closely at the lives of gamblers,
they are usually poor and pathetic
people.
If you can see online football betting
as gambling then you’ll really get my
points.
Other than the quick cash you get
from football betting, these are the
bad effects of football betting that is
eating the precious lives of our youths
like canker worm:
Poverty: football betting can turn into
a dangerous two-way street when you
least expect it. weird things happen
suddenly and your life can go all to
pieces. One minute you are rich and
the next you are down to your last
kobo.
Wrong Mentality about Wealth: Many
who engage in football betting believe
that one day, just one day they’re luck
will shine and they’ll become
millionaires. And i ask: how many
millionaire gamblers do you know in
your area. If you know of any please
comment below.
Health Issues: Do you know that
losing to a bet can cause sadness,
high BP, regret, depression and a
whole lot of negative emotions. Even
insanity.
Suicide: Though no case of suicide
has been recorded about someone
committing suicide on losing a
football bet but the possibility is high.
Prolonged depression can cause
suicide.
Frustration and anger: You need to
see the anger and frustration in the
eyes of those guys who lost to a bet.
It is quite frightening.
Laziness: It makes youths so lazy that
they forget about doing anything for
their lives. Most of them don’t take
their bath because they are busy
gambling away their lives.
Waste of Financial Resources: I heard
a young guy who used his school fees
to bet online and has never stopped
regretting his actions after he lost.
Some people sell even their
properties and personal belongings to
bet. What a sorry life!
Wrong Idea about Money: There is a
saying that no woman can endure a
gambling husband, unless he is a
steady winner- Thomas Robert Dewar.
Football betting makes a person
believe that if you lose money that
you’re a failure and vise versa. You
know how wrong that idea is.
Family Conflicts: It destroys ones
relationship with family, friends and
colleagues. Due to obsession with the
game a person is isolated from the
family members which can cause
serious family crisis. Certainly, no
mother will proudly introduce his son
as a football betting maniac.
Lack of Vision: look at the lives of
those addicted gamblers, they are
what i call NFAs (No Future Ambition).
They live just for betting. They live in
the world of fantasy. Their hope is to
one day win at least a million naira.
Football betting so limits their vision
that they believe there’s no life
outside gambling.
Lack of Creativity/Initiative: How can
one ever be creative and innovative
when all he thinks is how to bet?
Have you ever wondered that those
football betting sites were created by
human beings like you? Come to think
of if, if Bill Gates was busy gambling
away his life there will be no
Microsoft. If Mark Zuckerberg was
using his time to search for the best
betting site, there wouldn’t have been
Facebook. |
Re: Nigeria Youths And Sport Betting. by adebayo10977(m): 3:58pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
Your view about it is true and also teaches some lesson to an individual
by addicted to it is not advisable
Rich individual also play it....
But, ole lo ba Omo je..... |
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