PEOPLE IN SOCIETY AND THE HABITS OF GAMBLING

Presently in Nigeria today, the habits of Gambling embarked by the people in Society  is a trending Factor .

In society , there has been  known cases of Gambling addicts. Although this menance is not just entitled to the youths only as even Adults are known to engage in this. Gambling is the General word for this habits as it has been broken down into Sports bet, lottos, physical Bets and all.

    Statistics shows that  79% of Nigerian youths are sports betting fanatics with the game of football  betting taking a lead. It has become more like a HOUSE HOLD FACTOR.

Every corner of the street you go to is overcrowded with young guys and sometimes even ladies engaging themselves in a Bet house. The passion for this bets is overwhelming.

 Its been said that this Habit of Gambling(football bets,lottos and etc) has brought about some positive advantages to society,in the fact that it has enabled some youths earned some money for themselves since there are no consistent jobs and  even bets houses employing employing a large number of youths. Also claims of how this bets has yielded positive gains from doubling amounts of money, even lottery visas  through lottos helping people travel overseas.

Although this advantages are factual to an extent  but it is a problem to society when the disadvantages to a factor is more is more than the Advantages.

  The major Disavantages to his Habit of Gambling is its addictive nature. People have lost and sold of properties, taken loans and eventually run into debt because of Gambling.

Another Disadvantage of Gambling is that some of these youths depend solely on gambling related activities which promotes laziness within them as they do not want to work believing that gambling is a more effective way of earning a living.

Thirdly it promotes Stealing. A serious addict will do anything to gamble as one who does not have money can go an extra mile of stealing to place bets. Young kids are not left out in this as lots of them use money given to them by parents for upkeep to play video games and even place bets in bet houses.

Though There are much more disdavantages to Gambling but these three factors are enough reasons for  you to know that there  are much more negative impacts than the positive ones to Gambling.

This Article is not trying to despise persons who found theirselves in situations listed above but rather it is meant to put a check to it and thereby opening our minds to a broader view of it.

Whatever one is engaged in, its is best we put control to it, so it does not leave a devastating impact on our lives.

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