Gambling has been there from time memorial. It didn't just start and I don't think it's stopping anytime soon. People have been gambling as far back as 3000 BC.
I think the earliest gambling evidence started in a place called Mesopotamia, where people played the game of chance using dice made from stones and bones. And gradually, it started spreading like wildfire to the 21st century.
Modern-day kids or people have taken it far more than before; some have lost their lives in the progress of gambling. People in the olden days enslaved their entire families because of gambling; they lost money instead of giving up and going back home to bury their shame. They allow their ego and pride to push them further until they have completely lost everything and end up taking their life, leaving their families in perpetual suffering.
As the rally round to pay off the debt, he must have accumulated before dying. I remember a guy who died some years back in my vicinity because of a bet. He was a young man full of life but struggling to make ends meet, but things seemed not to be working in his favor at all. He has a daughter and two sons. He works in a small firm, so I guess he wasn't earning much to support his family.
Only God knows who introduced him to betting; he bet the first time and won so big, but I think it was enough to motivate him to bet again. Cause he did bet again lose and did lose again.
He decided to quit cause he was starving his family with the mindset that he would win again. His friend must have asked him to continue that he shouldn't quit and he would win big soon; he continued having issues at work and home, and any little money that entered his hand, went straight to gambling.
He was so addicted that he even stole from his company to play a bet with the hope that he would win and replace the money, but luck wasn't on his side cause he lost everything, including his phone. When the company finds out he was sacked.
I am sure everybody will think that he will stop at this point, but no way. He was now depressed and wanted to win by all means; this made him become a shadow of his old self; he was lost in the moment and couldn't be helped. But one day, he won 10 million naira, but he wasn't able to enjoy the money cause after he won, he died out of shock.
I know that betting has killed a lot of people, and it has also made some people rich; bets like the lottery have taken some people out of the country to find greener pastures, too. My country economic is in shambles so that's why many young people are into gambling right now. Every means to survive people will take as long as it does not hurt anyone. I think the Government shouldn't ban it for them. It is better than fraud or being an organ harvester.
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