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This poll has completed. It ran from Aug. 22, 2016, 1:02 p.m. through Aug. 28, 2016, 10:43 p.m.
STA2.23: Should the government minimize or ban sports betting in the country?
Background
Every day, youth in Uganda are getting desperate due to high unemployment and consider gambling as a ‘tentative’ solution to the problem. Sports betting is a form of gambling where someone predicts the result of a sports game with the hope of winning a cash prize.
There are betting shops in almost every urban town across the country, laws relating to lottery and gambling have become obsolete and are not sensitive to the new modes of gambling and the unprecedented growth of the industry.
In January 2016, Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga said - “The government is in the final stages of stopping all betting companies from operating business in Uganda on the grounds that they are cheating locals and evading taxes.”
Question
a) No, people are making some money.
b) Yes, the risks and disadvantages are too high.
c) I don't mind
Instructions
Go to messages on your phone & type PACIS followed by your ANSWER. Send your message to 8585. This SMS is totally FREE of charge.