| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Gambling","Africa"],"appCategory":"Gambling","appTitle":"What Are The Likely Consequences of Most African Youths Propensity For Gambling Instead of Engagement In Meaningful Productive Ventures?","appBody":"<p>The consequences are grave and they don't know yet. They would likely learn the hard way. In Nigeria, it has a new term coined for it -<em>youth empowerment.</em></p>\n<p>It creates a mindset that sudden millions can be made by just sitting in a room and predicting certain near impossible events. While winning is possible, the chances and probability is very slim. And when you loose, your mind encourages you that next time can be your lucky day. And there you go again, its a vicious cycle.</p>\n<p>Gambling encourages the believe in luck and reduces your believe in hard work and making consistent progress towards your goal.</p>\n<p>Gambling can cause depression, heart attack and loss of focus as a result of consistent losses and high hopes. People have used their tuition fees and feeding money to bet in the hope that they can make x10 from it.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"pkyxal8lx","appParentAuthor":"alaisguineasis","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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