A person staking a game. [Photo/digpitch.com]
It is both a blessing and a curse to this particular generation.A blessing in that it has helped keep a lot of youth from the streets and from being idle.
It has helped to achieve some dreams which were purely out of luck. It is a curse destroying the savings culture that we once had among the young generation today.
A lot of people who used to put away the little extra that was left after they had done their shopping, paid their rent and sorted out their expenses are no longer doing that.They prefer throwing that money into a betting account and hope that it brings back some good money.
The worst thing about it is that this is not something sure that you can rely on to help you afterward.
Most students are even trying their luck with the fee that they are sent.It is so sad that they need or should I say the love for money has gotten this generation to this level.
It is destroying the belief in saving for the future at the expense of satisfying wants.It also gets addictive at times which can lure you into deep debt that could have been avoided.