- BBI report says that betting has driven up the levels of poverty and also increased the feeling of hopelessness
- It wants the sector to be run and managed by a government authority which will replace privately owned betting firms
- Proceeds of the business, the report recommends, should be injected in uplifting sports, culture and other social activities
The recently launched Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has recommended that the country's betting industry be run and controlled by the government.
According to the report, private firms should be replaced with a government run entity; a move it states will help encourage responsible gambling.
The BBI said that betting had resulted in a surge in poverty levels besides also driving up the feeling of hopelessness among citizens.
"Replace the private betting industry with a government-run national lottery whose proceeds, as is the case in other countries, are used for activities that uplift the youth, sports, culture and other social activities beneficial to citizens," the BBI recommends.
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