Sports Betting Among Students of Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Opoku, Angelo Elijah; Yeboah, Abraham

doi:10.24018/ejedu.2021.2.5.147

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“…Easy access to internet is a big problem challenging mostly the adolescent as parents provide it for the children not minding the negative implication. The findings of this study is in support of Opoku and Yeboah [8] who found out that students engage in sport betting because to win cash and for entertainment. Most often, students engage into football because they are already very use to the activities, they cannot concentrate without placing bet.…”

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“…The effect of the above behaviour is detrimental as it incubates poverty, frustration, laziness, waste of resources, illusions, fantasy, wrong ideas about wealth, lack of vision and creativity. Emmanuel and Terdoo, [8] conclude in their findings that the prevalence of betting is on a high side because the motivation is mainly on financial empowerment. Opoku and Yeboah [9] also indicated that students engage in sport betting because of cash winning and entertainment.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Impact of Football Betting on Study Habit of Senior Secondary School Students in Enugu State, Nigeria

Francisca

Nnadi

Nkechi

et al. 2022

ARJASS

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The study aims at examining the impact of football betting on study habit among senior secondary school students in Enugu state. The essence for the study came as a result of decline in education sector due to poor study habit among secondary school students in Enugu State. The study was guided by three research questions. The study adopted qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. From the population of 6,565 senior secondary school students in the 10 senior secondary schools in Enugu East Senatorial Zone of Enugu State, the sample of 180 students were selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a close-ended questionnaire with 15 items developed from four research questions. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation on SPSS version 26. Five recommendations were made among which is that Nigeria Lottery Commission should enforce and regulate strict monitoring towards the establishment of betting centers in correspondence to the laws stipulated.

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Impact of Football Betting on Study Habit of Senior Secondary School Students in Enugu State, Nigeria

Francisca

Nnadi

Nkechi

et al. 2022

ARJASS

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“…Currently, it is a growing public health concern globally [2][3][4]. The advent of internet gambling and easy access to mobile phones and televisions have made gambling easy [5], with more youth of the working age group getting involved [5][6][7][8][9]. It is legal to engage in online sports betting in Ghana according to the Gaming Act of 2006.…”

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Pathological gambling is an underestimated risk factor for pilfering and suicide in Ghana: a case report

Majeed,

Dei-Asamoa,

Agorinya

et al. 2023

HSI Journal

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Background: Gambling is a game of chance that involves putting money or something of value at risk to gain something better. Currently, in Ghana, sports betting is a growing public health concern. We present a case report of a 29-year-old accountant who presented with a year duration of recurrent suicidal thoughts, two years of depressive symptoms, and a four-year history of pilfering due to obsessive internet gambling. His symptoms were successfully managed at the Psychiatry Department of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Pathological gambling is an underestimated risk factor for theft, depression, and suicide in Ghana. However, most people are unaware that it is a psychiatric condition that is manageable in the hospital. Advocacy, education, and publicity of pathological gambling as a psychiatric condition are needed to create awareness in the general public.

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Gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: Traditional Forms and Emerging Technologies

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Purpose of Review The gambling industry in Africa has seen substantial growth and evolution over recent years with a growing body of literature describing these shifts. Here, we provide a narrative synthesis of the extant literature on the origins, trends and consequences of the expansion and intensification of the commercial gambling industry in sub-Saharan Africa with a reference for future research on gambling as a growing public health concern. Recent Findings The historical shift and permeation of gambling in sub-Saharan Africa is diverse with evidence of certain countries following a neo-colonial logic. Advances in technology have made gambling more accessible and created new markets in Africa. A key motive driving gambling on the continent is a lack of stable employment. While the intensification and growth of Africa’s gambling industry has brought economic benefits to some African investors and individuals, this has been accompanied by a range of gambling harms. Legislation and policies designed to better regulate the gambling industry and redress these harms are needed. In this context, a small number of services and campaigns designed to mitigate gambling harms demonstrate promise, but more research is needed in this area. Summary The gambling industry in sub-Saharan Africa has undergone a dramatic transformation. While it is true that the growth of the African gambling industry has provided an additional revenue stream to governments, it is also necessary to acknowledge the concurrent rise in gambling addiction and the health-related and social harms that it elicits. As such, designing effective regulatory measures and policy interventions that can reduce the public health burden of gambling harms is vital. However, these interventions need to take in to account the significance of cultural differences that exist among countries on the continent.

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Sports Betting Among Students of Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

Impact of Football Betting on Study Habit of Senior Secondary School Students in Enugu State, Nigeria

Impact of Football Betting on Study Habit of Senior Secondary School Students in Enugu State, Nigeria

Pathological gambling is an underestimated risk factor for pilfering and suicide in Ghana: a case report

Gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: Traditional Forms and Emerging Technologies

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