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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/A27.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Concerns Grow over Sports Betting in Africa' data-article-id='6341'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9229'>In at least five African countries, many people consider sports gambling as a way to get regular income.</span> <span data-start-time='9229' data-end-time='14021'>Some consider sports gambling a way out of poverty. </span> <span data-start-time='14021' data-end-time='26521'>But critics warn that sports betting in Africa is increasing while poverty, unemployment and a lack of industry rules remain big problems.</span> <span data-start-time='26521' data-end-time='39708'>In one example, a Ugandan health official was so sure Argentina would win its World Cup soccer game against Saudi Arabia that he bet $1,800. </span> <span data-start-time='39708' data-end-time='51104'>The money was loaned to him by officials from an amount meant to go to 243 people who had taken part in a polio vaccine campaign.</span> <span data-start-time='51104' data-end-time='56729'>Argentina lost the game, and the official lost the money. </span> <span data-start-time='56729' data-end-time='63313'>Later he was chased by an angry crowd and locked himself indoors for days. </span> <span data-start-time='63313' data-end-time='68313'>His supervisor said he could lose his job.</span> <span data-start-time='68313' data-end-time='73396'>In Uganda, the official’s loss was a lot of money. </span> <span data-start-time='73396' data-end-time='80896'>Yearly income per person in the country was $840 in 2020.</span> <span data-start-time='80896' data-end-time='88396'>Sports gamblers include students, politicians, workers or government officials.</span> <span data-start-time='88396' data-end-time='94083'>Information on sports betting from all of Africa is not available. </span> <span data-start-time='94083' data-end-time='99146'>But data from a few countries show its growing popularity. </span> <span data-start-time='99146' data-end-time='102896'>Online gambling has grown in recent years. </span> <span data-start-time='102896' data-end-time='110667'>The increase has been driven by a growing use of mobile payments and demand for online entertainment. </span> <span data-start-time='110667' data-end-time='114292'>Much of the betting is on soccer games in Europe.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/a_mechanism_typically_consisting_of_rings_pivoted_at_right_angles_for_keeping_an_instrument_such_as_a_compass_or_chronometer_horizontal_in_a_moving_vessel_or_aircraft.wav'><span>a mechanism, typically consisting of rings pivoted at right angles, for keeping an instrument such as a compass or chronometer horizontal in a moving vessel or aircraft</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/playing_a_game_of_chance_in_which_money_is_put_at_risk_in_an_effort_to_win_other_peoples_money.wav'><span>playing a game of chance in which money is put at risk in an effort to win other peoples money</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/complain_about_something_in_a_badtempered_way.wav'><span>complain about something in a bad-tempered way</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/a_musical_instrument_consisting_of_a_slightly_concave_round_brass_plate.wav'><span>a musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19127 data-hint-location='26521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/which_country_did_argentina_lose_to_in_the_world_cup_competition.wav'>Which country did Argentina lose to in the World Cup competition?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Saudi Arabia'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/saudi_arabia.wav'><span>Saudi Arabia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/portugal.wav'><span>Portugal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/brazil.wav'><span>Brazil</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/spain.wav'><span>Spain</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19128 data-hint-location='73396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/yearly__blank__per_person_in_the_country_was_840_in_2020.wav'>Yearly <span class='blank'>income</span> per person in the country was $840 in 2020.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='income'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/income.wav'><span>income</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5737/homecoming.wav'><span>homecoming</span></div><div class='choice' 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