Iziphathimandla zihlabe umkhosi ngokwanda kokugembula entsheni yaseNingizimu Afrika. Okutholwe kamuva okuvela enkampanini yocwaningo lwemakethe ye-inthanethi, i-Infoquest, kubonisa ukuthi abagembuli abaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengu-34 babamba iqhaza ekugembuleni ku-inthanethi nokubheja kwezemidlalo isilinganiso sezikhathi eziyi-11 ngenyanga.
Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi u-39% uqoke ukutshala kabusha imali abawinile, kanti u-30% ugembula ngemali abangakwazi ukuyilahlekela.
“Ukugembula kuyi-Internet yinto ekhangwa abantu abasha kakhulu ngoba iningi labo lingabantu bomdabu, bakhule benobuchwepheshe kanye nendawo ye-inthanethi,” kusho uLynette Kamineth weNational Gambling Board.
“Sibonile ukuthi isibalo sethu ohlangothini lokubheja kwezemidlalo senyukile impela ngenxa yokusondelana kwabantu abasha siyaqiniseka ukuthi lokho kukhuphuka kuzohlala nentsha yethu.”
UKamineth uthi umthwalo usekumuntu ngamunye ukuthi anqume nini ukuyeka ukugembula.
“Abantu kumele bazibambele mathupha ngomkhuba wabo. Uma kwenzeka ungalingani empilweni yakho uba nenkinga. Sihlala sithi inqobo nje uma ugembula ukuzijabulisa nokungcebeleka kuyinto enhle lokho. Sekulele kwaba umuntu ngamunye ukuze azifundise ngezingozi zokugembula.”
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