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Strolling around one of the streets in the city one Sunday morning , I came across two women who are selling 'mandazi' one telling the other in the local language “Achieo ayudo ka AC Milan owango na rishit”(I’ve woken up and found out that AC Milan has been beaten).’Rishit’ is a common term used by the betting fraternity to refer to the list of teams one has placed a bet on.
This is astonishing to realize that football gambling has a wider scope and it is not only limited to the football fans but also anybody can participate in it.Often when you walk around this streets you will find a faction of youths especially on weekends each with a pen and paper trying to make their selections on the teams that they think will emerge victorious at the end of each matches of the day.
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