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Big winners, big losers: Kenya's addiction to gambling

A billboard advertising a betting company [Photo: Courtesy]

Gambling is a multi-million dollar business in Kenya, but there are more losers than winners - with an increasing number of young people chancing their luck, writes Anthony Wanjiru.

The grey weather had not dampened the mood at the Mozzart Betting Shop in Westlands, Nairobi.

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