The Making of a Gambling Generation

I sat at my father’s feet the other day and asked him how things were when he left school. He had a number of things to say, but I can’t remember all except

In the 60s and 70s, when you left school, you were assured of a white collar job, a company car and enough funds to make you proud that you went to school. Cool!

In the 80s, the story changed a little bit, you had to walk a little to get a job. But look on the bright side, there were jobs.

I really pity the graduates of the 90s, they bore the most burden. NO JOBS. Holes in shoes, I have a number of uncles who fall into that category.

I am of the early 00s, and our generation is not going the way of the previous generation. No way am I going to walk the streets of Lagos looking for a job. Entrepeneurship. Amen. Walk the streets, OK, looking for a job, NO WAY! Am starting out on my own.

Some youths share my thoughts but in a different way. They don’t intend loooking for jobs, but they need to make money fast. The next option, GAMBLING.

Gambling! Nigerian youths are fast turning to this new wave of contamination. A luck strike and am in millions. Look, I pay a hundred bucks, someone picks some random numbers and I win a million naira. Can it be any simpler? Yes? No? You decide. Cause, I don’t know.

There a lot of gambling opportunities in the country - I refuse to name names.