[kictanet] Parliamentary Committee on Sports Betting

[James Mbugua]

>From an ICT perspective,

Safaricom should be asked to switch off their short codes for these betting
firms.

JG

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>
> Gamification. it's amazing how the debate around gambling has chosen to
> focus on monetary gains, addiction and other associative proclivities. How
> would one for instance compare sports gambling with pokemon? There are
> accounts of an individual who racked a bill of $4,954 a Japanese gymnast in
> Rio thanks to Pokemon Go... Catch ‘em all or go broke tryin.
>
> For me they are both innovations riding on two precincts, one a supporting
> infrastructure - mobile and two consumers psychographics. Much needs to be
> done to support and ensure the government benefits from a fiscal  angle of
> such innovations. I welcome parliamentary committee move to seek to
> understand the gamification phenomenon but ask it to be careful not put
> duress the sports betting firms that might lead to the firms contributing
> to there campaign kitty's to assuage tinkering of policies to their
> advantage.
>
> Your thoughts from an ICT perspective?
>
> Tim
>
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