Many employed and unemployed folks have found solace in sports betting as it has taken the social scene by storm.
By Tendai Chisiri
People flock into soccer shops as early as 9:00 am and the unemployed even spent the whole day in the soccer shops.Most popular soccer shops are Africa bet, Moors’ and Soccer shop Zimbabwe .
Sports fanatics gather in the soccer shops betting on live games, soccer virtual matches which are prerecorded soccer matches for 3 minutes and scheduled matches in leagues around the world.Soccer virtual matches are played by teams that are known worldwide like Manchester City, Schalke and Borussia Dortmund to mention but a few.
“Soccer shops are a blessing as I have started to know some of the leagues in the world, and how their teams perform”, revealed a forty something man in Soccer Shop Zimbabwe at Glen View.”I have purchased my subscriptions for DSTV at $38 so that I can watch the soccer matches on television”, he added.
Unemployed youths have found somewhere to spent their idle time and socialize by discussing perfomance of their teams they bet on.Also employed people frequent the soccer shops in anticipation of supplementing their earnings.
The soccer shops have also brought relief to many as other unemployed youths go to the city center early in the morning and come back at dusk like other employed folks.Winning or not, the spirit of betting is still high withe everyone both males and females engaging in the practice.
It has become a norm in a gathering to hear people discussing up to date international soccer news as they will be interested in the teams they will be going to bet for.Access to online news have managed people betting to have knowledge of their teams they bet for.Unfortunately thieves also steal cellphones or befriend one another but later still their bet slips that would have won.
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