A FEMALE punter collapsed and died inside a betting house in Bulawayo’s CBD yesterday. Police said she started vomiting, just before she placed her bet, and house in the Central Business District of Bulawayo, after she reportedly started vomiting, before placing her bet, and then died inside the shop. Her death comes just days after a 20-year-old man took his life in Dzivarasekwa Extension after suffering significant losses in the gambling game, widely known as KANDEGE.
Ashley Patrick Magarira is said to have committed suicide after losing US$800, which was meant for his brother’s school fees, in the gambling game called Aviator. It is a social multiplayer game where players place bets on a plane that takes off and flies higher and higher. A multiplier counter starts as soon as the plane sets off, beginning from 1x and incrementing as time goes on.
Although the plane flies indefinitely, it can still fly off at any time, and players must cash out their bets before that happens. Kandege claimed its first casualty last year when a Gweru police officer committed suicide after losing borrowed money chasing his sports betting dream. Claude Jele downed an unidentified poison shortly after penning a suicide note.
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Sources told H-Metro Jele had lost US$3000, which he had borrowed, by the time he took his life. However, statistics show that this is not only limited to Zimbabwe. Oliver Long, 36, was found dead in East Sussex, UK, on February 23 last year after a battle with a gambling addiction. Long had been diagnosed with a “severe gambling addiction.” Cindzi’s body was discovered by his daughter, Ayanda.
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