The number of Kenyans who bet to pay bills dropped by half last year as cash used for placing stakes went down by 63 percent in the wake of new taxes introduced to curb the gaming craze.
A report by the Central Bank of Kenya and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that gamblers who rely on betting for livelihoods dropped to 11.2 percent from 22.7 percent two years ago. The average cash used to bet dropped to Sh939 from Sh2,559.
