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  "id": 18841992,
  "title": "How football and smartphones are fuelling Africa’s gambling boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/how-football-and-smartphones-are-fuelling-africas-gambling-boom",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/africa/how-football-smartphones-and-mobile-money-drive-youth-sports-betting-in-africa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mobile betting is expanding rapidly, but researchers say youth unemployment, aggressive marketing and weak regulation deserve greater scrutiny.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}