Cosatu concerned by the explosion in unregulated and illegal online gambling [SOUND]

# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has expressed concern at the explosion in unregulated and illegal online gambling. Driven primarily by its increasing digital accessibility, betting has seen a significant year-on-year growth of 45.7-percent in the country. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says if left unchecked, unregulated and illegal online gambling threatens to plunge thousands into absolute poverty and despair: