# The GOOD Party says recent reports revealing that some students are using their National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances to gamble online are not only tragic, they are symptomatic of a far deeper crisis. Driven primarily by its increasing digital accessibility, betting has seen a significant year-on-year growth of 45.7-percent in South Africa. GOOD’s National Youth chairperson, Kaden Arguile, says gambling has become both an escape and a symptom, a reflection of economic desperation:
GOOD Party concerned by students using their NSFAS allowances to gamble online [SOUND]
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