Kenya Can't Control Its Children's Gambling Addictions (HBO)

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[@acostajohn8553]

The kid chose Norwich City that's why he lost

[@elmerarroyo2987]

Acosta Sana norwich ass its probaly not even in the premiere league anymore

[@ggfk1744]

Nicolas Liang tanks!

[@mr.marmot39]

i really really like this image!

[@kayy9300]

lol

[@misosoupppppp]

nice profile pic

[@Distractionedm]

Well, no wonder it happens, I mean, the idea of gambling itself is pretty appealing, especially in countries that are poor, you're given a small chance of winning a lot of money, and children are easily susceptible to that.

[@someonenamedwaffles6798]

Distraction EDM They have nothing to do in those kind of environments as well. It's sort of sad oof

[@cheahlionel8925]

Tbh its easier to make money being an Uber driver...

[@norwegianboyee]

What is your profile picture from?

[@Distractionedm]

It's an original character (not from any anime) drawn just for my channel as a mascot

[@norwegianboyee]

Distraction EDM Oh i see. Very nice drawing!

[@MafiaboysWorld]

60 shillings is 6 cents? Finally, I've found a slot machine I could afford to MAX BET on. 🤣😂

[@narata1541]

MafiaboysWorld There are actually 1 cent machines in America. Sometimes I would use those if I had some change (I don't really like gambling).

[@Eld95Ktl]

60 cents

[@SettingMind]

It's sad that I wouldn't even pick up a quarter if I found it on the ground.

[@CrusoeAI]

It’s actually 60 cents USD, Vice forgot to double check again.

[@jonathanjames2162]

These are basically penny slots. They exist in America.

[@TheAc550]

Send me money said the Prince of Kenya through dating apps

[@KevinP32270]

Aunt Jemima LOLOL

[@yobratlasky1852]

Tbf that's a Nigerian habit.

[@itzJKB]

Aunt Jemima Kenya doesn't have a monarch lol

[@davehouston6528]

digitop marketing there both the same anyways lol

[@MarcofKenya]

Prince of *Nigeria

[@mannyhernandez3337]

I accidentally read Kanye can’t control his children’s gambling addiction smh😂

[@MafiaboysWorld]

You're just predicting the future, give it 15 years. 😉

[@mrspacley4001]

Manny Hernandez he can’t tho

[@edwinkimani7720]

Well Kanye Is a Kenyan name

[@daftnord4957]

get your mind out of the mainstream. the dirty, filthy, useless mainstream

[@KevinP32270]

Manny Hernandez LOL

[@TheEnabledSecondary]

America has a child gambling problem too, we just have it in the form of CS:GO Lotto, and other micro transactions

[@luisk6007]

Jesus Dinosaur yeah. Luckily it's slowly been dying.

[@uncommonant1008]

i hope, micro transactions are killing the games industry

[@osmisis2377]

Microtransaction isnt going anywhere. Look at how much EA is making from FIFA online.

[@ButtonWalls]

That shit got struck down hard a while ago.

[@Jojohumf]

Thank you, we might laugh at them but our kids are doing exactly the same. These explorative micro transactions are causing kids to gamble on video games. I love console games but these loot boxes are glorified slot machines

[@loganmartel4233]

Lmao they spending there lunch money on gambling well in Canada and US kids spend there lunch money on weed and drugs😂😂

[@MMKYT1]

logan martel very true

[@MrrussiangamerHD]

logan martel not only in usa but around the world

[@loganmartel4233]

Destro Cobra bro wtf are u saying😂😂

[@loganmartel4233]

Destro Cobra i live in Vancouver Canada.. and doesn't mean we should be spending all are lunch money on weed getting stoned all day we dont spend all are lunch money on cigs r alcohol just cus its legal.

[@HenricPelegric]

Weed is very cheap in my country (africa) but illegal . It mostly cost 100 that is less than 5 cent of a dollar . A full dollar can get you half a plastic bag (the super market kind of bags ) full of weed to use .so yeah and no one cares really

[@lameckk.c1582]

I'm from Kenya and I approve this video. 100% true but only in certain areas not the whole country.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Hello Stu

[@billygiamou7435]

When the slot machines have metal screens, you know you are in a tough neighbourhood.

[@GlossaME]

The government is a mess, there's your problem Kenya.

[@albertledesma5173]

How enlightening and original of a comment.

[@bloodelfshit]

But they have democracy!

[@imanithepinkmonster]

Well no shit but how are the people supposed to change that?

[@GlossaME]

Rossi Bossy The government is made up by locals, they're not imported right?! So...

[@maureenk_]

Just like other countries.

[@JackIsNotInTheBox]

That teacher is a blessing to those kids.

[@Steve-ls3lr]

Those look like some outdated arcade not no slot machine lol 🤣

[@lillyie]

well kenya is on africa, so what do you except?

[@Steve-ls3lr]

Schooking Skel-CentrixPVP yea Kenya is in Africa and what do I expect? I expect better Engligh from u 🤔

[@lillyie]

that goes to show you have no respect for people who misspell

[@alexwong8215]

Steve Han good god the irony

[@cameronwarder2328]

@@Steve-ls3lr that was a well structured sentence shut the hell up

[@Pro-habits]

1:19 why they snitched on that boy

[@luisk6007]

Pro Habits lmao they just helping.

[@ronniemwenda900]

I am a Kenyan and its true, theirs lots of gambling machines. Good job from Vice news now i believe in your work. You really investigate thoroughly on each and every country you go to. Good job.

[@starcherry6814]

The teacher offered a good solution, but a permanent solution would be to help these rural communities out of poverty! Gambling and poverty often coincide with one another

[@TrunkMonkey3000]

Star Cherry I don't know, I'm pretty rich, 6 figures in the bank, I still like to gamble, but very occasionally 😋

[@chilliecheesecake]

Yes but poverty and gambling addictions go hand in hand, you say you're fairly rich and you gamble most days--you however are actually in a position to do so, and you've not pissed away your money doing it. Most poor people can't actually afford to gamble but many do it anyways to the point where it gets them in dire straits

[@rarefootball10]

@@TrunkMonkey3000 rich man

[@brentoyisaac2538]

bruh

[@bharathm2015]

I remember seeing "play2win" stores when i was a kid(5-9) in my country (India). It was everywhere. Every street had one and I used to hear adults talking about some dude who sold his house to win the lottery. Overnight it seemed to vanish. It was banned outright and gambling is very uncommon now. Probably still exists but driven underground and none of the people I know engage in gambling. It might not be a good idea to take a human psychological problem and drive it underground but it seems to have worked here

[@TomGeek1980]

I remember my dads friends gambling back in the 1980s on machines that don't even give you cash. They would just give you points. To this day they are still poor and still are gambling but of course on slots and card games.

[@captnquazar2153]

Kids have gambling problems in the USA too. On all the new video games. Pay money to open a chest that contains something inside of it. It’s pure gambling and it’s out of control

[@kashhh4u]

Those games have an 18 or 16+ rating on it so its the parents fault on that end

[@captnquazar2153]

Gamer 111 some of these mobile games do the same thing and they’re designed specifically for children

[@gcleaves4836]

I like the chelsea collage in the background at 3:47 😂

[@johnnyrobinson8168]

Is just like the 1980's in the U.S. Before portable gaming systems were popular, every U.S mall had an arcade that kids would spend every cent they had in. It became as bad as the kids in this story and only subsided because so many U.S kids have gaming systems in their homes now. If it wasn't for home gaming systems, U.S kids would still be just as bad if not worse.

[@atomtopa]

DUMB. Did the US kids win money from the arcade game?

[@johnnyrobinson8168]

atomtopa - Depends on the arcade! For example, If it was one at Chucky Cheese/ Showbiz Pizza ect, then "Yes" you could win something! Not legal money but for many young kids, it was just as valuable! I take it, you are not old enough to remember that time! If you were, you would not have made your comment. In the 80's when arcades were huge due to most kids not having access to video games at home, news channels spoke the same way about U.S kids as the Kenyan kids in this story. Spending all their lunch money, stealing money from their parents etc...

[@Quealberta]

This is definitely a issue to observe, learn and psychoanalyze. Kids needs that thrill in their brains.

[@HunterShows]

Gaming = gambling, not gameplay. They aren't gambling at home. They buy the game once and keep it.

[@ryankeith4078]

Madara Uchiwa Since they can't and they won't be able to afford those things at all, it's really fair to say those things doesn't exist for them. Gambling machines are the only thing at those kids disposal. Big Jay can be anything but ignorant. It's a nice analogy and it's true.

[@Ohhh_usssjk]

I remember having these machines everywhere in mexico lol .. i guess they got a child Gambling problem too 😂

[@unknownuser3000]

Hey vice please make longer videos you used to have 30 to hour long videos and I get excited to see your content but your videos are criminally short.

[@morebaklavapls3637]

they want u tp pay money (10usd permonth) to watch fully.. it sucks now

[@punkraver16]

Budget is eaten up by docs on ketamine dealing transvestites

[@chevielovelass5337]

Ian Kelly those are the good ones though

[@exerciseaccount3271]

Sounds fine to have to pay. It's okay to not cater to the lowest common denominator and let money have some standards for quality.

[@lilnotoriginal7850]

lmao people think they should get everything thing for free not do any work lmao typicall left leaning person that think u gonna get everything for free

[@DiegoGonzalez-gp1cu]

5:01 Biggest Bust They Ever Done Lmao

[@anthony-jt2mv]

😂😂😂

[@tecpaocelotl]

And I thought smart phone games were the only gambling kids got their hands on.

[@MrCmon113]

It's remarkable that something as simple as random noise can completely hijack the human mind.

[@alhambra1]

I'm sure the owner of the machines can reward him with a breakfast comp.

[@jonathandavila1156]

I remember back in the day at my grandma grocerie store , use to have one of those machine it was really fun to play

[@sgtbeefcake1797]

I’ve personally never seen these types of slots machines. Living in Connecticut we have quite a few casinos around here, I wonder what company produces them

[@yomoud6725]

No wonder he lost he was Norwich...😂

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Kenya has a Government?

[@Clee-os6pv]

+METALMAN4Wii: Don't worry? I thought the same too!

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Joseph Rosenberg Sorry but the Meme is Dead.

[@MarcofKenya]

Tsk tsk lmao

[@SachinKumar-sf4zj]

yeah wakanda

[@plokijuh5830]

It’s one of the most solid and fastest growing countries in the whole continent. Get educated.

[@Trav81888]

The kid literally has the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen. It’s like absolutely flawless.

[@blx5]

it's happening in Spain too, specially in the Barrios obreros

[@junito1008]

Right now I’m betting US$1,000 that France wins the World Cup !!

[@KevinLikesBananas]

Junito Punto Comm yeah alright gl

[@chec3330]

HRAVATSKA🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@junito1008]

good dog Did You see ?? I got it right !! 🤑👌🏼

[@OborCS]

They lost too bad

[@subswithoutvideochalleng-wg6ti]

For 60 cents a day you can help the kids in Kenya support their gambling habits

[@syrayousuf7434]

ROFL

[@moneygrinds4216]

12 cents bro 6 cents twice a day

[@Mr.Saephan503]

It crazy to think a country like that could have a gambling problem.

[@tenmaxolo1833]

I remembered those machines in my country (Nepal) and I used to play it when I was a kid. I don’t see those machines nowadays and don’t know what happened to them. Certainly must have got banned.

[@vaibhav6527]

Kid doesn't know da wae

[@ammizootz3044]

.

[@nullobject5943]

Wrong country

[@ammizootz3044]

Cs go giveaway Guy says the csgo player, stop sitting infront of a computer and go outside for once fatty

[@brad7566]

vaibhav Nigeria isn't Kenya

[@chapmankol]

tanukihat Not even close

[@LengThao]

Tells her how problematic and addicted kids are to betting Do you think kids are getting addicted to it?

[@Qanon20]

Why did I get a poker ad before the video?

[@ionnuone8883]

What do you suspect?!...🤔

[@MrPYool]

Does anyone know what's that first machine is called or who builds them?

[@isaacwood4071]

The saddest thing is.................. Half those teams arent even in the english premier

[@motsognirthedwarf3590]

If 60 schillings is .06 cents then he once won 1000 schillings, which is 1 dollar, not 10 dollars USD as it says. 10,000 would be 10$. whose working the math side of this docu? This is in the opening minute interview.

[@Kimberly-wt1nu]

Motsognir The Dwarf 60 schillings is 60 cents. Vice got it wrong.

[@eddymugira7099]

60 cents

[@isaacmusyoki443]

Motsognir The Dwarf vice got it right. I'm Kenyan and 1 dollar is about 100ksh .

[@motsognirthedwarf3590]

Isaac Musyoki it's toward the end of the subtitle

[@nathanrose2421]

What a ridiculous currency

[@writerconsidered]

It seems that every problem that is universal hits Africa 10x as hard.

[@intiotto3616]

all I can think about is the "are those subtitles??" skit when seeing this

[@Konglomerant]

The interviewer is gorgeous. 😍😍

[@justinm2924]

you need to get your vision checked playboy...

[@Konglomerant]

Ridered1k beauty is in the eye of the beholder, "Playboy"...

[@Cookedfrfrfr]

she probably is there for the BBC

[@BlueTJLP]

You are so thirsty and disgusting.

[@jessedaniels3161]

BlueTJ eh? because a guy complimented a girl. Hows that disgusting?

[@isherwoodwilliams4523]

So sad

[@ShorkDork]

Isherwood Williams can we copyright Kenya?

[@zhoutorres2677]

Can we hit feminists?

[@loveu0214]

Makes me super sad for these children.

[@lumapas]

Here in the Philippines,that gambling machine is called "moly-moly".

[@delayerzs]

Damn dude..

[@claudiaclaudia936]

Does Las Vegas have a gambling problems 🤔

[@luisk6007]

Yeah they do too.

[@mrmaniac3]

Claudia Claudia naaah, that's _adults,_ there's no problem with _adults._

[@thepervertedmonk2353]

None of you got her point.. Lol Is that some guilt i smell? Lets not forget every country in Africa has been colonized (mostly raped) by a european nation for the last 400 years. Decimated, then blamed for their decimation and poverty.lol

[@mrmaniac3]

D Wayne guilt?

[@mrmaniac3]

D Wayne nobody is capable of feelings guilt for such a thing. You yourself say that it happened around 400 years ago, up through the years to maybe the 50s. Besides, that's all under the noses of any people who were alive then. I can't feel any guilt when I've only been alive for less than 20 years.

[@pttgfoomf]

here in germany berlin we have the same problem. in some streets there are more casinos than any other shops and only mafia who benefits from these machines. not so much children that play tho but a lot of young adults. its sad

[@BrockPageProductions]

Where’s the local sports book located?

[@tmz90]

This is total bullshit. This is the same thing when I was a kid and would go to an arcade. This is not even a huge problem in their country. Worthless story.

[@matemahe]

joe cabrera did you starve yourself?

[@djillbill4845]

I am Kenyan and didn't realize that this was happening in our country. It may be a problem but Vice has definitely blown this out of proportion. The title and facts are highly misleading. 58% drop out rate is simply not true.

[@adairmacias4824]

I've played a similar gambling machine in Mexico. I once won 100 pesos which was a lot to me at the time

[@elianlorenzosaenz1413]

I used those same machines in Mexico when I was 7-8 they were so fun to me

[@Pro-habits]

The games are rigged

[@Hmongboi228]

Took a while for you to figure that out eh? :D You have any other new revelations that you'd like to reveal to us?

[@spongebob2928]

@jbrothers_tips 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@mattd1188]

From a game hit marker to a flashing light on a one armed bandit. Dopamine triggers are a powerful thing.

[@AhmedIbrahim-vo2om]

Wow vice am from Mombasa Kenya and I haven't heard about this

[@CarltonSeven]

Africa

[@gtas321]

RJ Stug It took one white person to ruin this entire thread, congrats.

[@TewChains]

That's why african countries need white farmers to prosper

[@bait_0190]

gtas321 it took one black person to ruin their race reputation lol

[@simplepeasant9765]

Rico Unruly a paradise? What? Lmaoooo Is that why the majority of their money comes from donations from European & American countries?

[@omart36]

OPTIC23100 yet your kind comes into our countries. stick to your own

[@joehew1641]

Ok blame everything on china

[@amberbrawler7363]

In Mexico i play that when I’m alone I hate losing when people see me I thought it was for every age

[@IvanTheProducer]

Wait till bro discovers Huff n puff and more

[@bigval1408]

Loot crates......

[@threexfromwsg]

Is vice going to blame the USA for this?

[@bg8580]

Whataboutism lol

[@silvermistneoncloud845]

With that situation in life, no one can stop these kids from gambling

[@Kid-dz9zw]

I see those in Mexico also, saw a 6 year on it. Have you seen CSGO Gambling sites before?

[@Victorkapz]

What do they win, bananas?

[@stephenwaithaka3730]

dude, there is poverty in Kenya. They gamble so that they can make more money for food and clothes. its not a joke

[@kd-bv4my]

Yes Bananas piece of shit

[@negvey]

bananas cost more than 6 cents

[@mikebather6688]

Søren Markov you can grow it for free

[@negvey]

bruh, time is money

[@cuckheadmcgee8490]

lel silly lil nigas

[@Yachii__x]

xd

[@ezekiel5687]

Gambling is a big issue worldwide that just doesnt get talked about. Street dice game is big in my city, Memphis. Popular for teens.

[@Ahmad_Safi]

1:19 he's like oh man y'all snitchs

[@MADMANB68]

China seems to be targeting black countries and communities they’re in Jamaica too taking over most of the businesses and here in the UK most of the nail and hair shops and casinos please my people stop supporting them they have no care for your wellbeing, also fake rice and fish they’re exporting now!

[@hapaharley1706]

They target everywhere. They pretty much own British Columbia and have a heavy hand in the US west coast and Australia. All over Latin America and Asia. The rest of the world fucks around while they catch people slippin, you just have to step your game up

[@MADMANB68]

HapaHarley I hear ya it seems there’s nothing anyone can do they can make things faster and cheaper than anyone else and have one of the biggest exporting economies in the world, crazy years to come.

[@papi55]

I don't even consider the province of British Columbia part of Canada anymore!

[@MADMANB68]

CB W very true I’m sure Africa still pay a colonial fee to the French to this day. But what China isn’t doing in brute force is still affecting them financially, they’re not building them up they’re taking from their back pocket essentially. Africa needs to grow as a continent and thrive off of their own resources (what’s left of them) and build from the ground up. A lot of the bad things Chinese are doing is black market too as I said fake rice and fish products being sold in the African/Caribbean communities and it seems blacks are the only people who are buying these things. Economical targets.

[@codkue5142]

wtf is fake rice, jw

[@YoureInMySpotFBPAGE]

Why do people even give birth to children in that country when they are already dirt poor

[@JordanTelezino]

very tough subject to tackle

[@efolinsky]

YoureInMySpotFBPAGE you think they have access to birth control and other types of family planning?

[@chapmankol]

It's not that poor 70% of the population is above poverty levels,only that Vice News decided to shoot their documentary in the slums

[@kop7125]

In the Philippines also, there are a lot of those in the province, after 10 years they're illegal now because of teenagers and children gambling. But arcades they aren't considered as gambling because they're in malls.

[@lennondagreat]

The look of those machines alone should put u off gambling lol

[@jetsamjetsam]

we wuz kangz n shieet

[@marcomarkproductions]

we wuz vikangs n shieet

[@sethn8784]

Doing a piece about Obama's home country!

[@krnpowr]

Seth N Move on to the next conspiracy theory, hillbilly.

[@brianakunda]

Seth N guess what he is coming this week to his village to open a basketball academy

[@crownjohn6666]

This type of machine were quite infamous back in 80s early 90s China I remembered when I was young there were plenty of these betting machines at the snookers bars and Game Center you can never win lol

[@ab25lt]

Hahaha he spends 6 cents a day I thought I was bad doing $5 slaps on lighting link 😂

[@Christizm]

LMAO that bloody game lucky 88 and 5 Dragons is better $3.00 slain haha

[@jamfoxs]

0:23 Dude should have put his money on Chelsea smh 😂

[@CS2PRO]

Damn... you hate to see them shutting down those cs go sites.....

[@Xaol]

lmao when they took a picture of the police standing next to the machine it made it look like it was a drug bust or something.

[@Danny-bl8kf]

Looks like I’m going to Kenya instead of Vegas

[@richardkareri9450]

what about the online one aviator? thats gona be tricky

[@torreseze69]

I couldn't see the kid in the beginning when he was wearing that camo shirt

[@universalcall4218]

Is not just them, we also have our addiction. We need help we need to wake up and b aware of what we r doing. Damn

[@Mario87456]

Remember kids gambling is good for you.

[@TheJkiprotich]

Yo! Most of these people didn’t need subtitles lol, why put them there?

[@CamiloM550]

I’ll add this to the never ending list of problems Kenya has

[@DOPExPIRATE]

Swear it’s the same out here in Guatemala City.

[@MeepMeep88]

1:45 lol thought she said "they start bitching"

[@YTIR1]

what a beautiful reporter! i bet she has a pretty smile!

[@johnspinelli9396]

Damn I wish I had those games in high school

[@fearanarchy]

Slots app ad came up before this... Awesome.

[@SubiiiJ]

1:17 damn they really called out my dude like that

[@chips.3927]

That profile picture... Seems familiar. What is it?

[@SubiiiJ]

@@chips.3927 Xbox 360 pfp

[@chips.3927]

@@SubiiiJ oh alr

[@lptvboy]

Wait until they learn that you can use an LED and battery to fool the optical sensor and keep paying out coins until the machine is empty.

[@IsomSeales]

Desperate situations bring desperate measures

[@mightymouse5029]

Max bet Liverpool is a guaranteed winner 😂

[@alanarmstrong6460]

Any idea how that football slot machine works?