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An online betting boom in Mozambique turns dreams to debt and despair as calls mount for more regulation.
- Internet access, poverty have fuelled online betting
- About 25,000 people place an online bet every hour
- Health activists call for more regulation
Sitting on the veranda of his home on the outskirts of Mozambique’s capital, João Vasco held a framed photo of his younger brother Pinto, who died by suicide this year after losing around $850 gambling.
“I helped him with school fees and everything I could,” João, 37, recalled, pausing to fight back tears.
Pinto, 21, was in…