A new report by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) has sounded the alarm on South Africa’s booming online sports betting industry. While the sector continues to generate massive profits and reshape consumer spending habits, the BER warns it is also driving worrying levels of financial distress among households.

Guest: Dr Hanjo Odendaal: Quant Economist (consulting on Data Science applications in Economics) at the Bureau for Economic Research and one of the authors of the column

A new report by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) has sounded the alarm on South Africa&rsquo;s booming online sports betting industry. While the sector continues to generate massive profits and reshape consumer spending habits, the BER warns it is also driving worrying levels of financial distress among households.
Guest: Dr Hanjo Odendaal: Quant Economist (consulting&nbsp;on Data Science applications in Economics) at the Bureau for Economic Research and one of the authors of the column