The study investigated the influence of foreign football league matches on online game betting in Delta State. The people of Obiaruku were used as the study area. The play theory proposed by William Stephen was adopted as a theoretical framework. The survey research method, multistage and purposive sampling techniques were used to sample the opinions of 381 respondents using Krejcie and Morgan table for sample size determination in Delta State. The study objective was to find out the influence of foreign football league matches on online game betting. The result showed that, foreign football matches influences respondents online game betting. The findings also revealed that the respondents are exposed to foreign league matches. The findings further revealed that majority of the respondents, 310 (81%), agree that support for team, to win money and unemployment are the reasons why people place bets on matches. In view of the above findings, the researcher recommended amongst others that the government should create employment opportunities to enable individuals have a better means of income and enforce legislation to ban people under 18 years of age (underage bettors) from game betting. This will help to tilt the mind of underage into more productive and resourceful areas of life.
Vol. 4, No 1, pp. 8-17.