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Last week, on the 14th of October, 2022, A Nigerian Man used 800 naira (which is equivalent to $1.072 in today's NGN/DOLLAR exchange rate) to bet on sports...

He later won a whopping 38,317,137 Nigerian naira (which is equivalent to $51,363.454 in today's NGN/DOLLAR exchange rate).

         ....How luckier can one get?😁😁😁

Below is a quote of the entire article


Here is the Reference link... (https://thenationonlineng.net/man-wins-n38m-sports-betting-with-n800/), But please beware of too many ads on the website --this is why I decide to quote the whole article above.


NOW, HERE IS MY REASON FOR MAKING THIS THREAD..
The book of proverbs(from the Bible) says "A prudent(wise) man knows when to keep his mouth shut and when to speak"

Don't you all think that in the course of we trying to show off this kind of winnings to friends, families, colleagues etc, we end up drawing known and unknown enemies to ourselves?

The heart of man is desperately wicked, Man destroy and kill his fellow man out of envy and jealousy, they celebrate your success with you in your front, but when you are not there, they device means to bring you down, or even kill you.

I think people should learn to keep their success stories away from physical people, because as they joy and praise you physically, secretly, they might not be as much happy as they appear physically.

If I am eager to share my success story, I prefer to do it online where no body knows me In person, like this forum, doing this offline with family, friends, colleagues, etc.. I think is too risky.

What is or are your opinion(s) on this matter?

Yeah, it's a huge win.

And I do agree that if you win big, you just need to shut up and don't tell anyone, I have read a lot of news of people winning lottery and telling the whole neighbourhood that the next day people are lining up to his house to ask for help and monetary assistance. i mean it's not that bad to help others but what if you can't help them all? And then there are relatives that you suddenly shows up to your door as well for money. And again, you can't please everyone, at certain point there will be people that are going to be envious of you.

I carefully read the reference pic given the op but it's not a common matter but I can strongly recommend that it's super miracle for him.
From what I understand from the news, he had bet on a few football games, so luck is with him Caught so he bet on every game. And he gives 800N with bonus  he gets totally $51363>>>>>>

He wons all bellow bets

Leipzig -Vs Hertha B S C with ods 1.43
Tottenham Hotspur -Vs Everton with ods 1.50
Strusburg Vs Lille  with ods 2.35
Atlanta Vs Sussacio with ods 1.68

Betting news from Nigeria are always interesting I should admit :)
By the way this is an impressive win. seriously huge.
I have seen some similar only with horse betting in UK/IR bookmakers.
But these events are really uncommon, really hard to be achieved just few each year.
Even because people avoid such kinds of bets.

did we know what is was the winning bets/teams he played? of course it's everything confirmed no rigged match etc?

Making huge wins like this is something that you cant really be that able to avoid when your name is known specially when you do play on a local betting place or something in related.

In gambling, this is where people do always target on on which they are really making up some parlays but winning chance is really something that you cant really able to pull it off
easily unless if you are really that extremely lucky.

I was amazed that the winner or the guy had still mind off on praying up and never forgets his obligation and remain humble even if he do win up.
YOu cant really avoid those people around not to get along with the crowd and you would definitely be famous in an instant.

Here the man is lucky to win out of sports betting. In my country similar incident took place with a person winning lottery jackpot of $300k, after tax deduction he receives around $195k. This is a big amount, but he lost his regular life as people started to chase him requesting Financial aid. Now he keeps changing his house.

Man who won jackpot lottery regrets winning (https://www.livemint.com/news/india/kerala-man-who-won-rs-25-cr-in-onam-lottery-regrets-winning-here-s-why-11664119508717.html)

Yup, that is so true, you will suddenly find that you have a lot of relatives, lol, when you win a lottery. People that you don't know will become your friends because of one thing, they want to received some money from you because of your huge win.

So I do agree that it's better to not open our mouth when we win big, no need to brag it out in the open because you don't know what's coming for you. Just live your regular lifestyle as if you didn't win any.

Exactly my point, there will not only become envious of you, most of them will turn themselves to your enemy, they end up hating you for absolutely no reason, all because they came to you for help and you couldn't help, and this might even be people you've probably given assistance financially on several occasions, but the day you tell them you don't have, it becomes a problem for them.

It's just like a goalkeeper who keeps catching the ball and doing all he can to prevent it from ever crossing the bar, and as long as he keeps catching, kicking out the ball, the fans will keep praising him, but if eventually he misses a catch and the ball ended up crossing the bar and a goal is recorded, to the fans, he automatically becomes the enemy and the reason the team did not win the match 😁😁😁.

He should keep it private or request the betting site to not show his face or post his information especially if coming from a poor family and neighborhood, he can give a portion of his earnings to friends, relatives, or those who are in needy but in a discreet way, by showing his earnings, he will put himself in trouble and his family and people will say bad words to him when he declines to give them a portion of his winning and he will be a subject of talks whenever they see him, this is the bad part of showing himself after he won a big amount.

I totally agree with your argument, because this often happens in some cases, it is very annoying. There is one news that reveals this, you can see at the link below.

https://www.wionews.com/india-news/week-after-3-million-lottery-win-keralite-says-hes-surrounded-by-people-asking-for-money-519832 (https://www.wionews.com/india-news/week-after-3-million-lottery-win-keralite-says-hes-surrounded-by-people-asking-for-money-519832)

I am confused about how the man gets that $51363 with just these odds...  sounds like a hoax to me.. but well who knows...


True, any financial gains should be kept private.  If kept on an open tab, it will gather too much attention in both a good and ill-mannered.  It can also put himself and his family in danger since the human heart is filled with jealousy and greed.


The news is incomplete, just a few sentences and a random incomplete bet slip ( possibly photoshopped  ;D.)

Word will still get out even if he starts sharing his win to immediate family in a discreet way. I'm pretty sure most people who became instant millionaires but with no financial education will commit the mistake of spending on a lot of things. That lifestyle change will be noticed quickly by neighbors and friends.

If I'd won or got something big, I keep my mouth shut. I don't want any celebrations to happen and I want it to remain lowkey. This is like making some profits in trading, I've done that before and managed to keep my success to myself and never shared it to anyone.

It's better to be alone on these times of success rather than being known by people surrounding you and their only main goal is to ask for share and that's for sure. When you are in that type of crowd following you, that's one thing for sure that they'll ask from you.

I will also keep my winnings in private because there are lots of people pretending to be friends waiting to exploit us of our financial capability.  It is better to solo the glory and financial gain than being surrounded by these fake people.


True, wicked people is always there trying to take advantage of other people and suck their finance dry if they see an opportunity.  So better be careful than sorry.

There is no mention in the article of why it became viral. We don't know what happened but I believed it's impossible for me that the winner will just announce it publicly or even posted in social media or related things.

Besides, it's not us who have to adjust. Regardless of whether winning is being kept secret by the winners, there will be always a way that others will soon know it.

With these big winnings, just try to stay low-key and protect ourselves at any cost.

Big is relative to his bills and general outgoings, I know people who will spend $51k in only a few months and go only a little way for their needs.  'multi-millionaire' might be true nominally but I wonder if his bills are small enough to feel like millions.  I agree generally he should just put it away and wisely, remove debt from his mortgage or similar lifetime assets or debts.
  I do wonder about the prayers in thanks to a gamble, to me personally its fine to be grateful smart even but I thought in that religion it wasnt allowed to gamble maybe it varies alot on interpretation.  I consider sports gambling especially this kind of long shot of bet to be quite harmless but again this varies how its done.

LOL, well done for the guy. There is always a chance of fat winnings to be honest. Some of the bettings such as horse racing or some sports in beisball or basketball can potentially assign odds that factor in nearly impossible chances, but there is always a chance, even a diminutive one. I guess this is no different from winning the lottery, except that is perhaps more fun than buying a ticket and just waiting.

His capital amount was only 1$, then it became 51k$ just because he played gambling? This is what can be said if this person is lucky in gambling. And the technique he did was great, how did he do that? and what kind of gambling game did he play?

Even so, if this person won with such an amount, it would be better if he kept it to himself secretly and did not tell anyone of his acquaintances, for his safety, of course, because we don't know the thoughts of our neighbors.
But that's the only question I have, did he win the lottery or a gambling game? what game is this?

There's person like this near in my area like he win millions in my local currency ^{(thousands of dollars)} then just months it vanished like nothing happens because of same reason ^{(I just heard this in a radio news)}. Note this man is just a typical poor in the area become rich for a period of time and then become poor again without any contribution done to his life for long term.
Still congrats to the man though at least he^(they) experienced such richness even just short period of time lol.

About the news, i hope people to be smart when it comes to money after winning lottery, there are really incidents and news that lottery winners are prone to this, become poorer after months or years, and full of debts because of mismanaging their money properly.

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Here's^[1] a news the same thing will happen to greedy lottery winners

[1] Lotto Winner Spends P14M In Just 3 Months (https://ph.news.yahoo.com/lotto-winner-spends-p14m-just-3-months-142725757.html)

Maybe he was so excited that he could not hold his emotions that he had to announce his big win. But I think we should learn to live a more quiet and reserved life sometimes. I guess it happened in Nigeria. Recently we have had cases of an increase in criminal activities such as kidnapping and armed robbery in that country. Publicizing his wins would definitely make him and the members of his family a very good target for kidnapping for ransom. Maybe he should consider relocating out of his location or even the country.

Sometimes when people get the money they are not prepared for, they tend to misuse them. If he has no investment plan, in a few years he might lose all the money on a lavish lifestyle or there is every tendency that he might gamble off all the money. What he needs right now is good financial advice from a professional. Buying bitcoin or investing in real estate would not be a bad investment.     

It looks like it's a hoax news, there is no information mentioned about where he lives, bet on the casino or bet on any market and so on, .
With only a small bet value and getting a big win, that person must place a bet on a very large multiple bet or on a large odds that the possibility of winning is very small.
But I agree when you get a lot of money from lottery gambling and so on, it's better not to tell it publicly because not only will many people be jealous but will be the target of tax collection, or something else who also wants to benefit from what he got like a thief

It depends on what kind of success you talking about. If I’m winning some jackpots and lotteries and earning tons of money then I should definitely keep my mouth shut because that’s temporary money, it’s not gonna be there for whole life.

However, if I am lucky enough to set up my own business, become star, millionaire with my own hard work and let’s say my names getting published in news paper or magazines then that is public success. That’s a public figure and we can’t do anything but appear in the public and be social.

At the end it also matters: Whether the success you got is social loving or social jealously!!

Well, I leave religious questions aside. That the man earned that amount is a statistical event like any other. Improbable, yes, but with all the people in the world betting on games like the lottery, by pure statistical probability, someone will end up winning.

Regarding telling, I think it is better to keep a low profile and tell as few people as possible. What happens is that just when the amount is bigger, which is when you should keep it secret, it is more difficult to hide it.

This guy is so lucky imagine just a single dollar you won a large amount of multiplier and just wondering this is just a one bet or still a lot of number of games to bet so he came up with that large amount because upon playing in different sports bet I experience is most likely this kind of odds like x12 is mostly happen in the event of match with the underdogs like unexpected wins happen this most likely happens to the people who always commit a yolo betting.

I was going to ask about Muslim’s and gambling.

I know no pork allowed and a few other rules but I am not sure about gambling being allowed or banned.

 
 It seems miraculous to me too, how someone could become the owner of so many dollars by completing just a few bets. Moreover, it has been publicized in the head column of a local newspaper. However, if God keeps good luck then no one can stop it.

https://i.imgur.com/6cuCh1L.jpg

The news source: @thenationnewspaper

Well let's start with the religion angle to this story....

First of all, true Muslims are not allowed to gamble... so I do not know why he would go to the mosque to pray, if it is not allowed in their religion.  ::) 

Secondly, winning a large amount of money always carry a risk... but it will be very difficult for someone to hold back the urge to tell it to the world, when it happens. (The adrenaline is pumping and people are in a very good mood)

I think he will be in trouble, when his religious leaders find out that he was gambling.... so they might tell him to give it to charity.

Imagine his relatives start popping out of nowhere for donations and investments.

As I have always said, the biggest risk is to showcase your success with people around and you think they are happy my dear this is highest risk you are taking, I don't believe in sharing my story with people around me or show online how perfectly you are living with your families as a matter of fact,  people don't immediately you start succeeding in life the moment you acquired more enemies to yourself.
Congratulations to him.

All I know is that we should stay as private as much as we can be. If possible that people will not know that you won so big, it is better that way, but there are instances that these people will surely know, especially in Nigeria that people are using betting agent to bet. If possible they know, we just have to be very careful. Sometimes, we may want to be private, but before we know, we already see what we do not expect on news, such as these type of big winning. There are some people that won big like this in the past that are leaving okay now, but by been careful too. Even if you do not disclose this at times, there is no way you can hide to people that you have become rich, the richness will later show itself in you that people can see, but it is better that way.

What a great win with him, and how lucky he is with his results. What multiplier did he do, or is it a parlay or something?

If that were to happen to me, it’s going to be something that I wouldn’t brag about because I agree with the members that I’ve posted before me that it would invite people that necessarily didn’t know I exist or something like that. They are after like a residual of the money that I’ve gotten and beg for it or something.

I read the news but I cant find the full details of the betslip. I can only see that his initial winning is not fully $50k because he received a bonus added to his total winning. Just curious as it is the first time I see such a big bonus (almost half of the actual win), sounds like 50% extra winning from his multibet. Is there any crypto bookie that offer such bonus?

It's real, this is a twitter post (https://twitter.com/usman__haruna/status/1582330433143918595) of how this story started to get picked up in several news media.

Well, I think it's a reflex celebration even if you have a strong stance on privacy. Imagining that $51k is still big money for 3rd country residents, with such a surprise no one will be able to resist the urge to celebrate with even just the people around.

The reason why he could not keep the winning secret could be that he didn't know the bet will play, he must have already discussed with his friends when he made the bet and few games won. When it was remaining few matches to win overall, they were all aware. There is no how to blank them when the winning actually came.
That is why it is good to play online and be anonymous if possible. If it was online, he would only tell someone he wants.

He should use some amount and settle his friends around and plan to relocate from the city for some safety reasons.

Can't imagine how this would be celebrated if he happen to bet more than that amount?

1 dollars to 51 thousands? that is too much luck in his side,  and wondering how many of His countryman have won the same path in sports betting.

I can relate in this mate, I have a friend that won a good amount in Local lottery and after that? relatives from every part comes to claim being related to him lol.

This kind of news will surely inspire many people but I will not use it to share with others since I might be liable in case they become addicted and lose huge money due to gambling. I believe it’s better to share only this kind of news to gambling community and not to families and friends that still not exposed on gambling.

This huge bet is very rare and hard to hit. It will take your life’s luck just to hit this kind of huge win out of a $ bet. Good for him that he choose to bet at that particular time.

This is a lesson for all of us that if we get any luck, we don't need to tell many people and just tell people who are really close to us. This is very important because we do not know who will hear the news and we also do not know who will be happy or vice versa. We must be smart to keep it a secret from others so that it will not affect us badly.

No one knows the human heart and this is what we must avoid. If we want to celebrate this good thing, we can do it with the people closest to us without provoking the curiosity of others. We do not have to share all the good things we get with many people.

This is why privacy concern is very important when it's about personal thing including money, most people can't accept if there's a person who lucky to get a huge amount money or richer than them, they will do anything in order to kill you or rob your money.

However congratulations for that's Nigerian man who won $51,000 from a dollar, it's not easy to achieve and I believe he will never forget with his stories.

You are right, this is always risky. The world is full of jealousy, envy and selfishness. I only share my success story with my close, trusted friend group and those who I see as being valuable in my life. Why? Well, because I'm not looking to be popular. I'm looking to build quality relationships with people who are on the same page as me, who will support me and vice versa. Also, I don't want people around me who are going to be jealous of my success or try to pull me down because they aren't achieving what I am.

I'm not saying that everyone is like this, but there are many people who cannot handle your success and will try to take advantage of you.

actually no need to tell anyone aside from your immediate family because people change because of money.

they can be as devil or greed once saw a large amount of Money , knowing their place? I am afraid of what he can be if people tries to get his winning.

But like a person it is?  I believe that he wanted to be famous because this is once in a lifetime happening for the people like Him.

Dang, how did it pan out?

Envy and jealousy is part of the gambling experience, even in land base casino, you will hear someone in the back if you are playing slot machine and you win big that they wish if was them in that place because they were just playing it a couple of minutes ago before you take that sit.


Everyone will take advantage of everyone specially if it is a free ride. So if someone hear that you win big, they will be at your doorstep the next day begging for free money.

Congrats to the winner.

I also read this story and remember, there are some successes that can't be hidden such as this very win because even if you try to hide it, the cashier if not controlled might get blown up.

It's true there are friends who celebrate you in your presence and stab you at your back even without you doing no wrong to them.
The world is evil and all we need to do is to keep doing good while trusting God and always be careful while showing off our winnings to motivate others

-   What you said is true dude, many people have won and become millionaires because of gambling, and later they also became poor, the

luxurious life they had was short-lived. Due to the lack of proper management of their won money.

So you should be careful and wise with the people you trust if you suddenly become a millionaire because of a gamble.

Actually we must have skills for financial management for the future, so whatever has been gained from jackpots and profits from trading will be added to the main finance, but lifestyle changes and the luxury factor when they win thousands and millions of dollars in gambling will have an impact on wastage finance for spending expensive goods and increasing high bet because of greed, so the financial management factor is very important and I have applied it from every win on gambling and trading profits will be added to the main finance, so I will not increase bets and keep betting on small bets.

Sudden money can be slippery and easily lost, you don't get rich by getting more money only but also by financial management. There is the tendency to squander money gotten easily. If you win big either from gambling or lottery, it is important not to be too quick to spend the money, so you don't start squandering the money even before you notice it.

A wonderful result and an impressive coefficient allowed the player to get a decent win, especially for Nigeria, where the average salary is ~ $ 170, this can save a person 25 years of life, I hope he uses it to good use.

You mentioned that the equivalent amount of Niara in USD was $51k then how did he become a mutli-millionaire.
Was it like this that he became a multi-millionaire in Niaras ?
51k is definitely a great amount of price to be won but still not so much that can change one's life.
Ofcourse it can help him do some great stuff but he will have to invest it inorder to conserve the amount otherwise it won't last long.

The man had already exposed himself on the bet he won for the fact that he uses a betting shop instead of betting online which is done anonymous had revealed his indentity, if he had won the bet through the internet that would have been the best, having exposed himself now he will be forced to part or give out part of the money to friends, relatives, religious leaders who would told him that it's was their prayers that enables him to win such a huge amount of money, the best bet for him now is to relocate to another place or town to avoid being robbed or kidnapped which is very rampant in Nigeria.

I saw the news on TikTok as well and I told the guy to watch his back always, many other gamblers started following him around.

The lesson of the day

It's safer to gamble online and make money, nobody will know how much you made and you will live among your people with no problem, in this guy's case he is now a target, there is so much insecurity in that country.

This is the first thing that popped into my head when I read the article you shared.

The first thing that you must do is to keep the excitement to yourself. While it may be difficult not to celebrate, you are actually putting yourself in a dangerous position to your neighbors and peers. Given that Nigeria is a relatively poor country, that kind of amount can definitely turn upside down the life of a person. In addition, your life can be potentially at risk once the information spreads as kidnapping and violence is rampant in that country.

I do hope that the person claiming the money manages it well. Personally, I would leave their country and start a new life somewhere else which is safer.

if we calculate from the capital he spent, he won 50x, that's really great luck. if the man publishes his victory openly then it will threaten his personal life and maybe the people around him. keep it normal it's very good, especially what I saw on the news that the crime rate in Nigeria is quite high.

This is one of those insane wins for sure and it proves the fact that it's possible to win big from gambling as long as luck sides with you big-time.

For example, I remember this particular woman who won millions through a 10 pounds bet or something. That win blew my mind away when I first heard of it. It's like winning a lottery though the odds in this case are way better.

Also, I do agree with op about keeping such big wins private since boasting about them isn't something a wise person would do.

congratulation to the guy who won and yeah I agree that one should learn or know when to share their success story to avoid unnecessary problems that might/will come from people asking him for money.

anyway, I kind of find it funny because a few days ago someone posted a thread regarding what "will you do if you won $50k", and then this thread is posted where the gambler won roughly $50k.

Hopefully he has security detail protecting him in places. With all the attention he's getting, its easy to become a target for robbers, especially if all your big money came from the casino [which itself is also an attractive target to robbers].

I agree with you that this kind of news is not safe enough to be publicized but for winning such a huge amount of money the casino will take it up and have such person under their record history and involve the media as well about such winning, i think it's part of the casino's rules on every huge amount of winning a gamble is fortunate to make, they must air it to the media and make a live broadcast/celebration party for such a winner, even though we all know that isn't proper enough for privacy reasons.


you're right and it has happened before on several occasions whereby people are killing each other because of money, put if such gambler is wise enough he should know how to make a disappearance from how to get him tracked down.

It happens at most times when they've figured out that you've got money and they're in need. So, that's what we just have to do when we win big amounts because those people will show the truest of them when they see someone who's in good condition and has money to be sucked by them.

And as someone who knows the real people that have been there for you at your lowest. Look back at them and give them a helping hand if you recognize them being with you even in bad times.

That's what the essence of sharing it with those people who you really know.

Lucky guy. In the country of Nigeria one could definitely live a comfortable-enough life with $51k USD. Although technically he won 50k not 51k because he put 1k into the bet, so he just got his 1k back. Still. 50k = Very nice. :-*

It should be kept in mind that this win is an exceptional and very very rare win. He had greats odds against him and wins like these do not happen often, so nobody should let themselves feel encouraged to run to the next gambling casino in order to put down a 1k bet. Chances are, that 1k will be gone forever or you might win a few more k.

If I were to win 50k in Nigeria the last thing I would want to do is let other people know. The crowd followed him to the mosque as well? Lol. One could say he tried to escape the crowd.

Not 1k bet but just over $1 bet. So his winnings is still almost $51k.
Who would have thought that $1-level bet would give him such fortune? So yes, he is lucky.
Maybe, he was just too excited he couldn't contain his happiness, hence, letting his neighbors know what luck he got.
But if it is my case, I will be mum about it and just let my immediate family know about my fortune so I can share it to them.
Hard to trust these days if someone knew you have some funds. You can't tell what everyone is thinking about your fortune.

I doubt that the account is from a national newspaper.  Look at how many people are subscribed to that account.  A legit national newspaper account could have more than hundreds of thousand of followers/subscribers if not millions.  I think the national newspaper is just an account name but not literally means that the account is recognized as official national newspaper.

There are principles in writing a news.  It should goes around a fact wherein, it gives an alias if the name shouldn't be exposed, the place of event and many others that supports the incident.  The first sentence alone shows that the news is unreliable (see -  An unidentified man <<< ) and a cut bet slip... how can they get a betslip if the winning man is unidentified plus I think the book maker will not provide players' bet slip to anyone due to privacy law.

Another flaw is that they are able to tell the activity of that man when they already told us that the man is unidentified.. .  The series of events of that news just simply don't sink in.  :D

With regards to winnings, bragging too much about the winnings to the people who know us often results in uncomfortable instances.  So better keep the news of winnings a secret to avoid uncomfortable results.

This is why lottery didn’t gave any information for all the winners because it can compromise their security and this should also practice in gambling because again if there’s a huge money here greed people will always look for an opportunity against you. It’s not that big reward but still on a country like that, he should be more careful next time. I won’t announce any winnings, i gamble on my on and I will celebrate on my own.

maybe the guy didn't say anything and the casino guys may have leaked information to attract attention to the casino, because if a person wins a lot of money at casino C and people find out about it then people will run to casino C to create accounts and gamblers because people always tend to copy other people, they always think that since person X was successful so he can also be successful if he copies everything that person X did and the casino guys in the marketing department know about this advertising strategy , I wouldn't be surprised if some casino employee leaked information


your family has to be the most important thing, if one day you are seriously ill, it will be your family members who will be at the hospital every day to bring you food for you to eat for this reason I suggest you always tell your family about your things, don't hide anything from them. if you win the lottery then you have to count the people in your family. the part that I agree with you is that you shouldn't tell friends and be showing off on social media


Apparently the news seems to be true. was published by many news channels:

https://lagospanorama.com/young-man-wins-n38m-sports-betting-with-n800/

https://yemiefash.com/man-wins-n38m-sports-betting-with-n800/

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/man-bets-n800-wins-n38m-prize-money/

There's a saying people know you when you have money, now on the news people are now following him and that's bad for him that many people know that he hit a huge jackpot, so instead of enjoying his winnings he will be in the spotlight, a spotlight that nobody wants to be in and this is because you have money and you will see the greediness of people while looking at you, there should be a rule on media there that never publish even any part of your body for recognition unless there is a consent, now they put the man in big trouble.

A very typical scenario which people do indeed know you when  you do have the money but if not then they would really be forgotten and that's how reality works.This is why it's really just right that you should really be silent whenever you do win big amounts.

It's never been good to be boastful or tactful about it but there are really times which we can't really able to avoid on doing it because there's really that ego minds us that we are proud on winning something.

Talks about those huge hits then it does really require extreme luck basing up with odds then it's no surprise that no matter how small the chance is but still theres the probabilities.

Other sites reproducing (copy-pasting) the news doesn't necessarily mean that it is true.  If the research is done by different multiple individuals, there should be discrepancies in the report but all we can see is just a complete copy (same exact content) on all sites.   Plus, I cannot remove the conflicting statement of the unidentified man and the screenshots of the person involved ( I believe that the picture of a person shown is irrelevant to the news) ;D Anyway, I think I had stated my POV, and if it's true, my congratulations to the person involved.


True we all have a piece experience like that.  When are well "blessed" in our finances, people will look at us as the source of their financial salvation and will keep on following us and giving favor to us.  But when we are in financial desperation, only true friends will stay with us and help us in times of our need.

News and social media today didn’t value privacy that much, though it’s also the problem of the winner for exposing himself about his gambling activities. That’s a huge win with your small bet, it’s ok to celebrate but it’s too much if you are going to tell the whole country about your winnings. He’s at risk already, and I hope he can still enjoy that profit with his family without worrying about their safety.

$50k+  is a huge money in fact in a developing country, this amount of money is enough to sustain us for more than 2 decades and enough to put up small business that can further develop our financial status.  So this winning is a life changing event for that person.  It is that, if this event is true, that man's life will never be the same again since he has to be careful for people with bad intention and at the same time the inflow of relatives and friends that will request for financial assistance.  Not saying some religious organization are very professional in this kind of thing (requesting for financial aid and donations for their religious activities and reach out programs)

It is 100% true that a local national newspaper has millions of subscribers but the above newspaper has only few thousand subscribers. Moreover, it is a miraculous and unpleasant fact that a bettor will win $51,000 for just one dollar. I can never accept it as true. Maybe there is a bigger story behind it.

I have a little different opinion about it. Yes, I understand that disclosing such big winnings can be a security threat for gamblers as now everyone would know that this person has a big bank balance. However, do you know that every day we hear people losing money in gambling? These are the few news which show how people become millionaires by spending little on gambling and it really motivates people like me who are yet to win any jackpot.
Think that a person spends only a dollar and win something  like 50,000$, incredible? We don't see such a return elsewhere except gambling.

Gambling is the way where you were able to make such big returns instantly. Similar things happen with cryptocurrency in the long term. But, we don't have the patience to hold.

One need to understand, gambling is the way in which it is possible to turn a dollar into million. It is also the way in which one can start with spending $1 and end up losing millions. When we talk about the big wins, it is also good to think of the loss that could happen out of gambling. Thinking of jackpot and getting motivated through these kind of wins is good, but we should know our limits on trying our luck.

Nigeria is a part of OPEC, they are a very rich country in potential but unfortunately that wealth is not equally shared hence a not so heathy economy for most but for some this isnt a giant win.   Right now they have a great problem of flooding so its all relative, the man might be rich for now but I get the feeling he must find a good way to invest the money to stay rich being lucky once is not likely enough.  Its developing country, in theory great growth is possible for the correct investment and return.

This is why it's also important to have financial literacy so you can know when to put your money.
Nigeria is full of potential, if he able to see that as an opportunity he can start doing business so he can stay rich with that money.
With the concern of the security, I believe their culture with family is good and I know he can be more safe with his family. It's not that bid but being millionaire on that country tells something different, I wish he won't gamble that money again but for sure he will try his luck again. After winning the money, your next enemy will be yourself think wisely.

everyone has a different character and emotions, maybe he wants to express happiness to everyone but in the wrong way which can harm him. everything has happened there is no other way for him to try to protect himself. Maybe hiding in another country.

Maybe he wants to be grateful and say thank to God have been given sustenance in a different way. I've read in another country there's even more extreme, where a corruptor builds a place of worship from money corruption.

Still doubting the same as what @Serjent said.
All the words and pictures that are included are the same, there is no difference.
Maybe it will be true if it can be verified that there is news also on television because with the amount and where he lives very life changing.
Many will want to interview him because it is a rare thing even though he may refuse an interview for his safety.
Hopefully, his religious leaders don't tell him to throw away his money because it is considered haram money.

Sounds a legit  point , knowing how many people In nigeria and they love gambling ? if this is a legit News paper outlet then at least 10s of thousands subscriber is reasonable , and this is truly a huge win if that so.

actually having business is better but if he will only trust Bitcoin or crypto to Keep it hold? then the potential increase may happen in the coming years , If he can leave gambling from that.

Many of you say that, but I don't think it's that big a deal or that lucky. A prize of 50 to 1 is not so improbable, it's not as if I had won the EuroMillions jackpot, which is 1 probability between 139,838,160.

USD 50,000 is a considerable amount in Nigeria, however, where the average salary is 170 USD per month. (https://wagecentre.com/work/work-in-africa/salary-in-nigeria#:~:text=According%20to%20information%20from%20Nigerian,%2C%20lawyers%2C%20pharmacists%20and%20pilots.)

As for having disclosed it, well, I think it's better not to talk about it, especially if it's going to jeopardise your safety, but some people can't stand the joy. Let's hope nothing happens to him for having disclosed it.

How can one lose millions of dollars if he starts and plays with only 1$? Yeah, he needs to play million times with 1$ and lost each one of those games to be able to lose a million dollars.

By the way, this win is too much luck and i wonder if people really win such an amount. In my country, 51,000$ equals to 11278650 Pakistani rupees with which a person can spend  20 years without the need to work at all. I am shocked that gambling houses earn such a big money that they can give their players so much amount of free money.

From the above screenshot we can see some betting slips but it is not possible to win money like fifty thousand dollars. The screenshot shows $50,000 with bonus but does not mention whether he bet or won the jackpot. I think it is never possible to win such amount of money without winning the jackpot. Because he only bet 8 hundred Nigerian dollars.

Indeed it is not necessary to avoid having bad people do something with us. By showing off those big wins to the public, we can lure bad people into trying to take the winnings, especially if we don't keep them well.

There's no point in being famous if we can't keep the winning money and instead use it to splurge after that. It wouldn't be worth it even if they wanted to be famous. They could do it for something else instead of sharing the story of their big win at gambling.

In playing gambling, if we can have a special record of how much money we use, maybe we will be surprised to see it because the amount can be very large and maybe it will be $1 million. But sadly, many of us don't think so and continue to gamble using the same money, say only $1 but they gamble every day.

It's possible that someone won that kind of money because we don't know. But I believe that some people can indeed win a lot of money from gambling and he got lucky at the right time and place.

We have seen such big wins few times and believe those are extremely lucky gamblers who turn few dollars into such big wins because the odds needs to be high or say you need to hit rare multiplier in these cases but still it's best time for them to celebrate such big wins and it's the same time for Nigerian men on his win of $50k and in their currency it's too much to spend on.But what will he get after all tax deduction is my concern?

Wow making 50x times returns in sport betting is massive, congratulations to him. With such kind of a profit I would also be careful telling friends and family about it, especially when living in a poorer country like Nigeria. Sharing your profits on social media only to see your video go viral and becoming a internet sensation is probably the worst thing I could do. You put a big target on your back and I am sure there will be some "childhood firends" calling the next day who haven't talked to you in 10 years. After making a lot of money it becomes hard to know who is your real friend and who is only around you because of your new wealth, and once the money is gone these people will also be gone. So far I haven't been in a situation where I got a huge win. If I am lucky and I make some profit, then I like to invite my friends for a beer, but I don't tell them how much I won. I remember my grandfather told our family once he won like 1000 Euro in the lottery 6 months ago, but he had already spend all the money so he cant give us anything  :D Whenever I win something big, I would do the same or only tell my best friend about it. 

While this is a huge amount for a country like Nigeria,there have been people who have won more than that with just bets like 0.36 and 0.72,less than one dollars bet so I am impressed but not that much if I compare that bet with these low amount that produced a much more better outcome than x50 of your bet.

Anyway I think the joy of this man should be huge as any bet that brings you a huge amount of money is a really great feeling from what I have heard as personally I am searching for it through slot machines trying to get a maximum payline.

You can share it online in an anonymous forum like this one but in a country like Nigeria I would be very careful to not share it with friends or relatives.

Well, that's something to be happy for when you've just bet with a dollar and then the return is 51K times. If I'm the winner, I'll be having a great day and I'll thank everyone that I want to thank on that day because of having that joy for the entire day.

I wouldn't be biased on one particular country. But in almost every country, it's better to hide that moment of winning a lot of money and remain anonymous so that you won't be taking attention from your friends, family, relatives and strangers.

I don't think he will lose a lot of money thanks to taxes since 50 grand would most likely not attract heavy taxation. I guess he might stand to lose $4K or something which is a random guess basically.

You guys are mistaken. He won around x50,000 of his bet which is insane if you think about it.

The man should not reveal his identity, else he would be subject to a lot of beggars and a lot of pressure from the society to help other people's plight. If I were the man, I'd claim the money, keep it on an offshore bank account and travel to that country and settle there for good. It's time for him to turn his life around and live comfortable. I'm not saying that he shouldn't help, it's just that it's not his obligation to do so. He could always give some to family and friends, but not to the point that his win will be diminished to something that will not be able to help him to start anew.

I think the guy doesn't care about privacy, but so he might have to accept the fact that the possible winnings will be taxed ^{[if there is a rule].} Then later, some people come begging for food and other things that might be annoying.

How long do you think you can survive in a country with a high inflation rate today with $50K?   :D
If you like something luxurious, then maybe you can buy a car or something with a value of 50% of the total winnings, the rest is safe to be used as venture capital if you really want to quit gambling.

This kind of win are the types that no one will ever thought about it coming, every bet place by the gambler could have been judged by others to be wrong betting and a waste of fund because they never thought about taking high risk to that extent he took on the impossibilities in gambling, this why i don't get influenced whenever i want to place a bet, i go directly to bet with my own perception and not what others are saying because it's my money am using to gamble not theirs,


That shouldn't be a problem as long as they are not demanding half of the whole money, but i want to believe there would have been alot of pressure right on the gambler's neck regarding his fortune.

I am not so lucky as this guy! He is really very lucky to win such a huge amount of money from sports betting. Any financial gain should not be discussed with the surrounding people. This can cause more danger instead of showoff. I do not discuss my financial gain with anyone, everyone should remember that keeping something secret is considered a good decision in many cases. But when a gambler wins a big bet he likes to show off and this can be seen in all countries.

This is a very important thread and advise, I believe the unidentified man who won that maga casino prize will fine it hard to hide his identity unless he played online. Most people in Nigeria who are involve in sport betting always does that from a betting shop with ticket printed for them only a few others visit online version so hiding his identity from friend may become hard. So remaining anonymous and privacy caution will help one a great deal, learning to keep your success private help prolong your life from invaders who may come from within your circle of friends.

I think it's a matter of preference. Culture and Personal. For me though, it's better to be less quite about it.

It's possible as far as I know. These odds are for single matches but he did bet for all of these matches on a single bet, combined bet, I forgot the right term...
Being so, the risk will be greater but also the possible win will be higher. The risk is greater since if you was not able to predict the winner on any of these match, you'll bust.

Look at the man here, all the bets placed on that day did not cut, all enter and he was in the football hall watching match when he checked his phone and saw the bets slip and he jumped up in the hall and show the games to his friends and all of them jubilated with him. see the crowd the guy pulled that day.
https://i.imgur.com/7hNp7Nc.jpg
That is why gambling is not all about how much one used. This boy just used $1 to win this huge amount. Gambling is all about luck, when the luck fall on you that day, then your day is blessed and you go home with shining face and smiling face. If you see the girls that rushed this guy that day, you won't believed, And funniest part of it was that the boy's Master (his Oga), said the boy should give him 8 millions or of the 38ms

Are you talking about parlay bet?  I am still in doubt about the winnings until I read this article[1].  Though the way the news is laid out is somehow doubtful, after reading the article below, I am convinced that the news may be true but was presented poorly.

The article below shows huge winnings in a sports parlay bet. Quoting some of the information on the link below:

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[1] Parlay Bets Paying Big: Longshot NFL Parlay Bets and Others That Struck for Some Awesome Paydays. (https://sportshandle.com/parlay-bets-that-overcame-long-odds-and-paid-big/#:~:text=31%2C847%2D1,into%20%24219%2C746.19%20at%20Caesars%20Sportsbook.&text=The%20New%20York%20state%20bettor,six%20underdogs%20on%20his%20card.)

Sport betting with multiple play or parlay have highest chance to earn jack pot, unbelievable with Nigerian man won $51,000 in sport betting with his capital only $1.072. Sport betting most excited to play because at weekend have many football matches and bet 1$ enough to earn almost $10,000 until $50,000 depending how many match betting, parlay give excited because with many games choose to play give higher odds and calculated with bigger amount reward to win if our predicting correct.

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If have been publish on media I think many gambler will excited keep active on sport betting, no matter with little fund use for betting but trough sport betting small fund could be bigger fund later, just choose with correct predicting on every games.

He's putting himself at risk by exposing himself he is now the target of greedy people who will target him because this kind of person is so naive in handling huge amounts of money, especially coming from gambling, he will end up with nothing just a few years if he will not protect himself from these greedy people around him.
People who are betting in a lottery or playing in casinos should practice discretion it always pays to be simple and not boast that you won a big amount.

As a Nigerian myself, allow me to confirm to you that that is indeed the official telegram channel of the national newspaper, by the name "National newspapers" it does not mean that that is the official newspaper company for Nigeria as a country, the national newspaper is just one of the newspaper companies in Nigeria, they have their customers/readers just the same way other newspapers companies in the country have theirs, there are other newspapers companies that are bigger than the National newspaper, for example.. The punch - is another newspaper company in Nigeria and they have more followers/subscribers than The national newspaper - - I hope you understand what I mean.

And the reason for the low subscribers is because, Nigeria's population is atleast 70 to 80 percent youths, and majority of this youths don't read or follow newspapers, they depend on social media like Facebook, Twitter to share and read news.

How ever, the youth that do read newspapers majority of them do not own smart phones, so obviously, there is no way for the to follow or subscribe to the channels belonging to this companies.

If you live in Nigeria, then you would understand that that was not a major news, it just like something happening which picked the interest of a person that works in the company, and they decided to post it on their website, the news didn't even appear of the newspaper itself, that should tell you that it's not a major new, it's something they hurried decided to share with their online reader - like I said before, it didn't appear in their main newspaper.

And also the term " unidentified" actually means the newspaper company don't know the man in question, if you read the news on the website, it was from a video clip of the event that someone else shared online, that those or a person that works in the newspaper company saw, and after watching, decided to also share it with their online readers - I hope this is clear enough to understand.

Sometimes we only not need lucky but with skills as well. So in any case this 2 factors collide, then you will have a huge winning, a improbable odds nevertheless you hit that and for sure the winner is very happy and enjoying it.


Yes, and as what we have been discussing in the last couple of threads about winning and winning big, we shouldn't exposed ourselves to anyone. A lot of your friends and relatives will come after you and asking for free money because they know that you won big in gambling. You just have to be quiet and celebrate it with your family and kids, that's it.

I think the winner of the story didn't expose himself nor boast about his winnings. It's just that, in any case, it was revealed.

For that, it's not that it will automatically trigger greedy people to come for him but I'm sure that man already knows what to do to protect himself.

We shouldn't judge the book by its cover and just hope for the best that no bad thing will happened on the said winner.

I think we can blame that to his friend who possibly spread the news.


True people with ill intention and those who are aiming for free money will definitely target the winners.  They will get near to the winner with the intention of getting some tip from the winnings.  Though we don't know how the person will react on the situation.  We also read that girls are following this new millionaire so probably these girl has also an intention of getting the share of the winnings by getting married to this lucky guy, or get money for some source of "service".

The betting slip shown is not detailed. For that $ 51,000 winning with a capital of $1, the parlay must consist of multiple legs with high odds.

That is something hard to achieve even how skilled a bettor is because the bets need to be considered high odds.

A lucky moment for that man.

It is most rare scenario having a winner in the game with just a small amount of wage they can manage to hit the tons of multiplier, this is looks like the faith already in favor with this game, there are a lot of gamblers give their time and money to the casino still cant manage to have this huge wins amount, even me I cant hit a huge amount of multiplier like that.

Last week, on the 14th of October, 2022, A Nigerian Man used 800 naira (which is equivalent to $1.072 in today's NGN/DOLLAR exchange rate) to bet on sports...

He later won a whopping 38,317,137 Nigerian naira (which is equivalent to $51,363.454 in today's NGN/DOLLAR exchange rate).

         ....How luckier can one get?😁😁😁

Below is a quote of the entire article


Wow, the guy was very lucky. What are the chances of making like 50k times more than your stake?? This was incredibly amazing and I feel very happy for the guy. I take it that this sort of amount of cash in Nigeria is a lot of money, so this will be like a new beginning for this guy. I hope he knows what to do with his money because normally when someone who is not used to having a lot of money finds himself with that kind of money on his hands, might take him to go for the wrong choices. Hope this never happens and I Wish him all the best!

This is not completely accurate because the higher the multiplier is, the lower your chances of winning. So, it's true that you will win a big amount of money but you need to be very lucky.

Thank you for the clarification. I find it odd too because although hitting a 50k multiplier is not so common but $50k isn't really a huge amount which deserves all this attention and to be talked about on newspapers.

The news came from a random news site, not a national newspaper website. Though many think that the amount does not deserve that much attention, I think the story is somehow extra ordinaire because it is too hard for a bettor to win $50k from a $1 bet.  This means the guy has superior luck and that is what became the talk here plus the fact according to the new article that the guy's winnings is celebrated by people around him.

they were celebrating because as i see it, in their place, such amount is already huge and significant amount that can change the lifestyle of the person. of course, if you are comparing with the US standard, such amount is small. however, we are talking about a nigerian, whom not very many of them are experiencing to hold such amount in their lifetime. so yes, such scenario is very rare to them not only the luck involved but the amount of winnings itself.

I agree. Not all people around you are happy, some of them might envy you for being lucky to win such amount. That's why it would be better to keep it to yourself or within the family members to avoid having problems.

It depends if you are too overwhelm and can't think of the best thing to do. But yes, sometimes it's easy to spend the money came from winnings since you didn't work hard for it, compared to the money that earned from hard work. You'll value it more since you know how hard it is to get that money.

Sharing complete information related to his bets could threaten his privacy which is why it makes sense why the slip isn't detailed. I do agree with your opinion about the odds most probably being high in this case.

True. I would disclose this secret to people who I would believe in any sort of situation with my eyes closed. Securing those funds in the best way possible would be my next step.

Quite a few lotteries require the claimer of the prize to disclose their identity as part of the publicity but also anti fraud type measures.  There have been times when the public disclosure helped stop a claimant who was not legitimate, people do manage to fake these things and the company running the lottery can even have flaws its in process also.
  Personally I wouldnt want to give away information that now Iam rich, perhaps a move of house is now entirely justified and he can step up security that way and lose any old 'friends' who think they are owed a share.   Best investment for this money is in property anyway.

I don't know if this kind of challenges also is applicable to the no KYC casinos, because I don't know why playing bet will be as easy as making a deposit for it but when it comes to your right to claim your prize comes alot of difficulties, having a big win will be a thing of very much challenge to gamblers that are privacy minded, because information will always be required from them, the government and public will hear about it, know them and even graced the occasion for the presentation of such award winning, but this is totally placing a huge risk on the gambler's safety from being attacked by any means.

Like I agree that it is better to stay anonymous in such situations, you must have a very depressed outlook on life if you truly believe the "heart of man is desperately wicked". Where do you possibly live that you are surrounded by such thoughts? I am lucky to live in a country where if you are sensible and compassionate then you can survive, even flourish, without the need for any wickedness. Of course it is better to keep your wits about you and learn street smarts, so you don't go bumbling into situations in an oblivious manner, but it is possible to live in harmony in a stable society. There will always be jealous and envious people, so just be selective about who you keep close to you and you should be safer.

It is highly possible that the story is a hoax but it is not impossible for a $1 betting in parlay to win $50k.  there had been news about this kind of huge winnings in parlay bet on sports betting.  I believe the main discussion here is not the validity of the news but the behavior of a person after winning a huge sum of money on gambling since the story tells about how the news spreads fast and how the people around the winners behave.

well that is what we wanted but that is not what they do , they wanted to be famous for that same reason I mentioned lol.

wondering how is this person now and how he earned that situation given, but for me? i would rather keep that winning as secret all my life than spending to make others happy because this is a once in a lifetime event.

I definitely agree with OP with this. You should protect your winnings to yourself and maybe friends and maybe the closest friends at max. People should never know you are making money through that kind of thing. Job is one thing, labor is holy, I think it must be favored to mention. But gambling wins should never be mentioned. If I won lottery I would literally talk to noone about it except my mum and my very close friend in my city.

instead of  spending this to nothing important , best to keep your coins safer and secretly staying in your wallet.
also try to keep your funds in crypto for chance in earning with investing than pure gambling.
the Man truly have His luck on hitting this win , so why not try His luck as well in trading or at least holding.

Financial management can only help you manage your money properly so that you don't spend it all together but I think it doesn't have the ability to increase your funds. It will only increase and make you more rich if you invest it on a profitable business or asset.

I wouldn't advice to risk it again in gambling in hopes of making more money because it can make you easily addicted, knowing that you still have a lot of funds. It's okay to spend quick because for sure all of us already have our own wish list or items that we will buy once we have enough funds. The only thing that should be avoided is overspending. After buying the items we love, we need to manage our money next.

Yes, it's better to keep the winnings a secret and keep most of the winnings without telling anyone else. At least, it will keep us safe from asking people questions about where the money comes from and how we can get it. Well, maybe we can make our loved ones happy by giving gifts, but we don't need to tell them where we can get that much money. We don't know how the person is now, whether he can enjoy the winning money, or if many people will ask him for a share of the money.

It is not guaranteed that his luck can work multiple time like this. so he shouldn’t use that fund for any kind of high risky work like gambling. But he can trade with his 20-25% of money. he shouldn’t use his full money for trading or gambling. Because one greed can rob him of everything again as he won so big on Miracle Way for only $1.

well I never mentioned to gamble again instead what I said is to Invest and trade , that is far from what you understand , and also what you you want Him to do?hold his funds in banks or in his pocket?
that money is earned by luck so best to try it better again in other form and that is to trade or at least Keep holding in His folio.
but whatever he wanted to do? it is His money and no one can take that away from him.

If he/she sell and hold that money on bank then he/she must give tax for this money as government law . In my country we must pay 15% income tax after from more then $3k earning in a year . According to the laws of my country, he has to pay about $7.3k in taxes to the government . if he/she want to avoid tax then he must hold his fund in crypto

Well, there's a saying "don't make decisions when you're in a extreme happiness or extreme sadness" that also applies to what you are about to utter when you're under this kind of situation. When you're happy, sometimes you forget how to shut your mouth and will utter carelessly of what you have gone into.
That's indeed a huge win and I can say his life is now in danger. I can easily say that judging on the crowd that swamped him after they learned of his fortune in betting.
Money transforms a human being into something else when he's in desperation.

This is indeed a huge winning and this man must be celebrated I know luck must have played a big role in this, but then sports betting has turned many into millionaires after several trials and errors but at this point, the .an have indeed done we'll by persisting to this point and winning $51,000 is a glorious win that needs to be highly protected and kept private from others even though 8t may be hard to do so since football betting is not something that can be entirely private since you may receive the money through an agent.

Ops can you please share the name of the betting site he used so that we can see their withdrawal rules and if they demanded fro KYC for such a big withdrawal?

With this kind of luck and make transfer immediately in your bank account for sure the bank will make a questionable statement to your account because you don't have a transaction for a time and then make a huge amount of deposit still it is ideal thing to cut off those funds and make a separate deposit because huge account deposit can be freeze by the bank, ideal is to hold for a while and slowly getting the cut of the winnings. If you are really into get rich for sure you wont gamble again to try your luck instead make an investment in assets.

Hoping that the man behind this will learn how to spend His winnings and not just to gamble it all again, this is so much value in that country and for sure , he will leave a millionaire for years if knows how to budget the money.

Congratulations to him  and wish i may win the same lol.

I think the story is too good to be true, I do believe that people can have luck, there are always people who can win lotteries or make a good amount of money, but I also think it is very possible that they have invented a hositria to be more famous and get followers, impressions and maybe do a type of publicity for a particular casino, when you read all the incidents are said, but when an image of what I win or a video is shown it is something that It is already more credible, just as they do here in the forum that there are moments where it is recorded for all to see when there are big winners.

I think he will gamble it again, I'm speculating that he won't give up the fame he built after countless of bets. He made that kind of fortune due to gambling and I think he will continue what he are doing given that it made a lot of money and fame as well. The one thing concerning me is how he will manage the fortune he has now, We all hope that he diversify his money into different things that can make his wealth generate another money. He has the luck and I think skills that a successful gambler has, I would assume that after the fame he has, There would be gamblers that would ask for advise or he might offer services about gambling.

Well, I understand that bets with 1usd are very valid, I have even seen in some slot machines that with 0.2usd you can start playing, it is something that seems very little to me but eventually it does exist and everything that represents money in USD or in Bitcoin or in any cryptocurrency must activate a casino, no matter how little, remember that there are many times when a player is lucky enough that 1 dollar is capable of multiplying them even to 200usd, these things can happen in a casino Of course, as well as losing everything at once, is what gambling really looks like and the way the player has to face the casino

Minimum bet size would really be varying on what provider or casino you've been playing but in overall it wont really be that much the same.Some do even allow cents or just simply have minimum of 1 bucks above or

just like that but if we do speak about chances or odds then it would be totally in random.It does really depend or vary on someones luck when hitting up huge multipliers or hitting up those jackpots

on just using up a small bet size.Although we cant tell if a certain player is on break even or still on losses when chasing up those hits considering that we dont know on how long
a certain player had been playing on using up those bet sizes.

What a funny advice, how can someone who won such an amount not gamble again?
The best advice for him is to set aside some percentage of the money and invest the rest in some less risky and volatile assets for long-term gain. Because $51k converted to Nigeria's local currency will be a large amount running into millions of Nigeria naira.

He can keep his dollars safe in crypto.  There are many ways to keep Hughes dollar safe in crypto like he can buy a hardware wallet to keep his dollars safe in stable coins or since bitcoin is now much deeper than ATH he can buy more than 2 bitcoins with his money now and if bitcoin price goes back to previous ATH price  If equal then he will get 3x return of his money  Which is a potential investment

The problem is to move those huge amounts of money on a 3rd world country, I don't think its easy to buy 2 bitcoins, for sure that would wake up the Bank and the Police Alarms.

And with that money for sure he can do big things in that country, even buy a new house or have a nice back up to support his family for the next years. I feel like investing all in Bitcoin is the last option of what to do with that money in that country.

How many docs and proof of funds he had to provide to get his winning?
Sportbooks in Stake is Dangerous you might be banned anytime and asked many docs and it might take months for investigation.
Since they willl say Odds provider say this say that.
I wouldn't trust Stake for Sports betting but i would play casino house games there for those ones  i
Believe they have no reason for any investigation

It seems you are right in your assumption. If he invests his money in things like land or house, it will be a strong asset and will provide a strong support to him and his future generations. Every country is constantly growing in population but no country is growing in terms of size so as time goes on the price of strong assets like land will increase. that is the benefit of buying house or land

For us who do really mind off about on how to utilize those winning amounts well then we would really be thinking on buying lands or assets which we can definitely able to buy but of course dont expect something

big or lots of things you could buy since 50k isnt really that too big for you to consider but its not really that bad on ensuring yourself on having some assets which would really be useful on making yourself on having

other source of income possibly.Its true that we dont really have the full rights on telling people on what they should gonna do with their money.Speaking about winning chance then
there's always a chance on winning even on the smallest odd but we know on how much extreme luck would really be needed.

Lands and other real estate investment are not the main investment these days, and most investment analysts are now advising against real estate and other landed properties but if you invest such huge winning into a volatile asset, the possibility of gaining much more in a short term is high.
I like landed properties but then there are no contemporary way of investing this day.

The funny thing of the story is that guy celebrated his win by salat because he is religious and a muslim, the problem is islam forbids betting or gambling on anyway (strict rules in islam) just like ignoring that and doing something bad in islam’s principes. Anyway this guy is really lucky to win such a prise  with a very small amount he risked, it’s a very good odd though and also im wondering  which game  did he play or bet on

The man does sports betting on multibet, judging from the number of bets and also the prizes he gets can be imagined how many bets he chooses at the same time and that's all his options won, that are not easy things very rarely obtained.
Perhaps he wanted to be grateful that God gave him victory even in activities forbidden in his religion.

In some parts of the world $50k means nothing. So whether you talk about your winnings or not make no difference. If that Nigerian man still lives in Africa, then yes he should keep his mouth shut because African countries are not the richest countries in the world and the crime rate in those countries are pretty terrible. In the US though, many people make $50k in 6-7 months it is not a big deal at all. Nobody will care or murder you for that money.

The man who won such a large amount was a Muslim.  That man was very lucky indeed.He was overjoyed and thanked Allah.What is the destiny of every human being has been pre-ordained by God.His fortune was very good indeed.Because of which he won $51000 with just $1.07.  And maybe that guy won the jackpot.

That could be possible reasons too why we should never publicized our huge amount of money won. Also, if all people will be aware about your story, then scammers will never let it slip without having something to do. So you’ll probably become their new target, and if they succeed on it, you might fall as their victim which means everything you have will already be in their possessions. The reason why as much as we can, learn to celebrate our winnings secretly to keep us safe from dangerous people.

But does the religion he has allows people to gamble? sorry but I am not that familiar about the teachings of Islam .

though it is indeed that this is how we wanted to thank our God giving us this chance to earn big.

Yes and if given a chance? I will never do the same thing mate, instead I would love to keep my funds safe and secure by using to more appropriate way than celebrating.

I never tried winning such big, but at least I can handle my funds that is securely given to me for how many times now.

I wonder what would be the punishment of the guy if the religous leader found out that the person is engaging in gambling activity.  Aside from that, most of the government under an Islamic religion deemed gambling as illegal, iis it also possible that the guy will be facing criminal charges?


It is indeed a great win that can possibly cause his freedom if the guy is charged of illegal activities.  It is also possible for the authority to use the existing law to rob this guy of his winnings.  Now I feel sorry for this guy for the possible legal cases and religious punishment.

I read some article that Muslim caught engaging in gambling is punished by being caned.  I don't know if this practice still exist.

source: https://www.muslimhope.com/JamesArlandson/IslamsPunishmentsForDrinkingAndGambling.htm

Maybe he is praying to be grateful for his big win in getting a lot of money. And even though he already knows that gambling is forbidden in Islam, maybe he doesn't think he can win the bet so he places the bet to have fun. But in the end, this guy won and was indeed very lucky. And hopefully, he doesn't try to gamble again because of the strict prohibition in his religion. And surely now he could buy what he wanted with that winning money.

The most important thing is that fortune always favors the brave. Because he gambled hoping to win but he won because of his good luck. But I think he got lucky like jackpot because of which he got huge sum of money in one go which will enable him to live according to his needs in later life.But in gambling he won the game because his luck helped him and he was experienced.

I am still not clear what you mean by other investment but maybe you are thinking of investment in cryptocurrency it may give a huge profit at short time but it has a high risk so if he invest in land or house property here risk is less to lossing investment and it may have very slow gains but the potential for losses is very low . So since he has won a big prize depending on his luck, his real job is to protect them

Yeah, even I have heard that muslims are not allowed to gamble in a casino and it is against their religious acts.
At the same time it's not like everyone follows their religion whole heartedly.
This person has won such a great bet but it won't be worth if he spends them all.
What he does with the money he won is what will derive his destiny.

Let's do away with the religious matters and any affairs related because if he were to be that of devoted religious man he wouldn't have gamble, to an extent some termed gambling a sin, but in real life we gambling for so many reasons, one is to catch fun, make money and avoid boredomness, there are certain things we do in life that if by any religious beliefs its forbidden, but your religion as well will not be responsible for your good or wayward life at the end.

Sports betting has indeed become one of the types of bets that many people enjoy, I'm not surprised if the Nigerian man placed a bet of up to $1,072, yes he is a lucky man in sports betting.

I admit that gambling can make you rich in minutes and vice versa someone who bets can lose everything in minutes too, what you say is true before placing a large number of gambling bets, choosing and assessing the sports betting site that is responsible for our wins is very important.

Of course what you say is part of life, people with lots of money always come, I prefer to win gambling silently without telling anyone, including family and close people, I prefer to be considered an ordinary human who is not excessive in showing off wealth.

You don't seem to be a good investor and are definitely not in my country because I was so surprised to read from you that land and real estate investment are no more lucrative. As much as I don't know the part of the world you are in, I still doubt it unless it is the time of war or the land and properties you bought are prone to flood and other natural disasters.

If not, real estate will always be booming all over the world, they are the best in using to beg your money from depreciating in your bank account if you can't invest it in the USD that is somewhat reliable in the long run. This investment gives a good return and is safer than the volatile investment you referred to which could make you get totally broke if care is not taken.

It was a parlay bet, so I think the bet isn't just for fun but to win a huge amount of money.  We know a simple Sportsbet won't generate such huge winnings.  Ever heard of or seen any single bet on sports betting odds that can generate $51k  from $1 bet?  I haven't heard or read anything but parlay bet.


I guess he will continue to gamble.  He already tasted the sweet flavor of victory and I am sure he won't forget about it and will try to duplicate the winnings.  It is hard for a human to be contented.  We always aim for more after hitting the target.


So what is the main investment today?  Real Estate had been proven it worth as an investment, it is already time-tested.  Investing in a high-volatility asset is like gambling your money away.  It will eat up your investment any time.


Or you could have lost your investment in a very short time.  Investment isn't always a 100% profit. More often than not, people who invest in a highly volatile asset end up getting rekt.

Yeah exactly i didn't say the opposite too. But mixing between religious matters and gambling is like trying to edit or correct the religion rules which in islam says it's gabling is a strict sin. Gambling indeed can be fun and also a lot of pain for addicts i understand why in religious rules they forbid it. But for me personally i gamble and i have fun and i know always my limits. But not to gamble and pray (doing salat) that's totally a wring thing and a complications things

Well, i must say that anybody in the shoes of this lucky man would have done same, so personally, i am not going to judge him, i am a Christian but i know that gambling is a sin in Islam, the action is the man after seeing his winning ( that is going to the mosque to pray) is already a clear indication that he is not a true islamist who keeps the law..
Its just like a Christian who does not go to church but do know that there is a God somewhere, and the day something really good happens to them, you see them run to the church to give thanks to God, not out of genuiness of heart but out of overwhelming joy ..
So its clearly understandable to me.

I did not think that it was so delicate, when he talks to me about those religions I have a lot of respect for them, more because I have not read what they are like, but I know they are very radical, but if it is as you say, I think he will then receive a punishment for break their religion, and from what you can see it's a slot machine but they don't specify which one it is? as it was and did not show any video, some people are not interested in anonymity and do not mind sharing their photos or something similar, but what I have seen is that many casino players do not even care about that, and that must be something very important, because it is very easy for thieves to look for them.

If religion aspect had been touched then its up to someone whether he would really be recognizing on whats prohibited and tend to avoid or would just simply ignore and would continue on what he do really likes to do.
Turns out this guy to be an Islam
According to the Quran, Muslims are forbidden to gamble. However, there are casinos in countries where Islam is the predominant religion, and there are numerous other countries throughout the world with casinos that focus their marketing strategies on attracting gamers from Muslim-majority countries.

Source: https://ggbmagazine.com/article/gambling-in-the-muslim-world/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Quran%2C%20Muslims,gamers%20from%20Muslim-majority%20countries.

So turns out that he had violated something in religious aspect.?Doesnt matter though since its their problem but having winnings then
someone should mind about his anonymity because its really a safety hazard.

Its not a subject I would debate too long as its ultimately upto the individual, like Christianity and the majority of other faiths there are varying interpretations of the main body to that belief system.  Some places its considered ok and some it would be illegal but I think everywhere excessive gambling with no control that leads to ruin is always considered a total negative to be avoided like many other activities that can turn negative if overdone.
  This man took a small risk, I believe thats the correct way to do it just an idle interest where he hope to guess correct on a small amount risked regardless of religion thats probably the best way to play a game.

That is the temptation of gambling that a person will obtain if he manages to win a lot of money. And if he can't stop himself from playing gambling again, he won't be affected by his winnings but he will try to always restrain himself by doing other activities that make him not think about gambling. But it took more effort to avoid the urge to gamble and even though he could have won a lot of money before, he wouldn't be tempted. We must continue to learn to resist the temptations given by gambling so that we will not think of pursuing another win.

For my part, I don't think the guy is a sinner because there is nothing in the original scripture (written by prophets and disciples) that states gambling is a sin.  All those gambling is a sin statement is just a derivation of the religious leaders out of their own interpretation.


True, the guy or guy's friend who knows about the winning should have kept their mouth shut.  The human heart is envious and greedy, so the situation where the identity of the winner is exposed to his surroundings brings danger to the winner.

But there are really some situations which it cant really be that avoided where identification would be heard upon considering that there would really be sayings around that you are the winner or something that

they could eventually able to notice out when you are buying something which you hadnt be able to buy before or simply they are seeing that you are already living on a life which much better than before.
Its impossible that your neighbors wont able to notice it but somehow they do really just ending up on observation and speculation or presumptions and it would be always
better that you should really make yourself that being not too tactful when it comes or related to these stuffs.

I'm surprised to read that he is a Muslim I guess he is not a devout one because as I know gambling is forbidden in Islam he will set himself as a bad example for letting people know that he win big and even goes to pray in their Mosque to pray, he should have kept it to himself, his life will be complicated because of this and he will need to explain his action besides putting himself to gossip and in danger as well.

Indeed. If you're a devoted person you'll follow your religion's belief and will refrain to commit something against it. On the other side, if he kept it secret to other people then he will be out of something unfortunate that might happen. But obviously he failed to do so. I think it's understandable because of the emotion he felt after knowing the result.

What would be the consequence if you're a muslim then you gamble knowing it's prohibited in your religion? In our religion, if you do not abide on the set rules, they will remove you (also called as explulsion) as a member.

While I agree that we need to be incredibly discreet when it comes to money and the persons we reveal this information, unfortunately this is something very rare to see in this age.

People are instead encouraged to share everything they do online so they can get their 15 minutes of fame, and as we know people are willing to do everything to get it, not understanding that by doing this they are exposing themselves to a massive amount of risk as they have put a big target on their backs by revealing how much money they have earned.

Christians also do not like gambling, if a Christian plays bet is like the person has backslide from his faith. And other Christ would see the person who gamble as person that is not yet born again.


And as the guy who won the odd. I believed the amount he  won might convert some Muslims to test betting. Truthfully it is not good for a strong believer of a particular religion to play gambling. Because is bad , when you are addited to gambling, and do have any to gamble again in the process of gambling, you might used your wife, children or other house properties that are valuable bro you as gambling. And that is bad.

Luck will come to those who deserves this, Imagine how many of us has this opportunity ? this is at least once i every million?? meaning that we will be eager to win but will not come.

so congrats to those who keeps winning while we are mostly losing  ;D ;D

the objective here mate is His safety and His funds , becuase we will only win once like this and we must secure the funds and keep it safer for long term using.

There is no betting but buying raffle tickets is allowed  ;D  


A true strong believer will never ever break the code and rules of his religion.  Those who don't follow their religious doctrine or always do things that is not allowed in their doctrine is a half-baked believer and is there just to meet the need to belong.  


I agree, the main topic is about keeping a low profile when a huge amount of money is won.  Keeping it secret will save us from all annoying and dangerous things.  Just read the article, you can see how annoying it is when everyone in your surrounding keeps following you everywhere you go because you had won a huge amount of money.  I think the only benefit is being popular among girls since the guy had been followed by ladies when the news about his winnings spreads  ;D

I agree it's a lowsrisk, and he's trying his luck. Habitual betting or being addicted to it is a different thing. He is extremely lucky to won that huge amount of money. Regardless of religious affiliations, I think excessive or becoming addicted to gambling is bad. As long it did not affect his finances and life style, I think it is understandable.

I watched the video and I was impressed with the way he first went to perform salat the moment he realized the last game went as he predicted. What I have understood with gambling and religion by African countries is different from the way Arabs that spread the religion to them. Despite when Islam forbid gambling, they do their thing and used the money to take care of their self and personally, I don’t see why it is forbidden because I don’t view as if they are taking someone’s money. It’s a condition that must be met with a risk and once it is met, you will take your money freely but what do I know. I’m happy for that boy, this kind of win games are actually rare and I hope he use the money for good.

Lol even how you decide in gambling but luck will not be close to you , never that will come your way , even experienced gamblers fails because they think it is the right decision and right timing but never that have a luck.
investing in crypto is not luck based , it is knowledge and understanding of the market that will make you earn from your investment.

I think it's different because gambling will give you losses and can be overwhelming if we don't realize when it's time to stop. While investing in cryptocurrencies is not a gamble because if you choose the right project, you will not experience a loss and can even turn a losing position into a profit if the market reverses direction. And investing in cryptocurrencies is not just a matter of luck but an analysis behind that investment. And the guy was very lucky to get a big prize using only $1.

and there are fewer losing chance than Winning .

Investing is always a game of Mind and strategy while in gambling is a combination of strategy and LUCK.


these differentiate  the two.


and I I am to choose? I will keep in investing and will gamble in lesser chance.


Just remember the magic quote , and that is to "Invest or Gamble the amount you can lose"

but the way he celebrated? it looks like he is truly very happy about that win and don't know if how much he had lost before winning this.

but truly this is an expensive celebration that he should have considered controlling , life does not stops here  instead there are so much in future to face

Well I'm not really judging anyone. After all everyone is free but on islam gambling is forbiden with all its games and ways small amount or big amount and wather you did salat or not in fact you will get more judges if you do it in name of allah. Because that's will be lying and trying to cover that. At the same time we can't lie to ourselves that gambling has more bad things than good things. First most of people are losing their money. Gambling is so harmful in many ways that destroys good people and lead to addiction. Destroys families after wasting much money on it and can lead to other serious issues like alchol and drugs. You may say it's just for some people i will say we are all just taking a risk.

I don't know what you mean by salat. Is it the act of tithe payment? That means after the lucky gambler won the gamble he proceeded to the mosque to pay tithe. If Islam forbids gambling, that means they will not recieve the tithe that will be paid. If they do it will be total blasphemy in thr part of Islam and also in the part of the gambler. So many religions don't support gambling but their faithfuls end up gambling against what the religion teaches them.

Yes, it is better to choose to invest instead of betting because it can provide better results, namely profits in the future. Maybe by playing gambling, we can also get a win, but the chances will not be greater than defeat. And I agree to invest or bet on an amount we can lose.

But from that story, we can learn that if we get a big win, we have to hide it from the public and not even tell it. That's to avoid overexcitement and may make us feel uncomfortable.

- I do not believe here that gambling is knowledge. Because in gambling, every gambler who wins is based on strategy and luck, because no matter how good the strategy is, if there is no luck, you will lose and still lose in the end.

Many gamblers have experienced winning in the beginning and losing in the end, so if this is knowledge, I wish there was a course on this matter to study, but there is none. This is just my opinion and view on this matter only.

Well this is a very good decision, if he moved and somehow got disconnected he did something excellent, I think that with money a person can afford that luxury and probably can do a lot, now the bolt could have given him a fortune, but it is up to him to continue having that fortune, one of the ways is with investment, and it can be in gold, real estate, whatever, but when he moves and takes his whole family, he must always make sure he has a lot of money to be able to answer, I think that is something that should be taken into account, and I think that if he did it, it is because he has a very good plan.

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Well, the only thing I can say in this type of case is that he claims me for the Nigerian, I like it when a person wins and if he wins big I like him more, however I have a belief in context, many people in the world do not do these things it makes them happy and they don't feel happy when someone is doing well, on the contrary, they get angry or say they don't deserve it, being yhumano is sometimes like that, what causes them is addiction, however I consider that a person when he wins like this, if he must share it, but try to do it here in the forum under the pseudonym of a user to avoid being searched for, detected and thieves after him.

this is what we love to see or do but this is not what most gamblers does, because celebrating and betting is what they  prioritized and that sadden us for the results.


that will save us from everything , from spending to being target of bad element ..

Hope that one day we will be like what the man in this thread experienced , and we will be very happy and proud.

Indeed it's a huge winning amount, & of course, his luck played a fundamental role in his winning. But what I believe is that such winning should be kept secret due to security concerns. This may attract the criminally minded person to lose all the money for their criminal activities.
Recently it happened in my neighborhood where a person had a huge amount that he won via a prize bond scheme but got robbed in a house trespassing robbery activity as his neighbors were aware of his winnings.

You can justify his actions, after all we all have sin in one way or the other which is even subjective to religion and individual but personally, I feel this is better than stealing and the player making salat is just his ways of appreciating God for a successful winning even when he knows that gambling is haram. Either ways, he is a millionaire in Naira and if properly invest the money, he will be living more of standard life.



You are very funny, you know right!
Gambling takes and give and nobody force you to play, it’s for entertainment and not an avenue to make riches but if you are lucky, you may become one and if you prioritize rich as aim in gambling, you will lose all you have, nobody is forcing it on anyone and nobody force you to register.

We must be able to avoid unnecessary things for our sake because we also have to be responsible for our own lives. By being able to choose priorities, we will not celebrate too much because we are more concerned with other things that we need and not spending money on things that are not necessary.

To get like that man, we can try it but remember that gambling is not a place to make money. We should look for money from other places so that we can have the opportunity to collect a lot of money. That would be much more worth doing than taking the risk of playing a gamble that could cost us a big loss.

Gambling is an addiction that can destroy a person or mankind. We have seen many people who have become addicted to this gambling game and are totally destroyed. At one time they had a very good situation, but because of this gambling addiction, they became a complete ruin.  They lose gambling and get addicted to various drugs. Gambling not only destroys you in one way but also destroys you in many ways. Therefore, do not give too much shelter to this gambling and always strive towards the good. And for this reason, gambling is completely forbidden in Islam. The reason it is completely haram is that people go to the path of destruction from here.

Gambling is mostly luck base of course but there are Poker Schools operated in some part of the world meaning this is something we can call Knowledge mate but you are also correct and i agree , gambling cannot be a knowledgeable place where we can be assure of profit instead see some place to earn and never into gambling.

We need to be as discreet as possible in matters involving money, many people simply do not believe this is something which actually happens or at least that this is not going to happen to them.

But we know the truth, there are many people out there which are looking for any potential victims, and if they find out you won money at the casino or invested in cryptocurrencies then you will become a target for those people, and in the worst case scenario you could lose way more than your money.

You're right, making it public is not safe since you don't know the intention of the people around you. They might be happy about your winnings, but deep inside you'll never know. That's why if possible, it's better to keep it within the family members only for your safety.

Anyway, this is the good thing about gambling, there's a chance to win huge and become rich instantly. Yes it can't happen to everyone since majority of gamblers lose their money compared to their winning, but there are situation (similar to this) wherein the gambler extremely got lucky. It's rare but still happening. Nevertheless, don't gamble if you're not prepared for the worse case since gambling is risky and you should able to control and discipline yourself.

They both have a level of risk, while gambling can make you lose all, there are some types of investments that can make you lose all your capital, hence the reason why everyone should always apply caution before making any decisions. There are some capital/funds that cannot be used to start an investment, you will be left with no choice but to gamble your way out to have some changes in the wallet, it is not every time we get the opportunity to invest.
Gambling may be 50/50 and I am not yet there to say gambling makes a life but I have heard and seen colleagues use gambling money to do what investors have not done in years with the slight opportunities they cash out from, they don't win consistently big but whenever they do, you will appreciate the patience of been in gambling because it worth it.

Luck can really change people a lot. And that guy in particular had very good luck. Due to which he won $51000 with $1.07. Casino sites rely entirely on luck. Because of this guy's luck, he won huge amount of money with very limited amount of money. My congratulations to such a lucky person. But my other advice is that he should use this money for good and not for evil.

You are right indeed, luck can change people over night, most especially in the area of gambling, learning about this made me actually began gambling peacefully, ive learnt not to chase after losses, ive learnt not to be so hard on myself when ever i gamble an loose money without winning, i just take it that, that day is not my lucky day and wait for the next time to try again..

The greater percentage of winning significant amount of money in gambling is based on luck, even on games that require skills, the player still need a good amount of luck win an amount as big as this with such a very little amount of money.

Even if you can help them all, but never expect that you have pleased them all. There are always people who feel bitter on someone’s success, that is why it’s better to keep your winnings on your own so that the people around you will not abuse you either. And most likely, once you have won a huge amount, the company should never disclose your personal identity, that is for your own safety from all the scammers around.

You do have the right for privacy but there are some people which their ego and pride do really loves to make themselves on showing off but there are some who doesnt really like on getting exposed or known
that they do have won big amount since we know that not only privacy and security had been affected but also on the way on how people would be treating you off as if they are really asking out money
which neither be that ending up on being abusive.

This is why its much more preferable that you should really be silent and keep quiet in regarding on hitting up some lottery or big wins because you know that people
around will really be that like of an eagle eye on asking for some money.  ;D

Yes, I have thought, for example, as a very particular regular player, I always think that we can do something different, especially when I play a slot, I look for that slot that involves betting very little, but it is not so much to win, because why I'm going to lie, I don't use slots to win money, I use them because I like them and I see them as fun that I give myself, it's something like watching an interesting series, or something that I really like, this way I can see that I enjoy more and in general I use the slots that have bets of less than 1usd, with that I last longer playing and enjoy more.

Yes, it's a great thought, I think that many people can see other things, some like not to show off what they have, but people's personalities are very different, you don't know what they have in their minds, there are some people who have always He wanted to stand out, and of course with money they see it very easy to do it, this is something common, but there are people who are very discreet and do not disclose it, I think that is the most important thing, a person who always presumes what he has is like for gain recognition and attitude to show that you can too, maybe it's something they feel they should do to raise their self-esteem or maybe acceptance.

For me all this is irrelevant, it makes no sense to say or presume something like that, because it would be like activating thieves to be in the sight of one, I don't see it as an intelligent reason.

We must remember that we cannot solve the problems of everyone and that we also have our own share of problems to solve, it is very common that when someone wins big when they gamble the first thing their family and friends do is to ask them to lend them some money, without even think that the person what won it may even need it.

And what it is even worse is that even if you lend them that money it is likely you are never going to recover it, as they think that you do not need it as you have so much money already.

But the level of risk from gambling will be greater than the risk from the investment, but we can choose the right investment with a note. Investing in crypto can provide more opportunities to get profits in the future than playing gambling because in gambling games, our risk of losing money will be greater than winning. That's why we must be more observant in determining what we should do.

And while some coworkers use gambling to make money, it's probably not much because others are at a loss. So if you don't want to see the downsides of gambling, maybe you can invest in crypto by choosing top coins.

I don't see clear information on how he was able to get a big win, while it doesn't look like the picture is a small chance of winning with a capital of $ 1072 and winning $ 51k maybe he needs to take part in several matches to be able to win it, but there seems to be something strange, can you provide clear information about this news , will be greatly appreciated

regardless of anything congratulations for that, I'm not very interested in sharing my success story let alone getting big wins in gambling, I prefer to hide my wins and losses outside of that even in this forum, because being a private person will make me more secure

What he (the OP) has posted is the information circulated everywhere even the national Newspapers. The amount the gambler used was #800 which is $1 as of present dollar rate with the Fiat currency exchange. Probably He played the game with five (5) slips. There is nothing strange my man, this is not the first time I have heard or seen this kind of wins in my locality.

 If National Radio, Television and newspapers and social media could carry the news then there is fact about in it.

In Nigeria where the bettor comes from, that winning is huge and it is capable of changing the lives of many. How do people even win such a huge amount of cash with very small bets? Buying slightly above a dollar to win $50,100 is a one time in a chance something. But the problem is that the winner is likely to splash it on frivolities, on drinks and women. It is the usual thing with people who win jackpots. Nothing anyone tells him that will make him not spend on this things. Some of them will tell you it is once in a life time experience they want to have with all that cash.

I bet the guy didn't expected that he will go viral but I am not sure if he likes it but many us won't if we are the one in his shoe because it's a threat to our life, knowing that we are now holding a good amount of cash. Betting offline in their place is not that safe because some people there are waiting on the betting area to watch out for the winners and what if some of them are criminals who have a bad intention?

The win is impressive because he only use a single dollar and then won a whopping of $51k but it is not easy because he needs to predict a lot of games. There are similar wins like this before being reported but it was more private. Nothing is strange with this but it was only rare to witness this happened.

this is very strange, in my country, for example, every day the lottery result is shown on TV and radio and when there is a winner they show the winner's face on tv and radio and the winner of the interview without having any problem, this has been happening for years , and I thought that in other countries it was also like that, but from what I'm seeing when reading this thread in other countries, even the winner can afford to remain anonymous, I don't know if that can be good or not, because he on the one hand is anonymous allows him to protect himself from thieves but on the other hand he can also hide from the family that won and that's not a good thing

Big wins attracts jealousy. Some information are best kept to ones self. If i get such win and keep it to myself it doesn't change the fact i won a huge sum neither will it take the money away from me. I will just behave as normal the only difference will be my spending habit but there will always be a coverup story to fill in for every cent spent.

If they win the jackpot on real gambling then even though anonymous is very sure it's valid news but if it is won on online gambling then I doubt the fact of the news except publishing videos of their winnings and withdrawals, but maybe another reason for anonymous status is requests from gamblers to protect themselves from crime and other factors that make gamblers uncomfortable if their identities are published.

This is one of the things that can happen, if a person is a believer in God, Heavenly Father, there is no need to prove to anyone that they are, I have a very different opinion than what people may think, as long as what each person does is happy, it is something that should fulfill the person, without the need to stop what others say, for me there is the secret to being able to have a good life, and if someone wants to make it known that he is a millionaire and he had that luck and if he's happy, why not do it, in my case I wouldn't do it, I don't like doing things like that, I know there are people who go through bad times and it would be rude to put it.

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When it comes to games of chance and the regulations in each country, it tends to change a lot, I have seen people who do not mind showing their face when a game is won, just as I have seen cases that do not want to go anywhere because of the fact that they are not going to be recognized and they do not want to expose themselves because it scares them, which is something respectable and ´I know that the question is that things can be given in the best way, the fact that someone wins a great prize in This should be celebrated and should not be seen as a strong obligation and not as something that is traumatic.

A big win should be enjoyed, it should be something joyful for that person, not bring more pressure, stress.

That is correct. Big wins, if announced to the public, will surely attract many people to approach him and try to ask for his money for no apparent reason. And surely there will be bad people who will stalk the winner and try to get the winning money. If we are winners, we must be careful, especially if the casino writes our real names. Before the announcement, we can ask the casino to keep our real names secret and only give our bet number so it won't attract the attention of many people.

this is how we must manage a huge win because this is not only about the money but our safety as well , indeed that this will attract Jealousy and may cause of our life in danger.
winning this big is a Once in a lifetime occasion so we must treat this as will never happen again .
keep the money and be useful on it , because this can be gone in shorter time if we will do the same way this man did.

There is a cricket betting site in my country where there is a winner of almost $120000 in every match to first winner. He has to spend $1 for the bet. But that does not mean that everyone will win that amount. The probability of winning that amount is very low. But obviously stories like these are very tempting and gambling sites also use these stories to get new players and increase their revenue. It is important not to get carried away by these stories and spend according to own capacity own.

Like personally, I have kept aside a fixed amount of funds for this work. I never cross the limit or spend more than that no matter what promotions I see. All the gamblers should play according to this only.

as I thought he was using slips and other bets to win big money, but it was a little funny when he won the gambling he went to worship while his religion forbids gambling, but whatever it is he is a lucky man and I am increasingly sure I can win big money in sports betting

Probably luck or jackpot wins. But in sports betting? The only possible way is guessing a tie result or winning a bet having odds with huge difference to result with that amount in a single bet. But isn't it amazing? Small amount becomes huge in a single decision. This is also the idea behind gambling addiction. Many people are hoping for their fate to be the same with those who had great fortune in this industry. Some are even depending their daily expenses to gambling which is totally wrong but who are we to interfere? If such risky way works for others then let them be. But thinking of the same thing 'coz it works to ithers, is a different thing. 

Choose what's best for you since we have different circumstances. If you think you can make your own fortune in gambling then go but never regret losing 'coz it would be a huge part of gambling.

Of lately it has been a bet winning galore in Nigeria with people winning huge amount of money running into millions making them millionaires overnight. It's a nice thing winning because it gives hope of sure being a winner. I think luck is just on their side as the winning sprees are very high now. Maybe we should just call it Christmas bonus they got on time ahead of the years Christmas celebration.

I know that people do win gambling to some extent, but sometimes i don't because someone win a gamblling and i gamble, because I knew that wining of gambling to such values enshrined here is something of grace in particular, i believe that gambling itself is some I knew that if you are desperate of winning it, it's the time you might lose everything, because i understand that gambling winnings doesn't come everytime and it's not what you think that it's easy to win because someone won .

The only problem with such wins is that they come after so many failed attempts, it's usually one or two misses every time and this gives you false hope of getting super close such that you keep playing and investing. Overall good to see that it finally paid out for the Nigerian man, hope he won't give it back to the bookies thinking he will win more!

Am hoping it's sporting knowledge at play and not those funny fixed matches groups people are using on these social media sites ::)

Early Christmas present indeed, just in time for black Friday. Hope they don't blow that money in a second because money that comes easy can also be lost easily.

In my years of following top jackpot winners history in Nigeria, this winning of the $51k jackpot is one of the biggest I have seen so far if this happens regularly then the casinos house may go bankrupt, but anyway they earn huge revenues from other players' losses so there should have enough funds in the hot wallet. But above all, if I win such a high amount, I will quite gamble entirely even though I may be tempted to play again since I got lucky the first time.

I've noticed that these kinds of games are always won by street guys and with small money, you rarely see the big guys with such announcements; perhaps they play online and cash out online without anybody knowing in order to maintain their privacy. Some people believe that gambling money is air money and that because players do not work for it, they spend extravagantly without keeping records, which is why their money generally disappears quickly. However, I believe the problem comes in the degree of the player's financial status and exposure.


The games were basketball matches. Perhaps basketball matches are now easier to predict than football matches, maybe there is something about their sports that we do not yet know.  :D

When we do talk about gambling then chances and probabilities on hitting jackpot would be always there although it is almost close to impossible but still have those odds or chances.
You cant really see these hits too often and its normal for a established casino or bookie to pay up if they are that reputable enough or been known because if they wont
then pretty sure it would really be creating those negative impressions which would really be affecting their business as a whole or even face up some charges if ever.
Its just really that amazing to see that betting on 1 buck do able to win 51k which not everyone could pull off easily.

Multiple red flags on this story. First of all, most of the gambling sites will not allow 50,000x bets. I have seen up to 1000x in Satoshi Dice a decade or so ago, but I have never seen these sort of odds. And secondly, gambling is banned in Nigeria, including the online variety. Even if this guy won the bet, how he will be able to claim it. The authorities will notice the transaction if he sends the amount straight to his bank account. Then they will arrest him for participating in illegal activity (i.e gambling). And then, the "anonymous" part. How we will be sure that this is not some cheap PR tactic from the gambling site, to attract more customers?

I just read this news and it is indeed an amazing one. There are people truly making it big in the betting industry and sincerely, I'm tapping from their grace at every instance I could.
Now with regards to your questions, from the news shared,the news of the winning wasn't shared intentionally by the winner because it seems he had no other means to confirm his winning but to the physical casino and the cashier there was a lady who couldn't even hold the joy and shock from such winnings,
I also noticed that the winner was first in so much shock and had to go wash up to say a pray and I could feel the joy in his face.
It is also true that the heart of men is desperately wicked and I think the best the winner should do is first relocate to a better and safer environment where he isn't known to atleast pit his head down and know how to spend the funds.
Congratulations to the winner and he should try as much as possible to tip the people present over there.