Woman Abandons 4-year-old Child In Gambling Shop As Collateral After Huge Losses

[Davidvictorson]

People who are addicted to gambling have done crazy things as a result of their addiction. Nonetheless, I never imagined reading a story as unbelievable as this. It is the story of a woman who abandons her 4-year-old child after using him as collateral and sustaining huge losses. Firstly, I am shocked because it is the male gender who have been known to go to any lengths to satisfy their gambling addiction.  In addition, I wonder what would have moved the woman in this case to do this kind of thing. My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

A woman has reportedly abandoned her 4-year-old son in a lottery shop in Enugu after incurring huge losses in gambling. The incident Sahara Reporters gathered happened at Moore House Street, Ogui in the state capital on Thursday. Residents of the area said the woman left her son in the Lotto shop after she incurred a huge loss she couldn’t offset. The little boy was later taken to Ogui police station when the wait for his mother was becoming endless. A police officer who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Friday narrated how a little child was brought to the station by some persons who claimed his mother used him as collateral to play lotto.

Source: https://saharareporters.com/2022/09/30/nigerian-woman-abandons-4-year-old-child-gambling-shop-collateral-after-huge-losses

[1715352089]

1715352089

[1715352089]

1715352089

[1715352089]

1715352089

[1715352089]

1715352089

[1715352089]

1715352089

[1715352089]

1715352089

[Oshosondy]

My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

Yes, irresponsible parenting. The woman is not responsible at all. But the woman would be found because likely she would be gambling in an area close to where she is living or close to her working place  where people would know him.

I think the woman is tired of her life with the child, or maybe not.

If people do not know the woman, that means she is from a far place and have no other mission than to sell the child or something, but she used her child to gamble instead. If this is what that happened, that means this is not about gambling or gambling addiction, but a mother that does not want her child again. But who will do such a thing? To let a woman use her son as collateral and he does not know her? So I go with my first opinion.

[Rruchi man]

While some people are looking for children of their own, some others do not value what they have.

My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

This is the height of it, making the innocent child suffer for her own irresponsibility. The child should be taking into government care and such a mother if found should be arrested and taking to rehabilitation. I wonder what her intention was, maybe that the child should be held by the gambling shop to repay the equivalent of the money lost in labor.

[ralle14]

How do you think about this?

It's definitely irresponsible for a mother to leave her child due to a huge loss and what's the range of the amount for her to do that kind of thing? I feel bad for the kid since no one deserves that kind of parent and I hope they find the mother and let her face the consequences. Also, i'm surprised that the gambling shop accepted the woman's deal in the first place as I think it could've been avoided if they didn't take the collateral but maybe the guys from the gambling shop are desperate to make money.

[seoincorporation]

after she incurred a huge loss she couldn’t offset.

Here the question is how she get in that debt, and why the casino let her play with debt?

If the woman didn't had the money to gamble, then from my point of view the fault was from the casino for letting her play.

And leave a child as collateral is a really cruel move, the place shouldn't allow her to do that. All was wrong in this history.

[jackg]

Also, i'm surprised that the gambling shop accepted the woman's deal in the first place as I think it could've been avoided if they didn't take the collateral but maybe the guys from the gambling shop are desperate to make money.

It could've ended badly for them too so I'm surprised they would seriously accept such a "trade". Or maybe they wanted to take the child away from the mother or get her to get help by taking them away and getting her to collect them from a police station.

This is the height of it, making the innocent child suffer for her own irresponsibility. The child should be taking into government care and such a mother if found should be arrested and taking to rehabilitation. I wonder what her intention was, maybe that the child should be held by the gambling shop to repay the equivalent of the money lost in labor.

I doubt a 4 year old is going to be very productive working in a gambling shop. They probably did the right thing handing them over to the police (as long as they can have a positive effect from there).

[Iroh]

after she incurred a huge loss she couldn’t offset.

Here the question is how she get in that debt, and why the casino let her play with debt?

If the woman didn't had the money to gamble, then from my point of view the fault was from the casino for letting her play.

And leave a child as collateral is a really cruel move, the place shouldn't allow her to do that. All was wrong in this history.

She should not have been allowed to continue playing when she has already accumulated huge losses and now had a debt hanging on her neck.
She’s pretty irresponsible using her child as a collateral and the gambling shop is pretty dumb to have accepted such a collateral.
The woman should check into a rehab to check her gambling habit

[Welsh]

Things like this, maybe not as extreme as this is why KYC is required. Not only is it to provide you with better offers, via marketing. It's also to do background checks, and therefore affordability checks. Since, I imagine gambling websites get burnt with fraudulent deposits a lot.

It could've ended badly for them too so I'm surprised they would seriously accept such a "trade". Or maybe they wanted to take the child away from the mother or get her to get help by taking them away and getting her to collect them from a police station.

I'm assuming they contacted the authorities, and to be honest I think it's safe to say letting the child stay with you, instead of allowing the mother to take it back after trying to put it up for collateral is probably the safest approach, since clearly she isn't a good mother.

I'm not sure I fully believe this story though, I just can't fathom of something like this happens.

[Zlantann]

The woman is suffering from chronic gambling addiction and she should also go through mental examination because she is mentally unstable. This is the highest form of parental irresponsibility and in recent times we have continued to see parents that have no respect for parenthood. She should be arrested and taken to an addiction control centre for proper medication.

The gambling firm or house should also be sanctioned. How would they accept a human as a collateral? Thia is equivalent to slavery. They have violated the fundamental right of the child and they should be charged for infringement of child right.

[dothebeats]

That is extremely rude, and the mother should be held legally liable on whatever happens on her son. Most probably the 4-year old son would be put to use in some kind of labor or whatever that the owner of the casino deem fit. The mother is so far into gambling that she consciously made the decision to leave and use her son as a collateral, and that is already a tell-tale sign that the mother has something going on with her mind. On the part of the gambling platform however, they should also be fined for accepting the kid for collateral because that can also be considered as human trafficking.

[eaLiTy]

~
It is the story of a woman who abandons her 4-year-old child after using him as collateral and sustaining huge losses. Firstly, I am shocked because it is the male gender who have been known to go to any lengths to satisfy their gambling addiction.  

Addiction does not have a gender and there is no discrimination on the extremes one can go when they are desperate, so do not categories people in the name of gender.

In addition, I wonder what would have moved the woman in this case to do this kind of thing. My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

The audacity that they accept a child as a collateral blows my mind and it is time the authorities have to take some action against these gambling institutions for accepting a child as collateral.

[Alisha-k]

This is the height of it all. We have had men do all sought of silly things because of how addicted they are with gambling but i have never heard of trading a full fleshed human being just for the interest of satisfying gambling pleasure. This is why i don't really find it funny seeing my gender involved in gambling because females are always desperate and the don't mind going any length to satisfy their quest

[Fortify]

People who are addicted to gambling have done crazy things as a result of their addiction. Nonetheless, I never imagined reading a story as unbelievable as this. It is the story of a woman who abandons her 4-year-old child after using him as collateral and sustaining huge losses. Firstly, I am shocked because it is the male gender who have been known to go to any lengths to satisfy their gambling addiction.  In addition, I wonder what would have moved the woman in this case to do this kind of thing. My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

A woman has reportedly abandoned her 4-year-old son in a lottery shop in Enugu after incurring huge losses in gambling. The incident Sahara Reporters gathered happened at Moore House Street, Ogui in the state capital on Thursday. Residents of the area said the woman left her son in the Lotto shop after she incurred a huge loss she couldn’t offset. The little boy was later taken to Ogui police station when the wait for his mother was becoming endless. A police officer who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Friday narrated how a little child was brought to the station by some persons who claimed his mother used him as collateral to play lotto.

You have to wonder what kind of gambling outfit allows someone to even enter the premises with a young child like that. Often there is all sorts of drinking going on and the occasional violent outbursts, not to mention that gambling itself is pretty looked down upon in society due to the addiction generating behavior it can cause. It is sad to see someone hit rock bottom like this, as it was most likely a case of her completely running out of money and feeling absolutely devastated from losing the little she had. It just goes to show how irrational gambling can make certain people, most often those that have the least money available and not enough education to determine how the odds are stacked against them

[Hispo]

Incredible. This is the kind of stuff one expects to see as part of a dark comedy show like The Simpsons or South Park which usually present a parody of the reality through exaggeration of situations. It is sad to realize our world is becoming a parody of itself.

Another example of how not all people in their adulthood are suitable to take care of a child, not even their own son.
This reminds me the moral debate of parenthood as a social construct which pushes people who should not have children to have them, leading to these disgusting situations. One can expect this baby manages to have a normal life in the end, regardless of this selfish mother...

[coolcoinz]

What a sad thing for the child because one day he will understand that his mother is a lowlife, a worthless human being with no maternal instinct.

It may sound harsh but all animals have this natural instinct to protect children, which is why a mother cat will take care of abandoned litter of a dog, a fox, a hedgehog. It;s the same with dogs, who will take care of little cats and so on. People also have this instinct that most of us wouldn't walk past a crying child and this lowlife left her own child.

I have no words. It's not about gambling, she's just a bad mother. If she got drunk or wanted to date someone she'd do the same. You either are normal or messed up, it's that simple.

[Joca97]

This is really a sad thing and i think this woman should be punished with jail for doing this kind of thing. One thing is gambling and one thing is risking the safety of your own child for gambling reasons. This kind of people should be banned from casinos or after a certain amount is wasted that you either get limited or banned

[famososMuertos]

Always in any situation that involves a minor, the situation is pathetic, but in the matter that concerns us it does not make it worse or better than it happens for a loan for gambling debts, in the objective that it is wrong, I think that this It is a good example of the extreme to which a human being goes, the Topic involves gambling, but that does not take him away from the real, global problem that exists, there is a black market that involves the trafficking of children for prostitution, the sale of drugs, etc.

It is one more drop that already exceeds common sense, the game or the bets are involved, but that does not make it more or less terrible, as I mentioned, the trafficking of minors is a serious problem.

[Finestream]

My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling. How do you think about this?

Yes, irresponsible parenting. The woman is not responsible at all. But the woman would be found because likely she would be gambling in an area close to where she is living or close to her working place  where people would know him.

I think the woman is tired of her life with the child, or maybe not.

If people do not know the woman, that means she is from a far place and have no other mission than to sell the child or something, but she used her child to gamble instead. If this is what that happened, that means this is not about gambling or gambling addiction, but a mother that does not want her child again. But who will do such a thing? To let a woman use her son as collateral and he does not know her? So I go with my first opinion.

Right. This is a clear manifestation of irresponsible parenting, and definitely gambling addiction on his mother. Or it might be that this is not his biological mother that’s why it seemed so easy for her to leave a kid to serve as a collateral. However, whatever her own reason, she should not be doing this to a child just because of her own uncontrolled gambling addiction. She should be punished so she can learn her lesson after this.

[Frankolala]

 The woman is irresponsible and tired of the child but pretended to use the child as collateral. For the casino I guess they kept the child for safety as so many people are out there rich, but looking for children to help since they have none. She is a bad mother who is desperate of doing anything such woman should be arrested, she should also be deprived from seeing the child for a very long time to teach her some lessons .

[acroman08]

this is just heartbreaking to read.

how was she allowed to gamble using her child as collateral? I hope the police also do an investigation on that lottery shop and punish the person that allowed the mother to use her child as collateral. all in all the only person that suffers in this incident is the child. If the police cannot find the mother I hope they can find someone that could take care of that child.