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

[Pokapoka124]

To be honest when I saw the post I was kind of shocked, seriously where I stay women don't really gamble, It rear to see woman gambling, but maybe they gamble with their mobile phone. I think this woman should be arrested and the child should be collected from her, I don't think she deserve to be a mother, how will a woman be careless or stupid to abondoned her son in a gambling shop, I don't know why people do crazy things just because they want to gamble, am not saying we shouldn't gamble but we should have limit, we shouldn't be really addicted to gambling, I can't just imagine how a woman in her right senses will abandon her son in a gambling shop.

Yes women don’t gamble as much as men which makes me wonder what desperate condition the lady must have found herself in. Like I said before, I don’t believe this is case of addiction. Unwanted babies are dropped at orphanages and doorsteps of churches everyday all over the world. There is still a lot of information missing from the story, where’s the father? Why has no one come to claim the child? Is the bet shop demanding for their money before releasing the child to his/her guardians.

[lionheart78]

I don't know how a casino accepted a child as a collateral for the losses made in the casino, if it's a regulated casino then they couldn't do that if I am not wrong and the girl also has severe addiction which made the girl to do anything for the urge of betting. One who doesn't have money shouldn't be allowed to gamble at all and ofcourse these kind of rare incidents will not happen everyday.

Based on the article, it's not yet confirmed that it's an actual collateral. It's like the bystanders were the ones to tell that to the reporter and police that the mother has left and likely made her son as a colletaral.

But the article says that, the mother just leave and left her son and it's just a rumor that the kid was a collateral. The policemen are still looking for some information about the woman and they're having hard time on gathering that because the kid can't talk.

My take on this is that the girl can't just accept the fact that she lost a lot and out of mind to leave her child.

Seems like this news is another sensationalized article to gather people interest.  I don't think that a license gambling establishment will allow such kind of thing.  I hate it when the writer put up this kind of news and making rumors as the base of their story.  No legal business will take people as a collateral especially those that are owned by the government.  This news is just a click bait, IMO.

[Issa56]

Yes women don’t gamble as much as men which makes me wonder what desperate condition the lady must have found herself in. Like I said before, I don’t believe this is case of addiction. Unwanted babies are dropped at orphanages and doorsteps of churches everyday all over the world. There is still a lot of information missing from the story, where’s the father? Why has no one come to claim the child? Is the bet shop demanding for their money before releasing the child to his/her guardians.

The news is surprising, probably the woman is not longer with her husband, maybe they divorced or the husband is dead, because if the woman is with her husband then definitely the husband will ask for his son that's why I believe the woman might not be with her husband any longer. But what will those gambling shop do with the child? It's kind of funny will they continue keeping the child if anybody those not come for him? That's kind of funny, but like I said the woman should be arrested and the child should be collected from her and be taken to a orphanage house  I think he will be safe their because am sure something is wrong with the woman, she should be taken to Psychiatric hospital, maybe she is not mentally okay.

[Johnyz]

To be honest when I saw the post I was kind of shocked, seriously where I stay women don't really gamble, It rear to see woman gambling, but maybe they gamble with their mobile phone. I think this woman should be arrested and the child should be collected from her, I don't think she deserve to be a mother, how will a woman be careless or stupid to abondoned her son in a gambling shop, I don't know why people do crazy things just because they want to gamble, am not saying we shouldn't gamble but we should have limit, we shouldn't be really addicted to gambling, I can't just imagine how a woman in her right senses will abandon her son in a gambling shop.

There’s also a bad thinking in my culture if they saw women in the gambling table, and it’s bad to see them on this kind of situation where they failed to control their emotion and become more addict. This is an extreme addiction, I wonder what she is thinking but abandoning your own son just to compensate your debt is gambling is too inhuman. Gambling casinos should not allow this to happen again, they should anticipate a possible addiction and prevent it at all cost if they really care about the gamblers.

[DoublerHunter]

Yes women don’t gamble as much as men which makes me wonder what desperate condition the lady must have found herself in. Like I said before, I don’t believe this is case of addiction. Unwanted babies are dropped at orphanages and doorsteps of churches everyday all over the world. There is still a lot of information missing from the story, where’s the father? Why has no one come to claim the child? Is the bet shop demanding for their money before releasing the child to his/her guardians.

The news is surprising, probably the woman is not longer with her husband, maybe they divorced or the husband is dead, because if the woman is with her husband then definitely the husband will ask for his son that's why I believe the woman might not be with her husband any longer. But what will those gambling shop do with the child? It's kind of funny will they continue keeping the child if anybody those not come for him? That's kind of funny, but like I said the woman should be arrested and the child should be collected from her and be taken to a orphanage house  I think he will be safe their because am sure something is wrong with the woman, she should be taken to Psychiatric hospital, maybe she is not mentally okay.

^One thing that comes up in my mind is the part that I bolded above and I am sure she is not mentally okay or being depressed about gambling.
There are a lot of people losing their minds because of gambling, because of the huge loss they cannot accept it and cannot move on. People like this should be in the rehabilitation center for further health assessment. A poor young child who has been the victim here, irresponsible parenting should have a sentence and could be in jail. That is why we should not chase losses in gambling and whatever happen don't let the urge in gambling eat your mind, you should always discipline yourself.

[xSkylarx]

Firstly, I am shocked because it is the male gender who have been known to go to any lengths to satisfy their gambling addiction.

That's just a stereotype. Anyone can have an extreme level of gambling addiction whatever their gender is. It's even more dangerous sometimes when a female gets addicted because they can do things far more worse thaan a male that has gambling addiction also.

How do you think about this?

That women lost her sanity that she reached to a point that she used a child as a collateral. No one in the sane condition would do that to anyone. Authorities should arrest her and should be brought to a rehabilitating center to cure her gambling addiction. She might resort to do more worse things next tine if they still allow her to gamble.

[Wakate]

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

This is a big shock to me and I have never thought this cam ever happen even though we become addicted to gambling to the extend of using all our funds to bet and losing it all. This is ridiculous and unacceptable with a big threat to the society seeing this kind of act among gamblers.
We need to be able to control our urge whenever we gamble because it do have effect on out lifestyle if we don't pay huge attention to  the way to participate in gambling. I still wonder why some persons are not able to control there gambling urge to the extend of using human to accomplish there bet urge to make winnings.

[gagux123]

If you read the news, the police and the journalist have not yet known what actually happened, if this is truly totally related to gambling or not.

Also it can remain the fact that only the woman can be able to answer the question.

That is Nigeria, people are frustrated in Nigeria with increasing poverty and low standard of living. We do not know what that woman is going through that led to that. People in a developed country may see it as another thing, but it may be lack of money and poverty that caused it. It is good to have money, but Nigeria is just one of the worst country that people are living below the poverty line.

Yes, that's true, we don't know what actually happened, but I also imagine that this may have an influence with gambling (even though it's not entirely clear in the published content), of course other variables could also have caused this as you said, for example the poverty that many countries suffer around the world, including Nigeria.

[livingfree]

Based on the article, it's not yet confirmed that it's an actual collateral. It's like the bystanders were the ones to tell that to the reporter and police that the mother has left and likely made her son as a colletaral.

But the article says that, the mother just leave and left her son and it's just a rumor that the kid was a collateral. The policemen are still looking for some information about the woman and they're having hard time on gathering that because the kid can't talk.

My take on this is that the girl can't just accept the fact that she lost a lot and out of mind to leave her child.

You got a point there. Why would a casino accept a kid as collateral. That's a crime for both the casino and the parent.

A good mother don't normally leave a kid behind. So there must be something that pushes this woman.  Strange but it could be that the kid is not hers.
Also, a 4yr old kid but can't talk, its either the mother is really this crazy that she forgot to teach the kid?

That means that she's not responsible and is a bad parent. Oh, I've realized that too late, yeah a 4-year old and still barely talks. That's already late for talking and there's more of an alarming issue with the kid by having a late speech recognition.

Seems like this news is another sensationalized article to gather people interest.  I don't think that a license gambling establishment will allow such kind of thing.  I hate it when the writer put up this kind of news and making rumors as the base of their story.  No legal business will take people as a collateral especially those that are owned by the government.  This news is just a click bait, IMO.

It's a way to attract readers and many of us got hooked and those that are only reading the headline would end up having their thoughts already that why a casino/lottery allowed it.

Well, in a sense of the situation there, it's probably that the mother just left the kid without talking out of frustration with her losses.

[jostorres]

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?

I think it's also the fault of the owner of that betting shop because why would they agree that a kid will be used as collateral? Sorry but they better be punished and close that shop because if not then there's a chance that they will do that again to other gambler or maybe they are also accepting drugs and illegal things there in exchange for a free bet. Now for the woman, you already answered your own question. What lead her to do it is irresponsible parenting/gambling.

This reminds me of the woman who leave her child inside the car only to play gambling at the betting shop nearby but it was worser than this because the child have died due to suffocation.

[jaberwock]

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 .

Tired of her own child? I think that's a lame excuse that a parent can make. As a parent it was their obligation to take care of their children. I know it's hard to raise a child and sometimes parents get pissed off due to how the child behaves but they need to control their selves to not hurt their children because that's very wrong and they can go straight in the jail once other people find that out and report them to the police.

I think you are right that the casino owner just accepted the deal because they are also worried about the status of the child if the parent keep the child in their house. Maybe the parent will beat the child every time she goes home as a loser.

[harizen]

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?

I read the article several times and I'm sure I didn't read any clear details about how that type of collateral is even possible.

Who's the one that takes the collateral? The owner of the said gambling establishment?

I'm sure that was against a law and no way the owners will accept that deal. If that woman has no money left but still wants to play, the supposed approach by the owners should be, they will ignore the woman and kick her out properly in the establishment. No money = no play, that was clear. There's no advantage for the casino owners in taking that child as collateral that's why I'm puzzled about how that deal became possible.

[Viscore]

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.

It’s clear, the woman is not already in her good thinking so she should be arrested and put into rehabilitation center. That way, if she has another child left, she won’t do the same thing making him/her as a collateral. This is not just an irresponsible parenting, but a serious gambling addiction too. And because of that, she cannot think anymore what’s right from wrong.

[maknyos]

this is quite a strange behavior. first of all this case is of a girl and she is really silly to risk her son just to gamble. but my question is if she doesn't have a husband I mean this can be prevented if she has a husband. if a woman does this I think she is a prostitute with a wild life in the outdoors. Gambling addiction can indeed cause something that is beyond normal people's understanding like this case.

[n0ne]

this is quite a strange behavior. first of all this case is of a girl and she is really silly to risk her son just to gamble. but my question is if she doesn't have a husband I mean this can be prevented if she has a husband. if a woman does this I think she is a prostitute with a wild life in the outdoors. Gambling addiction can indeed cause something that is beyond normal people's understanding like this case.

Thats a wrong perception, because she doesn't have her husband we can't mark her as a prostitute. Life is different for different people and we don't know in what situation she went on collateral with her son. What she did is wrong and she needs support mentally and financially that is what I understood.

[goinmerry]

For me, it's fortunate that the child was abandoned in a gambling shop for others to see that the child needs help.

Just imagine what kind of life this child has to bear once returns to his irresponsible parents.

The news is not complete and we don't know if the child remained in police custody or return to his mother.

[AmoreJaz]

this is quite a strange behavior. first of all this case is of a girl and she is really silly to risk her son just to gamble. but my question is if she doesn't have a husband I mean this can be prevented if she has a husband. if a woman does this I think she is a prostitute with a wild life in the outdoors. Gambling addiction can indeed cause something that is beyond normal people's understanding like this case.

Thats a wrong perception, because she doesn't have her husband we can't mark her as a prostitute. Life is different for different people and we don't know in what situation she went on collateral with her son. What she did is wrong and she needs support mentally and financially that is what I understood.

i do agree with you, we can't form conclusion based on what she had done with her kid. if you are a gambling addict, no matter what your status in life, with or without a husband, you can resort to some unexpected decisions. this kind of people do really need help but that is, if they want to change also for the betterment of their lives. because if not, no matter what help you will offer to them, they will just go back to their old habits.

[chaser15]

The casino allows that woman to play in exchange for her child? I'm curious what's the advantage that will be gained by the casino in doing that. If that's the case, it's like a form of human trafficking and that was punishable by the law.

Not just the woman but the casino needs to face the authorities for an explanation.

That was horrible news because of gambling addiction.

[lienfaye]

My assessment is that this is simply a case of irresponsible parenting and problem gambling.

It's indeed a perfect example of an irresponsible parenting. How could someone used her child as a collateral? A mother who's in her right mind would never do that. The mother has a gambling addiction problem and it is in worst point since she's not in her right mind already. Anyway, what happened to the kid? I hope his custody is taken away to his irresponsible parent. Gambling is not bad if you are a discipline gambler who can control yourself otherwise it can put you into a worse sutuation just like the woman in this news.

[Fundamentals Of]

As always there are extreme cases of gambling addiction. It always comes with the game. That is why tight regulations against gambling should be implemented. Not only because of it could destroy one's finances or it could be used by launderers but also because it could actually destroy one's mental health and stability. I hope there will be intervention especially to the child and for the entire gambling sector as well so that cases such as this won't happen again.