A Nigerian Man Won $51,000 in Sports Betting With a Bet of Just $1.072

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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

An unidentified man has become a multi-millionaire after placing a bet on sports betting site with only N800.

The man, who instantly became a celebrity in a viral video, was seen with neigbhours trooping to the betting centre to confirm his N38million win after words spread out.

The system screen showed the man placed the multiple bet on Friday, October 14, 2022 with N800 only and won N38,317,130.00

After confirming his win, the man headed straight to the mosque to perform ‘Salat’ (daily obligatory prayer for Muslims). The crowd that had gathered to confirm his win followed him to the mosque, kept hailing him even as he ignored them and carried on with ablution for his prayers.

Here is the Reference link..., 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?

[TravelMug]

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.

[LDL]

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

[bitbollo]

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?

[stomachgrowls]

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

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.

[Vaskiy]

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

[Baofeng]

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

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.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Yeah, it's a huge win.

 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.

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 😁😁😁.

[Saisher]

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.

[fathafraink]

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 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

[serjent05]

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

[Yogee]

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.

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.

[livingfree]

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.

[BitDane]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[goinmerry]

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.

[STT]

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.

[paxmao]

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.

[gunhell16]

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?😁😁😁

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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?

[PX-Z]

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.

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.


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

[1] Lotto Winner Spends P14M In Just 3 Months

[Die_empty]

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?

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.

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.

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.