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

[lienfaye]

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.

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'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.

[Cookdata]

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.

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.

[NicNacCoin]

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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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.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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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.

[Viscore]

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.

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.

[stomachgrowls]

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.

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. 

[LUCKMCFLY]

Sometimes I don't believe on all this information because some of the bloggers use this kind of information to make their own money I think this does not have any place it happened is just an Irish story to bring people or drive people attention and for more discussion to also get knowledge in there so I don't know what you may think concerning this because all these things cannot happen really or in a real life depends the place you are coming from because my own area I don't think that this kind of something happen

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.

Some of the information are valid, because it can be possible depending the betting ratios that people need to bet with because i believe that betting with 1$ not every platform can accept such, so therefore the information is under probability because it might be true or not, i don't believe such information concerning this.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

[wxa7115]

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.

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.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

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.

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.

[piebeyb]

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

[Mate2237]

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.

[Maestro75]

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.

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.

[redsun114]

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.

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.

[Slow death]

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.

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

[Alisha-k]

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.

[erep]

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

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.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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

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.

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.

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.


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.

[michellee]

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.

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.

[peter0425]

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.

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.

[krishnaverma]

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.