A gambler who betrayed his friend's trust

[Frankolala]

To build trust on someone takes time and  sacrifice, you have someone that you trust so much because they know this,they end up disappointing you in a way that might be unforgivable because of money.

There are two friends Kelvin and Charles,they have similar likes and have being gambling and predicting results of matches together. One day Kelvin and Charles studied a game together for some days and finally, it was the game day,so these two friends instead of playing separately decided to put their money together to bet big so that the win will also be bigger. After betting since Kelvin and Charles have been friends for long, Charles didn't bother about who will keep the game slip and so the slip was with Kelvin.

Four hours later,the game was played, the game came out as predicted and these two friends got a big win of $120K. Charles before the game started,fell asleep and woke up two hours after the game ended,believing whatever happens,his friend Kelvin will notify him. Kelvin noticed the win and checked on Charles at home to find out that Charles is fast asleep.

Kelvin secretly withdrew the money and ran away to another state where he feels Charles wouldn't find me, Charles woke up and checked the game,then called his friend but he was nowhere to be seen. Three months later a friend of Charles saw Kelvin living in a big house with a luxurious lifestyle and told Charles.
All these happened because Charles trusted Kelvin

If you were Charles what will you do after knowing where Kelvin ran away to with the money you both won. Will you just let go,or you will go after him to get justice ? or how will you treat this issue.

[TimeTeller]

I think, I will confront him and ask why he did such betrayal.
As I would want to hear it directly from him, why such action?
And if Kelvin is insisting not to give my part, maybe that's the test that your friendship is not real.
As you have no proof anymore but your verbal agreement with him, it is useless running after him.
Move on and avoid people like him. Once money knocks on their door, you are easily forgotten.

[Oshosondy]

Is this real or just a story?

Charles was foolish. How would he trust friend up to that extent? That is foolishness. We should not handle life with foolishness, bet separately.

Kelvin is now rich. If Charles is not rich, Kelvin may win anything brought up by Charles, except if Charles is rich and able to file a law suit with Kelvin. But even where is the evidence that they added money together to bet.

[Odusko]

First I will blame Charles for trusting too., when it comes to money not many people can be trusted or that can practice loyalty to friends so why should I trust anyone when the world is full of many fake friends who can betray you for a penny?
But then why did Charles chossw to do combine betting with his friend in the first place when we know that, when it comes to money. Not everyone can control themselves to maintain integrity.

[bekti3]

It should be in this case what happened by entrusting it entirely to a friend is clearly a reckless act regardless of whether this story is true or just a fiction.
When it comes to money, everything is possible, not only for friends, but even for relatives, everyone will become greedy when it comes to money and of course things like this are quite common if we believe too much.

[dunfida]

If you were Charles what will you do after knowing where Kelvin ran away to with the money you both won. Will you just let go,or you will go after him to get justice ? or how will you treat this issue.

I would really just to do one thing which is "punch him on the face".I dont care about the money that he had ran away but trust is something that cant be bought back.Once its broken then it cant really be return as it was

before.He had the money but you cant really bring your friendship back on what he had done.Also, there's karma which he had attained that life but it is really attached with those disrespecting and betrayal into someone

which those riches would really be wiped out on later years but who knows? It do really sucks when it comes to money where friendship or trust could easily be broken out
and this is why you should really be betting on your own rather than on trusting up someone.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Gambling can sometimes take quite twists and turns. And if you are really dealing with someone who is heavily addicted to gambling, close friends but also family can become victims. It will not be the first time that a relationship breakup has occurred as a result of a gambler who does everything he can to get money. Friendships can also break, but it's better to confide in a good friend and tell them about your problem than to make fun of him. After all, that's what friends are for and every addiction can eventually be overcome. But you must persevere and certainly not betray your friends and family. It certainly won't make you feel any better.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

If you were Charles what will you do after knowing where Kelvin ran away to with the money you both won. Will you just let go,or you will go after him to get justice ? or how will you treat this issue.

I will go after him, but not in a do or die way, i will confront him for two reasons, and those are :-

• To know why he did what he did
• To know if there is still any amount of money left for me --

If there is, i will take it and leave him forever - that is he will never be my friend again.
But if there is not any money left from the winning, i will let him be since since trying to arrest him or take him to court will result to me wasting my money, this is because there is no available evidence to prove that we played the game together, and the court of police are definitely going to need evidence before the believe and prosecute him...
So i would personally leave him to karma and work really hard on creating a good life for myself.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Three months later a friend of Charles saw Kelvin living in a big house with a luxurious lifestyle and told Charles.
All these happened because Charles trusted Kelvin

If you were Charles what will you do after knowing where Kelvin ran away to with the money you both won. Will you just let go,or you will go after him to get justice ? or how will you treat this issue.

This story just sound like one of our Nollywood Nigerian drama. Because they are the only set of people in this world that can act and tell a story just as narrated. But however, if this happens to be true just as it sounds, then justice is the best way forward. But before I start, i don't know the kind of friendship that may have coexisted between these two set of people, because the mistake most people make today is trusting people too easily to the point of sharing secret information to someone you barely know anything about. Because If you go deep into this case, you may get to notice that Kelvin and Charles may have been good friends but never did any of them had deep information about each other. That is, for example...
Charles full name, where is he from, who are his sibling, his father or mothers phone number or any emergency contact address or phone number, e.t.c.
Because If I was to be Charles, the best decision will be to arrest Kelvin and ask him to refund me my share of the winning. Very simple

[Baofeng]

Of course our first reaction is to really look for your friend and get the split money, after all this is what you have plan right? Nevertheless, Kelvin has run around with the money already and maybe by the time he caught up with him the money might be gone for good.

So obviously there will be a problem right there, friendship might have severed already because you have trusted him and unfortunately greed takes over. I'll probably let him go but it's going to be over.

And there could be some individual that will go to the extend to hurt the Kelvin physically, to be honest.

[harizen]

There are lots of ways to run on Kevin. Since they are friends, expect that they also know their respective families. How it turned up that Kevin was easily able to go away without a trace. Since part of the used money on betting was also owned by Charles, then that's a clear theft already. He just needs to clarify everything for his claim and put pressure on Kevin.

Anyway, I think that's just a made-up story. Although possible to happen in real life, I don't believe that it can easily happen in reality.

Please don't make it a habit of creating a thread like this.

[ginsan]

this is called the enemy in the blanket, I never trust anyone in gambling because we know gambling is one aspect that can make a person do anything when he is in such a condition. maybe if i were charles i would demand justice for my right to the winnings in that gamble. at least we should try to get our rights and if he does something silly or accuses otherwise then this becomes a breaking point in the friendship between him and us. believe me this may be a valuable point for someone not to trust anyone too much in gambling, including even close friends.

[abel1337]

Nice story OP. If I were Charles, I will chase that guy and start with his family asking where did Kelvin go and tell them the whole story. If I found out where does kelvin go I would probably chase him and ask him to at least give the capital that I spent to the match then it will be settled, It is the minimum thing I can do since I'm sure I can't force him and Kelvin intend to run in the first place because of his greediness, I'm sure the capital is not much compared to the winnings he was blinded for. We will make the karma make it's revenge. After all of that I'm sure that if I were in that situation, I will never going to trust easily after that kind of situation.

[Bananington]

I am sure that this is just a story to teach a lesson and not a real story because the details are not in line, However the lessons I have picked up from this story are;
 When it comes to financial issues, trust should not easily be given,
 As an individual who gambles, be content with whatever amount you can spare to gamble,
 Learn to do your things yourself.
Issues like this can be avoided if the three lessons mentioned above are practiced.

[jakelyson]

If I was Charles I would talk to Kevin and give him a chance to do the right thing and give me what he owns to me. We were friends before and that should mean something to him. There is no feeling worse than the feeling of getting betrayed by a friend. I may not trust another soul again if this happened to me.

So complicated, Charles should look for justice and find a solution to take his piece of cake. They predicted together and bet the similar amounts, Kelvin doesn't deserve living luxurious lifestyle without Charles. Thinking twice before making such decision is necessary since we can't choose friends who gonna lie or cheat us.

I do not know if Charles can go to court and sue Kevin for stealing the profit from their bet. It is hard to prove that Kevin stole the money since Kevin has the slip. All Charles can do is appeal to the good conscience of Kevin to give Charles what is due to Charles. Other than that, there is no legal way that he can get his money back.

[Lanatsa]

Nice story OP. If I were Charles, I will chase that guy and start with his family asking where did Kelvin go and tell them the whole story. If I found out where does kelvin go I would probably chase him and ask him to at least give the capital that I spent to the match then it will be settled, It is the minimum thing I can do since I'm sure I can't force him and Kelvin intend to run in the first place because of his greediness, I'm sure the capital is not much compared to the winnings he was blinded for. We will make the karma make it's revenge. After all of that I'm sure that if I were in that situation, I will never going to trust easily after that kind of situation.

Tracing out is never been simple specially if you do have that limited source of funds where even there's someone who do talk that he's on other state then finding would really be hard.You cant really expect that someone on his family would be telling his location specially if they do know the situation or that guy already told them not to tell on where he is or totally dont know just because that dude ran away from his
home and make a living out of that huge win.

If you could really sustain yourself on finding him then majority of us would really be telling the same.You do have the rights on asking some part since you've both have an agreement
on betting on the same team/player with both funds combined which it is really just right that you would fight for your right or get on what you deserve.

[Zilon]

If I was Charles I would talk to Kevin and give him a chance to do the right thing and give me what he owns to me. We were friends before and that should mean something to him. There is no feeling worse than the feeling of getting betrayed by a friend. I may not trust another soul again if this happened to me.

What if Kelvin has squandered the money with little or nothing left?. That feeling of betrayal will cost so much trust issues for me after such experience. For me i will involve a lawyer straight up so that i can retrieve what ever is left before he goes bankrupt. I won't blame Charles for trusting a friend to such extent but left to me i will use the law less things gets worst.

I do not know if Charles can go to court and sue Kevin for stealing the profit from their bet. It is hard to prove that Kevin stole the money since Kevin has the slip. All Charles can do is appeal to the good conscience of Kevin to give Charles what is due to Charles. Other than that, there is no legal way that he can get his money back.

As long as money is involved a thousand and one volunteer lawyers and human right activists will take up the case because they know too well their cut will be included when the eventually wins the case. If Kelvin can do away with such amount of money without informing his friend then using an appeal will be a total waste of time

[goinmerry]

In the story, you shared, how it's possible for Kelvin to easily withdraw $120,000? Is the account named after him and are all provided details owned by him as well? Or the money was claimed personally at the office?

How come Kelvin was easily able to move out to other states? If that's the case Charles surely contact his family about his whereabouts and it will trigger the authorities to help the family find Kelvin on the same day. Kelvin is also able to live in a big house which in real life, he can't just do within just 3 months because his name is under investigation.

Lastly, I can't imagine that there's the same Kelvin in real life will easily turn out like that.

[Marykeller]

You can't know your friend's attitude when he or she has nothing. Money reveals a lot in friendship(the true colour of who you call your friend).

If I happen to be Charles, that ends the friendship between me and Kelvin. I won't ask him about the money. Since he has the mind to play smart over me because of money. That's my foolishness to trust him easily.

At times, it's good for us to have small deals with our friends concerning money. At least to know who we are dealing with.

In this life, not all those you call your friends are your real friends when it comes to money.

[Slow death]

well i wonder:

- whose account was it used for depositing and betting?

- since the two of them were friends so that means that Charles knew Kelvin's house and family, because it doesn't make sense for them to be such close friends and he doesn't know anything about Kelvin.

on the question of whether Charles should go after Kelvin to charge him I think Charles shouldn't do that, there is the police and the court just to solve cases like these, if Kelvin wants justice then he should go to the police and not court