A Nigerian Father Rejects Son's Gambling Win

[tusandii]

A father has the best thoughts for the family including his child, it could be that the father refuses the gambling winnings made by his son so that he can make his son realize that gambling can indeed give big wins but also has a big influence. made him addicted to gambling and from here the father did not want his son to become a gambling addict after getting the big win.
Yes, maybe now he has a lot of money from winning, but if he continues to gamble he can lose all his winnings and even more, and it seems like this is what his father doesn't want.

But actually with that much money they can build a business and change their lives for the better, but this is what is called a difference of opinion because everyone has their own way of thinking and goals.

[QueenVera]

Personally  I don't see anything wrong with gambling but at some points, I think people have already grown with some ill stigma about gambling which makes them see gambling as very  wrong act but rejecting this huge amount of money is what I really don't grabs.
Well I don't think the father must be rejecting this winning simply because it was from gambling,  I think there are some other reasons that aren't exposed yet.
With that kind of winning, I think anyone can start up a life in Africa and there is no much need to be worried about the father,  if the father says don't come into my house with the money,  that's another major reason to move out and get your life fixed.
But I think the boy is also disciplined  to have brought the winnings to his father.

[romero121]

Quran says games of chance are a grave sin. Maybe the father is very much religious and follows the words of Quran. Even the most religious person will get attracted seeing such a huge money. This will be complete disappointment for the son. The son is really lucky to win such a big money with a capital less tha a dollar. He can share it with friends and surrounding, atleast let them be happy with some additional money.

[xSkylarx]

There are two perspectives on it: either the father has more money and they are not struggling, or his father has a really strong religious belief that they won't take those winnings as bad stuff. Whatever the reason, the father doesn't really like gambling, and the image of it is very bad on him. That is why he declines it, and we can't do anything about it as that is really what he thinks of gambling. But again, money is always money for me. If my son won it, I would be happy, but I will always tell him the risk of being a gambler.

[lienfaye]

A boy won #38,000,000 ($82340.19) with just #400 ($0.87) and when the boy brought home his win, the biological father of the boy rejected the money because it was gotten from gambling. So that makes me to think how people look or see or think of gambling. Is gambling a bad thing to do?

Many people don't like gambling because of its negative effect. As we know a gambler who have no self-control can become an addicted person that might do bad things to sustain his addiction. In short, it's not a good influence and that's how some people see it. For me, it's not bad to gamble but it is bad if you let yourself out of control and treating gambling as the way to earn. The gambler itself is the one in control when he/she is already playing hence its effect would be depending on what kind of gambler you are.

How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

Certainly he has a reason. Maybe gambling is prohibited on their religion so he is refusing to accept the money or he is just against gambling and don't want a money that is not hard-earned. Well, it's his decision to refuse the money. However to win huge in gambling doesn't happening to most gamblers, so his son is extremely lucky. It can already changed their lives for good but in the end it's up to them.

[Weawant]

A boy won #38,000,000 ($82340.19) with just #400 ($0.87) and when the boy brought home his win, the biological father of the boy rejected the money because it was gotten from gambling. So that makes me to think how people look or see or think of gambling. Is gambling a bad thing to do? As for me gambling is not a bad something but the individual can be bad and also the way you present yourself in the society can also tell people about your personality.
How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

The father might have a principle he abide by and maybe the son has broken them and to teach him and his other children a lesson, he has decided to reject the money. Maybe he has no gambling rules in the house and him accepting the money goes against that law.

Also could be he's a Muslim and since Muslim aren't allowed to gamble, he can't accept the money even when the money could have been used to take care of the family. The father is the only one that knows why he's rejecting that money and we just have to accept that.

Also is there any prove that he actually won the money because he could be lying and might have gotten the money illegally and just hiding behind he getting the money from gambling meanwhile he didn't actually gamble to receive the money.

[Dunamisx]

People have different mentalities and alpro on gambling, as the truth of the matter, some cultural believes states that gambling is not a way of life and should be avoided in other not to join the corrupt cliques, some their religion forbids gambling, there are many ways one may show or give a displeasure in gambling base on their own understanding, in the child's case, he would have made it clear to the father that it was a kind of grant or lottery win and not a gambling win money if he knows that his father kicked against gambling.

But it's actually a painful thing seing that some people were still in the dark and they have a lifetime opportunity for them to have a change in level yet they still detest such means as an illegal one, poverty is some people's fault because they settled for it such a way that even when the opportunity comes for them to be rich, they missed out on those chances because of their ignorance, gambling is just a means of playing games by betting and not a fraudulent act.

[mindrust]

A boy won #38,000,000 ($82340.19) with just #400 ($0.87) and when the boy brought home his win, the biological father of the boy rejected the money because it was gotten from gambling. So that makes me to think how people look or see or think of gambling. Is gambling a bad thing to do? As for me gambling is not a bad something but the individual can be bad and also the way you present yourself in the society can also tell people about your personality.
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How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

He should say "Have fun staying poor!" to his father.

Seriously, he needs to be happy with his son's winnings. Why are some people such party poopers? We all know gambling is a bad habit but this dude somehow got lucky and hit the jackpot. Ignoring that money will do no good to him especially if he can improve his lifestyle with that money.

I wish I had a son like him.

[Outhue]

Father must have money and can provide for his family. He Wouldn't act that way if they don't have enough. Or maybe the father is really a disciplinarian and wanted the boy to stop gambling as well.

A boy having that much in Nigeria can live a life on his own afaik. Fathers can see where this boy is heading and he'll have a say in the family which a father will not like.

You don't know some Nigerians, they are so determined when they set their mind on something, what makes you think that the father must have money and can provide for his family? The father might be an average man living his life with what he can afford but if he insists that gambling money is evil nothing can change his mind, some people believe that money made from gambling can stop you from entering the spiritual realm after you passed away.

I believe this father is a religious man, probably a Muslim that believes that gambling is not a good thing for someone like him and his family, some people loses money while you won their money, this could be the way he thinks.

There is a Muslim man in my home town that disowned his son because his son is into gambling and he the father has tried so many times to stop the son from gambling and the son still keep going back, he ended up disowning his son.

[Docnaster]

The Father needs to reconsider

The Father is making a big mistake and maybe the worse one of his life, he needs to reconsider before he regrets it. Has he also put into consideration how much money his son has wasted in the gambling process. Will he also refund his son of his losses? Whatever the belief might be, be it religious or cultural (it must be the later), it doesn't hold water for now considering the financial health of the family.
Anyways, if I were the son, I will  simply relocate and with other members of my family who are willing to join me and we plan live together and change the status of my family.

[Issa56]

There are two perspectives on it: either the father has more money and they are not struggling,

I don't think this is the reason, no matter how rich you are, you will want more money, I haven't seen anyone that's tired of making more money, even if the father has more money and they are not struggling, he will want to collect this so that he will add it to his money, or he will have problem to solve with the money instead of using his main money.

or his father has a really strong religious belief that they won't take those winnings as bad stuff.

Maybe this is the main reason why the father rejected the gambling win, maybe the father is very relegious and he believes that the son won the money from illegal means that's why he decided to reject the money. If am the father I will collect the money and donate some part to either mosque or church, I don't know the father's religion, then I will use the remaining one for private use.

[_act_]

Gambling is a bad thing to children who are still under their parents roof because, they can use their school fees or their father property to gamble and reduce the entire family to nothing in the community. I like what his father did at the moment, so that the boy will know that his father is not after money but him  want a better future for the boy by focusing on his educational career that will make his father to be proud of his son. But if you have married or you are not under your parents, I don't think your parents will reject such money from you than to pray for you for more favour and join you to celebrate for the financial breakthrough.

We do not know the exact reason the boy's father rejected the money. If it is because of education, the father supposed to tell the boy that he will only accept the money when he has completed his education, but he did not say anything like that.

The boy is not linked to thieves as he got the money in a legit way. If the ways of his father is not what going to make him achieve his dreams he should use wisdom. That is not a small amount of money. I will advice the boy to leave gambling for now and establish a business.

[elevates]

We do not know the exact reason the boy's father rejected the money. If it is because of education, the father supposed to tell the boy that he will only accept the money when he has completed his education, but he did not say anything like that.

The boy is not linked to thieves as he got the money in a legit way. If the ways of his father is not what going to make him achieve his dreams he should use wisdom. That is not a small amount of money. I will advice the boy to leave gambling for now and establish a business.

Since the winner and his father are based in Nigeria, there might be religion involved in it. We know Islam is the biggest religion in Nigeria and I think the father is an orthodox believer in it as lottery is considered forbidden. I cannot find any other reason for refusing such a big amount that can change their lives completely. Unless there is any other reason I suspect the religion factor to be behind this news. 

[AicecreaME]

I guess this just proves that people who don't tolerate gambling still exist.

Perhaps the father of the child who won in gambling is a religious person. Religion is one of the things that holds people back from gambling since gambling is perceived as a bad thing, the believers are taught to observe staying away from gambling habits so they won't fall into sinning. Maybe this is the reason why the father won't accept any money from gambling since they view it as a dirty way to gain money. Or perhaps he just don't want his son to be dependent on gambling when it comes to generating income. As a parent, it is their duty to protect their children. And perhaps this is his way of protecting and guarding his child from the harsh reality of gambling - that gambling can be addicting and can corrupt a good character if not set with boundaries.

[Reid]

I wish the source is really legitimate because from the name it sounds fishy forcing, they are "Legit Breaking News". Or, this could another made up story.
If it is real, then here is my opinion.
The father should think about just congratulating his son, for obvious reason that he did gamble his money and not because he robbed it from someone else. IMO, that is still clean money unless there's a religious basis that forbids money that came from gambling, like the Muslims.
If I am the father, I'd just be happy with my son and tell him to spend it wisely for his future needs.

[Taskford]

Gambling is a bad thing to children who are still under their parents roof because, they can use their school fees or their father property to gamble and reduce the entire family to nothing in the community. I like what his father did at the moment, so that the boy will know that his father is not after money but him  want a better future for the boy by focusing on his educational career that will make his father to be proud of his son. But if you have married or you are not under your parents, I don't think your parents will reject such money from you than to pray for you for more favour and join you to celebrate for the financial breakthrough.

We do not know the exact reason the boy's father rejected the money. If it is because of education, the father supposed to tell the boy that he will only accept the money when he has completed his education, but he did not say anything like that.

The boy is not linked to thieves as he got the money in a legit way. If the ways of his father is not what going to make him achieve his dreams he should use wisdom. That is not a small amount of money. I will advice the boy to leave gambling for now and establish a business.

Its either the father doesn't want his son to get involve on this activity and while its early he want to cut it off because he know that it cannot give any benefits to his son especially when he became addicted on gambling.

Or even if the father is religious and gambling is against on their religion since for this we can expect that the father will do the right thing to avoid his son to commit mistake. Parents know what is good and what is bad for their son so provably the actions made by his father is done just to avoid his son got a miserable life.

[Dzwaafu11]

Maybe the son is incapable of controlling such amount of money that was why he ran to his father, usually an average nigerian who wins on gambling site can never go to their father telling them what they win from gambling instead they will think of development and investment.
To me the father is wrong because they don't know if God wants to use that to bless their household but with the father's behavior they might lose that money.
If that the son is living alone and knows what live is I don't think he would ever adhere to what his father is saying because life in the city is too hard to survive, so the father has done wrong by asking his son to return the money, instead why not he said that he won't involved himself spending that money than asking his son to send it back knowing too well that the money wasn't stolen or gotten from a fraudulent activity.

Even though the father is affluent, he isn't supposed to turn down his child. What if the son has his own money and the father has his own? In my opinion, the kid can support himself as I feel this is a sizable sum of money in Nigerian currency. I believe that the father's proper course of action is to accept these guys and permit him to use the money, but he should not  put his hand in it since he don't want the money rather than allow them to go with it and waste it in another bad way.
But there are certain people who are very religious, so if the father is a Christian or a Muslim and there religion didn't accept gambling, he will undoubtedly reject the money since it comes from gambling, which is forbidden by religion, and because gaming is not a suitable location for money to the father.

[Queentoshi]

How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

Based on his principles, he may feel he is doing the right thing, but I do not see any point in it. Any way out of poverty is a way out of poverty, they young boy has mad money from gambling, as a father, although you do not support gambling, it is not in your place to tell your child to return the money. That is pointless to me since the money was not stolen but won. Parents are meant to be a guide, since the child has gone ahead to gamble, and he won, try to help the child make good choices in investment so he does not waste the money and continue gambling as a poor person.

[Wexnident]

How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

I mean, if he doesn't want it, he can give it to me. Kidding aside, the father has his morals set in stone I guess. I believe it's dumb, yes, but well, the man's living to what he believes, so I don't think talking about right or wrong here would do much, that's what he believes is right anyway. Talking about how he taught his kids is another thing though seeing as he hates gambling yet his kid went and did just that.

Maybe the father can simply decide to donate it or something, don't return it to the bloody casino, that's just dumb. Man's got principles with gambling, I reckon he also realizes he can do those stuff with the money. Kinda sad how I realize that there's no way in hell the kid can keep it for himself though and maybe reserve for his college life or something.

[demonica]

Maybe the father just don't like that his son is gambling and we all know winning a big amount of prize can also increase the gambler's greed to bet more and spend bigger amount of money. Although if you would look on the positive side, that amount of money can help their family financially. Perhaps the father could just guide and remind his son about gambling. He may have won a jackpot, but it doesn't mean he can win again easily.

There are positive and negative outcome to gamblers who experienced winning a big amount of money, I hope that he won't end up like the other gamblers who went back to 0 because of their greed and the way they spend their winnings.