A Nigerian Father Rejects Son's Gambling Win

[NicNacCoin]

I'm curious of how old this boy is, anyone know?  I think it's pretty ridiculous of his father to do this.  So what did they do with the money?  I suppose the father is trying to teach his young son (I'm assuming he's under 21 years old) a lesson, but I don't think this is the right way to go about it.  

The father likely doesn't support gambling simply because it goes against his old school way of viewing things.  This tends to be the case for a lot of people.

The boy about 19 years old , may be school boy.
The boy's father orders his son to refund the money but the boy's elder brother and the boy's mother are interested in keeping the money and they admit that they have two months' house rent due and if they use this money they can pay their two months' house rent. And they will be able to live in peace. Although the boy's father does not agree but the boy's mother is against the boy's father.

Read full stories: https://www.nairaland.com/7699466/man-reportedly-tells-19-yr-old-son

Since in this case the boy's elder brother asked for advice whether it would be reasonable to return their money. But I think they did not refund the gambling money and the exact information about this is not known later.

[Hispo]

The sin will just go ahead to spend his winning and the father may miss out on benefiting from such huge winning from his son because such an amount can change the future of the family without much I do.

Assuming this news are actually a fact, that is.
I am still in doubt of it, however, I do not have much problem on assuming there is people out there in the world whose personal beliefs are stronger to their desire for money. That is something I have seen to be true in Asia, and those who practice the lessons of Buddha.

We are talking about religion after all, you may love to eat pork but if you become a muslin you need to quit it, it is the same with cults which reject the materialism and consumerism of the modern world. 

[Mr.right85]

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.

That one hell of a disciplinarian the father must be. 38,000,000 naira is like 51,000 dollars if we convert that. Now that's a good some to start something good for almost anyone who hangs around betshops looking gor luck to escape the poor living condition in Nigeria and get some test of the good life as an average or middle class citizen.

I wonder who is this young man. Am sure betting is 18+which very much designates him for an adult and ought not to be living with the family. If he ain't sure if he should have been living with the family, this was a good sign to start living out and being his own person. I think that would be the case in the end.

[carlfebz2]

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.

That one hell of a disciplinarian the father must be. 38,000,000 naira is like 51,000 dollars if we convert that. Now that's a good some to start something good for almost anyone who hangs around betshops looking gor luck to escape the poor living condition in Nigeria and get some test of the good life as an average or middle class citizen.

I wonder who is this young man. Am sure betting is 18+which very much designates him for an adult and ought not to be living with the family. If he ain't sure if he should have been living with the family, this was a good sign to start living out and being his own person. I think that would be the case in the end.

Not all 18+ children would really be having the plans on having their own family within this age but its true that you are really that free on doing so as long you do find yourself that you are capable on raising your
own family but if not? The better not to proceed out because it would really just making yourself putting up on a situation where you would be living in poverty.Marriage life isnt something that would really be that a simple obligation and responsibility and that boy would definitely be living under his parents. There are ones who are really that scared and follow on what father told him.

Its true that if that Father or their family does have that sufficient wealth then $1000 wont be something important for him to mind on but rather would be sticking on what he do believed and would really be
going along with his principle. About the childs action? Whether he would oppose or not but we know that most likely we would really be following their orders.
If im that kid then i would really be betting those money rather than on giving it back.

[Botnake]

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.

That one hell of a disciplinarian the father must be. 38,000,000 naira is like 51,000 dollars if we convert that. Now that's a good some to start something good for almost anyone who hangs around betshops looking gor luck to escape the poor living condition in Nigeria and get some test of the good life as an average or middle class citizen.

I wonder who is this young man. Am sure betting is 18+which very much designates him for an adult and ought not to be living with the family. If he ain't sure if he should have been living with the family, this was a good sign to start living out and being his own person. I think that would be the case in the end.

Unfortunately, we don't know the reason why the father acted like that in the first place after knowing that his son won a staggering $51,000 in gambling because the story was not released in a full detailed version and was a kind of short. Actually, I never had a story that was reported like this where they leave the readers a lot more questions in their head rather than understanding the story and why such behaviors have occurred instead of being thankful to the fact.

[Woodie]

The father rejecting these funds can not really be because of gambling... Maybe the man had worked all his life and the son had it the easy way and the father couldn't stand the easy life the son was about to get on and only yo send the message was to reject the money to tell the son that life is not easy..you need to work for it, to enjoy it!

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

[Mr.suevie]

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.

That one hell of a disciplinarian the father must be. 38,000,000 naira is like 51,000 dollars if we convert that. Now that's a good some to start something good for almost anyone who hangs around betshops looking gor luck to escape the poor living condition in Nigeria and get some test of the good life as an average or middle class citizen.

I wonder who is this young man. Am sure betting is 18+which very much designates him for an adult and ought not to be living with the family. If he ain't sure if he should have been living with the family, this was a good sign to start living out and being his own person. I think that would be the case in the end.

Unfortunately, we don't know the reason why the father acted like that in the first place after knowing that his son won a staggering $51,000 in gambling because the story was not released in a full detailed version and was a kind of short. Actually, I never had a story that was reported like this where they leave the readers a lot more questions in their head rather than understanding the story and why such behaviors have occurred instead of being thankful to the fact.

I think writer's actually do this for a purpose they  put suspense all in the mind and head of their readers, so that they will keep guess on the possible end or start of the story. Well if you haven't heard about such story of a father rejecting money won from gambling, its actually a common scene in my locality as people in my place are actually quite religious and some see it as a bad act to gamble.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I am not at all surprised that his father turned down that amount of money from his son. If the man's religion forbade gambling, I think he made the right decision. After all, in some religions, gambling is forbidden and, when it is practiced, it is a sin. For this reason, any person who is devoted to their religion will avoid doing anything that will enrage God.

Gambling may be good thing to some people but for me I don't see it as a good thing because the experience I got from there was very bad and I believe that is what a lot people are experiencing too.if you are a gambler is hardly you may achieve something good with people especially if someone is addicted to gamble. Many people that have won money from gambling they do always waste it in gambling again,it is only few of them that do achieve something with it.

I believe that by refusing to accept the money, his father has acted morally and responsibly as a parent. If you want your child to grow up to be a nasty person, don't ever teach him bad habits as a parent. It will be extremely difficult for the man's kid to stop gambling if he receives that money, and if the youngster develops a gambling addiction, it will ruin his future.

[NicNacCoin]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

[hashrateproducts]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

It's true that some African parents still have this achaic mentality towards making money through gamble.They believe that gambling is really  sin,and to serve God,one must not be a partaker of it,therefore,him accepting the money might seem to him like a sin,but I see that as primitivity because we all know that the game of gambling is a thing of luck,and there is no spiritual ties to it.Its either you win or lose,but some African fathers who believe in Christianity might not see it that way.If I were the boy,I won't beg him to accept the money,I will use the money to get my own apartment,and live a good life there.Time will come when they will be in need of that money,and they will come asking me.

[ethereumhunter]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

That is if they or the father will accept the money and the family will have a good life in the future. But his father still doesn't agree because of religious reasons and it seems we won't know whether the money is actually used by his family without his father enjoying the money or is there another story behind it all. This was a difficult decision for the son because his father refused the winnings. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages while the money does come from gambling. But if it's related to religion, maybe it's better for the son to comply with his father's wishes not to use his money for his family.

[slapper]

I am not at all surprised that his father turned down that amount of money from his son. If the man's religion forbade gambling, I think he made the right decision. After all, in some religions, gambling is forbidden and, when it is practiced, it is a sin. For this reason, any person who is devoted to their religion will avoid doing anything that will enrage God.

Gambling may be good thing to some people but for me I don't see it as a good thing because the experience I got from there was very bad and I believe that is what a lot people are experiencing too.if you are a gambler is hardly you may achieve something good with people especially if someone is addicted to gamble. Many people that have won money from gambling they do always waste it in gambling again,it is only few of them that do achieve something with it.

I believe that by refusing to accept the money, his father has acted morally and responsibly as a parent. If you want your child to grow up to be a nasty person, don't ever teach him bad habits as a parent. It will be extremely difficult for the man's kid to stop gambling if he receives that money, and if the youngster develops a gambling addiction, it will ruin his future.

Without a doubt, this story reveals the seedy underbelly of gambling and its pernicious consequences on the ties that bind a family. But hold for a sec: the problem isn't the risk itself, it's how we're feeling about it. The pope claimed the high moral ground by sticking to his principles, highlighting the pivotal importance of one's own ethics while making decisions. Wait a minute! Isn't it possible to keep things fair with some form of regulated betting? Not everyone who plays the odds gets sucked into a black hole of addiction and destruction.

Contrary to what you may have heard, gambling isn't always disastrous if you know how to keep your cool. As long as you have the self-control to establish limits and adhere to them, gaming may be a relaxing pastime on par with listening to your favourite music or watching your favourite shows on repeat. This may be the perfect opportunity for Pops to teach Junior the value of keeping his cool and playing it smart in the face of the many challenges life throws at him, not just in the casino.

[LUCKMCFLY]

While other fathers would crave for huge wins from gambling, this story is different. Probably, his father is a devoted Muslim and gambling is strictly prohibited in their culture. That’s why even if the winnings can change their lifestyle, his father still chose to reject it because whatever they get from gambling is always unacceptable. It could have been a lot of money for gamblers, but for anti-gambling culture, it’s always nothing and will never be essential.

In fact, it is not a matter of which religion the father adheres to and what their culture is, because all religions, not only Muslims, also prohibit gambling activities, and even some cultures do not allow gambling.
there must be a reason behind the refusal and what is the exact cause we do not know clearly.
What is certain is that gambling is not a good thing for a child, moreover he is still young so he can easily or has the potential to become a gambling addict.

Well, regardless of the fact the boy is young, I still do not think his young age is the reason for the father to reject the money the boy won though gambling,  I think the matter is more based on religious sentiments, we could try to find out what the man's position is in his place of worship, either a mosque or church, I know both religion condemns gambling, me personally as a Christian, I know the Bible condemns gambling, but though I still gamble any way.

The man could be a title holder in his place of worship, and being a personality other worshipers look up to, he possibly is finding it difficult to accept the means through which his son made money, knowing fully well its against their faith.

That is why I have always said that Religion and politics are the dogmas so that people are more ignorant every day, (no offense) but I think that people should take into consideration that things here because they are like that Stop making money or they stop having a good life, the bad thing about all this is that this type of thing happens to people who don't deserve it, because if this happened to a person who really has the need , it would be a great blessing, but that he Father act like that , and in my Opinion he has a very tenuous maturity , I could almost say that he Doesn't.

[Russlenat]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

Well, the won amount will surely create a big difference in their lives, but knowing his father is a devotee of his religion, then taking money from gambling is a big sin and such instances should never be tolerated. He might be lucky enough to gain such amount but if he will stick to what his father believes, everything will come into waste particularly his efforts put in gambling.

[stomachgrowls]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

Well, the won amount will surely create a big difference in their lives, but knowing his father is a devotee of his religion, then taking money from gambling is a big sin and such instances should never be tolerated. He might be lucky enough to gain such amount but if he will stick to what his father believes, everything will come into waste particularly his efforts put in gambling.

Why cant just the boy would simply hide those money that he had won and pretend that he had given it back or spend it all into gambling and lose it all? For sure his father would be at least be easing out that anger
about having those gambling wins on which there are really indeed people who are really that sticking into their principles in life specially if this one is attached to religion which is something not really that shocking nor surprising for them to stick out and wouldnt really be accepting even if this one would be talking some huge amounts which it would really be definitely be bringing up some good patches on their daily living considering that this amount is never been that small.

It is really just that sad to that boy is that he would really be definitely be having that emotional damage considering that he had thought that this might be causing for his father to be glad on what he did,
but somewhat he had instead getting the negative or the opposite on which he would likely be giving back those money which he would really be obeying on what his father had been telling on.
Well its situational because it would really be just depending on peoples principle, some might be considerate but there are some who would really be sticking.

[Raflesia]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

Well, the won amount will surely create a big difference in their lives, but knowing his father is a devotee of his religion, then taking money from gambling is a big sin and such instances should never be tolerated. He might be lucky enough to gain such amount but if he will stick to what his father believes, everything will come into waste particularly his efforts put in gambling.

From what I see, if you look at the context in the picture and the OP's explanation, it actually says that the father is a religious devotee, this is speculative because it is not explained in more detail than that, but there are indeed several possibilities that the father was indeed like that.
But on the other hand it is also a matter that in my opinion is more of a principle and the father does not want to violate that principle and of course that is his choice.
It will not be in vain because indeed it is also the right of the child, it's just that the father doesn't want to accept the money now it depends on the child what to do with it because he is actually quite an adult in my opinion and even this kind of thing is good in discuss it with your parents but the decision must be based on yourself because already an adult he also knows what is best for him.

[Crypto Library]

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.

In my personal view, I think that one person's personal opinion can be different. Suppose in my case I take gambling as just for fun as a purpose of entertainment. I don't think that gambling was that kind of bad thing when it can be control and avoided the addiction on it. But in most cases gamblers cannot control themselves and become addicted to gambling and therefore gambling is known as a bad act in our society.

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

I don't know why the boy's father rejected it, but I respect his opinion. Because he rejected such a large amount of money, maybe it could be his religious reason or anything others. He is right in his place, I don't think we need to worry about it. He didn't want to take the gambling money, so it's good to let him be as he is.

[Tumanggor]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

the man is actually teaching his son that the winnings from gambling are money that cannot be used for food because according to religion that must be done while the child does not understand the intentions and goals of their father, however I respect his father because that is his principles as a man and a responsible father

[Docnaster]

Besides, these articles sometimes to have the full story, maybe the man is a religious man and gambling is something that might be frowned upon and was trying to stick to his principles....whatever it is, give it time, the son will explain himself and they will find a way to agree on how to receive the monetary gift.

In this case, reading the whole story, one thing is clearly understood, except for the father, the other members of the boy's family are interested in keeping the money won by the bet. But the boy's father is not agreeing to spend his gambling money for the benefit of the family for some religious reasons. If you look at the boy's older brother's post, they only told the netizens that the gambling money is with his family should be spent. Moreover, the boy's mother is willing to spend the gambling money with the family because the boy's family still owes two months of house rent. If the boy spends the gambling money for family purposes, then his family will have a great life in the future.

the man is actually teaching his son that the winnings from gambling are money that cannot be used for food because according to religion that must be done while the child does not understand the intentions and goals of their father, however I respect his father because that is his principles as a man and a responsible father

Even if the man is a religious person, why didn't he train his child to also be a religious son so that the son will not waste his money to gamble. Does he as a father understand that his son has been spending in gambling for years, how come he wants to stop the reward of his son.
The holy scriptures also permits anyone that sows to be able to reap. He being a religious man should not stop his son from reaping what ever he has invested his time and money into.

[Cookdata]

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.

That one hell of a disciplinarian the father must be. 38,000,000 naira is like 51,000 dollars if we convert that. Now that's a good some to start something good for almost anyone who hangs around betshops looking gor luck to escape the poor living condition in Nigeria and get some test of the good life as an average or middle class citizen.

I wonder who is this young man. Am sure betting is 18+which very much designates him for an adult and ought not to be living with the family. If he ain't sure if he should have been living with the family, this was a good sign to start living out and being his own person. I think that would be the case in the end.

Whatever reason the father had on his mind, that is not enough reason to reject the gift from his son, if the child has not given any of his family and relatives anything at all, they would have said he doesn't have the love for his family. Let's say Religion must have been the father's excuse in the first place, he should have accepted in public and explained to him in private the reason for his objection to the money, I don't see any reason the father should reject money at all.

@Bittraffic what do you think is more indiscipline by making fun of a child's success in the public, the amount is big enough to start something in his region and I believe if there is proper management, they will yield something from that money if it is well used, we should learn to call a spade a spade, this act is delusional and embarrassing, to be honest.