Topic: A Nigerian Man Won $51,000 in Sports Betting With a Bet of Just $1.072 - page 6. (Read 8406 times)

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.

Like I agree that it is better to stay anonymous in such situations, you must have a very depressed outlook on life if you truly believe the "heart of man is desperately wicked". Where do you possibly live that you are surrounded by such thoughts? I am lucky to live in a country where if you are sensible and compassionate then you can survive, even flourish, without the need for any wickedness. Of course it is better to keep your wits about you and learn street smarts, so you don't go bumbling into situations in an oblivious manner, but it is possible to live in harmony in a stable society. There will always be jealous and envious people, so just be selective about who you keep close to you and you should be safer.

I don't know if this kind of challenges also is applicable to the no KYC casinos, because I don't know why playing bet will be as easy as making a deposit for it but when it comes to your right to claim your prize comes alot of difficulties, having a big win will be a thing of very much challenge to gamblers that are privacy minded, because information will always be required from them, the government and public will hear about it, know them and even graced the occasion for the presentation of such award winning, but this is totally placing a huge risk on the gambler's safety from being attacked by any means.

Quite a few lotteries require the claimer of the prize to disclose their identity as part of the publicity but also anti fraud type measures.  There have been times when the public disclosure helped stop a claimant who was not legitimate, people do manage to fake these things and the company running the lottery can even have flaws its in process also.
  Personally I wouldnt want to give away information that now Iam rich, perhaps a move of house is now entirely justified and he can step up security that way and lose any old 'friends' who think they are owed a share.   Best investment for this money is in property anyway.

Sharing complete information related to his bets could threaten his privacy which is why it makes sense why the slip isn't detailed. I do agree with your opinion about the odds most probably being high in this case.

True. I would disclose this secret to people who I would believe in any sort of situation with my eyes closed. Securing those funds in the best way possible would be my next step.

I agree. Not all people around you are happy, some of them might envy you for being lucky to win such amount. That's why it would be better to keep it to yourself or within the family members to avoid having problems.

It depends if you are too overwhelm and can't think of the best thing to do. But yes, sometimes it's easy to spend the money came from winnings since you didn't work hard for it, compared to the money that earned from hard work. You'll value it more since you know how hard it is to get that money.

they were celebrating because as i see it, in their place, such amount is already huge and significant amount that can change the lifestyle of the person. of course, if you are comparing with the US standard, such amount is small. however, we are talking about a nigerian, whom not very many of them are experiencing to hold such amount in their lifetime. so yes, such scenario is very rare to them not only the luck involved but the amount of winnings itself.

The news came from a random news site, not a national newspaper website. Though many think that the amount does not deserve that much attention, I think the story is somehow extra ordinaire because it is too hard for a bettor to win $50k from a $1 bet.  This means the guy has superior luck and that is what became the talk here plus the fact according to the new article that the guy's winnings is celebrated by people around him.

This is not completely accurate because the higher the multiplier is, the lower your chances of winning. So, it's true that you will win a big amount of money but you need to be very lucky.

Thank you for the clarification. I find it odd too because although hitting a 50k multiplier is not so common but $50k isn't really a huge amount which deserves all this attention and to be talked about on newspapers.

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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Wow, the guy was very lucky. What are the chances of making like 50k times more than your stake?? This was incredibly amazing and I feel very happy for the guy. I take it that this sort of amount of cash in Nigeria is a lot of money, so this will be like a new beginning for this guy. I hope he knows what to do with his money because normally when someone who is not used to having a lot of money finds himself with that kind of money on his hands, might take him to go for the wrong choices. Hope this never happens and I Wish him all the best!

It is most rare scenario having a winner in the game with just a small amount of wage they can manage to hit the tons of multiplier, this is looks like the faith already in favor with this game, there are a lot of gamblers give their time and money to the casino still cant manage to have this huge wins amount, even me I cant hit a huge amount of multiplier like that.

The betting slip shown is not detailed. For that $ 51,000 winning with a capital of $1, the parlay must consist of multiple legs with high odds.

That is something hard to achieve even how skilled a bettor is because the bets need to be considered high odds.

A lucky moment for that man.

I think we can blame that to his friend who possibly spread the news.


True people with ill intention and those who are aiming for free money will definitely target the winners.  They will get near to the winner with the intention of getting some tip from the winnings.  Though we don't know how the person will react on the situation.  We also read that girls are following this new millionaire so probably these girl has also an intention of getting the share of the winnings by getting married to this lucky guy, or get money for some source of "service".

I think the winner of the story didn't expose himself nor boast about his winnings. It's just that, in any case, it was revealed.

For that, it's not that it will automatically trigger greedy people to come for him but I'm sure that man already knows what to do to protect himself.

We shouldn't judge the book by its cover and just hope for the best that no bad thing will happened on the said winner.

Sometimes we only not need lucky but with skills as well. So in any case this 2 factors collide, then you will have a huge winning, a improbable odds nevertheless you hit that and for sure the winner is very happy and enjoying it.


Yes, and as what we have been discussing in the last couple of threads about winning and winning big, we shouldn't exposed ourselves to anyone. A lot of your friends and relatives will come after you and asking for free money because they know that you won big in gambling. You just have to be quiet and celebrate it with your family and kids, that's it.

As a Nigerian myself, allow me to confirm to you that that is indeed the official telegram channel of the national newspaper, by the name "National newspapers" it does not mean that that is the official newspaper company for Nigeria as a country, the national newspaper is just one of the newspaper companies in Nigeria, they have their customers/readers just the same way other newspapers companies in the country have theirs, there are other newspapers companies that are bigger than the National newspaper, for example.. The punch - is another newspaper company in Nigeria and they have more followers/subscribers than The national newspaper - - I hope you understand what I mean.

And the reason for the low subscribers is because, Nigeria's population is atleast 70 to 80 percent youths, and majority of this youths don't read or follow newspapers, they depend on social media like Facebook, Twitter to share and read news.

How ever, the youth that do read newspapers majority of them do not own smart phones, so obviously, there is no way for the to follow or subscribe to the channels belonging to this companies.

If you live in Nigeria, then you would understand that that was not a major news, it just like something happening which picked the interest of a person that works in the company, and they decided to post it on their website, the news didn't even appear of the newspaper itself, that should tell you that it's not a major new, it's something they hurried decided to share with their online reader - like I said before, it didn't appear in their main newspaper.

And also the term " unidentified" actually means the newspaper company don't know the man in question, if you read the news on the website, it was from a video clip of the event that someone else shared online, that those or a person that works in the newspaper company saw, and after watching, decided to also share it with their online readers - I hope this is clear enough to understand.

He's putting himself at risk by exposing himself he is now the target of greedy people who will target him because this kind of person is so naive in handling huge amounts of money, especially coming from gambling, he will end up with nothing just a few years if he will not protect himself from these greedy people around him.
People who are betting in a lottery or playing in casinos should practice discretion it always pays to be simple and not boast that you won a big amount.

Sport betting with multiple play or parlay have highest chance to earn jack pot, unbelievable with Nigerian man won $51,000 in sport betting with his capital only $1.072. Sport betting most excited to play because at weekend have many football matches and bet 1$ enough to earn almost $10,000 until $50,000 depending how many match betting, parlay give excited because with many games choose to play give higher odds and calculated with bigger amount reward to win if our predicting correct.

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If have been publish on media I think many gambler will excited keep active on sport betting, no matter with little fund use for betting but trough sport betting small fund could be bigger fund later, just choose with correct predicting on every games.

Are you talking about parlay bet?  I am still in doubt about the winnings until I read this article[1].  Though the way the news is laid out is somehow doubtful, after reading the article below, I am convinced that the news may be true but was presented poorly.

The article below shows huge winnings in a sports parlay bet. Quoting some of the information on the link below:

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[1] Parlay Bets Paying Big: Longshot NFL Parlay Bets and Others That Struck for Some Awesome Paydays.

Look at the man here, all the bets placed on that day did not cut, all enter and he was in the football hall watching match when he checked his phone and saw the bets slip and he jumped up in the hall and show the games to his friends and all of them jubilated with him. see the crowd the guy pulled that day.

That is why gambling is not all about how much one used. This boy just used $1 to win this huge amount. Gambling is all about luck, when the luck fall on you that day, then your day is blessed and you go home with shining face and smiling face. If you see the girls that rushed this guy that day, you won't believed, And funniest part of it was that the boy's Master (his Oga), said the boy should give him 8 millions or of the 38ms