Topic: How can a betting shop be so dubious like this (Read 457 times)

That's why online gambling is also good because you don't need anyone to pay you your winnings as you can just make withdrawals on your own without anyone even knowing though I also learnt that when a winning involves a huge amount of money that the gambler would undergo KYC on the online platform and do some verification and some gamblers also experienced that some KYC information takes longer time before validation so it's really frustrating when one wins a bet and finds it difficult to get his/her winning and most of this gambling companies are very dubious as what some of them does is to delay winnings and wait for a massive loss so that they can pay you from losses of other gamblers.

In this case, the betting shop or the owner is not the dubious party. The owner should side with the gambler and help him get justice from the scammers that the shop only happened to hire. The betting shop's owner himself should immediately fire his workers, file a separate case against them, and make sure they will pay for the crime they did. This is not just for the gambler, who is the main victim here, but also in the name of the betting shop because their reputation is also affected.

The gambler mostly gamble to increase the money holdings in their wallet,the gamblers who made the winning are get happier life.They never complain for the profit in the gambling site.Profit which was faced by the gamblers is the good time for the gamblers.

So the gamblers are able to make the money loss in the gambling site should not blame the gambling site for the same.The money handling in the gambling site was most important one here,because playing the gambling game with more money leads to risk of more money for each betting in the gambling site.

The challenges with Betting shop is that when you win a huge amount of money, the agent don't have such an amount with them until they make a call to the headquarter, submit the won ticket and they credit the agent to pay the gambler that won the amount. I think this is the place where the bet shop owner run away with th money, he used the gambler money to run out of the country, what was he even thinking? Well, he might have think while working as an agent for 5 years, he will never make up to that amount but this is pure stealing and should be brought to justice.

This should be a lesson for gamblers that love to use betting shop, your phone is enough to bet all the kind of bet you want. If you don't have a phone, I think it's better to stop gambling for now and focus on getting a phone or use a friend phone and when you are done, you logout or better still, use incognito mode to do everything on the casino so that your password or session don't get save in the casino.

I cannot possibly blame the gambler. He didn`t foresee that happening. Maybe he has been having winnings and such hasn`t happened and there has also been no complaint about the agent withholding people`s winnings. It happened and the gambler happened to be a victim and so he shouldn`t be blamed. What if he had provided account details and he was told when he would receive it but didn`t get it?

You have to understand that when you have a win the bet shop knows and the only reason they demand for your ticket to make payment is to be sure that they are paying the right person. Even without giving them your ticket if the intention is to scam you, there is nothing you can do. This is one of the likely problems with offline gambling and that is why online gambling is safer but then I have also heard stories of bet accounts being closed after a gambler won big. Though it is an unverifiable story I didn't take it seriously.

Well, it can't be helped as the government or authorities don't have the rights or authority to punish those crypto casinos, which means they have no power in that field as they can't control or manipulate that thing. In terms of casinos or online betting, authorities have the rights or power to publish anyone as long as it is proven that the establishment is doing anomalies and the victims will report it. But if the agreement is done privately between the customer and owner, then that will be a different case, as it is the customer's fault that he didn't have any contract or written agreement about him using an agent. But the sense that the agent is trying to scam him proves that most agents are not trustworthy. The only thing that the OP can do is take legal action, and he will probably win the legal battles as long as the transaction is legal between the customer and the agent.

Legalization can indeed provide a framework for oversight and consumer protection, potentially reducing the space for scams to thrive. Legalization can also generate revenue that can be reinvested into public services or used to fund initiatives aimed at preventing and combating scams and other forms of illicit activity. In a legal framework, authorities can implement measures to ensure fair play, protect consumers from exploitation, and hold accountable those who engage in fraudulent behavior.

But Governments need to approach legalization with careful consideration of potential social and ethical implications that ensure that measures are in place to mitigate any negative consequences such as addiction or increased susceptibility to exploitation. While legalization can offer potential benefits in terms of reducing scams and enhancing consumer protection, it's essential to balance this with appropriate safeguards to promote responsible behavior and safeguard the well-being of individuals and communities.

At least it shows the justice can easily prosecute small betting shop owners while not doing anything against scammy crypto offshore casinos operating in their jurisdiction through internet. Even if amounts involved are usually way higher and touch more people. I hope one day local authorities will be as diligent as that with big online gambling scammers. Because citizens are still helpless against them unfortunately.

This is one of the disadvantage in playing bets in gambling shops. Similar incidents like this happens in gambling shops and other funny stories related to gambling win. Some agents and workers that are in the gambling shops are evil, some  can do anything just to claim your win this is why I prefer playing bet online,  this is better for safety purpose. Apart from agent and gambling workers trying to claim customers win, I have come across robbery case of money stolen from lucky winner in gambling shop.

I think the best place to play bet is online expecially when using a reliable platform to bet, it is more safer than using the physical gambling platform because in the physical gambling shop most times playing bet is not private,  the workers in the  shop and other bettors can get to know what is taking place.

Judging by the description here sounds like you live in a very corrupted country to say the minimum.How can they give bail to some people who scam,where I live someone of the betting shops long time ago when they were permitted tried to do this "smart" move and the bettor got and place a complaint in the authority observing these betting shops,although a corrupt country the authorities confiscated every thing to the betting shop,shut down the company and give the bettor every thing he won making a real decisive action at that time that people,bettors are protected.

That is what that country authorities should do to as the casinos,gambling shops and lotto clubs are paying huge taxes to the government,they need to regulate this.

I believe it's because we live in a world where there are scams everywhere.
Anywhere we go there will always be someone wanting to illegally take advantage of people, scams have unfortunately become common and that's why we tend to "blame" people who end up falling for these scams even today.

However, these scams only exist because they still work, and why do they work?
Because there are people who believe in good, who believe that there are suitable people and that is why they end up trusting the wrong people.

Scams like these make me increasingly advocate the legalization of betting games, because in a country where they are properly legalized and supervised, these types of scams have less space to occur.

I'm not getting why people are blaming the gambler in this situation. He is the victim here, since the betting agents have been lying to him regards paying him the prize on the next day. Indeed, he shouldn't have accepted this excuse from them, but it seems the gambler was just a naive person who took the agents' word as legit. Are people already being considered guilty nowadays just for being too naive and innocent when getting along with thieves without knowing their true evil nature?

With so many online reputable casinos accepting customers from many different countries around the world, that should be the first alternative to come in mind when choosing where to place bets, instead of going for the local casinos and relying on middlemen services to bet. By living in a corrupt country, I try to avoid local services as much as possible, because I know the chances of being scammed is high. Maybe if that gambler followed the same logic, he could have avoided this whole problem, receiving his prize without delays directly to his personal account.

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Oh yes, of course, it's Nigeria. No surprise here
It's a pretty normal case if you ask me. The people who handled the money wanted to steal the bet, thinking they can get away with it. I wouldn't blame the betting company, but the office employees, and this is obviously how that case was eventually handled by the police. Betting in third world countries known for people who would kill you for a bit of money is always a bad idea.

How can a shop be dubious? It can if it's located in a very poor country where people work their assess off whole month for what a person in US, Canada or the EU makes in a day. They will always try to scam you because they feel like they're wasting their lives not getting any real profit.

that's just an agent's excuse for not disbursing their customers' winnings, but the customer's actions are very correct here otherwise the casino's name will be damaged because of the agent's actions, the casino must immediately follow up with their agent so as not to damage the image of their casino company, this could be a long matter if not followed up quickly

The title says betting shop and the first thing came to my mind is offline gambling. I know online gambling is easy now but not all people likes it. The betting agent must be a worker of a betting shop but I know we can also ask them to place a bet for us and we don't know maybe that agent offered something good to the man like he knows what will be the result of the game, something like that and see, they even won but the only bad part is that he won't give all or most of the money at least to the guy.

The URL says "naija" and then there is also " n16-7m " which might be a Nigerian currency, so my guess is the incident happened in Nigeria.

But is it easy?
Some providers in betting shops cannot be clearly known where they operate and have their head offices because these are some of the secrets that are really guarded.
Moreover, not just anyone will be able to go and enter there as they please, there will be SOP or special criteria provisions for anyone who will visit for several important matters related to business, we are only gamblers and will not necessarily be well received.
Many providers make the mistake of not considering what is happening as the truth and this is why many gamblers are en masse leaving or moving to online casinos because everything is easier.

Things like this used to happen quite often and I heard about them almost all the time, it just that the majority of them are fiat-based casinos that operate directly or could say offline.
They work with betting shops or places that have business providing various gambling options, but now they have shrunk due to the growing pressure of online gambling and making many people change direction.

There should be enough proof that you win if you have the ticket. Even without the agent, you can still claim that money. Though I'm not really sure about the arrangement on this particular country where this betting shop is operating, but it's pretty simple, you got the evidence, you can claim the money.

When a gambling site is not honoring it, it just speak a lot about their reputation, they are scammers and cannot be trusted. Maybe if this winner who file a case will win, that would be the end of the betting shop. Imagine, scammers risking their reputation on that small amount?

He should have been able to ask for records or proof that he placed a bet with an agent so that it would be evidence that could show that he gave genuine information. It would also strengthen his alibi before the court or the police that his betting agent had really cheated him.

We don't know what will happen to the man, especially with no evidence that could convince the court that he was really cheated. Maybe the man won't be able to get the money, but hopefully, the man can get it because it is his winnings. Hopefully, the court will side with him and win the man's case. It is indeed difficult if we don't have proof of bet slip from the betting agent because cases like this can happen at any time, and there may be many betting agents who will cheat us and take away our winnings without us knowing.

I believe xif the ticket is unsettled and the gambler goes to the headquarters he will be settled from there,  because even if it's the agent that makes the payment but the casino itself is who deposits the money to the agent account before being used,  so I believe the gambler will get his full payment and if I were in the gambler shoes,  I will just go straight to the headquarter immediately the ticket is marked won.

Because that is a big amount of money,  and that agent being unavailable is something that gave the staff and friend the chance to try to scam the gambler.

The gamblers after winning was not given the full money not without any difficulty.Because some people use to scam the website to make the winning gambling.The identity also been checked at the time of the withdrawal of funds.If the withdrawal funds is more,the gamblers are advised to get into the gambling site office to get the funds in the form of fiat.This was the rare of rare in the gambling site,mostly they received money into the wallet in only.The betting agent also need to given some dollars after the winning was made.

I didn't get the full gist, I still went to the main source and you guys said the same but I'm not satisfied with the information provided. The betting shop is just an agent which means they act as a medium between the betting platforms and the players. Now, the player won 36 games which I believe are sports games, nobody can cashout that game without the original betting sleep which must have been handed into the original player. Even the agent can't touch the player money without the original bet sleep, so I don't understand why the medium agent is on the run to another country.

However, it's possible that the agent does has a copy of printed sleeps of players games and the agent has claimed the money before the original person came to cash his money and he has used the money to run away from the country to a better country chilling there with his new life. The lesson learn here is that players must avoid any form of intermediary when betting, to get a phone to gamble shouldn't be that difficult.

Since he used a third party to make the bet, the sports betting company can deny any wrongdoing. The betting agent may not even be affiliated with the company, as of now the persons he has a problem with is the gambling agent, who is said to have relocated abroad. 15m is a lot of money, both parties will not be willing to give up the money. I hope the complainant has money for court fees because the case could last for years.

Understanding the roles of all parties involved is important in such instances. Betting platforms, on their part, have to ensure that the integrity and security of their activities remain paramount. This includes ensuring that any agents they engage as intermediaries act professionally and adhere to the set regulations. While it is true that the man is employing a betting agent from a betting platform, the onus of ensuring the safety and fairness of services rendered lies squarely on the shoulders of the betting platform. In case there is proof that betting agents or platform employees have acted with fraudulence or deception, it would be appropriate to bring them to court.

On the other hand, it is equally important to understand that players also have an individual role in safety and security when they place their bets. There are risks involved in using a betting agent or betting through a third party; therefore, players need to carefully consider whom to trust with their betting transactions.

In the given case, an individual can request a reparation fee from betting agents or platform staff if he has fallen prey to fraud and scams while gambling. However, this is a practice that ought to be regulated because the individual also has the responsibility of managing his gambling risks. He should make sure that in all his gaming operations, he is dealing with honest individuals.

In the face of the law, you’re not guilty until proven guilty. Hence, they would be allowed the chance to defend themselves as by some means, they might not be the direct perpetrators of this scam though, might be well aware of the scandal, perhaps have some benefits but, we might have to wait on the judgement from the court.

One thing is for sure though, these things do happens but, gambling platforms have already insured against this as, no two gambler can have the same betting slip and most times, huge sums aren’t paid in small outlets but, your often invited to the head officer to get your payments. That’s my idea of how this sort of things work still, it’s good the gambler has taken his chances with the court, hope the conspiracy that this time might allow not manifest against the gambler.

Once’s his got his ticket still with him, his got a great chance at winning his case.

I'm sure every business tries to hire the best people possible but they cannot control everything. The article only mentioned the statement of the complainant so we don't really know if the owners had cooperated with the police in arresting their agents. I think they did. All that is left now is the verdict of the court.

Unfortunately these sort of frauds are taking place all day, every day and in many different ways. You constantly have to be on your guard when it comes to looking after your finances. In this scenario, it seems like the person will have to rely on the courts to decide the outcome, if the company is not taking the theft by their employees seriously. It sounds like the owner of the casino is living up their life abroad, instead of making sure their staff are properly monitored and security is tight in their casino, hopefully the owner understands the bad reputation that comes from these sort of complaints is not worth it. If it is truly serious and ignored, you'd hope that the casino loses it's license to operate and is forced to pay additional fines on top of the original payout.

yes!! The betting platform isn't supposed to be blamed in a hurry - what if the operators in the said casino pulled-up with that stunt, with the head attendant and reps?..
I would believe this as it's been rampant even during the days when I was still a staff; A similar incident happened before my very eyes - someone's ticket was voided with a tool that could somehow erase the potential wins and could also reflect "lost" on it too... Immediately he (the gambler) looked into the system and realized that the game was manipulated, he began to strike very hard that the director had to intervene from his office....His money was later credited and the dude was sacked.

This is a very sad story, but there are many things in this article that were not said or forgot to mention, for example the article does not say whether the guy managed to receive the money he won after the case went to court, because the robbery it was done by the casino employees and has nothing to do with the guy who won, the problem is between the employees and the casino owner, so the casino owner is obliged to pay the money to the winner, the guy who won when he arrives In court he goes as a witness, but whoever should accuse the employees of the theft must be the owner of the casino or betting house. As this article doesn't detail much, I don't understand how the owner of the casino or betting house reacted and is dealing with all of this.

and I also don't know if the winner was paid and how soon it was paid and if the part of the government responsible for licensing and supervision of gambling will punish the casino or bookmaker, this information is important and relevant, but in this article does not have this information. They also do not mention the names of two other people who participated in the robbery and are missing. In any case, because this happened in the real world, it makes it easier for the winner to complain to the police and the courts and punish those responsible, if the problem were in an online casino, then he would see no solution, he would have nowhere to complain and no one would be arrested

Getting a service from a betting agent is not wrong as long as those agents are officially recognized by the platform.

The bettor didn't do anything wrong in getting a service. It's like saying it's wrong to get a trading broker when trading.

The betting platform is also liable for the incident as it happened inside their premises. They have full control of their allowed betting agents there. But the worst is, that those betting agents show their bad colors for the sake of getting easy money.

These agents just risk their careers and hopefully, they will be kicked out by the betting company.

Everyone needs to be blamed because in the first place why would you allow anybody to place a bet for you, and if not for greed how would you want to run away with somebody's money something you did not work for I just feel that it is very on fair. I thought you can even cash the money out directly from your app and that is why i prefer online betting platforms' to avoid stories like this I will even win and nobody will know about my win and am safe because when people even mistakenly discovered that you won they will start billing and requesting for there share.

serious does agent really did something bad and good that the matter is already in court, when he discovered he won why the delay nothing anyone will tell ,me i will collect my money that day, and if the vetting platform are aware of this they are suppose to query them and make sure that the money is produced and then they should be sacked since they are scammers they don't deserve a job at all.

So this guy won $11,800 through a betting agent linked to the platform but had trouble getting his cash at the betting site HQ and the workers there supposedly tried to scam him? It's a clear reminder to be careful with these betting dealings. Its a mess because there's no proof the guy handed money to the betting agent for the bet. and without a clear record or contract, it's tough for the court to side with him. Lesson here is we should always get things in writing or some proof when dealing with betting agents to avoid these kinds of headaches if possible

The problem on this kind of issue is there’s no proof that the man indeed gave money to place bet to an agent because he let the agent bet for himself without any contract that will make their deal legally acknowledged.

This is why the court doesn’t side with him despite he is telling the truth because there’s no evidence that he really provided money for the winning bets. This is all my assumption that he let the agent bet for himself since I don’t know how physical betting shop works and there’s no way he will lose a court battle if he has the betting slip of his bet provided by the agent.

Clear as the sky, the attendants committed an offense under Criminal Laws.

If such judgment had been made therefore the evidence was 100% legit. Better face the consequences.


Bettors have different preferences. Just because we think that it's easy to open an account online, it's not the always case for the majority. For example, visitors from another place probably pass by a physical casino, and on their mind, they want to test the waters there.

To make it more simple, betting agents are acting like a brokers. They will show the possible best odds you can get.

Well, i honestly and personally think this is not something to be so surprised about, with the situation in the country economically, almost everyone seems to be struggling, and most people are looking for ways to make money by all means, and this pushes them to do things unimaginable, and they seem not to even care who their actions affect, all that matters to them is them getting that which they are in pursuit for.

I have not read the news in full, this I will do immediately after posting this comment, but I just want to first let us all know that things like this aren't supposed to come to as a surprise of shock, there are worser things happening around us if only we care to pay attention.
I am glad that the dubious worker were caught and taken to court, I hope they get a severe punishment, so that that will serve as a lesson to other with same intentions.

Obvious the money won are with those betting agent, immediately you win any game using betting agent, the bet company will send the money into the agent account for them to pay the winner.
 However cases like this have happened over time and the bet companies now have a different pattern of payment once the money won is big, what the bet company currently do now is that, once you win big amount on a bet, they use what they call super agent to monitor the payment process, this super agent are people with bigger betting shops within the city, that cannot run away given the amount of investment they have on ground, so hence the money that is won is released to the small agent, the bet company will call on the super agent to monitor and facilitate the payment process to the winner, so there will be no room for small agents to run with somebody money.
However I still feel the best way for you to gamble is for you to have your private account so that whenever you win the money goes into your account and you can easily transfer it to a bank account or any of the account without any agent.

The one to blame is the betting agent because they cheated the man who won the bet. But we don't know whether the betting agent was willing or not to pay out the man's winnings because the betting shop owner was traveling abroad. The workers also don't have the power to pay the man's winnings, but hopefully, the man can get his winnings, especially since it's a big bet. However, they must be careful in choosing their betting agent if they want to place bets from a betting agent and not from the betting platform directly. They have to make sure that the betting shop owner will not cheat them and is willing to pay out their winnings, especially if they can get big winnings.

Betting platforms must hold agents accountable and honest. Businesses must be transparent to protect players while establishing trust.

There are scam betting shop, casinos, and even online sites.
Choosing where to gamble should be based on the reputation of a gambling shop, although it could minimize the risk choosing those that has a good reputation, it doesn't guarantee that scam will not happen as they can also be greedy, but that is putting their reputation at risk.

This doesn't need a violent reaction, if there's a working justice in your country, all you have to do is just to sue them. All you need is to show proof as evidence and I'm sure the court will order the shop to pay the winnings, and might even add compensation on damages.

This story is pathetic and it is not the first time that either the gambling company or their agents are trying to play smart. I've heard stories that they will print a fake ticket for a customer and they will hold the original ticket and even worse. Maybe the same scheme is playing out here again, time will tell. How can a gambling shop owner who was supposed to pay winnings travel without proper arrangements for settlement? Well, the best thing to do has been done by the guy for taking them to court, and by doing that, they can't escape justice.

The headquarters will be one of the responders in this case as well. This is to clarify issues and ascertain the genuity of the operations of the agents/branch. I hope that it is not more than this though, because if the owner had outsmarted the guy, he could have run away with the money believing that it is huge and he had nothing to lose by doing that. This is more reason why it is good to bet online, you will be able to treat the issues directly with the company involved and not some kind of agents.

Some old gamblers who have liked betting at betting agents or direct betting shops from the start will definitely still use them, they will bet and meet betting partners so they can chat together about the gambling they do.
But usually this is only done by gamblers who are little older, the same thing happens in the area where I live, those aged 50 to 60 years old all the time go to betting agents or betting shops to be able to bet on their predictions.

Yes, you are right, some countries have quite complicated restrictions, especially if the country already has regulations prohibiting gambling then clearly every online gambling activity can be more difficult.
But that doesn't mean they can't because they can still use VPN or change the IP address on their cellphone or PC, but for deposits it doesn't really matter because the money can be entered into crypto exchange platform and deposit the money in crypto.
This cannot be tracked by the state or government.

I don't understand irresponsible agents like that even though they have been trusted by the platform to be agents in casinos which may have a lot of user. They should fulfill their mandate and not try to deceive their users. Indeed, human nature is sometimes like that if they have seen money in large amounts, various evil intentions began to come to mind so that all means were justified to be able to get the amount of money they were going to get, the amount of money that the young man won was very large in my local currency so it was natural that there would be people trying to cheat him, even the agent and fortunately the agent did not flee abroad because that amount of money could have been taken abroad and this should be brought to court so that appropriate punishment can be given.

Indeed, that is the risk if we gamble through an agent because to anticipate things like this it might not be a problem if the winnings are within reasonable limits, but if the winnings are thousands of thousands of dollars then this could trigger someone to do evil things and possibly cheat the user.

I don't think the betting platform is to be blamed. If the platform paid the winner through its workers but the workers stole the money away, it's probably not the platform that is to be prosecuted but those who stole the money. The platform, provided it's licensed, operated in good faith and was honest in dealing with its players.

I'm responding as if the case is this simple. There might be certain details of the case in reality that I don't know. In the end, the court might still require the platform to pay the gambler the winning amount while the court hears the case. But it would get it back once the money is seized from the criminals.

Not sure with these but in betting shops probably they're like the affiliates and the bettors/gamblers can cashout/deposit through them and they earn commissions from those. So, agents are like the middlemen of the betting shop and the gamblers. It's an opportunity probably given by the casino alone to also get some free marketing. To those bettors, you need to have a trusted agent if this is the way you gamble. Otherwise, just gamble online and you need not to go through with these agents and you can go directly and gamble against the casino.

Con artists will just ignore to answer that question. They're even bringing food to their family's table with those money that they've stolen so, they can easily sleep at night. It will only bother them if it happens to them directly or someone from their family have been bothered by the same tactic and scheme that they do. That's why if they can sleep at night well, it's just temporary and karma will hit them hardly for sure.

I'm not 100% certain but I think it happens due to local restrictions for cash transfers.

Some countries are very restrictive and protectionist with how cash moves out of their economy, so people often find agents that have some sort of loophole to transfer cash in and out to do the job for them.
It's for the same reasons that in many countries money mules are a more efficient way to transfer cash than create a bank account, which is only reserved for the elite. It's a weird world we're living in actually.
Thankfully crypto casinos solve this.

That is why is very important to know the kind of betting agent (local betting shop) we are using, and this can likely happen when we are using a traditional way of gambling. I don't think this may likely happened to an online casino where you have to cash out whatever amount you have won provided that you pass kyc.
The major problems people mostly face in online casino is just kyc issues apart from that i don't think there is anything wrong with that, but offline has a very big disadvantage concerning paying out to their customers.
Maybe next time the victim should learned how to use online gambling platform then he can avoid all these grammars from local shops and agencies.

When I read similar stories as this, I being to ponder on why I share the same air with such despicable humans with zero form of humanity in them. How do you bring pain to another human and you still sleep well at night? The perpetrations of these crime are the type of people who if they hadn't tried to rip off the winner through this means, they would have send, armed robbers to his home address to steal the cash from him. Of course that is the kind of risk that individuals who win such huge amount from gambling face. On the other hand, I am glad that this is not a story with a sad ending. Justice is being served and it makes me happy.

would it be different if the man hadn't requested to convert the local currency to USD?  because i think the attendant would have given him the entire amount if it was just Naira. things like this won't happen when the economy is not so bad.

and he was too trusting of Adetola, she must be a sexy lady that he fancied so much that he wanted to go back the next days. only to find out, that this lady is the one scamming him. is it even true that the boss went abroad?

People trying to scam others in the betting market. There is nothing new about it, to be honest. Unfortunately, this is a very common think, specially when dealing with crypto casinos, I assume it was not the case though.
To me the most impressive thing in this case it is the fact those who alledgely tried to steal the money are facing an actual process of prosecution and they did not easily go away with it.

People should don't just try to gamble or bet important amounts about of reliable and trusted casinos with a proved track record, in my opinion. Even if a casino or betting agent seem to be very professional, one is supposed to take a look at the track record of them before even considering to deposit over some hundreds of dollars, which could be translated to thousands of dollars in the case we successfully call the results of some matches. Let us be this to be another cautionary story and won't let scammers to continue to feed from out hard earned money...  

And then it's going to be his words against the attendant's word in the end.  How can people be so bold to do this in our time, aren't there cameras everywhere already that its documented that the attendant received the ticket?  Lukman also is like the most naive man while also a gambler, hard to fathom this combination.

And worse is that the suspects bailed and they could just disappear into the wilderness and then the winner is left with nothing and still has to pay the lawyer this March 4.

It was a bad experience that those people received because they couldn't get their money. He had trusted the wrong betting agent, so he had this problem. Gambling can turn someone into a greedy person after seeing an opportunity to get someone else's winnings instead of giving it to the winner. Perhaps this is because the betting agent has been operating for a long time, and many people have used it without problems, so they trust it because they can place bets through the betting agent. But it made people greedy when someone got a big win, so they didn't want to give their money. Sadly, something like that had to happen, but this is a lesson for everyone to be more careful in choosing their betting agent and not just trust them. We don't know whether the winner can get the money or the money will still be lost, but hopefully, he can get the winning money.

If proven guilty, these people should give back the money that should have been won by the complainant. And maybe more, for the stress they gave him, the mental damages, and the payment to the lawyer who will make sure they win the case. Then maybe some prison time too so they will learn their lesson.

Money does many things to people.
Some will not work fairly just to get what they want in a quicker method. The sad part is this ain't even millions of US dollars and they bite it. Now, they will be out of work, and maybe they will be imprisoned if it is proven to be true.
What I want to hear is from the owner if he really paid the money that is supposed to be for the complainant. Maybe that will put an end to this once they reach him.
If he did, it would be a big trouble for those two and those who run away after taking a part of that money. That's a lot of things that will definitely change their lives from good to bad for just making that mistake. Maybe they thought the winner would not take it to court but they got it all wrong.

The problem with this kind of betting is that such client would have trust on the betting agent and would not collect their betting ticket and so that will make it more difficult to prove because the client will only rely on words of mouth and not document like the betting ticket. He might have been playing through that way and winning little money but this time is huge and those agent want to connive to scam him.

We have to be careful with some agents that we play through because things are difficult and a greedy agent might want to take such advantage. Moreover, some agents may not bet the game believing that it won't win.

Such cases often occur, if a user places a large winning bet, sometimes the agent who covers the gambling winnings for many bettors does not want to take responsibility, they like to associate certain gambling shops to convince users, the actual fact is that the gambling shop never knows anything about the agent, it is an unofficial agent.

For this reason, betting with illegal agents risks losing, they are not responsible for large amounts, they only pay small winnings, so it is natural that gambling shops do not have a solution for cases like that, they are free from responsibility, because the agent is not registered with their shop, so be careful when placing bets, look for an official agent from the relevant gambling shop to be accountable.

Some betting agents have taken it upon themselves to steal customers wins, and give them flamsy excuses, so that the money will not be paid. It is good that the bettor took them to court, because that is the only way that he can get his money from the bet agents. I don't blame the head quarters for not handling the issue. This is because, they have already paid out the money and it is no longer their concern anymore, and similar cases must have happened which they most have learnt the best way to handle it. The headquarters are not spoiling their brand, because it will be clear that the scam wasn't from them but from the agent.

Similar thing happened in my area, where a regular gambler was unable to go down to the bet shop to place his bet, so he called the bet agent and gave her the game to book. She booked the game, and the game came out as predicted, but when the gambler came happily to claim his bet, she told him that she didn't book it because he didn't go down there and take the game slip.

Very annoying to see how this bet agent messed up with this guy win and kept all the money to herself.

When dealing with humans like you and the deal involves money anything is possible, I don't even want to hear agents at all, most of them are scammers in disguise as a sport bet agent, be careful around them, some of them are even kidnappers informant, there is one true story how a agent in a sport bet location use to give kidnappers their next victim, and the police are able to get him because all the victims have one thing in common, they are used to gambling in the same gambling location and few other evidence.

I don't always advice anyone close to me to start using a location based casino or sport bets location, because they are not always safe especially if you are from a country that's struggling economically.

If you open the article you will know which country this problem is from, there is a Nigerian flag - Naija I think is from there.

Sometimes there are still people who believe in betting agencies rather than online casinos people still do this a lot without doing practically in online casinos nowadays.

We don't know from this storyline the fraud that will be committed by the workers at the casino but there are irregularities so this is reported to the authorities, because there is a guarantee mentioned in the article, which means that it can be punished or not, look forward to the case next month.

If it was me, I wouldn't leave the shop until my money is given to me. I can call the police right then and there if the betting shop do not honor my win but takes my money gladly whenever I lose. These people are corrupt to the core and don't deserve to live for years outside bars.


This is from Nigeria based on the court where the trial was held (Lagos state) and the currency used (Naira). Some people work with agents in order to have some direct connections to the gambling platform to make things easier such as withdrawals, deposits, and other account problems however that is not the case here, unfortunately.


Hopefully, though that long of a wait--a month before trial recommences--will give ample time for the defendants to possibly flee the country or go into hiding. They have all the evidence at hand, but with cases like this, it usually takes months before a resolution is concluded as I have observed here in my country.

If this escalates and it spreads out people will not trust this betting company anymore, they should do an investigation because they are making money from the bets of the gamblers.


That's a lot of money, the company should compensate the winner if they are a licensed betting platform, then they commit to honor the winning bets, if they fail to do this, their license will be revoked and they will be fined for stealing with their winners. the winner did the right thing in charging them in court it's their money and the government should do its part to give justice to the winner, I hope the winner gets the justice he deserves and the betting company should help the victim to redeem their reputation.

I'm just curious though, why are people using a "betting agent" when it's easy to open an account online and start to gamble? Can you specify from what country this incident happen?

As to the story or news, I think everyone has to be blame as they all have responsibility to each other, the betting shop and the agent. Now, this one was already taken to the court, I'm hoping the justice system is fair and their will be decision as soon as possible, but that's my take.

This is a regular occurrence in my country and the challenge many physical casinos are facing. Like you said, the problem is not always with the casinos but their agents in the various outlets. There was one an agent eloped with peoples winning giving them excuses that there were too many winnings so the company could not pay at once but at a later date. He used this excuse in buying time until he completed his paper works and traveled abroad with people's winning.

This is why many people have decided to use online casinos only. With online casino, if there is a problem, you will be interacting with the company direct not through a third part. There will be no case of an agent running away with people's money.

Based on the article you provided



When it's very clear that it is outright theft, here in our country it is called qualified theft when you're stealing from your bosses, if your business is related to money and gambling you should hire people who have good moral character and you should do background checks.

The employers in the article are going to jail and they will also be fined for their crimes, they should give back the money and plead guilty the complainant may forgive them and withdraw the case or they will have a shorter prison time.
It's not the owner's fault but the employers' but it will surely tarnish the reputation of the betting station.

Everyone here is to be blame right from the gambler, the agents and the betting platform too. I personally won't give any agent chance to ask me to come back later for my money if I win any ticket from them. They can only give you excuses when you demand for cash. Give them your bank details to send you your money instantly. This is why I recommend betting on your personal account to avoid issues like this with agents and shop owners.

The betting platform ought to have done something to protect their brand. As far as I know, the agents are working for them and they are being paid. Why not call them to order when cases like this occurred? If they continue like this without taking action on agents doing things like this, the reputation they have built for years will be destroyed and would definitely lose some customers. The agents are unprofessional and they deserve whatever sentence they got. The amount is too small compared to what they attempt to steal from the young man.

The betting platform is not to be blamed as the victim gambled using a betting agent? But he went to their betting site headquarter with no help given.

He used the betting agent of the betting platform to gamble and he won $11800 when I converted the local currency to dollar. He said the owner of the betting shop travelled abroad but he met the workers. The workers wanted to scam the man by not giving him any money.

The people involved that wanted to scam the man have been taken to court. They were granted bail with two sureties and the case has been adjourned to match 4 2024.

Some people are just very dubious

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