A Nigerian man has shared a painful account of how sports betting cost him valuable assets and financial stability.
In an emotional revelation, he explained that he once owned two plots of land, but losses from betting forced him to sell one of them at half its value in a desperate attempt to recover his money.
According to him, he had placed some bet, but everything had gone, compelling him to sell of the one asset he had for 2.5 million, rather than the 5 million it was worth at the time, all because he was desperate to recover the funds he lost to gambling.
Despite the sacrifice, he said the remaining funds were lost again within weeks, leaving him with little to show.
His words in part …
“Lemme tell you why I stopped sports b£tting. You see these two plots of land behind me, they were mine two years ago, but betting took everything I had, leaving only this land. It was valued at ₦5 million, but out of desperation, I sold it for ₦2.5 million half the price so that I can recover all the money that sports b£tting took from me. I tried to recover with the money, but within just two weeks, betting took it all again.”
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“These two plots of land were mine two years ago, but betting took everything I had, leaving only this land. It was valued at ₦5 million, but out of desperation, I sold it for ₦2.5 million half the price. I tried to recover with the money, but within just two weeks, betting… pic.twitter.com/1SlR9XzxcE
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