Sports-betting company, Naijabet.com has issued out cheques worth N2m to two of their avid stakers, Ayinde Emanuel and Akin Oluwagbenga who won N1.4m and N600, 000 respectively.
The winners who were celebrated on Saturday by Naijabet.com in Lagos expressed delight as they claimed this was their first time of winning a huge sum of money from sports-betting. Ayinde who won N1.4m stated that he was proud that his love for sports had brought him fame and indeed money.
According to the football enthusiast, Naijabet.com has also improved his knowledge of the round leather game. He stated: “I have loved football from childhood; I could remember my mum used to beat me but I thank God, today, it has earned me money. This is not the first time I am winning though but this is the first time I am winning big. I am a fan of Premier League, Belgium League, Scottish league and Portuguese League. Naijabet .com encourages us to broaden our knowledge of football.”
Saheed Gbajabiamila who heads the accounting department of Naijabet.com told reporters in Lagos that they decided to showcase the winners to convince stakers that Naijabet.com is real.
He said: “Although we are based in Ekiti State but we make sure our winners get paid immediately. Our online payment is immediate. We have had bigger winners and we have created employment for the youths through the agency programme we run.”