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Is this luck or common what? A customer who placed a bet on a football match with N500 just landed himself a game windfall of N13m.

Bet9ja mobile prides itself as " the number one bookmaker in Nigeria. Sports betting odds, Casino, racing and virtual sports games."

Bet9ja Marketing & Corporate Communications manager, Tunji Meshioye, in a comment on the winning said: 'BetNaija is the leading betting brandwhen it comes to making huge pay days like this to our players. We don’t beat about the bush. You play on our platform, you win, we pay. No stories. Betnaija’s reputation is based on prompt payment and our players know this. We don’t waste time.'

He did not reveal the details of the winner for confidentiality purposes.



Sport betting in Nigeria: An unlikely source of revenue and jobs


In Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos, shanty wooden structures with a number of benches, a television and a satellite dish are common sight. These venues, popularly called ‘viewing centres’, offer a bulk of the football-mad population in the city a chance to watch the European football league games, usually for less than a dollar. As the popularity of these matches grew in the early 2000s, so did the presence of these viewing centres.

On match-days, these places are usually packed with passionate fans sporting replica jerseys and rooting for their favourite teams but more recently, a keen observer might notice fans at viewing centres clutching a white piece of paper – a ‘ticket’. Tickets are printed copies of selected games on which bets are placed and since late 2012, they have become more prominent in the Nigerian football landscape as sport betting is now very popular. Despite the notion that sport betting kicked off in Nigeria only recently, the earliest sport betting firms recorded their first entry into the market in 2007.

Generally, sport betting involves punters predicting the outcome of matches and getting their bets to correspond with the stakes. If the predictions are correct, the bets are rewarded with stipulated winnings. In Nigeria, where there are millions of incredibly passionate football fans, sport betting has found its proverbial home.

Ultimately, fans began to explore the real possibility of not just watching football but also making money from these games played thousands of miles away. For fans who watch football as a leisurely pastime, the ability to make money out of it has presented an opportunity too good to pass up.

Money is the name of the game

Typically, fans are used to hosting heated discussions on the monstrous weekly wages of their favourite footballers but sport betting has turned that conversation on its head. Football fans now discuss their earnings from bets as the sport has become a viable source of income. Every other weekend, betting companies announce big winnings from bets placed with amounts as low as N100 (50 cents)

The possibility of raking in millions from meagre amounts is enough motivation for punters across the country to bet on a daily basis and as a result, betting companies record hugely impressive numbers. Ademola Adebajo, CEO of Stakersden, a leading betting company in Lagos, projects that daily stakes run into billions of Naira.

"Currently, we believe daily bets have reached five billion naira ($25 million) cumulatively across all the betting companies. Punters in the country are currently seeing this as a source of daily bread and it is not uncommon to see people appropriating a certain amount for betting daily," Adebajo said.

Despite Nigeria’s high levels of poverty and unemployment, punters cut across various demographics regardless of earning powers. According to Adebajo, low income earning punters spend between N200 ($1) and N1000 ($5) on bets while high income earners, tagged ‘big ticket customers’ spend thousands more, although these big ticket customers are firmly in the minority.

A pot of gold

In recent years, as Nigeria has become a thriving market, sports betting firms have sought to latch on and capture market share to various degrees of success.

The default business model sees the companies set up shop in a central working office while seeking to establish a wide network of affiliate agents who open brick and mortar shops where customers can come in to place bets. For their part in the business chain, affiliate shop owners, or agents as they are formally known, earn commissions on the bets placed in their shops. While the offline component thrives, sports betting companies also operate an online business model exploiting Nigeria’s internet penetration.

Last month, the Nigerian Communications Commission announced that internet users in the country had reached 97 million. With more than half of the country online, betting companies recognize the need to establish viable online operations. For this purpose, websites are set up for punters to open personal accounts from which they conduct transactions ranging from depositing funds into an online wallet, placing bets and transferring winnings earned from bets to their bank accounts. While some companies explore both models aggressively, others like NairaBet simply choose to remain predominantly online models thus sidestepping the financial and logistical implications of setting up and running a large-scale offline model.

The first step however, is purchasing a betting license at an annual cost of N10 million ($50,000) from regulators. Even though the cost of kick-starting operations is high, betting firms still require deep pockets to pay out winnings from punters which can sometimes run into hundreds of millions in a single weekend, cumulatively.

In fact, the inability to pay up promptly after big wins has been known to cause major embarrassment for betting companies and on some occasions, eventual closure. Last May, on a weekend that saw few upsets and most predicted results clicking, punters on BetNaija, the market leader in the sport betting space were said to have garnered up to N700 million ($3.5m) in winning bets. To its credit, BetNaija paid promptly- a feat that cannot be matched by some other firms. However, weekends like those are few and far between and more often than not, the betting companies make healthy profits and record enviable numbers.

Clearly, the business landscape is changing rapidly as betting firms compete aggressively for market share. According to Adebajo of Stakersden, betting companies with real goals of domination can no longer play small. "We started with a few local companies but right now, the business is moving from a low budget enterprise to one where scale is of the essence. Companies like Bet9ja have come into the market to redefine how sport betting should be done and every operator is reacting to the developments," he said. "The business landscape has moved from trying to open a corner shop somewhere and offer betting services to people. The big companies are constantly innovating and upping the ante in the industry. New entrants will need significant start-up capital to measure up."

The need for innovation has seen companies seek ways to make betting easier and less restrictive for punters as live phone betting services have been launched. Stakersden has also recently launched a new service in collaboration with leading telecoms firms.

While some think the Nigerian market is already saturated and can no longer evolve, Adebajo says the next stage of evolution will be fuelled by foreign investment. "Foreign companies have been licensed to operate here and more are expecting to secure licenses or to partner with local operators. So in the next 5 years, we expect to see foreign companies taking a chunk of the shareholding of some of these companies to compete."

An unlikely solution

Given Nigeria’s high unemployment figures, the creation of jobs by the private sector is critical and in this regard, the impact of sport betting has been profound. With some big companies running nationwide operations, while other focus on maximizing their reach regionally, the industry has created thousands of jobs directly and indirectly. Big companies have staff strength running into hundreds but through their associate networks, they offer agents a source of livelihood through affiliate partnerships as they earn money through commissions. Joseph Chukwu, a graduate and shop owner in Ikorodu, says sport betting has been a lifesaver. "There are no jobs in the country even for qualified graduates," he said. "Rather than sit on my thumbs, I decided to set up my shop as an agent and earn money through commissions. Initially I thought of it as something to do while something bigger came along but now I’m focusing on building a chain of shops and being a mogul of sorts. It may sound crazy but I’ve gone from looking for a job to actually building a business."

Adebajo thinks the employment issues and high rate of poverty means that the chance to earn a living from sports betting can hardly be ignored. "Majority of Nigerians live below the poverty line and any activity that can legitimately turn a small amount of money into large sums will always be appealing." Adebajo’s sentiments are backed by the many instances when Nigerians have fallen victim to fraudulent multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes. Given the legitimacy of sport betting, its appeal is ostensible.

In less than a decade, the sport betting industry has grown vastly and become not just a source of income for many Nigerian punters but also large job creation vehicle. Ordinarily, Nigerians are happy to watch football and celebrate the goals and other magical moments but these days, they do so knowing that every goal counts for something and win, lose or draw the outcome of the game could matter for more than bragging rights. Watching and following football games are no longer just a simple recreational pastime, a late winning goal scored in the English Premier League or in the German Bundesliga is no longer worth just three points – for a football fan, it can pay for the next meal.



N2million BetNaija Winner Dies In Calabar


The choice of celebrating with friends after winning in football betting has claimed it first casualty in Calabar as a man dies after being poisoned while drinking with friends.

A Brainnews NG source gathered that one Mr. Orok who won 2million Naira at BetNaija, a football betting company in Calabar died after celebrating with friends at a drinking joint.

Mr. Orok (Surname withheld) who was also a staff of Bet9ja was poisoned by an unknown human who claimed to be his friend, thereby terminating the future of this young man.

According to a closed friend, Orok died after vomiting blood.

The deceased is a native of Calabar South, a local government in Cross River State and resides in Mount Zion Lane.

He was buried on the early hours of Tuesday, August 23 2016 at the Goldie Cemetery.

Brainnews NG extends her condolence message to the deceased family and prays for God to give them the grace to bear the lost.


BetNaija rewards agents, staff


In recognition of their partronage and dedication to making Betnaija Nigeria’s number one sports betting company, the company honoured some outstanding staff and agents during its 2015 End-of-the-year party and awards night in Lagos .

In what was a highly thrilling and well organised event, staff, agents and customers of KC Gaming Network, operators of BetNaija, went home with various gifts and also received awards in various categories.

In his address, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Ayo Ojuroye praised the company’s customers and agents for their loyalty and commitment in 2015.

"We are very happy with your performance in 2015, hence the need to appreciate your efforts. Without your hardwork and dedication, we won’t be here today. You, agents, customers and staff have done absolutely well and we really thank you for this. We are excited that through your efforts, Bet9ja has grown in leaps and bounds.

The Executive Chairman, Kunle Soname presented the employee of the year award to Ernest Abanum while Akin Akerele won the award for the Manager of the year.

Ace comedian, Seyi Law thrilled guests with rib-cracking jokes to the delight of the guests, while music fan’s favourite, Sean Tizzle held the crowd spell bound with the rendition of various tracks from his top of the hit album, ‘Loke Loke’

Then Oritsefemi’s performance had everyone on their feet with his Double Wahala track and Igbeyawo as the guests asked for more from him.

Bet9ja.com has achieved tremendous success in Nigeria’s betting industry in less than four years of operation, with offices in more than 19 states and with the highest winning bonus. .



Betnaija Rewards Winners

In fulfillment of its promise to always reward her winners, sport betting company, Bet9ja, has doled out various cash prices to winners from last weekend.

According to Bet9ja.com CEO, Ayo Ojuroye, "we have paid all our winners from last weekend in line with our promise of paying promptly. We congratulate all our lucky winners that emerged over the weekend. We assure them that we will never fail to pay their winnings in line with our promise to them.

In less than two years of doing sports betting business in Nigeria, BetNaija has displayed a high sense of integrity through prompt payment of winnings.

He assured all agents and punters that they will continue to serve them with a high sense of responsibility. Ojuroye further said "We thank our agents for their hard work and dedication towards making the top sports betting company in the country. We will continue to protect them from undue risk. As we demonstrated last weekend, we will never deny them their benefits."



Sports betting is big in Nigeria


In our special report this week, we look at the cultural force the gambling has become for a helpless citizenry.

Nigerians love their football. Local or international. Everyone knows that.

And in the past few years, they have been putting their monies where their mouths are.

In less than six years, Nigeria has witnessed a gigantic leap in the number of football viewing centers and an almost proportional number of sports betting shops that cater to the needs of thousands of fans willing to stack money on their favorite football club or team.

The country has become home to an increasing number of neo-modern betting (gaming) companies that are taking full advantage of the high internet penetration in Nigeria and its large population of young (and not-so young) people that are not just passionate about football but eager at the possibility of making millions from a small amount of money.

But betting is not limited to football only.

In 2015, punters placed their bets on the outcome of the Nigerian presidential elections. The outcome of the 2013 conclave, which saw the emergence of Pope Francis I after the resignation of his predecessor, was betted on. As the American election draws closer, punter will also be interested in betting on who will win the election.

In today’s world, everything can be gambled on.

How it works

"The whole system works on what we call odds -it’s like points. If two teams are playing the stronger team gets less point than the weaker team. If you’re banking on the weaker team, you’ll win more," Adekunle Adeniji, Manager of Virtual games at Bet9ja and owner of several betting shops, explains to me.

Punters predict the outcome of a particular game, often stacking money on a particular event occurring during a march. Possible events to bet for in a game include: the final score, a draw, first to score, throw in, time of goal score, first to foul, amongst several other possible events in a game.

On the surface it appears to be a game of luck – almost like throwing a dice – but Adeniji points out that betting is all about skill and deep understanding of the game.

"It just all about prediction," he says. "Before you can place a bet you must at least know the statistics of the team you are betting on."

Correct predictions are rewarded with monetary winnings depending on the odds of the event predicted occurring in a game and the amount of money stacked. The odds are multiplied against the amount staked to arrive the prize money.

Dotun Ajegbile, the Managing Director of 1960bet, points out that betting "is actually, more or less, like a game of skill. You can’t predict when some punters will actually make money."

While most seasoned punters and gamers agree that not all punters will actually make money from bets, earning money from football games is an opportunity most football enthusiasts cannot pass up.

The business of betting

Other forms of betting, like pool and lotto, have existed before the introduction of modern sports gaming as we know it. In a few years, sports gaming have successfully eclipsed all other forms of betting both in the amount of revenue generated and the number of people it attracts.

Betting companies, towing the line of their superiors in the west, have invested millions of dollar into the gaming sector and have set up infrastructures needed for gaming and an interesting affiliate/retail system that ensures that everyone, regardless of socioeconomic background and location, can have access to betting facilities.

Springing up in several locations within urban and rural communities are retail sports betting shops that serve as affiliates for betting companies – a sort of middlemen between the companies and punters.

"Somebody who owns a shop or is in the business should not play," Adeniji says. "It’s just like you’re selling marijuana, you are not supposed to take out of it because you’ll end up taking all of it. Most shop owners end up losing their business because they want to play."

Aided by the massive increase in internet penetration within Nigeria, punters can now eliminate the middlemen and place their bets directly on the website of companies. But Ajegbile says that even though the "online penetration has really helped the industry," a vast majority of bets placed aren’t done online but through the retail outlets of the betting shops.

He estimated a ratio of 70:30 for offline (through retail shops) and online betting.

Who wants to be a millionaire?

And Ajibile sees nothing wrong in any of it, for an industry that he claims has employed over 10,000 Nigerians – and created millionaires, literally overnight.

"The industry is very profitable," says Ajegbile. "What shape the economy is taking, betting will forever remain betting. If the economy is good, people place bets. If the economy is bad, people will always place bet."

Breaking down the numbers, he estimates that about one thousand bets pass through the system of 1960bets every five minutes but at pike periods – which are usually an hour to the games – it could go up to 1,500 bets per minute, with the amount stacked ranging from a hundred naira to millions of naira.

Indeed, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in 2014, estimated that about 60 million Nigerians bet over N1.4 billion daily. But as Ademola Adebajo, CEO of Stakersden, told Ventures Africa in 2015, punters stake about five billion naira daily.

Five billion.

Let that sink in.

Regulating the market

In Lagos, 10 million naira is the maximum possible win but outside of the state, the maximum is 50 million.

"For now very few states does serious regulation," says the 1960Bet MD. "Very few states. Some states, especially in the east, gambling is not well regulated. The regulators are yet to get their acts right and it is really telling on the industry."

He is quick to point out that regulation is not the anymore: "Some of us (betting companies) don’t want to work in an unregulated market because in an unregulated market everything goes."

A regulated market checkmates gambling addiction by having companies monitor the betting pattern of punters and ensure that punters do not bring fraudulent money into the system.

A gigantic increase in the amount of money staked by a punter usually sets off alarm bells about addiction or fraudulently obtained funds, so betting companies are expected to monitor for unusual pattern and bring it to the attention of authorities and also ensure that persons less than the age of 18 do not gamble.

Also known as the Good Causes Fund, the Lagos State Lottery Distribution Fund (DTF) was set up by the Lagos state lottery board to administer "revenue generated from the gaming activities in the state."

According to its website:

"The DTF is applied to projects in the environment, education, social and health, and infrastructure sectors of the economy. Projects executed with the fund are called "good causes projects" while taxes paid from lottery sales are known as good causes money."

In 2015, parts of the DTF was used by the state government to purchase three helicopters, fifteen armored personnel carriers (APCs), two gunboats, 165 vehicles and others security equipment at a cost of N4.765 for the state police.

What the future holds

According to a PwC report, the gross gambling revenue in Nigeria is projected to grow at an annual rate of 8.5 percent to reach $69.9 million in 2019, making it the fastest growing sector in Nigeria. The report predicted that the industry will also outgrow the gambling industry in Kenya and South Africa.

This is not going away anytime soon, wherever you stand on the side of the argument about its merits.

"In the next three to five years, some of us are beginning to take the position of taking our companies public," Ajegbile says with a confidence that can be unsettling. "Betting is very big, very, very big."


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As the biggest operator, they can also offer the biggest prizes, with up to 20 Million Naira in winnings possible, and you can start trying for these wins without having to find a Bet9ja mobile promotion code 2016.

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The Sports Betting section is laid out to be easy to use for those who have never wagered online before, while featuring a hugely diverse range of games and possible bet configurations suitable for highly experienced punters as well. Soccer from around the world is carried, with all the big leagues from England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil and around the globe being offered. Other sports include Tennis, Basketball, Rugby, Motorsports, Cricket and Baseball among others, with bet options like Double Chances, Multiples, Over/Under Odds, Handicap and so on.

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Virtual Sports

Virtual games are played out using software rather than real competitors, with each event designed to be completely fair to give payers the best chances of winning their bets. Soccer, Horse Racing, Tennis and Dog Racing are all featured, and this can be an excellent way to enjoy your favourite sports even if no real events are taking place. These can all be accessed without needing a Bet9ja promo code.

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Another first for Bet9ja.com: BetNaija supports Nigerian as he breaks Guinness world record


As if giving away N36 million in a ground shattering payout the previous week was not enough, Bet9ja.com help set a world record yesterday as they supported Nigerian footballer Harrison Chinedu’s dream in his bid to break the Guinness World record of "farthest distance walked with a ball on the head".

The ball juggler eventually broke the record yesterday as he set out from the Redeemed Camp grounds on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, along with various media houses and representatives from the sports ministry at about 8am in the morning.

His journey took him through the central district of Lagos and eventually ended at the National stadium in Surulere, after which he still required to run around the stadium a total of 22 laps to break and set a new record.

Bet9ja.com Brand Custodian, Mr. Tunji Meshioye, had this to say:

"This is what Betnaija is all about. Supporting and rewarding the passion of our own homegrown talent. It takes a lot of passion and commitment for Chinedu to achieve what he has achieved today and we are delighted to be part of this historic moment."

With his new record of 48.04km, Harrison Chinedu successfully broke the previous record set of 45. 64km that was set in 2014 by Indian soldier NaibSubedar Azad Singh.



Betnaija Promotion Code: MAXPROMO


At bettingexpert we always want to give you the best possible start and insights into everything we review and it's certainly no different here with Bet9ja.com sports betting. We have an exclusive Betnaija promotion code MAXPROMO that you can use when you go to sign up and enter it into the 'Promotion Code' box (as shown in the above image).

This code and Bet9ja mobile bonus offer will entitle you to a 100% first deposit bonus up to a maximum of 100,000 Naira (Nigerian currency). If you're visiting from outside of Nigeria then you'll probably notice that the sportsbook only allows players from Nigeria to sign up at this current time (if this changes in the future we'll be sure to let you know right here).

Bet9ja mobile Review

For those in Europe the chances are you've never heard of Betnaija sports betting, but for those in Nigeria this is without doubt a sportsbook that gives you a lot of great options to bet. It features all the major sporting events internationally. As we've already said, Bet9ja is exclusively available to punters in Nigeria at this time so does a limited audience mean a limited product? Not at all as there's plenty of great betting markets available, with tennis, basketball, handball, cycling, hockey, motor sports, golf, snooker, darts, cricket, rugby and of course football just some of the major betting choices for you to select from.

Super9ja

BetNaija have a new game! Super9ja is here, and gives registered users the chance to win 100,000,000 Naira! For a chance to win the jackpot, you have to pick ten correct winning scores. Eight or nine winning scores could net you a mini jackpot too!

Available on both desktop and mobile, the game is free if you register with Betnaija and have a verified mobile phone number. Every Betnaija user gets one free ticket to participate, unless there are special promotions. As well as the jackpot and mini jackpots, there are also 20 weekly consolation prizes so don't miss out, register with Bet9ja.com now!

Betnaija Football

If you're looking for lots of competitive football betting odds, especially on European leagues like the English Premier League then you're in luck. The sportsbook has really good odds and also great combination bets such as first goalscorer and half-time/full-time. In the BetNaija live betting the football odds change right up to the 90th minute of the game. Then come Saturday there can be as many as 10,000 different bets on-offer for you to immerse yourself in.

Betting on Racing

You'll notice at the top of the website a tab for 'Racing', but it's not quite what you'd expect. You are presented with two icons for horse racing and dog racing, both of which are virtual and take place every few minutes. This is a fun option as you're always going to have something to do, especially good if you have a little money in your account and potentially could make a nice little profit. A fun feature, but it's a shame the real-thing is not available here at BetNaija.

Bet9ja Live Streaming Sports

After carefully scouring through the sportsbook and FAQ section there's no sign of any kind of live streaming feature here. However you can take advantage of the BetNaija livescore centre where you can follow all games / sports live and find facts, stats and form guides to aid your betting. If you really want a bookmaker with live tv games then you can read up on live streaming and the best places to find it in our bettingexpert guide.

The only way to withdraw at BetNaija sports betting is via bank transfer. Despite the lack of options at least there are no fees attached to this, as well as a relatively quick turnover of just 24 hours back in to your bank account. There's a minimum of 5000 Naira that you can withdraw at any one time. If you need any further assistance with these banking options just get in touch with the customer support at the sportsbook.

Customers can get in-touch with a member of the support staff directly via the email address cs@myBet9ja.com.com, or perhaps you can reach out to them voice-to-voice on the phone by dialling 01- 4405145. There's also a featured live chat option for players in Nigeria, this is always our preferred option, this pretty much guarantees quick answers to any problems you may have.

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There's a lot to like about this Nigerian sportsbook, with a great range of markets and lots of potential for punters to bet on the polarising English Premier League. The omission of racing betting is a bit of a shame but they do try to limit the damage by offering virtual betting in this market so we have to give them kudos for this.

As it's pretty much restricted to those in Nigeria we can't mark it up massively, but it is a solid choice and it does look very good visually. So if you can, don't forget to use the Betnaija promotion code: MAXPROMO when signing up via bettingexpert.


For Sadiq Abdullahi, the operator of a sports betting shop at Utako, Abuja, sports betting is all about preserving the sacredness of the contract between punters and the operators of the betting websites - paying the punter as promptly as she or he wins his / her bet on the basis of the ‘unbreakable’ promise ensconced in the predict-and-stake contract. Bet right, get paid right, Abdullahi would claim.

For Shina Phillips, a punter at Garki Area 10, Abuja, sports betting is much more about ‘conning’ the majority of the punters to ‘fleece’ them of their hard-won cash with the instrument of the enticing promises of a manifold benefit for passion, as the bet9ja slogan would say, ingrained in a ‘deceit-based’ contract.

So is the case in Abuja, as it may be the case everywhere, Phillips keeps.

Either way, the online sweepstake called sports betting is all about cash - the punter dreams of winning millions of Naira, for example, a maximum of 50 million Naira dangled by bet9ja, the acclaimed marketplace leader, by staking merely one, or a few, hundred Naira notes; the operator of the betting website, operating as a legal business enterprise, rakes into his bank account hundreds of millions of Naira apparently in the stakes placed on the faulty forecasts of the majority of the punters at a given time.

Because it's a government- legalized business enterprise, it's also about cash for the government in the form of the percentage of the collections made by the operators to be remitted to the National Lottery Trust Fund according to the provisions of the National Lottery Regulatory Act.

As at reporting time, the National Lottery Regulatory Commission established by the said Act of the National Assembly was still compiling a comprehensive list and relevant records of the operators in the FCT "and so we cannot tell you comprehensively who and who are operating here, how many of them are operating here, and the total quantity of stores by which they run," Magnus Ekechukwu, Head Media and Public Affairs of the commission, said.

"We have been mapping (compiling records of) the agents and subagents of the operators since April 2015, and we're still encouraging them to come forth and Register - Bet9ja Nigeria Sport Betting,Premier League Odds,Casino,Bet their presence with the commission as required by the Act to enable us control and monitor their operations consequently," Mr. Ekechukwu said further, warning, "we are on the verge of compelling them to do so, because the deadline has expired since February 16, 2016."

Mr. Adolphus Joe Ekpe, the Director-General of the Commission, stressed: "We are giving all operators up to the next June to come for the required mapping with us and many of them are responding. Because that will be the time when we shall begin full enforcement of regulation according to the Act from July any sports betting operator that has not presented himself for mapping will be on his own.

"We have already reached an arrangement with the EFCC that starting from that time any operator not registered with us will be accused of running an illegal company that was monetary, ripping off the citizens in their cash, and the EFCC will pick up him. We need to have a comprehensive record of them to enable us completely enforce compliance with the Act and perform monitoring roles and our regulatory.

The current situation, according majority of the players, underscores the chance of serious default in terms of the legally-required remittance to the Trust Fund and the fleecing of punters on the part of the operators in terms of the percent of sets required by the Act to be paid to them.

The Act stipulates that the operators of the online game of opportunity pay 50 percent of their groups to the players called punters, remit 20 percent to the Lottery Trust Fund meant for funding such development projects as may be directed by the President of the Federal Republic, while withholding the balance of 30 percent as their gain.

This Act provides for the establishment of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission charged with responsibility for the regulation of the company of the establishment of a National Lottery Trust Fund in addition to national lottery in Nigeria and the operation of the national lottery.

It, consequently, empowers the commission to correctly regulate the operations of all lottery businesses, which protects the interest of stockholders, players and the general public, and comprise sports betting business.

With the name of the game being Money, sports betting stores have quickly proliferated, most apparently in the past year or two, across the nooks and crannies of the Federal Capital Territory and its satellite towns, with the passion of the desperate money-monger outside to crop as tremendous amount of money as he could from the giant ‘cash-yielding’ tree called Abuja, said to come alongside the country’s commercial capital, Lagos, in terms of the gains and other fortunes achievable with such businesses.

The cash is sourced from the ever- reinforcing fire for soccer deeply rooted in the minds of the millions of the youthful football fans flooding the FCT and its satellite towns who swarm TV screening centres to see the foreign leagues after staking and calling.

A substantial percentage of these youth seemingly rely on the sports betting sweepstake as a ‘veritable source’ of a huge chunk of the cash they may have pursued from wherever they hail to Abuja or, at least, as a ‘veritable source’ of the pittance they want for simple sustenance.

As was the pools betting of old, which it replaces for majority of Abuja punters, nevertheless, sports betting is all about dependency.

"All games of chance are about addiction; the more you play them, the more you get hooked; and you play with them out of compulsiveness minding not whether you will win or lose, if you are hooked. If you win, you're joyful; if you lose, you happen to be unhappy, but depression for loss will not limit you from playing tomorrow," Mustapha Mohammed, a punter at Saharabet, maintains, observing, "I think this pathetic situation of the player develops the strong basis on which the gambling business thrives."

Why Abuja players should not be ungrateful for the operators Sadiq Abdullahi said: "The come, gamble, if they win they are promptly given their money by us and watch the soccer matches. Gambling means, the punter comes, tells us the teams she or he desires to wager.

He does the betting himself or he asks us to do it for him. At the conclusion of the games you see your consequence. We give you your ticket." if you win by the result about who wins between your selection teams confirming your bet

He said sports betting company thrives in Abuja because, "the individuals’s love for football has jumped so high now, partially because a sizeable populace of the youth has little to occupy them, and instead of simply seeing matches without gaining anything, they resort to betting. I expect you will not be surprised to discover that even girls come here to bet.

I must confess the company is moving," Abdullahi said, describing, "you win N3 million and can wager N100. Is N50 million. With a bet of N100 you are able to win up N49 million. With anything above N100 you are able to win N50 million."

He said the punters playing in his shop run to hundreds on day-to-day basis.

For David Jones, the luck for winning and getting paid that much in the game is not as sure as Abdullahi painted it: "A punter yesterday in my presence betted seven times at N150 each stake before he could win N20, 000.00, and that is an exceptional chance. You can be playing for a long time without winning anything. Lots of people play simply because they are used to it, but they do’t win anything."

Mohammed Aminu shared perspectives with Jones: " I began gambling two months past. I play just for the curious of it, but I 've never won a dime. I gamble between N500 and N100, but I have never won anything; you are able to see why I said I play due to interest."

Shina Phillips dismissed sports betting as detrimental to the market of both the state and the individual player.

It just isn't developing the economy of anybody or any country. It develops the market of just the operators," ", he said, confessing this past year I started, and I've been winning meager amounts like N1000, N3000, N5000, but my maximum triumph so far is N7000. I stake between N200 and N500.

Because it is a waste of money I do’t encourage the youth to get addicted to it. I play as much as five times daily before winning anything with the stakes I simply told. Huge people of the youth gather morning to evening at the betting shops, but majority do’t win anything concrete, in fact they do’t win anything," Phillip said, keeping, "From the misfortunes of this bulk, the operators make their hundreds of millions.

"So I might advise the youth rely on something else less insecure and to remove from betting he said. Noel Orerumba is the operator of a SureBet shop.

" I see sports betting to social ills as a panacea. It reduces the speed of perpetrating crimes on the list of youth, who constitute majority of the criminals in the society. On carrying out unlawful activities instead of occupying their heads, they come here play; some win, some lose; those who win their money are paid by us, which they use to cancel their bills.

You can see that they get money without carrying out any criminal action like robbery or militancy. Someone would wager, say, N300 and at the end wins, say, N5000.

"It is also an extremely dependable way to obtain employment; a store operator like me can use a few others among teaming jobless on the streets of Abuja to help the business runs," he said.

Yet, just extensive records of the population and operations of these sweepstake sites, agents, subagents and shop operators would facilitate their appropriate regulation and tracking in accordance with regulations, for the benefit of the stakeholders - the operators of the company, the players, the stockholders and government represented by the National Lottery Trust Fund.

Sports betting business, Bet9ja, in line with its set philosophy of rewarding individuals’s passion, has again paid out an enormous bonus triumph of N36,702, 316.98 to another winner Nwakama Uzoma .

Based on the CEO of KC Gaming Network, Ayo Ojuroye, " In line with our guarantee of constantly rewarding our customers’ fire, we only paid a huge winnings of N36,702,316.98 to one of our winners Nwakama Uzoma with Bet slip Number: B941AQPSTTZQE 21949.

"The victor used our online system by staking only N500.00. I’m happy to advise you that the victor has been issued with his cheque. We'll continue to strive to serve our customers to the best of our abilities. We'll consistently run in line with agreed conditions and within the ambit of the regulatory agency."

Ojuroye affirmed that " Our company is anchored on trust, so we will continue to serve our customers bigger and better."

Speaking on his win, Nwakama said "Bet9ja has altered my life permanently. I did’t believe I could win much at once and be paid immediately. Bet9ja really surprised me and I 'll constantly tell folks about their integrity."


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Saturday night was a memory one for football enthusiasts brought from throughout the united states by sports betting outfit, Bet9ja, to see the unveiling of its own platform that is gaming that is corporate.

Labeled 'Fans Night out,' the event saw soccer enthusiasts mingling with some former internationals, including Waidi Akanni, Mutiu Adepoju, Pere Rufai, and Victor Ikpeba, among others.

The roll call additionally contained the first vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Seyi Akinwunmi, Chairman Bet9ja, Kunle Soname, and ace comic, Seyi Law.

bet9ja.comTalking at the big event, the firm's Chief Executive Officer, Ayo 'Chucks' Ojuroye, stated that the occasion was aimed at introducing the new inventions in the stake business, along with appreciating the fans loyalty to the brand that was Bet9ja.

The buffs are the main performers plus they are very important to our achievements, so we dimmed it appropriate to extend them our grasps by coordinating this event and also serve them better.

We have introduced the corporate stakes and also the idea will be to empower without always going to our agents in their outlets, some Nigerians to place their bets.

It makes it more easy and suitable for them to follow up their fire with benefits from our company. "As we talk, Bet9ja now has over one thousand staff and fifteen thousand agents throughout the country which is a means to come up with the economical by creating employments for the youth. "Bet9ja now have outlets in 23 states and we hoping to have more in the rest of the state prior to the conclusion of the year."
In acknowledgement of the patronage and dedication to making Bet9ja Nigeria's number one sports betting firm, Bet9ja, honoured agents and some outstanding staff during its 2015 Ending of the year party and Awards night .

Former Super Eagles Victor Ikpeba was among some of the dignitaries at the event.

In what was a highly thrilling and well organised event, the staff, agents and customers of KC Gaming Network, operators of Bet9ja, went house with various gifts and also received awards in various classes.

In his address, the Chief Executive Officer, Ayo Ojuroye, praised the customers and representatives for his or her loyalty and devotion of the business in 2015.

"We are very pleased together with your performance in 2015, hence the requirement to value your efforts. Without your hard-work and commitment, we will not be here today. Agents, you, customers and staff have done certainly nicely and we really thank you for this. We're excited that through your time and effort, Bet9ja has grown in leaps and jump

The Executive Chairman of the company, Honourable Kunle Soname, presented the award to the Worker of the Year to Ernest Abanum while Akin Akerele won the award.

Then the performance of Oritsefemi had everyone on their feet as the guests together with his Double Wahala track and Igbeyawo.

Bet9ja's has achieved tremendous success in the betting business In less than four years of operation, with offices in more than 19 states and with the highest winning bonus in Nigeria.
Buoyed by the enormous success of its operations in the South West zone that has seen it emerge as the number one sports betting company after only a year of operation, Bet9ja has concluded plans to increase its operational base in the East and the south south area.

In line with the chief Executive Officer of the business Ayo Ojuroye," we plan to continually raise out operations in the nook and crannies of the country. Therefore, we've concluded plans to open more offices in the east and the south south area of the nation.

In order that our customers can have our agent at their beck and call, we also hope to apply more agents across the country. We realize the tactical importance of the region to our company and we would like to empower lots of individuals as well.

We have made folks that were jobless millionaires predicated on their, passion, we've taken our company to new heights also it can only just get better"

Bet9ja was established last year through their passion for sports with the aim of rewarding folks.
Where it's appeared as the top sports betting business in Nigeria, buoyed by its success in the last couple of years, the management of Bet9ja has vowed to sustain the tempo, with a guarantee pay bonus quickly and to consistently reward its agents.

And loyal staff and dedicated representatives. We feel obliged to encourage our staff and agents with this specific end of the year party and awards to display our deep appreciation for work well done. We are

We would not relent in our efforts of creating sports betting a very

rewarding experience for our patrons and customers."

Ojuroye further said, "some of our representatives have been dedicated, faithful and hardworking. Among them, Dave epitomizes what all other representatives need to be. We recognize him as the most consistent representative of Bet9ja a number of the agents are extremely diligent and we are extremely pleased with their achievements in the outgoing year." Faludi is included by a few of those honoured at the event

Temidayo based in Oluwasegun Adetoro Oluwole Olaoluwa, Abiose Olasunkanmi, Yakubu Azeez, Safe kadir, Lagos, Nwaogu Benjamin and Anderson who was adjudged as a superb agents

with more that 28 stores across the united states.

Additionally Chairman of Bet9ja, speaking, honorable Kunle Soname said: "Our strength lies in our clients and staff. We appreciate their work and efforts to make Bet9ja the number one

corta.cosports betting company in Nigeria. Some of our representatives like Bola Ojuroye have attained a feat even with her disability." A number of the staff honoured comprise Ayeni Joseph,, Mary Chinyere and Kunle Adeniji.
1997 African-Player-of-the-Year, Victor Ikpeba, has thrown his weight behind sports betting company, Bet9ja, in its quest to help grow the Nigerian domestic professional football league.


Speaking in the unveiling of Bet9ja in Lagos yesterday, Ikpeba who is the brand ambassador said he picked to be a part of the job because of the trustworthiness of the people managing it.

"The folks behind Bet9ja are credible individuals to work with. I admire their guts to help grow the domestic league in our country.

Ikpeba, fondly known as the Prince of Monaco with Monaco FC in the French Ligue 1 during his stint, declared that he tried his fortune as a punter while playing professional football in Europe.
"In my 15 years career as footballer, I once was involved in sports betting for the fun of it. From what I have found of Bet9ja and their operation in Nigeria, they are the industry leader and have become credible to work with," he noted

Earlier, the CEO of Bet9ja, Ayo Ojuroye, stated that the shirt sponsorship deal his company entered into with Remo Stars FC was only the beginning of the way the national football stands to benefit from its operation in Nigeria.
"We have positioned our company as the leading sports betting company in Nigeria. We've got full complement of technical support from personnel well grounded in the business around the world.

With advantage base in the excess of N500m, Bet9ja that began operations in Nigeria over six months ago is flaunting its product superiority, ethics and trust amongst factors which is giving them the advantage over others in the sports betting company in the country.

Chairman of Remo Stars FC, Kunle Soname, expressed his happiness to partner Bet9ja.
"As the chairman of the advertising committee of the Nigerian National League, I understand what this means to seek patrons.

General Manager of Lagos State Lotteries Board, while commending the business, Lanre Gbajabiamila who was present at the start, assured to ensure that Bet9ja keep to the provisions of their licence to ensure that the sport gambling public remain joyful.

As the sole firm that accepts bets on the Nigerian domestic league, Bet9ja also rely on results in the English Premier League, La Liga along with other European leagues for business in addition to wagers on basketball and Formula One.
The fun-filled event had in attendance trainers, ex-internationals, pundits, sport administrators and top notch comics.

The roll call includes the Primary Vice president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Seyi Akinwunmi, Chairman Bet9ja, Honourable Kunle Soname, the Brand aAmbassadors, Victor Ikpeba and Mutiu Adepoju, Peter Rufai, Waidi Akanni and Seyi Law to mention a number of.

In a short chat with the media, the company's Chief Executive Officer, Ayo 'Chucks' Ojuroye, stated the event was aimed at recognizing the devotees devotion to the Bet9ja brand in addition to utilize the occasion to introduce the newest innovations in the wager industry.

bet9ja.comHis words: "The devotees are the chief actors and they are important to our accomplishments, so we dimmed it appropriate to extend our appreciations to them by coordinating this event as well as serve them better.

"We have introduced the corporate stakes as well as the idea is to empower some Nigerians to place their wagers without necessarily going to our agents within their outlets. It makes it more easy and suitable for them to follow their fire up with benefits from our business.

"As we talk, Bet9ja now has over 1,000 staff and 15,000 agents across the country and that is a way to develop the economic by creating employments for the youth.

He also admitted that Bet9ja now have factory outlets in 23 states and is expecting to have more in other portions of the state prior to the finish of the year.
The Lagos State Government in the weekend said it had prosecuted over 50 defendants participating in illegal lotteries operations in the state.

The state government consequently warned that it would bring the full weight of the law against any operator in the Lagos State Lotteries Board without formal licence.

Chief Executive Officer of the board, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila divulged this in a statement on Friday, noting that the state government would no longer permit prohibited lotteries operations in the state.

According to him, over 50 defendants have already been detained and prosecuted in the past by the Lotteries Board for participating in prohibited Lottery operations in the state.

Gbajabiamila insisted that the board "stayed the only statutory regulatory body for lottery and related actions in the state."

He explained that the board was established by the Lagos State Lotteries Law 2004 (as amended) and authorised to license and controls gaming activities conducted within the state.

He explained the board problem nor recognises 'sports lottery license/permit' or 'promotional lottery permits' by whatsoever name called within the state for operations.

Against patronising illegal operators Gbajabiamila consequently advised members of the public.

He recorded some of recognised licensed operators allowed "to conduct lottery and related tasks in Lagos State to incorporate Premier Lotto Limited (Babaijebu), Winners Golden Chance Ventures Limited (Wonderful Chance lotto), Winlot Global Resources Ventures Limited (Winlot), Superior Games Limited (Big Games) and Softplug Gaming Nigeria Limited."


The Nigeria Women Football League has concluded arrangements to partner the KC Gaming Network, proponents of the Bet9ja, as the title sponsors of the league.

Revealing this after meeting with the management of the company in Lagos, the Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League Chief Mrs) Dilichukwu Onyedinma said all the arrangements have been concluded for signing of the memoranda of understanding.

"Discussions have reached the final stage with KC Gaming Network, the owners Bet9ja to come into the League as our title sponsors for https://shop.bet9ja.com/account/newuser.aspx the Nigeria Women Premier League. We have been discussing with them, and there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. We are now set to make it public and the Memorandum of Understanding would soon be signed. This is a good thing for our Women Football League, and whatever that accrues from the deal will go a long way to reduce the burden of our clubs. I want to thank our various clubs for their patience and support; and to the Chairman of the KC Gaming Network, Mr. Kunle Soname for believing in women football in the country".

In his statement, the Chairman of KC Gaming Network, Mr. Kunle Soname described the Nigeria Women Football teams as the most successful among all the national football teams in the country. "It is no gainsaying that our girls have been the most successful among all our national teams. They have been to the entire FIFA Women World Cup finals from inception in 1991 to date; they once played up to the quarter finals in USA 1999. They have been to virtually all the Olympics except the 2012 Games in London. They have dominated the African scene, winning the Africa Women Championship seven times, and the age grade teams are not doing badly, with the U-20 girls playing in all FIFA World Cup finals since inception in 2002 and reaching the final twice.

"These are no mean achievements, and we felt that the best thing we can do as an organization is to support the League that has been producing these players that have been positively projecting the image of this country. This is our little way of giving back to the society and also ensuring that the girls are further empowered through the game of football.

He further revealed that signing of the agreement would be in a matter of days, after all the paper works must have been completed.
The stage is set for the 2015 edition of the Nigerian Sports Award holding today, Friday November, 20, 2015 at the Marquee, Oceanview, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos from 6pm prompt.

The award gala night, which is the fourth in a row, is expected to be attended by top shots in the Nigerian sports circle including the Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Danlong, the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Nigerian past and present athletes as well as Nigerian sports fans.

Speaking on the preparations for today’s event, the spokesperson for the award and Executive Director, Unmissable Incentives Limited, Mr. Kayode Idowu, stated that all hands are on deck for a bigger and better Nigerian Sports Award ceremony which promises to be more glamorous than the previous editions.

"We are very proud to inform you that all is now set for the fourth edition of the Nigerian Sports Award. We are indeed elated over the quality of dignitaries who are not only confirmed but are already in Lagos for the award" he said. Idowu urged all invited guests, nominees and the media to be at the venue at 6pm prompt as there will be noroom for ‘African time’.

‘’This is because the programme will be aired live by Supersports on Channel 209 (Supersports 9) from 7pm.and beamed to millions of sports loving individuals not only in Nigeria but the entire African community and beyond’’ he added.

Idowu also used the opportunity to commend Bet9ja – Nigeria’s leading sports betting company for their continued sponsorship and support as a major partner to the Nigerian Sports Award.
In the commercial nerve centre in Nigeria, Lagos, shanty wooden constructions using several seats, a television and also a satellite dish are common sight. These venues called 'viewing centers', provide a bulk of the football-mad inhabitants in the city the opportunity to see the European football league matches, usually for significantly less than a dollar. As the popularity of those matches grew in the early 2000s, thus did the existence of the centers that are viewing.

On match-days, these areas are often packed with passionate fans sporting replica jerseys and rooting for his or her favourite teams but more recently, enthusiasts might be noticed by a sharp observer at seeing centres - a 'ticket'. In spite of the belief that sport wagering kicked off in Nigeria just recently, the initial sport betting companies recorded their very first entry to the marketplace in 2007.

Normally, sport wagering involves punters getting their wagers to correspond with all the stakes and calling the results of matches. The bets are rewarded with stipulated winnings if the predictions are correct. In Nigeria, where there are millions of football enthusiasts that were unbelievably ardent, sport betting has located its home that was proverbial.

Finally, fans started to research the real chance of not just seeing football but also earning profits from these games played with thousands of miles away. For fans who watch football the capacity to make money out of it has presented an opportunity too great to pass up.

Money is the name of the game

Typically, fans are utilized to hosting heated discussions on the massive weekly wages of their favourite footballers but that conversation on its head has turned. As the sport has become a viable income source soccer buffs discuss their gains from bets. Every other weekend, gaming businesses announce huge winnings from wagers placed with amounts as low as N100 (50 cents)

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The possibility of raking in millions from sums that are meagre is motivation for punters all over the nation to wager on a daily basis and as a result, betting businesses record extremely impressive numbers. Ademola Adebajo, CEO of Stakersden, a leading gaming company in Lagos, projects that stakes that are daily run into billions of Naira.

"Now, we believe daily bets have reached five billion naira ($25 million) cumulatively across all the gambling companies. Punters in the nation are currently seeing this as a source of daily bread and it's also not unusual to find out people appropriating a specific sum for wagering daily," Adebajo said.

Despite the high amounts of unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, punters cut regardless of getting powers across various demographics.

Recently, as Nigeria has become a thriving marketplace, sports betting businesses have sought to latch on and capture market share to various levels of succeeding.

The default option business model finds the companies set up shop in a central working office while trying to determine a wide network of affiliate brokers who open mortar and brick shops where customers can come in to place bets. On the wagers put in their own shops, affiliate store owners, or agents as they are officially known, earn commissions for their part in the business chain. Sports betting firms also run a web-based business model exploiting the web penetration in Nigeria, while the offline part thrives.

Last month, the Nigerian Communications Commission declared that internet users in the state had reached 97 million. With more than half of the united states online, gambling companies recognize the need to ascertain feasible online operations. With this purpose, sites are set up to start personal accounts where they conduct transactions which range from placing bets, depositing funds into an online wallet and transferring winnings brought in from bets with their bank accounts. While both models are explored by some firms harshly, others like NairaBet simply opt to stay mainly on-line versions thus sidestepping the fiscal and logistical consequences of setting up and running a large scale offline model.

The initial step however, is buying a gaming license at a yearly price of N10 million ($50,000) from regulators. Even though the price of kick starting operations is not low, gambling companies require deep pockets to pay out winnings from punters which will often run into numerous millions in one weekend.

In fact, on some occasions, ultimate close and the inability to pay up quickly after huge wins has been proven to cause major humiliation for gaming companies. Last May, on a weekend that saw few upsets and many predicted results clicking, punters on Bet9ja, the market leader in the sport wagering space were said to have garnered up to N700 million ($3.5m) in winning wagers. To its credit, Bet9ja paid promptly- a feat that can't be matched by a few other firms. However, weekends like those are few and far between and more often than not, the firms that are gambling make record numbers that are enviable and healthy gains.

Clearly, the business landscape is changing quickly as gambling businesses compete vigorously for market share. According Adebajo of Stakersden, gaming businesses with actual aims of domination CAn't play little to. "We started with a few local firms but right now, the business is moving from a low budget enterprise to one where scale is of the essence. Businesses like Bet9ja have come into the marketplace to redefine how sport gambling ought to be done and every operator is responding to the developments," he said. "The business landscape has went from attempting to open a corner shop someplace and offer gambling services to people. New entrants will want essential start-up capital to measure up."

The importance of innovation has seen firms seek strategies to generate betting easier and less prohibitive as live phone wagering services have already been started.

Adebajo says the next phase of development will be fuelled by foreign investment while some think the Nigerian market has already been saturated and can no longer evolve. "Foreign firms happen to be licensed to run here and more are expecting to procure licenses or to partner with local operators. So in the next FIVE years, we expect to view foreign firms taking a chunk of the shareholding of some of these firms to compete."

An improbable option

Given Nigeria's high unemployment figures, the development of jobs from the private sector is important and in this regard, the effect of sport gambling has not been superficial. With some big firms running nationwide operations, while other focus on optimizing their reach regionally, the sector has generated tens of thousands of jobs. As they bring in money through commissions big firms have staff strength running into hundreds but through their associate networks, they offer representatives a source of support through affiliate partnerships. A graduate and shop owner in Ikorodu, Joseph Chukwu, says sport gambling really has been a lifesaver. "There are no occupations in the country even for competent grads," he said. "Rather than sit on my thumbs, I made a decision to set up my shop as an agent and earn money through commissions. Initially I thought of it as something to do while something larger came along but now I am focusing on creating a chain of stores and being a mogul of types. It may sound ridiculous but I Have gone from seeking employment to actually building a business."

Adebajo thinks high speed and the employment issues of poverty means the opportunity to make a living from sports can hardly be discounted. "Majority of Nigerians live below the poverty line and any action that could legitimately turn a small amount of money into large amounts will be appealing." The opinions of Adebajo are backed by the many cases when Nigerians have fallen victim to deceptive multi-level marketing and pyramid schemes. Given the legitimacy of sport betting, its attractiveness is ostensible.

In under a decade, the sport betting business has grown immensely and become not only a revenue stream for most Nigerian punters but also large job development vehicle. Normally, Nigerians are joyful to watch football and celebrate other magical moments as well as the goals but they do so knowing that each goal win, lose or draw the outcome of the game and counts for something could matter for more than bragging rights, these days. Following and watching football matches are no longer merely a straightforward amateur pastime, a late winning goal scored in the English Premier League or in the German Bundesliga is not any longer worth just three points - for the next meal, it may pay for a football fanatic.
Celebrity guests and Sport personalities, fans will mingle this weekend, as popular gaming company, BET9ja hosts card-carrying members of its own devotees' team into a night of rewards and entertainment in the SS7 Lounge, Sapara Williams Close, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Supervisor Lola Adedeji, of SS7 Lounge, who said that all organizations have been put in spot to make the night a memorable one, added that the event will attract the creme de la creme of the society.

"The Bet9ja Enthusiasts' Night Out has been specially packaged to bring together sport lovers, football stars too as amusement celebrities to possess some fun and gay in a secure and peaceful ambience. Being Nigeria's greatest and biggest bookmaker, Bet9ja cannot give anything less to their loyal supporters and patrons that have remained with them over the years," she said.

"At SS7 Lounge, we provide the ideal atmosphere to watch sports, enjoy good food and beverages, and be gay - that is, if your team is a victor," she enthused, including, "Don't forget to join our Live Group Thursdays, Karaoke Friday Night, Old School Naija, which takes place every last Saturday of the month, and other special occasions."