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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:13pm On Jul 05, 2021
flexlatifa:




My bro please I don't know how u did it u just told me my story.

I lost my salary last month. Now I don't even have any money to feed my self till month ending..

I feel like killing my self.

awww no brother don't think that. I'm not saying it would be easy but you would get through it but try not to again. It would be hard. Many are addicted and ashamed to talk about it but don't worry you would pass it

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by iamDrRhymes(m): 1:13pm On Jul 05, 2021
Thanks for sharing.

Your write up is so so inspiring. Thank God for your new found life.

Cheers!
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:14pm On Jul 05, 2021
OlaLiberty:
Congratulations on your victory and may it be permanent in Jesus' name.

amen thank you sir
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:14pm On Jul 05, 2021
Righteousness2:


PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD!
I celebrate your Great Deliverance.

The Worse of all is that 99% of those insulting you and saying all manner of things here are languishing in this Great Bondage.

I celebrate you Bro...
Follow that GOD that has Delivered you.
Your Lifting is Non-negotiable..
Amen in Jesus name. Thank you brother

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by flexlatifa: 1:14pm On Jul 05, 2021
EXLOVER:
I remember when i wanted to get a new phone, have already saved up to 54k and i saw one nice phone of 95k, i wanted to get that phone of 95k, i decided to use the 50k to play a sure game of 2odds that was how i lost the my 50k o, las las that remaining 4k i used it to drink beer and goat meat pepper soup, i was so depressed, sad, hopeless and sober that whole week.


You can't point 10 gamblers that are millionaires around you, that got their millions through gambling.



Yes like me I lost all my savings last month I don't even have money to feed..
I feel like çommitting Suicide
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Germi9: 1:16pm On Jul 05, 2021
In all you do,don't be extreme

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:18pm On Jul 05, 2021
KINGSCOURT05:
I feel your pain brother. I was so addicted that I normally call myself a professional gambler, I lost more than 20 million naira since 2014 till now, I got a job in the bank in 2016 as executive trainee earning 2.9 million a year but I lost the job last year due to gambling, I lost my beautiful fiancee I lost everything and I still gambled 3 says ago. Always online betting on basketball even when customers are in front of me. I once deceived my fiancee and borrow 5 million naira to invest but I ended up gambling with everything
I wish I can say anything to you brother but please you can do it okay. Please I know you can. See me it's 4 months now since I last played. Bros you can. If I can you can. You can't win the 20m back but you can start from somewhere again. Bros abeg because of malle and palle and the Disappointment you know you're causing them stop ok. Love you bro and praying for you

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:20pm On Jul 05, 2021
Paxxcarl:
Same can be said about forex too
All of them na gambling

Forex is more predictable than sports betting if you know how to place positions and study the currencies well overtime.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Dhotseal(m): 1:20pm On Jul 05, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggar

Sport betting don't ruin anyone.....anything you do in life. ...always use your sense

For everyday we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to become a millionaire of which Gambling and sport betting is among

A big shout out to all my fellow gamblers,risk takers, high rollers , punters and stakers
We will not quit like the bros op
Because quitters never win and winners don't quit

Nobody with a brain should gamble. Sports betting is for dimwits.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by blueprint22(m): 1:20pm On Jul 05, 2021
KINGSCOURT05:
I feel your pain brother. I was so addicted that I normally call myself a professional gambler, I lost more than 20 million naira since 2014 till now, I got a job in the bank in 2016 as executive trainee earning 2.9 million a year but I lost the job last year due to gambling, I lost my beautiful fiancee I lost everything and I still gambled 3 says ago. Always online betting on basketball even when customers are in front of me. I once deceived my fiancee and borrow 5 million naira to invest but I ended up gambling with everything




Mad ooo....bros u are the real gambler here ooo....just stop i feel for you....but for me ooo...we die here grin

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by amodujames(m): 1:21pm On Jul 05, 2021
Oga oooo
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Caboceer: 1:22pm On Jul 05, 2021
Iovercame:
This is a lil story about my 7 years deep addiction to sport bet and in this 7 years I lost everything when I mean everything

and I beg you in whatever you hold dear, I beg you in your mother's name, I beg you in your child's innocent life, I beg you in whichever God you pray too if you're in sport bet or about to start or no matter how far you have gone you can still stop so you don't lose everything like I did before I got my salvation

I was 18 in 2014 and I had just finished from secondary school and Because I loved football so much anything about football intrigued me

I remember writing my jamb and came out in flying colors (260) and I was to proceed to take my post utme when I first found and heard about sport betting

Then it was Rapido I think and Nairabet. It started as fun, just wanting to waste that 100 in excitement of what you loved and I remembered my first winning of 14k ( I wished I never won that)

That 14k I won hooked me in till February of this year and because my close knit friends knew I won that 14k and my love for football they always asked me to "forcast" games for them

I was so hooked to sport bet that my spiritual life suffered because I stopped thinking about God all I wanted was to win that imaginary millions

I remember passing my utme and Mom was happy I passed my utme as all she wanted was for me to have a quality education

Unfortunately life happened and I couldn't proceed to school again as there was no sponsor so I had to get a job in apapa wharf

I was the quiet type, I never drank or smoked or womanize , I don't even talk much unless in my line of duty but all I did was sport bet. I was paid 85k per month because my job was high risk but before I get my salary I would have used it all on sport bet

One thing I never did was steal or lie or use someone's else's money to play sport bet but I was so addicted to this demon called sport bet

From 2016 when I started working in apapa wharf till we were made to stop working because of the pandemic last year I Lost everything I had and worked for due to sport bet

I always dressed well, even till date I still dress well with neat and good cloths so you never know but in between those clothes I was suffering, I was crying each day because I knew I was wasting away

I have never taken cocaine or no the effect it has on those addicted to it but I can tell you nothing beats that of sports bet

I would cry after each lose and say no more but the moment I got another money I was in it again

The bet9ja guy in my neighborhood could allow me play games up to 100k because he knows I would pay him when I get my salary. Each night I prayed and cried to stop this but I was never able to

I rather play sport bet than eat, I knew I was destroying my life but I couldn't stop

I was a good guy, a loyal guy, my boss loved me because I was hard working so he dashes me money but I never saved any, all I did was sport bet

I remember after the first week the pandemic was eased I went to him and told him I had a problem and he asked what's the problem and I told him you are like a father to me so I feel comfortable telling you this( I thought after 4 year's a loyal worker can see a boss as a father), I need help because I'm addicted to sport bet. Then he asked me questions upon questions and I was sincere to each of his questions and he asked me if I had any savings left I told him no that sport bet took everything, he asked if I have ever stolen from him I told him if I did Mr shonibare the auditor would have known but after that he changed drastically

It was after that incident of me telling him I needed help I lost my job.

I was told because of the effect of the pandemic I had to stop coming that I would be called back but it's More than a year I haven't been called but I blame me telling him I was addicted to sport bet

All I wanted was just help

Then I had no job again and had a mouth to feed so I decided to start working as a labourer or doing any menial Job just to survive ( one thing about me was I was hard working and never derelict in my work or hustle) but guess what I never stopped playing sport bet because I wanted that imaginary millions

I would be paid 1500 as a labourer and 1000 would surely go to sport bet that same day and I would eat with 500 and I didn't win

No one knew I was in bondage, no one knew I lost my job because each morning I would dress neat and go do labourer and come home neat like I was coming from apapa, no one knew I was dying slowly due to my addiction

I can't begin to mention in naira how much I lost but thank God today made it 4 months I last played sport bet and I remembered how I stopped

It was a game I was suppose to win 1.8M with a stake of 1500 which was my last money and Liverpool vs Fulham was the last game and I staked it over 1.5 goals and I was excited because Fulham scored in the first half and I said at Last I finally won today and would get a car to do Uber and stop this finally but guess what it ended 1-0 and oh I cried, I cried aloud, I cried and yelled and gnashed my teeth like a woman crying to bring forth a child or like when Mom died, I cried so loud my tenants came and I told them my brother died but that day was my day of salvation

I cried so much ehh and In my tears i prayed to my mother this time around to come and deliver me as I was overwhelmed and needed help and I slept hungry that day because I had no money and I had used my last money to bet and in my dream I remembered I was choking so I vomited I think 50k and a palatable food and in the dream I wanted to take the money and food to eat but I had a voice. Oh I had that voice I hadn't heard for years and she called me my native name that only she did and I looked up and I saw my Mom from afar and she said don't touch it and go back now, but I said to her I was broke and hungry and she said do you want to touch or carry back your vomit? And I said no and she said now go back and I turned and Immediately I woke up I knew I had won but I knew I still had to play my own part to win finally

I went out from all the telegram betting group I belonged too, deactivated my nairaland account because I was always in the bet section, deactivated all of my bet site account

I remembered I didn't play for 3 days and I had 3k saved for the first time in months and I got on Twitter and I saw a guy saying a game is sure and the devil wanted to play with my mind but guess what that same day I had to sale my phone so I don't think or see anything about football , I packed up my DStv and TV not to watch football and see the advert of any sport betting company and for the first time in almost 7 years I went a week without sport bet WOW I was happy. the following week passed and another and another and the money I sold my phone with I didn't touch it, I had saved like 15k from my working as a menial labourer and I got another phone and I thought I was gonna fall but this morning Made it 6 weeks that I got a new phone and I haven't played or logged in to any betting site thank you Jesus

Last night I had to go to Instagram because I was feeling sad because of everything I had lost and i saw my best friend picture, I felt so sad, I cried my eyes because we are Miles apart, he doesn't call or text again and I understand I was useless, I was the brilliant one that fell, I was the lil innocent quiet handsome one that lost his easy due to sport bet

He looked so good and I blamed my self for everything but I'm in the road to recovery

Sport bet Made me lose my job, my mom, my peace, all of my savings, my friends because I couldn't compete with them financially as I was always broke but thank God today I have a New beginning and a fresh start. I know things are so hard right now but I feel like a fresh Man, a Man born again, a Man like a new born. It's almost or More than 90 days now since i last played sport bet and oh I have peace, lol I have such peace, yes occasionally when I don't have somewhere to work or when I'm lonely and think of where I should be I sigh but I say Thank you Jesus, thank you my savior

Please I beg you, sport bet would destroy you, sport bet would end you, sport bet would make you so useless, sport bet would would take everything from you, sport bet would make you lose everything you worked for, sport bet would make you become so isolated. Please stop now. I know it's hard, very hard I have been there but if I can do it I swear you can, I have lost 300k in a day before and the next day I had 2k and lost it again. Please sport bet is devilish and a destiny destroyer. You can't win them, Come out of nairaland for a while if you have too, come out of Twitter if you have too, anything that makes you think about it I'm begging you now please come out of it. Just like yesterday I was 18, now I'm 25, broke, lost everything but it's fine I would rise again. Don't be like me ok

Thank you and God bless us all for reading

akinalabi need to read this
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Olarewaju89: 1:22pm On Jul 05, 2021
lovemoi2:
WHY DONT NIGERIANS PLANT TOMATOES AND PEPPER WITH GREEN ONIONS?

I NOTICED HOW EXPENSIVE THESE REGULAR VEGETABLES ARE IN THE MARKET AND 3 MONTHS AGO I PLANTED THEM AT MY BACKYARD AND FRONTAGE, AND GUESS WHAT I HAVE ALOT OF TOMATOES AND PEPPER WHICH I WILL BE HARVESTING IN A MONTH FOR MY FAMILY CONSUMPTION

MY green ONIONS GROWS SO FAST I HAVE TO CUT THEM ATLEAST EVERY 3 DAYS AND COOK WITH THEM





You are out of the conversation already.

Sorry undecided
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Josephshola: 1:23pm On Jul 05, 2021
I told my people any day you people see me betting it means I have dreamt about it, and at the point of betting I still seeing the number or code if front of me. Without that I no follow

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Andrewkinggg: 1:26pm On Jul 05, 2021
I'm glad this topic is on FrontPage today. I have been meaning to talk about the ills of sport betting. Sport Betting has never made anyone rich, only lazy ass people trust and believe this scheme so much. Let me talk about how it destroyed me. For few years I have been praying to God to bless me financially so I can be a blessing to my folks. Finally, the blessings came. I was having a huge cash flow from the beginning of COVID bc I was a corper at the time, regular federal government allawee, state government allawee, my PPA salary and other side business. There was a time I spent close to 75% of my NYSC allawee on Bet9Ja in one sitting. Long story short I spent and lost over 1.6million naira in virtual betting. First time I speaking about this.

Now I deleted my bet9ja and betking accounts. I have been clean and free from sport bet for 2 months now. I feel relieved and a lot more purposeful with my life now.

I remembered when I had a thanksgiving celebration on Sunday(I had 190,000) in savings I spent 150,000 the friday before on betting so I can make more money to celebrate. If I wasn't a strong person mentally, I almost killed myself. I cried real tears, I slapped myself countless times.

SPORT BET IS DANGEROUS............

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Chriswazo(m): 1:27pm On Jul 05, 2021
josh123:
I dont do betting, but buying crypto, trading forex, binary, crypto and comodities can they be classified as betting?

Crypto is the worst of all sef. My biggest regret of the century

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by AmDayo: 1:29pm On Jul 05, 2021
[quote author=Iovercame post=103319123]This is a lil story about my 7 years deep addiction to sport bet and in this 7 years I lost everything when I mean everything

and I beg you in whatever you hold dear, I beg you in your mother's name, I beg you in your child's innocent life, I beg you in whichever God you pray too if you're in sport bet or about to start or no matter how far you have gone you can still stop so you don't lose everything like I did before I got my salvation

I was 18 in 2014 and I had just finished from secondary school and Because I loved football so much anything about football intrigued me

I remember writing my jamb and came out in flying colors (260) and I was to proceed to take my post utme when I first found and heard about sport betting

Then it was Rapido I think and Nairabet. It started as fun, just wanting to waste that 100 in excitement of what you loved and I remembered my first winning of 14k ( I wished I never won that)

That 14k I won hooked me in till February of this year and because my close knit friends knew I won that 14k and my love for football they always asked me to "forcast" games for them

I was so hooked to sport bet that my spiritual life suffered because I stopped thinking about God all I wanted was to win that imaginary millions

I remember passing my utme and Mom was happy I passed my utme as all she wanted was for me to have a quality education

Unfortunately life happened and I couldn't proceed to school again as there was no sponsor so I had to get a job in apapa wharf

I was the quiet type, I never drank or smoked or womanize , I don't even talk much unless in my line of duty but all I did was sport bet. I was paid 85k per month because my job was high risk but before I get my salary I would have used it all on sport bet

One thing I never did was steal or lie or use someone's else's money to play sport bet but I was so addicted to this demon called sport bet

From 2016 when I started working in apapa wharf till we were made to stop working because of the pandemic last year I Lost everything I had and worked for due to sport bet

I always dressed well, even till date I still dress well with neat and good cloths so you never know but in between those clothes I was suffering, I was crying each day because I knew I was wasting away

I have never taken cocaine or no the effect it has on those addicted to it but I can tell you nothing beats that of sports bet

I would cry after each lose and say no more but the moment I got another money I was in it again

The bet9ja guy in my neighborhood could allow me play games up to 100k because he knows I would pay him when I get my salary. Each night I prayed and cried to stop this but I was never able to

I rather play sport bet than eat, I knew I was destroying my life but I couldn't stop

I was a good guy, a loyal guy, my boss loved me because I was hard working so he dashes me money but I never saved any, all I did was sport bet

I remember after the first week the pandemic was eased I went to him and told him I had a problem and he asked what's the problem and I told him you are like a father to me so I feel comfortable telling you this( I thought after 4 year's a loyal worker can see a boss as a father), I need help because I'm addicted to sport bet. Then he asked me questions upon questions and I was sincere to each of his questions and he asked me if I had any savings left I told him no that sport bet took everything, he asked if I have ever stolen from him I told him if I did Mr shonibare the auditor would have known but after that he changed drastically

It was after that incident of me telling him I needed help I lost my job.

I was told because of the effect of the pandemic I had to stop coming that I would be called back but it's More than a year I haven't been called but I blame me telling him I was addicted to sport bet

All I wanted was just help

Then I had no job again and had a mouth to feed so I decided to start working as a labourer or doing any menial Job just to survive ( one thing about me was I was hard working and never derelict in my work or hustle) but guess what I never stopped playing sport bet because I wanted that imaginary millions

I would be paid 1500 as a labourer and 1000 would surely go to sport bet that same day and I would eat with 500 and I didn't win

No one knew I was in bondage, no one knew I lost my job because each morning I would dress neat and go do labourer and come home neat like I was coming from apapa, no one knew I was dying slowly due to my addiction

I can't begin to mention in naira how much I lost but thank God today made it 4 months I last played sport bet and I remembered how I stopped

It was a game I was suppose to win 1.8M with a stake of 1500 which was my last money and Liverpool vs Fulham was the last game and I staked it over 1.5 goals and I was excited because Fulham scored in the first half and I said at Last I finally won today and would get a car to do Uber and stop this finally but guess what it ended 1-0 and oh I cried, I cried aloud, I cried and yelled and gnashed my teeth like a woman crying to bring forth a child or like when Mom died, I cried so loud my tenants came and I told them my brother died but that day was my day of salvation

I cried so much ehh and In my tears i prayed to my mother this time around to come and deliver me as I was overwhelmed and needed help and I slept hungry that day because I had no money and I had used my last money to bet and in my dream I remembered I was choking so I vomited I think 50k and a palatable food and in the dream I wanted to take the money and food to eat but I had a voice. Oh I had that voice I hadn't heard for years and she called me my native name that only she did and I looked up and I saw my Mom from afar and she said don't touch it and go back now, but I said to her I was broke and hungry and she said do you want to touch or carry back your vomit? And I said no and she said now go back and I turned and Immediately I woke up I knew I had won but I knew I still had to play my own part to win finally

I went out from all the telegram betting group I belonged too, deactivated my nairaland account because I was always in the bet section, deactivated all of my bet site account

I remembered I didn't play for 3 days and I had 3k saved for the first time in months and I got on Twitter and I saw a guy saying a game is sure and the devil wanted to play with my mind but guess what that same day I had to sale my phone so I don't think or see anything about football , I packed up my DStv and TV not to watch football and see the advert of any sport betting company and for the first time in almost 7 years I went a week without sport bet WOW I was happy. the following week passed and another and another and the money I sold my phone with I didn't touch it, I had saved like 15k from my working as a menial labourer and I got another phone and I thought I was gonna fall but this morning Made it 6 weeks that I got a new phone and I haven't played or logged in to any betting site thank you Jesus

Last night I had to go to Instagram because I was feeling sad because of everything I had lost and i saw my best friend picture, I felt so sad, I cried my eyes because we are Miles apart, he doesn't call or text again and I understand I was useless, I was the brilliant one that fell, I was the lil innocent quiet handsome one that lost his easy due to sport bet

He looked so good and I blamed my self for everything but I'm in the road to recovery

Sport bet Made me lose my job, my mom, my peace, all of my savings, my friends because I couldn't compete with them financially as I was always broke but thank God today I have a New beginning and a fresh start. I know things are so hard right now but I feel like a fresh Man, a Man born again, a Man like a new born. It's almost or More than 90 days now since i last played sport bet and oh I have peace, lol I have such peace, yes occasionally when I don't have somewhere to work or when I'm lonely and think of where I should be I sigh but I say Thank you Jesus, thank you my savior

Please I beg you, sport bet would destroy you, sport bet would end you, sport bet would make you so useless, sport bet would would take everything from you, sport bet would make you lose everything you worked for, sport bet would make you become so isolated. Please stop now. I know it's hard, very hard I have been there but if I can do it I swear you can, I have lost 300k in a day before and the next day I had 2k and lost it again. Please sport bet is devilish and a destiny destroyer. You can't win them, Come out of nairaland for a while if you have too, come out of Twitter if you have too, anything that makes you think about it I'm begging you now please come out of it. Just like yesterday I was 18, now I'm 25, broke, lost everything but it's fine I would rise again. Don't be like me ok

Thank you and God bless us all for reading

Your story is a replica of me, just that I still have a mum and am 28 years of age. I stated in 2014 as well and I did pass jamb whenever I sat for it but no money to sponsor as well.. I went far to the extent of borrowing and Still owing 52k(still counting day by day) in four different loan app. Aye you sumii. Betting is a disease
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nonsky048: 1:30pm On Jul 05, 2021
slawormiir:
Damnnn niggar

Sport betting don't ruin anyone.....anything you do in life. ...always use your sense

For everyday we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to become a millionaire of which Gambling and sport betting is among

A big shout out to all my fellow gamblers,risk takers, high rollers , punters and stakers
We will not quit like the bros opkeeping deceiving urself,year to year u can't buy a car talk more of a house, nothing good comes out and ur here posing with gambling,I sorry for ur life...soon u will cry more than the owner of the post idiot.
Because quitters never win and winners don't quit
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Ussycool: 1:30pm On Jul 05, 2021
Sport betting have almost finish me too.
I lost my savings plus the money I budget for school (210k) while I was in 200 level.
I lost my Dad 350k to bet in just two weeks...
I lost my Mum 200k.
I sold my lil bro phone 45k and use it on gamble.
I asked my Sisters to raised money for my final year project(120k) I swear it vanished.
Alot of things like that I can't remember.

Now, I have realized that gamble is not my mate. It is not made for me or my type. Just like a play I stop gambling.
I call Mum and tell her that I quit gambling.
I call my sure banker profs that I quit.
I call my friends that I quit.
And preach to little boys that they shouldn't try it or else there life will bend.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Aarenasbaba(m): 1:31pm On Jul 05, 2021
I can't remember the last time I play bet..... It is a matter of discipline

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by KINGSCOURT05: 1:31pm On Jul 05, 2021
[quote author=Iovercame post=103391305] I wish I can say anything to you brother but please you can do it okay. Please I know you can. See me it's 4 months now since I last played. Bros you can. If I can you can. You can't win the 20m back but you can start from somewhere again. Bros abeg because of malle and palle and the Disappointment you know you're causing them stop ok. Love you bro and praying for you[ That's my prayer too. I just need my life back]
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Carisayo: 1:31pm On Jul 05, 2021
Iovercame:
they don't understand Bros. Someone said when the season starts and I smiled. Isn't there Euro going on now. I have won my battle. It was a Long battle, a brutal battle, a lonely battle but I have won and I pray to everyone going through the same battle may the God of our fathers the Oyedepo's, the Adeboye's, the Kumuye's the Idahosa's the uma okpai, come through for you and deliver you in Jesus mighty name. Please stop now, you can't win the bookie's. Thank you Bros for sharing. God bless you and bye

they say a word is enough for the wise. What knocked you down, don't expect it raise you up because it will never raise you up it will keep knocking you down.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Fanuchi007: 1:33pm On Jul 05, 2021
A recent research has found out that most gambling addicts are very focused on life goals b4 becoming addicted. That focus when directed to gambling becomes very destructive.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nonsky048: 1:34pm On Jul 05, 2021
Andrewkinggg:
I'm glad this topic is on FrontPage today. I have been meaning to talk about the ills of sport betting. Sport Betting has never made anyone rich, only lazy ass people trust and believe this scheme so much. Let me talk about how it destroyed me. For few years I have been praying to God to bless me financially so I can be a blessing to my folks. Finally, the blessings came. I was having a huge cash flow from the beginning of COVID bc I was a corper at the time, regular federal government allawee, state government allawee, my PPA salary and other side business. There was a time I spent close to 75% of my NYSC allawee on Bet9Ja in one sitting. Long story short I spent and lost over 1.6million naira in virtual betting. First time I speaking about this.

Now I deleted my bet9ja and betking accounts. I have been clean and free from sport bet for 2 months now. I feel relieved and a lot more purposeful with my life now.

I remembered when I had a thanksgiving celebration on Sunday(I had 190,000) in savings I spent 150,000 the friday before on betting so I can make more money to celebrate. If I wasn't a strong person mentally, I almost killed myself. I cried real tears, I slapped myself countless times.

SPORT BET IS DANGEROUS............
not only dangerous it's a killer distroyer of destiny
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Lekan239(m): 1:34pm On Jul 05, 2021
Iovercame:
This is a lil story about my 7 years deep addiction to sport bet and in this 7 years I lost everything when I mean everything

and I beg you in whatever you hold dear, I beg you in your mother's name, I beg you in your child's innocent life, I beg you in whichever God you pray too if you're in sport bet or about to start or no matter how far you have gone you can still stop so you don't lose everything like I did before I got my salvation

I was 18 in 2014 and I had just finished from secondary school and Because I loved football so much anything about football intrigued me

I remember writing my jamb and came out in flying colors (260) and I was to proceed to take my post utme when I first found and heard about sport betting

Then it was Rapido I think and Nairabet. It started as fun, just wanting to waste that 100 in excitement of what you loved and I remembered my first winning of 14k ( I wished I never won that)

That 14k I won hooked me in till February of this year and because my close knit friends knew I won that 14k and my love for football they always asked me to "forcast" games for them

I was so hooked to sport bet that my spiritual life suffered because I stopped thinking about God all I wanted was to win that imaginary millions

I remember passing my utme and Mom was happy I passed my utme as all she wanted was for me to have a quality education

Unfortunately life happened and I couldn't proceed to school again as there was no sponsor so I had to get a job in apapa wharf

I was the quiet type, I never drank or smoked or womanize , I don't even talk much unless in my line of duty but all I did was sport bet. I was paid 85k per month because my job was high risk but before I get my salary I would have used it all on sport bet

One thing I never did was steal or lie or use someone's else's money to play sport bet but I was so addicted to this demon called sport bet

From 2016 when I started working in apapa wharf till we were made to stop working because of the pandemic last year I Lost everything I had and worked for due to sport bet

I always dressed well, even till date I still dress well with neat and good cloths so you never know but in between those clothes I was suffering, I was crying each day because I knew I was wasting away

I have never taken cocaine or no the effect it has on those addicted to it but I can tell you nothing beats that of sports bet

I would cry after each lose and say no more but the moment I got another money I was in it again

The bet9ja guy in my neighborhood could allow me play games up to 100k because he knows I would pay him when I get my salary. Each night I prayed and cried to stop this but I was never able to

I rather play sport bet than eat, I knew I was destroying my life but I couldn't stop

I was a good guy, a loyal guy, my boss loved me because I was hard working so he dashes me money but I never saved any, all I did was sport bet

I remember after the first week the pandemic was eased I went to him and told him I had a problem and he asked what's the problem and I told him you are like a father to me so I feel comfortable telling you this( I thought after 4 year's a loyal worker can see a boss as a father), I need help because I'm addicted to sport bet. Then he asked me questions upon questions and I was sincere to each of his questions and he asked me if I had any savings left I told him no that sport bet took everything, he asked if I have ever stolen from him I told him if I did Mr shonibare the auditor would have known but after that he changed drastically

It was after that incident of me telling him I needed help I lost my job.

I was told because of the effect of the pandemic I had to stop coming that I would be called back but it's More than a year I haven't been called but I blame me telling him I was addicted to sport bet

All I wanted was just help

Then I had no job again and had a mouth to feed so I decided to start working as a labourer or doing any menial Job just to survive ( one thing about me was I was hard working and never derelict in my work or hustle) but guess what I never stopped playing sport bet because I wanted that imaginary millions

I would be paid 1500 as a labourer and 1000 would surely go to sport bet that same day and I would eat with 500 and I didn't win

No one knew I was in bondage, no one knew I lost my job because each morning I would dress neat and go do labourer and come home neat like I was coming from apapa, no one knew I was dying slowly due to my addiction

I can't begin to mention in naira how much I lost but thank God today made it 4 months I last played sport bet and I remembered how I stopped

It was a game I was suppose to win 1.8M with a stake of 1500 which was my last money and Liverpool vs Fulham was the last game and I staked it over 1.5 goals and I was excited because Fulham scored in the first half and I said at Last I finally won today and would get a car to do Uber and stop this finally but guess what it ended 1-0 and oh I cried, I cried aloud, I cried and yelled and gnashed my teeth like a woman crying to bring forth a child or like when Mom died, I cried so loud my tenants came and I told them my brother died but that day was my day of salvation

I cried so much ehh and In my tears i prayed to my mother this time around to come and deliver me as I was overwhelmed and needed help and I slept hungry that day because I had no money and I had used my last money to bet and in my dream I remembered I was choking so I vomited I think 50k and a palatable food and in the dream I wanted to take the money and food to eat but I had a voice. Oh I had that voice I hadn't heard for years and she called me my native name that only she did and I looked up and I saw my Mom from afar and she said don't touch it and go back now, but I said to her I was broke and hungry and she said do you want to touch or carry back your vomit? And I said no and she said now go back and I turned and Immediately I woke up I knew I had won but I knew I still had to play my own part to win finally

I went out from all the telegram betting group I belonged too, deactivated my nairaland account because I was always in the bet section, deactivated all of my bet site account

I remembered I didn't play for 3 days and I had 3k saved for the first time in months and I got on Twitter and I saw a guy saying a game is sure and the devil wanted to play with my mind but guess what that same day I had to sale my phone so I don't think or see anything about football , I packed up my DStv and TV not to watch football and see the advert of any sport betting company and for the first time in almost 7 years I went a week without sport bet WOW I was happy. the following week passed and another and another and the money I sold my phone with I didn't touch it, I had saved like 15k from my working as a menial labourer and I got another phone and I thought I was gonna fall but this morning Made it 6 weeks that I got a new phone and I haven't played or logged in to any betting site thank you Jesus

Last night I had to go to Instagram because I was feeling sad because of everything I had lost and i saw my best friend picture, I felt so sad, I cried my eyes because we are Miles apart, he doesn't call or text again and I understand I was useless, I was the brilliant one that fell, I was the lil innocent quiet handsome one that lost his easy due to sport bet

He looked so good and I blamed my self for everything but I'm in the road to recovery

Sport bet Made me lose my job, my mom, my peace, all of my savings, my friends because I couldn't compete with them financially as I was always broke but thank God today I have a New beginning and a fresh start. I know things are so hard right now but I feel like a fresh Man, a Man born again, a Man like a new born. It's almost or More than 90 days now since i last played sport bet and oh I have peace, lol I have such peace, yes occasionally when I don't have somewhere to work or when I'm lonely and think of where I should be I sigh but I say Thank you Jesus, thank you my savior

Please I beg you, sport bet would destroy you, sport bet would end you, sport bet would make you so useless, sport bet would would take everything from you, sport bet would make you lose everything you worked for, sport bet would make you become so isolated. Please stop now. I know it's hard, very hard I have been there but if I can do it I swear you can, I have lost 300k in a day before and the next day I had 2k and lost it again. Please sport bet is devilish and a destiny destroyer. You can't win them, Come out of nairaland for a while if you have too, come out of Twitter if you have too, anything that makes you think about it I'm begging you now please come out of it. Just like yesterday I was 18, now I'm 25, broke, lost everything but it's fine I would rise again. Don't be like me ok

Thank you and God bless us all for reading
everything happens for a reason.
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by QueenVaji: 1:38pm On Jul 05, 2021
opsyswagger:
Greed and desperation is what i saw in your post ...... not sport betting .,.,,,

u are a fool
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nonsky048: 1:39pm On Jul 05, 2021
EXLOVER:
I remember when i wanted to get a new phone, have already saved up to 54k and i saw one nice phone of 95k, i wanted to get that phone of 95k, i decided to use the 50k to play a sure game of 2odds that was how i lost the my 50k o, las las that remaining 4k i used it to drink beer and goat meat pepper soup, i was so depressed, sad, hopeless and sober that whole week.


You can't point 10 gamblers that are millionaires around you, that got their millions through gambling.
at all u can't see any person that can boost that he built a multi million house with gambling money or bought a car with it.... instead it will give u money for flexing and to sort minor problem,then collect back what it gave to u times 20 of it...

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by QueenVaji: 1:39pm On Jul 05, 2021
Masterkernel1:



Close your mouth, if you don't have anything meaningful to say.

You read about the struggle of a man, and you're down playing it. I don't blame you.

don't mind them..very useless illiterates and dem plenty for this nairaland...useless idiots like this

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by QueenVaji: 1:41pm On Jul 05, 2021
omophunky:
Greed and desperation is what finished you, not betting.



Modified :
To those of you quoting to insult me,
you can all hang urselves for all I care...

God punish you and ur pig mother
Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Yankee101: 1:42pm On Jul 05, 2021
So if you live in America for example, where a simple bar/restaurant has a slot machine, almost every gas station plays lottery and there are big, well designed and beautiful casinos with free drinks, you go kuku finish yourself be that now

There's something called self control. That's why humans are put in charge of everything else on earth

You don't just sleep with every woman, eat every food, play every game, drink every drink etc just cos you can, they seem good looking or that they're availavle.

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Re: How Sport Bet Ruined And Destroyed Me For 7 Years by Nobody: 1:43pm On Jul 05, 2021
Iovercame:
This is a lil story about my 7 years deep addiction to sport bet and in this 7 years I lost everything when I mean everything

and I beg you in whatever you hold dear, I beg you in your mother's name, I beg you in your child's innocent life, I beg you in whichever God you pray too if you're in sport bet or about to start or no matter how far you have gone you can still stop so you don't lose everything like I did before I got my salvation

I was 18 in 2014 and I had just finished from secondary school and Because I loved football so much anything about football intrigued me

I remember writing my jamb and came out in flying colors (260) and I was to proceed to take my post utme when I first found and heard about sport betting

Then it was Rapido I think and Nairabet. It started as fun, just wanting to waste that 100 in excitement of what you loved and I remembered my first winning of 14k ( I wished I never won that)

That 14k I won hooked me in till February of this year and because my close knit friends knew I won that 14k and my love for football they always asked me to "forcast" games for them

I was so hooked to sport bet that my spiritual life suffered because I stopped thinking about God all I wanted was to win that imaginary millions

I remember passing my utme and Mom was happy I passed my utme as all she wanted was for me to have a quality education

Unfortunately life happened and I couldn't proceed to school again as there was no sponsor so I had to get a job in apapa wharf

I was the quiet type, I never drank or smoked or womanize , I don't even talk much unless in my line of duty but all I did was sport bet. I was paid 85k per month because my job was high risk but before I get my salary I would have used it all on sport bet

One thing I never did was steal or lie or use someone's else's money to play sport bet but I was so addicted to this demon called sport bet

From 2016 when I started working in apapa wharf till we were made to stop working because of the pandemic last year I Lost everything I had and worked for due to sport bet

I always dressed well, even till date I still dress well with neat and good cloths so you never know but in between those clothes I was suffering, I was crying each day because I knew I was wasting away

I have never taken cocaine or no the effect it has on those addicted to it but I can tell you nothing beats that of sports bet

I would cry after each lose and say no more but the moment I got another money I was in it again

The bet9ja guy in my neighborhood could allow me play games up to 100k because he knows I would pay him when I get my salary. Each night I prayed and cried to stop this but I was never able to

I rather play sport bet than eat, I knew I was destroying my life but I couldn't stop

I was a good guy, a loyal guy, my boss loved me because I was hard working so he dashes me money but I never saved any, all I did was sport bet

I remember after the first week the pandemic was eased I went to him and told him I had a problem and he asked what's the problem and I told him you are like a father to me so I feel comfortable telling you this( I thought after 4 year's a loyal worker can see a boss as a father), I need help because I'm addicted to sport bet. Then he asked me questions upon questions and I was sincere to each of his questions and he asked me if I had any savings left I told him no that sport bet took everything, he asked if I have ever stolen from him I told him if I did Mr shonibare the auditor would have known but after that he changed drastically

It was after that incident of me telling him I needed help I lost my job.

I was told because of the effect of the pandemic I had to stop coming that I would be called back but it's More than a year I haven't been called but I blame me telling him I was addicted to sport bet

All I wanted was just help

Then I had no job again and had a mouth to feed so I decided to start working as a labourer or doing any menial Job just to survive ( one thing about me was I was hard working and never derelict in my work or hustle) but guess what I never stopped playing sport bet because I wanted that imaginary millions

I would be paid 1500 as a labourer and 1000 would surely go to sport bet that same day and I would eat with 500 and I didn't win

No one knew I was in bondage, no one knew I lost my job because each morning I would dress neat and go do labourer and come home neat like I was coming from apapa, no one knew I was dying slowly due to my addiction

I can't begin to mention in naira how much I lost but thank God today made it 4 months I last played sport bet and I remembered how I stopped

It was a game I was suppose to win 1.8M with a stake of 1500 which was my last money and Liverpool vs Fulham was the last game and I staked it over 1.5 goals and I was excited because Fulham scored in the first half and I said at Last I finally won today and would get a car to do Uber and stop this finally but guess what it ended 1-0 and oh I cried, I cried aloud, I cried and yelled and gnashed my teeth like a woman crying to bring forth a child or like when Mom died, I cried so loud my tenants came and I told them my brother died but that day was my day of salvation

I cried so much ehh and In my tears i prayed to my mother this time around to come and deliver me as I was overwhelmed and needed help and I slept hungry that day because I had no money and I had used my last money to bet and in my dream I remembered I was choking so I vomited I think 50k and a palatable food and in the dream I wanted to take the money and food to eat but I had a voice. Oh I had that voice I hadn't heard for years and she called me my native name that only she did and I looked up and I saw my Mom from afar and she said don't touch it and go back now, but I said to her I was broke and hungry and she said do you want to touch or carry back your vomit? And I said no and she said now go back and I turned and Immediately I woke up I knew I had won but I knew I still had to play my own part to win finally

I went out from all the telegram betting group I belonged too, deactivated my nairaland account because I was always in the bet section, deactivated all of my bet site account

I remembered I didn't play for 3 days and I had 3k saved for the first time in months and I got on Twitter and I saw a guy saying a game is sure and the devil wanted to play with my mind but guess what that same day I had to sale my phone so I don't think or see anything about football , I packed up my DStv and TV not to watch football and see the advert of any sport betting company and for the first time in almost 7 years I went a week without sport bet WOW I was happy. the following week passed and another and another and the money I sold my phone with I didn't touch it, I had saved like 15k from my working as a menial labourer and I got another phone and I thought I was gonna fall but this morning Made it 6 weeks that I got a new phone and I haven't played or logged in to any betting site thank you Jesus

Last night I had to go to Instagram because I was feeling sad because of everything I had lost and i saw my best friend picture, I felt so sad, I cried my eyes because we are Miles apart, he doesn't call or text again and I understand I was useless, I was the brilliant one that fell, I was the lil innocent quiet handsome one that lost his easy due to sport bet

He looked so good and I blamed my self for everything but I'm in the road to recovery

Sport bet Made me lose my job, my mom, my peace, all of my savings, my friends because I couldn't compete with them financially as I was always broke but thank God today I have a New beginning and a fresh start. I know things are so hard right now but I feel like a fresh Man, a Man born again, a Man like a new born. It's almost or More than 90 days now since i last played sport bet and oh I have peace, lol I have such peace, yes occasionally when I don't have somewhere to work or when I'm lonely and think of where I should be I sigh but I say Thank you Jesus, thank you my savior

Please I beg you, sport bet would destroy you, sport bet would end you, sport bet would make you so useless, sport bet would would take everything from you, sport bet would make you lose everything you worked for, sport bet would make you become so isolated. Please stop now. I know it's hard, very hard I have been there but if I can do it I swear you can, I have lost 300k in a day before and the next day I had 2k and lost it again. Please sport bet is devilish and a destiny destroyer. You can't win them, Come out of nairaland for a while if you have too, come out of Twitter if you have too, anything that makes you think about it I'm begging you now please come out of it. Just like yesterday I was 18, now I'm 25, broke, lost everything but it's fine I would rise again. Don't be like me ok

Thank you and God bless us all for reading
Hey bro I'm same age as you. But me I have quit for like 6 months, I deactivated my account. And I can never go to a bet shop to bet because people look up to me as a responsible person. Neither smoke,drink nor womanize. My freedom and your freedom is permanent in Jesus name.

But I don't have a job. If I can have a job now I will be so happy. If you can connect me to that 85k high risk job, I will be glad because I want to go back to school and I need money. Just want to work like for 8 months... Thank you chai!

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