Instant millionaire: Man bets N330,000 and wins N72.7m; company refuses to pay

A lottery company, Green Lotto and its agent, Charles Akhenanen have been dragged before a Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square over their refusal to pay a client his N72,7000,000 win.

The complainant identified as Jide Martins testified before Modupe Nicol-Clay that he played the lotto on January 29, 2021, with N330,000, and the winning numbers were announced, and he won the game. Still, the company refused to pay him the winning sum.

The Punch reports that Green Lotto is owned by Brentwood Multiservices Global Limited, based in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

According to him, aside from playing the game with Green Lotto, he has staked with another company and won N48 million which he has claimed at Ojuelegba.

He said that after collecting his winnings from Premier Lotto, he went to Green Lotto the following day to claim his N72.7 million, but the company declined to pay him.

He stated that the company told him their system was faulty and the result had been deleted.

He said: “I asked Charles, was it after the game declared the winner the machine developed a fault or before, but the defendant chased me out, and I had no option but to report to the police.

“Before I played that game on January 29, I had played on January 26 with N50,000 or N60,000, and I lost. That isn’t my first time playing the game with them. Sometimes I win, and other times, I lose.

“So, I asked Charles that the day I played N500,000 and N1m and I didn’t win, the machine did not develop a fault, but now that I won, the machine is no longer working.”

The complainant said he reported the case to Area B in Apapa, and the Lotto company was invited but could not honor the invitation.

He said that the Lottery board asked the company to pay him after several meetings.

According to Legit, he said he was offered N10 million by Green Lotto, which was rejected and then went to the national lottery board in Abuja, where they offered him N13 million and upped the amount to N20 million when he reported to Zone 2 before the case was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

The man admitted to having won a game from Green Lotto in the past, saying in 2019, he had won N40 million, which the company paid him. Green Lotto agent appeared in court on June 6, 2022, over the alleged stealing of N72.7 million.

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