My 5 years’ experience betting for Sportpesa Mega Jackpot

I have been placing bets on Sportpesa Mega Jackpot for 5 years now and my experience has not been perfect. The first time I did so was in 2019 when the jackpot amount was Ksh 120 million. At first I was excited, I thought it was easy to win but I only got 8/17 correct games.

 I woke up on Monday expecting to be a millionaire—lakini wapi. I lost the bet. But I didn’t give up, the next week, I placed 2 bets and I was more optimistic. Again on Sunday, I was shocked none of my bets won.

Out of discouragement, I quit. But it didn’t take long. The following weekend, one player won Ksh 5 million after getting 16/17 correct games. He won when I didn’t bet—I regretted.

The following week, armed with my paper and pen, sat down and analyzed the jackpot. This time I said if I don’t won, I will quit forever. I placed 10 bets and luckily one of them got 12/17 correct games. I won Ksh 13,245. I received a congratulation message from Sportpesa and also the money in my account. I wish you would have seen how happy I was after winning. This was my first win in my entire life.

I withdrew Ksh 10,000 from my account and left Ksh 3k to bet with. Hiyo pesa sijui iliisha aje. After 2 weeks, I didn’t have the money —I again found myself using my own cash to bet.

Since that time I have been betting and losing terribly I started like a joke but found myself addicted to betting. Sometimes I take a break of a couple of week but due to peer pressure and the urge to win, I found myself resuming again.

For the 5 years, I have only won 3 times. The highest amount I have won was Ksh 65,000 when I correctly predicted 13/17 games. I have lost more than Ksh 250,000 trying to chase millions.

I have reached a time when my hope of winning is almost zero. If I continue betting, I might end up selling my land. Already, I have a loan of more than Ksh25,000 in mobile loan Apps which I am repaying.

At the moment, I don’t think betting to get rich quickly is the solution.