A fortunate Kenyan has won the Sh221 million Sportpesa mega jackpot. FILE PHOTO
A lucky Kenyan has won the Sh221 million Sportpesa mega jackpot,
an amount that can finance the construction of the Kenya Sports Academy
— as allocated by the National Treasury — and still have Sh21 million
change.
The winner, who will be unveiled today in a
red-carpet ceremony at the Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi, won the mega
jackpot after correctly predicting all the 17 games.
It is one of the biggest payouts in African history.
PAYING SALARIES
With
Victor Wanyama earning Sh1 million daily at English Premier League side
Tottenham Hotspur, the amount can pay his salary for seven months and
11 days, while it can finance Michael Olunga’s salary at Chinese Super
league side Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng for 18 months.
Olunga earns Sh12 million a month.
Interestingly,
the winner can also finance the prize money in three of the World
Marathon Majors richest races — Boston (Sh71.3 million), Chicago (Sh76
million) and New York (Sh53.9 million) — and still remain with Sh20
million.
Alternatively, he can pay the World Marathon Majors jackpot for two seasons and remain with Sh21 million.
What
Kenya’s Mary Keitany earned when she broke the women’s marathon record
with victory in London in a new time of 2:17:01 on April 23 is just a
fraction of the jackpot.
AMOUNT INVESTED
Keitany pocketed US$ 305,000 (Sh30 million) in prize money and time bonuses — $55,000 (Sh5.5 million) for the win; $100,000 (Sh10 million) for finishing the race under two hours 18 minutes; $25,000 (Sh2.5 million) for the course record and $125,000 (Sh12.5 million) for the world record.
Keitany pocketed US$ 305,000 (Sh30 million) in prize money and time bonuses — $55,000 (Sh5.5 million) for the win; $100,000 (Sh10 million) for finishing the race under two hours 18 minutes; $25,000 (Sh2.5 million) for the course record and $125,000 (Sh12.5 million) for the world record.
Yesterday, Sportpesa said the winner placed
Sh200 on two mega jackpot picks of Sh100 each and by the time the
company called him, he had realised that he had won and was already
celebrating.
“The consumer had realised that something
monumental was in the offing as soon as the French top flight Ligue 1
clash between Dijon FCO at home to Bordeaux ended 0-0 as they had
predicted,” Sportpesa said in a statement.
The winner,
having been assured of a big windfall, left home to join his best friend
at a joint in the outskirts of Nairobi before the last two games of the
week’s jackpot — the North London derby pitting Tottenham Hotspur
against Arsenal and the Italian Serie A clash between Inter Milan and
Napoli — were played.
“The consumer said he met his
friend with whom they bet and as they were discussing what to do with
the millions a call came through,” Sportpesa said.
LA LIGA DEAL
Sportpesa CEO Ronald Karauri personally called the winner who was at that time still having a drink with his friend.
Sportpesa CEO Ronald Karauri personally called the winner who was at that time still having a drink with his friend.
“The
CEO advised the winner, who was screaming, to end his night out, to
which he said, ‘I’m going home right away,'” the statement said.
The
announcement of the first-ever mega jackpot winner came only days after
Sportpesa marked another milestone when it unveiled its agreement with
Spanish top flight, La Liga.
After Sportpesa’s
announcement about the Sh221,301,602 win on social media, some Kenyans
said the win had encouraged them to venture into sports betting.
Some
Twitter users even went ahead to give a breakdown of what the amount
can do in Kenya, with some of them predicting how the winner’s life
would change.
Two months ago, two Kenyans won a Sh62 million bonus in the Sportpesa mega jackpot.
Quinter Chemei Nimo and Julius Kerich shared the amount after correctly predicting the outcome of 16 out of 17 matches.
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