Sugar Kwami: Young Ghanaian Man Wins Over GHC225k With A Bet On Only 3 Matches
- Young rich man Sugar Kwami won a bet of GHC225,000 on Sunday, September 12, 2021
- Sugar Kwami staked GHC50,000 on three football matches to win that big amount
- A photo of the betting slip has just popped up online and it is stirring reactions
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A young Ghanaian man, popularly known on social media as Sugar Kwami, has made it big, as he tried his luck on a bet.
Sugar Kwami won a slip with a total amount of more than GHc225,000 after placing a bet on just three matches.
The young man staked an amount of GHC50,000 on the three matches.
Source: Instagram
The matches were AS Roma vs Sassuolo in the Italian Serie A, Olympique Lyon vs Strassbourg in the French Ligue 1, and Leeds United vs Liverpool in the English Premier League.
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Odds explained
According to Mrs Marian Lamptey of Soccabet Ghana, Sugar Kwami's bet was based on the decimal odds, one of the three main systems in betting.
"In decimal odds, the bettor wins any amount of money he or she stakes times the odds stated plush possible bonus which makes the total payout," she explained to YEN.com.gh.
She added that"With odds of 1.61, 1.57, and 1.70 on the three matches respectively, Sugar Kwami's total odds stood at 4.30. This meant that he was going to win 4.30 times the GHC50,000 he was betting plus bonus"
Sugar Kwami's win was announced on Instagram by blogger, Ghhyper, who shared a photo of the winning slip.
Reactions from bettors
The photo of Sugar Kwami's betting slip has got many people on social media reacting. While some praised him for his boldness and sense, others lamented that they do not have money to stake such big bets.
traeyzwhyte said:
"Bet is not 200,000 odds and stake with 10 cedis or 1 cedis . It’s 2 or 3 odds and stake big to win big … It’s all about using your cash to play safe . This Gee got the vision ."
prigyei10 said:
"That’s how bet should be. U stake big with 2 teams p3."
leslie_wu said:
"Nana sika nu be the problem if I show you my slip wey play paaaa . And I had like 1k to stake like bookies will cry ."
Sugar Kwami lost GHC70k bet on Euro 2020 final
Sugar Kwami is known for staking such big bets and they have not always gone his way.
During the Euro 2020 final at London's Wembley Stadium in July, the young man lost a GHC70,000 bet.
He staked the amount that the Azzurri of Italy was going to defeat England's Three Lions to win the cup.
But even though Italy won the cup, he lost the bet because they filed to win in extra time.
Source: YEN.com.gh
