The “Africa Millions” lottery jackpot of 170 million francs was won by a young agent from a private security company residing in Kayes. With this record amount of “Africa Millions” gambling in Mali, the lucky winner is considering a new start: setting up on his own.
Face covered with a scarf, the winner of the jackpot of the past week who wished to remain anonymous is a young Malian resident in the region of Kayes where he is a guard of a private security company. On Monday, March 20, he received from the hands of the officials of the gambling company his giant check worth 170 million FCFA. However, the pot went back to the draw of Saturday March 11, 2023.
This is the beginning of a dream come true for this young man who now wants to set up on his own. “I don’t want to be a security guard anymore. I will build a house and have shops,” he said, wearing dark glasses and a black scarf tied around his head to conceal his identity.
Not very talkative about his projects, the winner indicates that he is not at his first experience with the offers of Bet223, the lottery game company installed in our country, a year ago, in accordance with the directives of PMU-Mali.
“My first time playing, I won 3000 FCFA. But for a long time, I continued to play without really winning until I received this message to inform me that I won”, he underlined.
Except that the doubt and caution for the lucky bettor not to be ripped off by ”grazers” disillusioned him. So, he says he remained skeptical until Bet223 officials located him after several days of searching on different platforms.
“We were able to go back to his Orange Mali number through which he played. We called and reached him to tell him the good news. That day, he was in Mauritania. At first, he didn’t believe it”, explained the director of Bet223, Koffi HOLONOU, who decided to take charge of his Mauritania-Bamako transport so that he could come and collect his money.
In addition, Mr. HOLONOU claims to understand his doubt because the winners receive their money directly in their Orange money or mobicash account. On the other hand, when the amount is so high as is the case with this kitty, it cannot be sent via mobile finances.
Taking advantage of this ceremony, the director indicated that to date his company offers 4 families of games to amateurs: Virtual games; Sport bets ; instant lotteries; Draw lotteries (Jackpot 4 and Africa Millions).
Mr. Koffi HOLONOU also insisted on the values they advocate: professionalism, responsibility and transparency and respect for the legislation on gambling or lottery.
The Ambassador of Africa Millions in Mali, Mrs. Fatima DEMBELE, affirmed that this jackpot is a record in Mali of the “Africa Millions” lottery which exists in more than 10 African countries.
BY SIKOU BAH