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I Lost My Business, My Wife, and My Dignity to Gambling. I Am Still Alive.
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Spiral Hornbill from Yola
4 months ago
I was a successful spare parts dealer in Kaduna. 2019, I had my own shop, a wife, two children, and a future. Then someone introduced me to sports betting. Small small. First it was 500 naira on a match. I won 3,000. The feeling was like nothing else. I started chasing that high. By 2021, I was spending 50,000 naira a day. I sold my shop. I borrowed from friends. I stole from my wife's savings. She caught me one night when I was transferring the last 200,000 naira from her account. She didn't shout. She just looked at me like I was a stranger. Omo, I still remember the night I lost everything. It was a Champions League final. I had 1.2 million naira on Arsenal. They lost. I sat in my friend's compound in Unguwan Rimi, staring at my phone. I didn't cry. I just felt empty. The next morning, my wife had packed her things and gone to her mother's. That was three years ago. I live with my elder brother now. I work as a dispatch rider. I have not placed a single bet since that night. The urge still comes sometimes. But I remember the look on my wife's face, and I go and drink water. Gambling is not a game. It is a demon that will take everything and leave you breathing. If you are reading this and you have ever thought of betting more than you can afford to lose, stop. The house always wins. I am the proof.
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