Episode One: The house always wins

 

On Saturday, July 2, 2016, at around 10pm in Nairobi, a fresh university graduate, Paul Midega, sat down to watch the last football match of his life. This was the night the Euro cup semifinal match between Italy and Germany was played. It was a big game, involving Europe’s giants in football. 

Midega had taken out a huge bet of Sh80,000 on this game. The money was not his. He had diverted funds given to him by his elder brother to settle household bills. But Midega was sure he would return the money before anyone noticed it was gone.
He was wrong.

How does it feel to win Sh208 million? Can you imagine it?

Do you change your lifestyle immediately? Do you let the money sit in the bank for a day, a week, a month? 

The Gamblers Paradise had trouble getting jackpot winners to tell us their story. Until we found Cosmas Korir, the Sh208 million jackpot winner.   BY DAILY NATION   

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