Those who have seen it say it is either out of sheer luck or it the day the Lord had made for one Meshack Ogutu – the winner of KSh818,496 on Odibets. Ogutu’s was a KSh3 stake on Odibets’ e-sports platform.
The Kisumu-based mechanic predicted four corners in four different matches which comprise FIFA simulated games.
Ogutu, who was handed his cheque on Thursday, said he had come to know of the betting giant after his team received playing kits from Odibets, courtesy of the Odimtaani initiative that saw the betting firm kit over 3,000 teams countrywide.
“My team Gor Artisans was one of the beneficiaries of the Odimtaani initiative by Odibets early this year, this prompted me to start betting on Odibets not knowing a big day like this will come,” the team manager told journalists who visited his garage.
“I want to invest the money on my garage business as well as the team I’m managing.”
Odibets, hailed by the public as one of the best betting firms in the country, has virtual games on their website for punters, especially after European leagues were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Virtual betting is a kind of betting availed by some bookies, in Kenya and the world, where customers can place bets on computer-generated games-which function just like real matches with real teams and players.
The football matches are ‘real’ but much shorter, so one does not have to wait for a whole 90 minutes for the match to end. The virtual matches usually take about two minutes each, but the winning value remains the same as those of actual matches and their odds.
On Odi League, for example, one can place their virtual bets on various markets just like they would on real sports bets.
Punters also have the opportunity to experience incredible deals with boosted odds, while new subscribers receive a KSh20 bonus on their first bet on OdiLeague.
Ogutu says he now believes that anyone can win big money, just like in normal matches, on the virtual betting space.
