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Sportpesa: A gamblers' paradise

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? 

To more than six million gamblers at the height of Kenya's betting craze, winning the jackpot was the ultimate prize. This is where the big money is. The utopia of betting.

A Country of Gamblers had trouble getting jackpot winners to tell us their story. Until we found Cosmas Korir, the Sh208 million jackpot winner.

Cosmas Korir

SportPesa’s Emily Gichuki hands over a dummy cheque of Sh208,733,618 to jackpot winner Cosmas Korir at Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi on October 3, 2018.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

In this episode, Korir opens up on the biggest moment of his life as we try to answer the question: were the wins real?

Listen to episode one, episode two and episode three

Read: Cosmas Korir: How I spent my Sh208 million jackpot winnings

Also read: Sportpesa boss Ronald Karauri: We do not know what really hit us

How Dick Wathika bet his capital on SportPesa and paid the price

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