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Board Gambling discussion
Re: A Nigerian Father Rejects Son's Gambling Win
by
Cantsay
on 23/05/2023, 17:30:21 UTC
A boy won #38,000,000 ($82340.19) with just #400 ($0.87) and when the boy brought home his win, the biological father of the boy rejected the money because it was gotten from gambling. So that makes me to think how people look or see or think of gambling. Is gambling a bad thing to do? As for me gambling is not a bad something but the individual can be bad and also the way you present yourself in the society can also tell people about your personality.

I've heard a similar story before, but in that one, the child brought the money home, but his parents questioned him, claiming that he went to rob someone and stole the person's money. It wasn't until the parents enlisted the help of a third party to investigate the source of their son's money that the parents realised that their child was telling the truth from the start.

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How do you see the father? Was he right by rejecting the son gambling win?

In this scenario, I will not accept the father's decision; the fact that he got his money via hard labor does not automatically imply that all of his children should follow in his footsteps. I believe that everyone has their own destiny, and that God can choose to bless anyone in whatever way he sees fit, and that this could be God's method of blessing the son.
Aside from the fact that it is almost impossible for the son to return the money to the gambling company the father should take the money because it is not illegal money; if it were, I would have supported the father, but since it is not, I'm afraid I'd have to congratulate the son.