I created this topic as a result of this news,
a young Ghanaian man won 6,000,000 GHC ($501,664) with a bet of 40 GHC. This happened few days ago and it trended on social media. Some of the comments from netizens are that the young man should leave Ghana to avoid being robbed or poisoned.
I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?
The winner should be anonymous since they their life is in danger for being expose to win such huge amount of money. For sure to many criminals or those greedy people might plan bad for that kid just to get the amount he won. Since he's been exposed then much better for him to go away for a while so that he will be safe then just came back once he think he's safe and the hype about the news about winning such huge amount subside.
Its good to have formal presentation of the winners since for sure many of the people who bet seek the figure of the winner but they should not disclose the face,name or even slight information for a person to be know since we all know how risky it is that's why they need to be more careful next time for declaring their winners. For the question if a bettor can reject to get revealed on public I think yes. Its our right to remain anonymous especially if there's a huge threat after that event.