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?
If Ghana has a privacy policy then he can ask the organizers not to do a public presentation, the organizers cannot just withhold his winnings if he declines but if he agrees to do that to also promote the platform then he should see to it that he ask the company for addicitonal protection, I don't know much about Ghana's individual protection and the peace and order but if the amount is too big a change of location will do him and his family good.
The family's protection is more important than money, now that he has this amount of money he can employ security measures, all I know is all rich people in a third-world country employ security measures and hire security companies to protect them.
There's also a possibility of leaking so the winner needs to increase his security whether he is exposed or not.