The 31-year-old father of twins correctly predicted the outcome of 17 football matches to win last week’s SportPesa jackpot.
This comes barely a year after Samuel Abisai won 221 million jackpot.
Gordon Ogada, who lives in Kibera and works at KEMRI, became an instant online sensation with every woman wanted to have a piece of him.
He was also a lucky man at betting.
Gordon said:
"EVEN AFTER I WAS ANNOUNCED THE JACKPOT WINNER, I STILL PLACED BETS AND WON SH200, 000.”
But now the winds seem to have changed against him.
Five months after he made history by bagging the highest amount of money from any booker in Kenya’s history, Gordon now claims he is dead broke.
"SPEAKING TO NAIROBIAN, HE SAID, “THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT I AM MONEYED EVER SINCE I WON MORE THAN SH200 MILLION. TRUTH IS THAT I DON’T HAVE THE MONEY. I KNOW IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE. IT’S BEEN FIVE MONTHS SINCE I WON THE MONEY. I PUT VIRTUALLY THE WHOLE AMOUNT INTO LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS. I DON’T HAVE MONEY JUST FLOATING LIKE MANY PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE. I AM BROKE MOST OF THE TIME.”
Gordon says that some of the “many investments” he made included sprucing up his parents’ village home and “bought a few cows too”.
When pressed for more information, a cagy Gordon told Nairobian: “I bought a house here in the city and a few cars, besides other investments here and there. All these cost millions. I’m literally drainedOf course. I might have made a few mistakes here and there. But largely, I did fine. I think I would be more responsible.”
"HE ADDED THAT, “AFTER THIS KIND OF SPENDING, I HONESTLY FEEL EMBARRASSED BECAUSE SOMETIMES I DON’T EVEN HAVE A DIME. I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO HELP MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES FINANCIALLY. THEY THINK I HAVE LOADS OF CASH, WHEN, IN REAL SENSE, I DON’T HAVE MONEY FLOATING AROUND.”
He still bets and hopes to win big again.
he promises, “This time round, I will be more responsible with my spending. I have no immediate plans of stopping. I hope to win again someday.”
By Neema Amani
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