By Mohamed Fofanah.
The leading betting company in Sierra Leone, Mercury International has made payment of a total of over Six Billion Leones to winning customers ranging from Wednesday, the company’s Public Relations Officer announced during payment in Freetown on Monday.
Alhaji Komba said the company’s sports and lottery sectors paid an outrageous Three Billion Leones on Wednesday to over 11000 customers who got their stakes right the previous day.
Before the weekend, the company also paid over One Billion Three Hundred Million Leones to lottery customers as the popular lottery numbers among customers: “Single 1-90” were drawn in the raffle “MAD MAX DRAW” from the 5/90 sector, he said.
Elsewhere in football, “The Long List Set: 16544” also recorded over One Billion Leones for customers who placed their stakes right in this category of Mercury Football, Komba explained. He added that the “Goals Plus Set 18526” another variety of the company’s football betting recorded over 17 Million 900 Thousand Leones.
The Deputy Chief of Operations, Bons-Coker said the company has recorded an unprecedented winning streak recently but said they are happy for their customers.
He revealed that the company pays a minimum of One Billion Leones each day to winners from both the sports and the lottery sectors.
A regular winner (name withheld) said betting has been good to him, saying he was not a stranger in winning Mercury International football betting.