Abu Sesay, a middle-aged timber retailer residing in the East-end of Freetown, has made headlines as the latest winner of the Mercury International Bookmaker product, walking away with an astounding total of Six Hundred and Fifty-Five Thousand New Leones (655,000,000 old Leones) from just a Nle 10 stake.

Sesay’s remarkable win stemmed from betting Nle 5 on 15 teams across two tickets, capitalizing on the half with the most goals option. After the mandatory 15% government tax, he took home a phenomenal Nle 556,000 (Five Hundred and Fifty-Six Million Old Leones).

In a strong statement about his success, Sesay declared that, despite prior winnings, this is unequivocally the biggest win of his life since he began betting with Mercury International in 2017. He expressed, “This has always been my formula for football betting, and my emotions today are beyond words.”

Sesay is thrilled and eager to invest some of his winnings to enhance his business. He also praised Mercury International for its promptness in delivering his winnings and urged sceptics to take a chance with the bookmaker.

Sabieu Mansaray, the Marketing Strategist for Mercury International’s Sports Betting and Lottery Company, congratulated Sesay for becoming the company’s first major winner of 2025. He emphasized that the winner capitalized on the company’s bonus for bets involving five or more teams.

“We at Mercury International are proud to see winners emerge consistently. This is our commitment, and it serves as a strong message to others that we are dedicated to creating millionaires every day,” Mansaray stated. He advised Sesay to manage the funds wisely and to leverage them for transformative changes in his life.

A Car rental businessman on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, became the latest millionaire from the Mercury International lottery game, after winning the sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Million Old Leone (LE 230,000,000) which is Two Hundred and Thirty-Thousand New Leones (Nle 230,000).

Businessman Amadu bet on multiple tickets involving more than 20 teams, to secure his biggest win in three years as a Mercury International customer.

The middle-aged Amadu who is an ardent Mercury International online football platform follower, had previously won SLE 52,000,000, SLE 18,000,000 plus other amounts.

Reacting to his win with a joyful smile, he said he was pleased with the transparency and seamless handling of the payment process which was fast and good.

He revealed that his biggest intention after winning is to enhance his car rental business while harbouring aspirations for future success. He extended his gratitude to Mercury International for both the opportunity provided and its substantial presence within the country.

“This win did not come as a surprise to me because I was aiming for a big win after previous winnings, however, I want to thank the Company for their professional way of handling the payment process, and don’t be surprised if I am here again to receive another big winning,” Amadu said.

Mercury International has disbursed billions of leones to numerous customers who emerged victorious. Notably, one individual clinched an astounding sum of over 500 million leones—a record-setting achievement for a single ticket from the betting company.

Mercury International launched its lottery and sports betting products in 2007. Its products include the 5/90 lottery, sports betting, online betting, Zone, Rapids, and Virtual Rapid games.

A local tailor aged over 45 years old residing around Tengbeh Town Community in the West End of Freetown has become the latest winner of Mercury International football betting making him the newest millionaire in town

Sahr Saffa became the company’s latest winner after winning Ninety-Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Two New Leones (Le 96, 242.00) or Ninety-Six Million, Two Hundred and Forty-Two Thousand Old Leones (Le 96, 242,000.00), in Football Betting products from a stake of just Five New Leones (NLe 5).

The surprised and joyful Saffa stated that he placed the said amount of stake on a total of 15 teams with the betting option of both teams to score and at the end of the week, his stake did materialise.

He said: “It has always been a dream of mine to win big and this particular winning is a life-changing moment for me because I will use some of the cash to develop my tailoring shop and try to see how best I will no longer be paying rent by owing a small house.”

Saffa went on to heap praises on Mercury International adding that the process was a genuine one without any intimidation or harassment.” The cash presentation was officially done at the Mercury International payment Center at Walpole Street in Freetown.

A young Sierra Leonean student, Abdulai from Lungi turned became a billionaire after winning the sum of One Billion, One Hundred and Sixty-Four Million Old Leones from Mercury International from just a staked of Fifteen Thousand Leone.

The lucky Abdulai on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, received his billionaire cheque after placing Nle 15 on 32 teams in a single ticket.

With joy and short of words, Abdulai revealed he only started betting with Mercury International about a month ago and can’t believe he could have become a billionaire within the shortest time.

“This is a life-changing moment for me, and I can’t say much, I will have to wait and decide what to do next but for now, I am completely overjoyed,” Abdulai said and asked others to follow and have trust in what he described as the ‘country’s lead and best betting company’.

Before handing over the cheque, Octavious Jackson from Mercury International’s Online Department applauded the lucky winner and further maintained that the Company is always ready to ensure our customers enjoy the beauty of winning from Mercury International.

Since its inception, Mercury International has continued to splash out billions of Leones to customers from winning football betting, the 5/90 daily lottery, and online betting.

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