A Sierra Leonean scrap metal hurdler, Idrissa Kamara, who lives in Freetown, has beaten the odds and won NLe 250,000 from the Nap 5+ in the Mercury Kakau Mid-day lottery draw.
38-year-old Kamara placed a little sum of Nle 50 as a stake on five numbers 24-42-14-41-65, which provided the winning that saw him walk away with a bumpy sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Old Leones.
The lucky Kamara admitted that his win came as a surprise, and it was his first ever biggest win in Mercury lottery games.
” It is a dream come true for me, and I felt so happy, for what I consider to be a victory,” he said, adding that the reality in the game is unchallenged.
“This is a game someone should never give up on, and I advise everyone to play responsibly and be consistent,”.
Kamara vowed to utilise the winnings in a better and reasonable way by developing his plot of land and utilising some of the funds towards his business.
In October 2024, one Mohamed Mansaray won NLe 390,000 from the Nap 4+ and Daily Mercury lottery draw.
Mansaray participated in two different draws. In the Nap 4+ draw, he placed a bet of NLe 20 and won NLe 300,000. In the daily draw, he bet NLe 10 and won NLe 90,000. His total winnings amounted to an impressive NLe 390,000.

The management and staff of Mercury International Lottery and Betting Company on the 19th March 2025 donated food items to the Sunsans Bay community in Freetown.

Presenting the food items to Councillor Mohamed Fofanah, who received the food items on behalf of the Susans Bay community, Allieu Bockarie, a staff member of Radio Mercury, said that the donation was from the staff and management of Mercury International.

This, he said, is the way the Company used to share their profits with their customers and non-customers. Allieu told the councillor that Mercury betting is a winning to the individual and a profit for the nation. As such, he said it is the profit from the lotto, and the football betting that they used to give out scholarships, donate to fire and flooding disaster victims, build schools, give out medical helps and donate food items to vulnerable communities.

Allieu told the Councillor that this is not the first time that Mercury has donated food items to Susans Bay. He called on the Susans Bay people to Mercury betting their first and priority among the lot so that more profit will come to be shared among the people.

Receiving the food items, Councillor Fofanah thanked the management and staff of Mercury, especially when it is during Ramadan. He went on to say that this is the first time as a Councillor receiving food items from Mercury for the community. Councillor Fofanah went on to say that he is taking the food items and the message to the Susans Bay community people.

On the issue of playing Mercury games, he said 80% of the population plays Mercury games. He said his only advice is for the retailers to be transparent and give full respect to the customers.

Among the donated food items were bags of rice, bags of onions, Cow Bell Sachet milk powder, Boxes of tea leaf, cooking oil, Overtine, Padi Mayonnais,e Padi sardines and Luncheon meat.

Mercury International Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Ekundayo E Rowe, on Saturday, 8th February, presented the championship title to the first-ever Sierra Leone Billiards and Snookers Association champion at the Kabana Club, Lumley Beach, Freetown.

The Mercury CFO, who represented the MD, while presenting the trophy to the inaugural winner, Eid Ahmed, said, as a company, they are proud to sponsor the tournament and see Sierra Leoneans explore their sporting talents in other sporting disciplines.

“Our support to the Sierra Leone Billiards and Snookers Association championship shows we are not only doing this for football, but we want to explore new avenues of sporting disciplines and help them grow,” Rowe said.

Ekundayo Rowe further stated that they were pleased to see the massive turnout of people embracing a new sport, and the competitors’ performance proved it was not an easy tournament but a competitive one.

The prestigious Billiards and Snooker tournament showcased exceptional skill and sportsmanship. It culminated in a thrilling final match that kept spectators, including the Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta James Teima, Managing Director of Rokel Bank, Dr Walton Ekundayo Gilpin and others on the edge. A captivating display of precision and strategy, the winner claimed the title amidst cheers and applause, marking a significant achievement in the competitive world of cue sports.

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.

On 17^th of January 2025, Mercury International Staff and Retailers Charitable Foundation donated food items worth twelve thousand leones (Le12,000) to the residents of Wilkinson Road, UN Drive community, West End of the capital.

Presenting the food items to the Community people, Yanshim Ibrahim Yansaneh – Website Operator, leader of the delegation, said, they were in the community to perform a simple but essential task delegated to them by management, as over the years Mercury has been and still does honour its CSR obligations/responsibilities and by extension contribute to development and nation building.

He further stated that similar donations to different communities across the country have been made. It’s with great humility that they did the same for the residents of Wilkinson Road, UN Drive community.

“Please receive these food items as a tiny gesture from our institution. We at Mercury International believe in giving back to the rest of society whether customers or non-customers,” he said.

Receiving the food items, Mr Albert, the community coordinator, thanked Mercury International Staff and Retailers Charitable Foundation for their goodwill to his community, as this meant a lot considering the global inflation of prices of foodstuffs especially.

Pa Abu, the community headman said that they have been hearing about the good deeds of Mercury International and were hopeful that someday his community might benefit from such goodwill.

“Today we pray for every shareholder, management, staff, and retailer of Mercury International, may the company thrive through all challenges and be in existence forever,” he said

The donated items included; 4 Bags of rice, 2 bags of onions, 3 bags of salt, 1 pct of Ovaltine, 5 pct of tea bags, 1 box of margarine, 4 rubbers of 1 Gallon cooking oil, 2 gross of sugar, etc.

Mercury International Staff and Retailers Charitable Foundation delegation also included Yanshim Ibrahim Yansaneh of the Public Relations department, B.J of the Housekeeping department and Veenon of VRC.