A lottery company, Green Lotto has responded to criticism for failing to pay a Nigerian businessman N72.2 million winning claim.
It would be recalled that Green Lotto was dragged before the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square over its refusal to pay one of its customers, Sunday Nwachukwu his winning sum of N72,200,000.
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Green Lotto is organised by a company, Brentwood Multiservices Global Limited based in Ikorodu, Lagos
The complainant, who testified before Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay, last Thursday, told the court that on January 29, 2021, he played a game with N330,000 and when the result came out, he won the game, but the defendants refused to pay him the winning sum.
Green Lotto response.
But, reacting to the accusation of Nwachukwu yesterday, the management of Green Lotto in a statement by its Head, Brand and Marketing Communications, Imoudu Asekhame, said the company does not pay fraudulent winners or encourage cheating and fraud in gaming.
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Green Lotto, in a statement by its Head, Brand and Marketing Communications, Imoudu Asekhame, further stressed that he does not deserve the money in question, adding that the matter was already before a court of law and will not join issues with Nwachukwu.
Asekhame added that the company does not pay fraudulent winners or encourage cheating and fraud in gaming, Leadership reports.
Part of the statement reads: “It is important to note that sometime in 2019, Mr Sunday Nwachukwu, won the sum of N58,800,000 (Fifty-eight Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) from one of the games we offer and was duly paid his winnings despite our suspicion of some irregularities in his play.”
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