Newsone reports that a video has emerged on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, showing an unidentified man on the ground after he reportedly collapsed after losing a bet at Bet9ja Shop.
This online news platform understands that the yet-to-be-identified man collapsed after he failed to win a virtual game bet at Bet9ja Shop in Ekpan, Delta State, southern Nigeria.
Reports have it that the man reportedly borrowed two hundred thousand (N200,000) from loan shark operators for his house rent but in a bid to double the money, he used it to gamble which he lost at Bet9ja Shop.
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development is coming a few months the after Bet9ja website was hacked by the Russian Blackcat in April 2022.
The hackers according to a statement issued by Bet9ja on Thursday, April 7, 2022, reportedly asked for a Ransom but the company did not accept their condition.
The company stated that their IT team was working tirelessly to restore normal services of the Bet9ja website and further assured customers that their funds were safe.
The statement reads thus; “It is important to keep you all updated on the actual position of things as it has been very challenging in the last 24 hours. We have seen some posts in different groups that we are carrying out a maintenance, that is obviously not the case. We will not choose an important UCL day to do such.
“The entire Bet9ja system has been under attack by the Russian Blackcat group who are famous for several attacks to huge companies in the world. It is a huge hacker attack by this Russian group but our people are working from yesterday without stopping for a minute to restore all the services but it is not easy.”
“The company told their esteemed customers to remain calm as everything will be under control.
“Please do not be discouraged, we will surely restore things as soon as possible and provide update on the progress.
“They are asking for ransom already but we will never accept their conditions. it is important to let you know this so that we are all on the same page. They have hit us hard but of course they cannot kill us. We will stand our ground and come back even much more stronger,” the statement read.
However, after weeks, the betting company commenced its activities through a subdomain, sports.bet9ja.com after failing to retrieve the main website bet9ja.com.