Stephen Musungu
Kenya has a new bold rule from its top sports betting operator, which redefines the jackpot playbook; the KSh 50 million prize will at least be won once every eight weeks. No more huge jackpots will be rolled over, causing the players to watch them disappear indefinitely with no light at the end of the tunnel.
On the contrary, in case no one guesses all the necessary outcomes right within the eight-week period, the jackpot will be given in the last week to the contestant or contestants who have made the most correct guesses. The gamble, called the “Must Be Won Jackpot,” comes with a set eight-week timeframe that is meant to put an end to rollover frustrations and photography in betting.
Instead of targeting extremely high amounts that are seldom paid off, betting students now have a clear timeframe through which, and an outcome, they can share the pot.
The move towards more certain winners is one of the major surprises of the innovation, as it is opposite to the overall situation of great payouts that are never cashed in.
Among the promising characteristics of the new model is the way it encourages players to always take part. Jackpot players who are active over several weeks in a row will find themselves in a more favourable position.
The system lessens the number of games they have to predict correctly as their participation increases, hence giving the past players a better chance of winning. The whole business revolves around what are called “Smart Play Tokens,” which allow the players to get all potential outcomes of their chosen matches without incurring any further cost on that fixture, thus virtually eliminating the risk on that match.
For the majority of Kenyan bettors, a big number of whom wager daily or even weekly, this change is going to be a revolution in the way jackpots are perceived.
The previous designs would often leave the participants feeling that they were stuck in a cycle of betting without seeing any payoff, thereby losing their trust in the operation. Unlike the Must Be Won Jackpot’s
