A Lilongwe resident is flying high after recently winning MWK 125 Million on Aviator, joining several other betPawa BIG winners. 

Francis Chigudu said he logged into his betPawa account after a long day of work and could not believe his luck. 

“As soon as I placed that bet, I had decided I was just going to leave it. The whole time it was flying, I was shocked it was still going, but something inside me told me to just keep letting it fly,” he recounted. 

Aviator, a game that involves operating a virtual aircraft that players stake on as it takes off, has a multiplier that increases each time the ‘pilot’ climbs higher. 

betPawa has the lowest minimum stake, MWK 1, and highest maximum payout, MWK 125 Million per bet, in Malawi. Chigudu staked MWK 1,000 to win the Aviator maximum payout.

“I saw the figure in my account and said ‘no way it's real’ so I made a withdrawal and when it reflected in my Airtel Money account I let out a little scream. I’m just so thankful!” Chigudu said. 

Chigudu, who has a faulty phone which he used to play the betPawa Casino game, said he is not in a hurry to spend the money although he plans to urgently replace his handset.

“It’s so crazy that even now as I am speaking to you, the phone I use is basically like a landline. As soon as I disconnect it from the charger, its battery will drain almost immediately,” Chigudu added. 

“I think it will be small changes like being able to use a phone at any time and go wherever I need to be that will make the biggest difference in my life.” 

Chigudu’s BIG win follows that of another Lilongwe-based betPawa customer Steve who won MWK 174.2 Million, also on Aviator, in February. Steve had placed two bets - one of MWK 299 and the other with MWK 2,399 - winning a total of MWK 174,157,675. Last week, Uganda’s Okello won MWK 23 Million on betPawa Casino through the Multi Wins Game. 

Africa’s record winning amount on Aviator is held by a betPawa customer from Ghana, Fuseini, who won MWK 841.3 Million in November last year.

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