BetCorrect took its social gaming campaign to the streets of Lagos, engaging bettors across five communities, Iyana-Ipaja, Agege, Mushin, Oshodi and Ikeja, to gather unscripted reactions to the platform’s feature.
Rather than rely on assumptions about what bettors want, the BetCorrect team visited bus stops, viewing centres and roadside kiosks, the everyday spaces where football arguments over offside calls and the Messi-Ronaldo debate naturally unfold, to demonstrate the app and record genuine feedback.
The first feature introduced was one that allows users to view other bettors’ wagers directly on the platform, removing the need to screenshot booking codes and circulate them on Telegram groups in the hope that a previous winning slip was genuine.
At a barbing salon in Agege, Tobi, a 21-year-old bettor, said the feature was an improvement on the Telegram method, arguing that fake codes were common in such groups, with users reposting old winning slips as though they were current. He said he preferred being able to see a bettor’s actual account and genuine wins before copying any prediction.
In Iyana-Ipaja, Chidinma, a 24-year-old university student who described herself as a casual bettor, gave a similar assessment. She said she had no interest in joining multiple groups in search of a reliable tipster, adding that being able to follow a bettor directly and track their results over time was a more honest approach.
