Former parliamentary aspirant bags 208 million SportPesa Jackpot

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A former parliamentary aspirant has scooped the SportPesa Jackpot.

Cosmas Korir who vied for the Konoin parliamentary seat in Bomet County is the winner of the Sh208 million SportPesa jackpot.

"We have a mega jackpot winner," SportPesa posted on their Facebook page.

Korir is currently the Director of Agriculture in West Pokot County.

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This is the fourth time a Kenyan has won the jackpot.

In May last year, Samuel Abisai won the first jackpot of Sh221 million. A month later, three winners shared Sh115 million.

On February 7, Gordon Ogada, an orphan, won the biggest jackpot in SportPesa history by taking home Sh230, 742,881.

To win the jackpot, one must correctly predict 17 football matches.