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Man Dies After Chugging Bottle Of Jagermeister In Two Minutes To Win $12 Drinking Challenge

<p>A South African man died after chugging an entire bottle of Jagermeister in two minutes&comma; reportedly to win a &dollar;12 prize as a part of a drinking game&comma; with his last moments being captured on video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 23-year-old man&comma; who was not immediately identified&comma; was competing against other customers at a Mashamba liquor store on Tuesday when he suddenly collapsed after downing the entire bottle&comma; according to South African news outlet <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sowetanlive&period;co&period;za&sol;news&sol;south-africa&sol;2022-07-12-limpopo-police-open-inquest-into-death-of-man-who-binge-drank-a-bottle-of-jgermeister&sol;"><strong>Sowetan Live<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;One of them immediately collapsed thereafter and was taken to the local clinic&comma; where he was certified dead&comma;” Waterval police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo told reporters&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Video Shows Man Drink Himself To Death In Liquor Store Competition<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Video of the man downing the bottle of liquor has since gone viral with nearly 30k views since being posted Wednesday morning&comma; showing him crowded around by other patrons as they cheer him on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1546581126180966404" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mojapelo said the patrons allegedly participated in the contest&comma; where the person who consumed an entire bottle of Jagermeister first would win 200 South African Rand&comma; or about &dollar;12 USD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Man &&num;8220&semi;Paid With His Life&&num;8221&semi; For &dollar;12 Drinking Competition Prize<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Commenters noted that the outcome &&num;8220&semi;wasn&&num;8217&semi;t funny at all&&num;8221&semi; while another said the man &&num;8220&semi;paid with his life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Worst part of it all… is that&comma; this isn’t funny at all… it was a game that turned out all wrong from all directions&comma;” one user commented&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Jagermeister is a German liquor with an alcohol by volume of 35 percent&comma; or US 70 proof&comma; however another commenter noted that fake Moët and Jagermeister bottles have recently flooded the region&comma; with some using expiring cleaning and cough-syrup products&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Dangerous&comma; Illegally Made Alcohol Rampant Throughout South Africa<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>News24 reports that one in every 4&period;54 liters of alcohol sold in South Africa is illegally made&comma; with the country&&num;8217&semi;s fake booze market netting over R20 billion a year&comma; or roughly &dollar;1&period;2 billion USD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-facebook-page data-href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;watch&sol;&quest;v&equals;1904711709736489" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400"><&sol;amp-facebook-page><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Just remember&comma; that Jagermeister were bottled by the same guys who bottles fake Moët by the crates full&comma; in an abandoned basement in Mooi street JHB&comma; using a fire-hydrant as a water source and some expired cleaning&sol;cough-syrup products&&num;8230&semi;&period;all fake booze&comma;&&num;8221&semi; wrote Kerri Briekstreep&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In May&comma; the South African Police Service Outfit reported that a fake alcohol factory was busted not far from the liquor store where the man died on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said they have since launched an investigation into his death&comma; however it remains unclear if any charges will be filed against the liquor store owners as of Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"93456" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;man-after-chugging-bottle-of-jagermeister-in-two-minutes-to-win-12-drinking-challenge&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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