Seventeen (17) lucky subscribers who constituted the first set of winners in Glo Lucky Number Game have been rewarded with cash prizes ranging from N1,000,000 to N100,000.
The winners received their prizes at a presentation ceremony in Lagos while winners outside Lagos got their cheques at desigยญnated locations across Nigeria. Many more Glo subscribers are expected to emerge winners in the weeks and months ahead.
The daily draw game was creยญated in collaboration with NCC-liยญcensed Aggregator, Pisimobile, and VAS Provider, Yellowdot.
With the game, subscribersโ moยญbile numbers are automatically entered into a random selection process while a subscriberโs numยญber must sequentially match a randomly selected number from the pool of active Glo subscribers, matched from right to left.
Lagos-based dry cleaner, Yuยญsuf Malzo from Bauchi State, a winner was ecstatic about his N1,000,000 jackpot.
โThe money would come in handy in expandยญing my businessโ, he said.
In the same vein, Olajide Afolabi, a security man based in Ondo town won N500,000. Afolabi said he had been playing the numยญber game for some time, though he had been unlucky.
โJust as I was about giving up, my name was announced as a winnerโ, he disclosed adding, โ I promise to continue to play as the money has changed my lifeโ.
Similarly, Emmanuel Henry who had placed himself on auto play every day and every month, got a N100,000 win. The Lagos-based driver said his prize had encouraged him to keep playยญing the number game in order to win more money.
Mojeed Aluko, Globacomโs head of Value Added Services, explained that the Lucky Numยญber game is for everyone on the Glo network. โCustomers can subscribe in two ways. The first is to dial the USSD code *4445# and follow the instructions. They can also text WIN or WINOT (daily), LW or LWOT (Weekly), LM or LMOT.