Seventeen subscribers, including Lagos-based dry cleaner, Yusuf Malzo, Olajide Afolabi, security man based in Ondo town and a Lagos-based driver, Emmanuel Henry have smiled home with cash prizes ranging from N100,000 to N1 million in the Glo Lucky Number game.
Subscribers who won have received their prizes at a presentation ceremony in Lagos while winners outside Lagos got theirs at designated locations across Nigeria.
The daily draw game was created in collaboration with NCC-licensed Aggregator, Pisimobile, and VAS Provider, Yellowdot.
Subscribers’ mobile numbers are automatically entered into a random selection process while the winning numbers must sequentially match a randomly selected number from the pool of active Glo subscribers, matched from right to left.
An elated Malzo from Bauchi State, who won N1,000,000, said: “The money would come in handy in expanding my business.”
Mr. Afolabi, a N500,000 winner, disclosed that he had been playing the number game for some time, though he had been unlucky. “Just as I was about giving up, my name was announced as a winner. I promise to continue to play as the money has changed my life.”
Mr. Henry, who said he placed himself on auto play every day and every month received a N100,000 prize. He noted that his prize had prompted him to keep playing the number game in order to win more money.
Globacom’s Head of Value Added Services disclosed that the Lucky Number game is for everyone on the Glo network.
“Customers 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 (Monthly) to the short code 4445.”
Globacom said many more Glo subscribers would emerge winners in the weeks and months ahead.