By Raphael Ekpang
The newest and exciting sport lottery organisation New Year Mega Lottery has been launched in Nigeria on Thursday. The launching took place at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, where eight different products that will enhance Nigerians to be made millionaires with just N200 worth ricket were unveiled.
While unveiling the product to the public, the Chief Executive Officer (NYML) Limited, Mr Sunday Adeleye, said the products were carefully designed in a way that many Nigerians would be made millionaires within a shortest period of time
However, the products according to the CEO include: State Mega Puzzle, Mega Japa, Monthly Draw, Campus Fare, Mega Draw, Back to School, Instant Scratch and Win and Pocket Moni.
On N200 prize tag for the ticket, Adeleye said the decision to peg the cost of the lottery at N200 is for anyone above 18 years to participate, irrespective of class, status, gender and other social factors.
:According to him, “We have the vision to make 50 millionaires every 31st December, starting from one million naira, while 50 million naira is the jackpot in the Mega Draw. With just one ticket, you can play 11 draws. We reasoned that the more success stories we have, the more we will be in the market. If people don’t win, who will come to us?
“Therefore, we have products such as State Mega Puzzle, Mega Japa, Monthly Draw, Campus Fare, Mega Draw, Back to School, Instant Scratch and Win and Pocket Moni. It is for parents, students, workers and all categories of people to select which one they want and play. Whether physical card or online, we have all Nigerians covered.
“As Nigerians, we like to travel or Japa, that’s why we have Mega Japa. As students who often need urgent 2k, we have Pocket Moni, Campus Fare and Back to School. So, there is something for everyone. We are not leaving anyone behind. We have made the ticket available and affordable for everyone. Anyone who wins N500,000 and above will come to our office to collect the prize.”
“We are security conscious. You don’t have to worry about the data of users. Our system has been vetted by regulatory bodies and industry players. Also, we try to regularly upgrade our system and reassess our security model to ensure users are secured,” he said.
The event was graced by the creme de La creme of football in Nigeria, , including office ofbthe Minister of sports.
Meanwhile, the 36 states NYML’s agents were present in Abuja duri g the launch which also attracted foreigners alike.
