WINLOT lottery has launched an online lottery mobile app as part of the activities designed to generate more revenue to the government.
The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Lottery Board, Lanre Gbajabiadi at the launch of Winlot Lottery mobile app in Lagos, said revenues which are generated from the lottery commission are used to finance other sectors of the state; health, education, infrastructure and environment sector.
“Remitted revenues from the operation of lottery are used by the Lagos State government, which are beneficial to the citizens of the state.”
He confirmed the online lottery mobile app to be the easiest and the most convenient way of playing a lottery game in the comfort of their homes.
He said this platform was first of its kind in Lagos and a new distribution channel targeted to reach out to people. Accessing the standard living of Nigerians, opportunities are created by the lottery board to improve the standard of living.
He commended the efforts of Winlot in making this mobile app launch a success and urged other operators to imitate this bold step in sharing Nigeria good vision of providing more revenue.
He advised that lottery should be played through licensed operators endorsed by the regulator, stressing that Premier Lotto, Golden chance lotto, Superior lotto and Winlot lotto are the registered bodies licensed by the regulatory board to operate the lottery games.
It was however, disclosed that upon launch, players will be able to play the lottery on iPhone, Android and later extended to Blackberry device and IOS mobile devices with option to download the app with either MTN or Glo telecommunication anytime anywhere with their mobile devices. By login for the first 5000 players’ N200 airtime bonus will be awarded for playing. Players can check the result and their prizes with ease.
Already, statistics showed Nigeria has the potential to become the largest social media user in the African continent. According to report, Nigeria is the second largest social media user in Africa, closely following South Africa. 25 per cent of Nigerian mobile subscribers use smartphones, which account for four million smartphone users.
The Chief Executive Officer, of Winlot Lottery, Nimish Bhatnagar revealed “We are happy to have this enriching experience to launch this interesting lottery mobile app with Glo and MTN that has enrich our gaming profile within the region. Most important of all, it can provide players with more convenient channel to enjoy our services”.
Bhatnagar launched the website of downloading the mobile app” www.mywinlot.ng/mobile and the games are categorized into three stages; Winlot Gold Coast, Winlot International and Winlot Jackpot respectively”
