Naijabingo will change the misconception about gaming – Asuelime

As Naijabingo, a new social gaming has just been unveiled in Nigeria recently courtesy of Zeretan Entertainment, the chairman of the group, Mr. Michael Asuelime, has said the game show will change the misconception people have towards gaming.

“There are so many things that were deemed bad back in the days and perceived negative for whatever reasons. Especially acting and music and even football, parents never wanted their wards to get into those professions. “But that has changed now. People used to think that gambling is bad. But we need to challenge that as well. Don’t you think you would want to better your lot?

What is even negative about it?” he queried.

According to Asuelime who spoke during the unveiling of the gaming, “Naijabingo is a brand new category of social gaming, which may involve multiple players with elements of interaction between the game and the participants.”

Asuelime said the game is Nigerian version of popular family pastime called Bingo or Tombola or Housie in different parts of the world while adding that Naijabingo offers offline and online social gaming experience and it retains the unique flavour of the original bingo rhymes and can be played and enjoyed by anyone.

Even as there are so many other betting games in Nigeria at the moment, Asuelime insists that Naijabingo is still different from every other game show.

“Our population in Nigeria is very high. There will always be new concepts everyday in every field. What we have done is to look at what is in existence before now and look at the loopholes. But then, our games are easy. What you need is just your N100. Your strength lies on the card you pick. There are no two similar cards. That is why it is a game.”

According to him, Naijabingo comes in pocket size game slips in attractive colours of Red (for Sunday games) and Blue (for Wednesday games).

“The current offering is the offline version and requires participants/ players to purchase game slips from accredited game shops in their neighbourhood to be eligible to play. In fact, we are really excited to bring Bingo halls to peoples’ homes,” he added.

Narrating further, the Zaretan Entertainment Chairman explained that two games each are played on Sundays and Wednesdays of every week with each game having six grids containing numbers 1 - 90 and each grid has 15 numbers in them.

The aim of the game, he noted, is to mark all the 15 numbers in any grid from the winning numbers for the particular game.

Asuelime stated; “The winning numbers to be marked are randomly selected under supervision of officers from Lagos State Consumer Protection Council (LASCOPA) and announced while the players are expected to mark the winning numbers correctly on the corresponding grid on their Naijabingo® game slip. Once the player correctly marks all the 15 numbers on any of the grids for the game in play, that player has won or will share in the Full House Prize money for that game.”