Probably most people who watch TV are familiar with these two words that become something usual to hear, for me I really found it silly to call any of these contests or even programs to win what so ever prize will be. Not because I don’t need any of the stuff they offer, but never believed I will be lucky out of thousands of people who call and try their luck. Nevertheless, I never thought that such contests would be forbidden in Islam because they are considered a type of gambling. I wonder will people really care if they were told this is gambling. For some people it’s the dream come true if they had the chance to win their dream house, a nice car, or even going to do pilgrimage!
Most prestigious channels are using the system of call ‘n win, which in return generate a lot of profit and only one or two people out of thousands if not more win the prize. It’s really absurd to manipulate people this way, however the way they show these contests, by convincing people to try their luck, maybe they win ,as a result spending a few pounds or maybe more, just by holding online or trying over ‘n over again. Not to mention that some channels are specialized only in such competitions were they get a good looking girl and they post a stupid silly question and you have to find the answer. since the question seems to be very easy, thousands of people call and no one win till the end of the show when suddenly someone answer the question, and yay he /she wins!! Even the questions are not challenging to think or to search for, and again we” the Arab nation” accused of not being creative or using any percentage of our minds in doing something useful. I wonder with these kinds of programs, we have no choice to think of anything else, but for the silly answer!!
