Now I'm going to play vs Going to play

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Now I'm going to play" implies that the action of playing is happening at the present moment, while "going to play" simply indicates a future intention to play. The addition of "now" in the first phrase adds a sense of immediacy.

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Now I'm going to play

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that the action of playing is happening at the present moment.

This phrase is used to express that the speaker is about to engage in the activity of playing at the current time.

Examples:

Now I'm going to play soccer with my friends.
Now I'm going to play the piano for you.

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Now I'm going to play you some good old Bob Dylan.
Now I'm going to play Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14."
Now I'm going to Seattle to play music.
Just think that you're now going to play Burako all you want.
I have a picture here from a video, and we're now going to play it.
We are now going to play a round of "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner."
Now we're going to play!
So, Anna, now we're going to play: "The Loving Wife", or...
But I'm going to play mother now.
'M going to give you some accessories.
And now, in conclusion, I'm going to play Bruce's favorite song.
Now, I only have two and a half minutes - I'm going to play this.
Now, Mrs. Rowe has spoken highly of you and I have never known her wrong so I'm going to play her hunch.
'M going to guess you're a itte bit far from home.
And so now I'm going to take you through sort of a way of looking at play, but it's never just singularly one thing.
I'm especially sorry that he may never get to play for you since you're going to go off to greener pastures right now.
My friends, I'm going to play an exceptional instrument.
I'm going to play you recordings of three kinds of machinery.
I'm going to play at Wembley with the Spice Girls.
I'm not going to college to play basketball anyway.

Alternatives:

I'm going to play
I will play now
I'm about to play
I'm going to start playing now

Going to play

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a future intention to play.

This phrase is used to express a plan or intention to engage in the activity of playing at some point in the future.

Examples:

I'm going to play tennis tomorrow.
She's going to play the guitar after dinner.

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Well Ehsan's going to play and you'll hear it yourself.
I wasn't going to play this game any more.
Going to play a little tennis in 1958?
Aoki's going to play the part instead.
We are going to play tennis all weekend.
We're going to play a couple songs for you guys today.
The first number we're going to play is...
I was going to play it during Conrad's acceptance speech.
My friends, I'm going to play an exceptional instrument.
I'm going to play five-a-side.
We're going to play a little drinking game.
A bunch of us are going to play paintball on Saturday.
Tomorrow we're going to play all the morning.
You're going to play on Mary's fear.
This is not going to play well in my memoir.
Grandpa's going to play a little bingo.
I'm going to play you recordings of three kinds of machinery.
I'm going to play at Wembley with the Spice Girls.
We are not going to play them at football.
Okay, we're going to play croquet...

Alternatives:

I will play
I plan to play
I intend to play
I'm going to start playing

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Now I'm going to play vs Going to play