Kolotto is an online Lotto game aimed at
foreigners with a draw made every day is new on the market. Kolotto which
handles the lottery venture for Korea Tourism Association announced on 25th
that it has newly introduced a selection-based Lotto for foreign patrons.
The newly introduced 'Daily Lotto 5/30' is issued by Lotto ticket vending
machines, in which the customer selects 5 numbers from 1-30 and fills them in
on the Main form and is issued with a lottery slip by the vendor.
Regardless of the sequence of numbers, once there are identically matching
numbers, the player claims the prize lot. In the case of the first prizewinner,
he should match both all the 5 numbers on the Main Form and 1 number on the
Super Ball Form to claim the prize. The minimum prize lot for the first
prizewinner is \ 100 million Won. Lottery tickets are available for sale at
Korea Tourism Gift Shops at Myeong-dong and Insadong, Buy the Way branches at
special tourist areas and the Itaewon branch, Itaewon and Yongsan branches of
lottery counter, CheonhaMyeongdang, and a draw is made at 8:30 PM every day.
S Korean
Lottery Sales Up 12 pct in Q1 SEOUL, South Korea (April 4,
2009) -- Lottery sales in South Korea jumped twelve (12%) percent during the
first quarter from a year earlier amid a protracted economic
slump................Subscribers
When the Going Gets Tough,
Lottery Sales Get Going SEOUL, Korea (March 16, 2009)
The economic downturn and falling value of the local currency are having
different effects on the Korea's casino, racing and lottery industries,
according to figures released by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the
National Statistical Office (NSO)................Subscribers
Gambling Thriving Amid Economic Slump; Korean Lottery Ticket
Sales Show A Steep Rise SEOUL, Korea (December 12, 2008) --
A lottery ticket shop in Sangye-dong, northern Seoul, is reported to be flooded
with customers everyday. The store, which has produced an unprecedented 10
first-prize lotto winners so far.....................Subscribers Lottery Sales Soar as Crisis Bites KOREA
(December 9, 2008) -- Lotto sales are up since November. As people dream of the
jackpot in difficult economic times some W44 billion worth of tickets are
selling nationwide, a 7 percent jump from the same period of last
year. Sportstoto's revenues from its foreign sports lottery sales have
increased a whopping 48 percent from last year. 
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