Japan’s Year End Jumbo Lottery Wildly Popular in Face of Recession – $350 million up for grabs
In the Tokyo Ginza – Japanese are waiting in line (nothing new) for up to 90 minutes to buy a year-end jumbo lottery ticket in
Lottery tickets are on sale through Dec 19.
Winners will be announced on Dec 31.
There are 70, count ‘em grand prizes worth Y200 million each. ($2 million).
There are 140 secondary prizes worth Y100 million each ($1 million).
There are also 7,000 special prizes Y1 million each ($10K) each
This year is the jumbo lottery’s 30th anniversary.
Do you have your ticket?
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December 11, 2008
GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEXT WINNERS IN ADVANCE….DON’T FORGET TO SEND ME
MY SMALL PART TO CELEBRATE YOUR JOY.
December 11, 2008
I thought that, officially, gambling is illegal in Japan?
December 23, 2008
Gambling is not illegal in Japan, per se. What is illegal is the winning of cash at the same site as where the gambling takes place. The winning of a lottery ticket does not take place at the same time or location as where it was purchased. There is a fine line, however, in the case of instant scratchcards. Pachinko is very popular in Japan, but even these winnings must be collected from a different site, thus this kind of gambling is ok, because the winning does not take place at the same location or time of the gambling….
December 30, 2008
WHEN ITS COME TO NIHON, I CLOSE MY EYES AND TRUST ON THEIR GAMES. DOES N’T MATTER HOW BIG IS THAT MONEY. THEY ARE OF THE TRUSTFULL AND CLEAN PEOPLE, THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO TRUSTFULL AND CLEAN. NO FEAR, IF I AM REALLY LUCKY.
January 1, 2009
what is the website for the winning numbers?
January 2, 2009
You can see the winning numbers here: http://www.takarakuji.mizuhobank.co.jp/tsujyo/zen0550.html Limited knowledge of kanjio might be required in order to fully understand the prize tiers etc.