| News
2011 |
| December 5, 2011 |
Lottery Sales in South
Korea Exceeding Government Estimates |
| November 8, 2011 |
Government Pass a Bill on
Revising the National Sports Promotion Law, Tightens Penalties for
Match-Fixing |
| November 5, 2011 |
Finance Ministry Looks To
Slow Lottery Growth as More People Feel Better About Buying a One-in-a-Million
Chance |
| October 31, 2011 |
Lottery Sales Expected to
Exceed W3 Trillion This Year |
| Sept 23, 2011 |
Ministry of Culture,
Sports, and Tourism Plans to Enact New Guidelines for Gambling in Online
Games |
| Sept 18, 2011 |
$37 Million in Lottery
Prizes Went Unclaimed Last Year |
| August 18, 2011 |
Pension Lottery Fever Grips
Korean Masses |
| August 3, 2011 |
Korea’s Annuity Lottery
Becomes Instant Success |
| July 14, 2011 |
Pension Lottery Is So
Popular That It Is Hard To Buy A Ticket |
| June 28, 2011 |
Korea to Debut
Pension-Style Lottery Next Month |
| May 29, 2011 |
League Wants Authorities
To Take Its Games Off Sports Toto |
| February 21, 2011 |
Lottery Sales on the Rise
as Economy Recovers |
| February 15, 2011 |
Lottery Brings Benefits
to Society |
68-Fold Difference In
Lotto Jackpot Value
KOREA (October 26, 2009) -- The
difference between the highest and lowest amount of fortune taken home by the
top lottery jackpot winners between the first and 334th lottery rounds was
found to be 68 fold, government data showed yesterday....................Subscribers
Millions of Lottery
Winners Fail to Collect Prize Money
KOREA (October 14,
2009) -- Some W200.9 billion in Lotto prize money has gone unclaimed over the
past five years, and seventeen jackpot winners have failed to claim their
winnings, despite beating odds of one in 8.14 million...................Subscribers
Korean Lottery
Operations Up 7% From the Same Period of Last Year
SEOUL,
Korea (September 22, 2009) -- Korean lotto sales are up since November.
According to the news service some W44 billion worth of tickets
are..................Subscribers
Lottery profit tops
W500b in H1
SEOUL, Korea (September 11, 2009) -- The
government posted a profit of 500 billion won ($400 million) from its lottery
business in the first half of this year................Subscribers
State Auditor Says
Lotto's Draw System Not Manipulated
KOREA (July 15, 2009)
-- The state auditor said Wednesday it found no evidence supporting allegations
that the lucky draw system for the “Lotto'' lottery was manipulated
or error prone..................Subscribers
Koreans Spent 0.36% of
GDP on Lotteries Last Year
KOREA (July 10, 2009) -- Koreans
spent $3.4 billion, or 0.36 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on the
lottery last year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Strategy and
Finance..................Subscribers
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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
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