OSAKA, Sep 19 (News On Japan) –
Sales of the “Halloween Jumbo Lottery,” which affords a prime prize of 500 million yen together with supplementary prizes, started nationwide on September nineteenth.
At a particular gross sales sales space in Umeda, Osaka, lengthy strains shaped as folks rushed to purchase tickets as quickly as gross sales opened. The mixed jackpot of the primary prize and its supplementary prizes quantities to 500 million yen. This yr, the variety of prizes value 10,000 yen or extra has been expanded to round 400,000, roughly 17 occasions greater than final yr.
One buyer remarked, “I’ve been coming here for about 40 years, but I’ve never won.” When requested what time that they had lined up, one other purchaser replied, “Since 6 a.m. There are five jumbo lotteries a year, and I come for all of them.” A distinct buyer stated, “My pension is a little small, so I’m counting on this.”
The Halloween Jumbo Lottery will likely be on sale till October nineteenth, with the drawing scheduled for October twenty eighth.
Source: YOMIURI