★Holding on the lottery is the only option…〈Monthly pension of 50,000 yen〉〈Rent of 20,000 yen〉A 75-year-old woman stands in line at a lottery booth in Nishiginza, pinning her hopes on 3,000 yen – the reality of her “hopeless old age” A seasonal scene that gives rise to the conversation, “This year is coming to an end, isn’t it?” One of these is probably the lottery and the queues at the ticket counters. “If only I could win 100 million yen…” People lined up in the cold with dreams like this, but some looked desperate. A common sight at the end of the year is the long queues at lottery ticket booths… but here’s a smart way to buy to make your chances of winning. In December, familiar end-of-year scenes can be seen all over town. One such seasonal sight is the huge line of people waiting to buy year-end jumbo lottery tickets in front of the Nishi Ginza Chance Center in Tokyo. Among the many lottery outlets, the Nishiginza Chance Center is famous for frequently producing big winnings of over 100 million yen. Of the six counters, counter number 1 is rumored to be the one with the highest turnout rates, and there can be hours-long queues. Looking at lottery tickets purchased over the past year, the average total purchase price was 14,340 yen. In terms of purchase amount distribution (excluding those who did not purchase), the most common was “10,000 to 30,000 yen or less” at 12.7%. 11.4% answered “5,000 to 10,000 yen” and 8.3% answered “less than 5,000 yen.” The percentage of people who earned over 100,000 yen was 1.7%. It’s a lottery where no matter how many tickets you buy, it’s hard to ever win, but everyone can’t help but ask, “Just how many tickets do I have to buy to win a big prize?” Statistically speaking, lottery tickets are designed in such a way that you will always lose money, but a smart way to increase your chances of winning is to buy as many tickets as possible rather than buying a lot all at once for the same amount of money (related article: “How many lottery tickets should you buy if you want to become a millionaire?”). (Partial excerpt).
>>1 The lottery has long been called a “tax on the poor.” The poorer people are, the more likely they are to buy lottery tickets, which creates a vicious cycle of becoming even poorer.
The lottery has a rubbish expected value, and it’s a mystery whether the money is actually paid out. Even at 75 years old, there’s still demand among enthusiasts, so I think you should try your hardest in that field.
In Japan, the winners are not announced, so they can collect as much as they want. In other countries, they announce the winners, and people lose their lives.
I bought a year-end jumbo lottery ticket at the end of last year I haven’t seen it yet lol I wonder if I’ll buy one again this year How long can I buy it for?
>>46 I don’t think of it as a donation. If I won first prize, what would I use it for? My family and I buy them as a joke to create a topic of conversation while watching the annual Red and White Song Battle at the end of the year. But neither my family nor I have much interest in whether we won or not. I had forgotten about the lottery ticket I bought at the end of last year.
Winning the lottery will change your life! This is how people deflect their frustrations with politics lol Idiots don’t even understand something this simple lol.
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