The number of households that bought lottery tickets was the highest for the January-March period over the last five years, according to data from Statistics Korea.
A man purchases a lottery ticket from a lottery store in downtown Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]
A man purchases a lottery ticket from a lottery shop in downtown Seoul on Thursday.
The number of households that bought lottery tickets was the highest for the January-March period over the last five years, according to data from Statistics Korea.
Over 2.21 million households, or 10.1 percent out of the total said that they have bought lottery tickets.
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