Winning Numbers Announced for Japan's Summer Jumbo Premium Lottery
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The winning numbers for Japan's Summer Jumbo Premium lottery have been announced. This was the 1114th national draw.
The lottery is one of several large national lotteries held in Japan each year. People across the country buy tickets hoping to win a large cash prize.
News of the winning numbers was reported by local media, including outlets in Saga Prefecture, showing how widely people follow these results.
Japan's biggest lotteries can offer jackpots of up to around 800 million yen, an extremely large amount of money by any standard.
In related entertainment news, two well-known Japanese personalities, Tomomi Kahara and Yoko Minamino, discussed on television what it would be like to win such a huge sum.
Both said the idea of winning 800 million yen would be 'too worrying,' rather than simply exciting.
Their comments reflect a common feeling that a sudden, enormous windfall could create stress as well as opportunity.
After each draw, ticket holders check their numbers against the official results to see if they have won a prize.
Lottery winnings in Japan are tax-free for the winner, which adds to the appeal of these games despite the very low chance of winning.
Vocabulary6 words
- lottery
- a game where people buy tickets for a chance to win money
- draw
- the event when the winning numbers are picked
- tickets
- papers bought to enter the lottery
- cash prize
- money given to the winner
- jackpots
- the biggest possible prize in a lottery
- windfall
- a large amount of money received suddenly and unexpectedly
Quiz
Answer key
1. The results of the Summer Jumbo Premium lottery draw 2. 800 million yen 3. No, they are tax-free
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The winning numbers for Japan's Summer Jumbo Premium _____ have been announced. This was the 1114th national _____.
The lottery is one of several large national lotteries held in Japan each year. People across the country buy _____ hoping to win a large _____.
News of the winning numbers was reported by local media, including outlets in Saga Prefecture, showing how widely people follow these results.
Japan's biggest lotteries can offer _____ of up to around 800 million yen, an extremely large amount of money by any standard.
In related entertainment news, two well-known Japanese personalities, Tomomi Kahara and Yoko Minamino, discussed on television what it would be like to win such a huge sum.
Both said the idea of winning 800 million yen would be 'too worrying,' rather than simply exciting.
Their comments reflect a common feeling that a sudden, enormous _____ could create stress as well as opportunity.
After each draw, ticket holders check their numbers against the official results to see if they have won a prize.
Lottery winnings in Japan are tax-free for the winner, which adds to the appeal of these games despite the very low chance of winning.
Discussion questions
- Would you enjoy playing a lottery like this? Why or why not?
- Do you think winning a huge amount of money suddenly would cause more happiness or more stress?
- Why do you think local media reports lottery results so widely?
- If you won 800 million yen, what would you do first?