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Korea lottery market

The Korean lottery market has rapidly grown since 2002 with the introduction of the online lottery, posting w4.23 trillion (US$3,527.6million, US$1=w1,200) in sales in 2003, with government policies to stabilize the market and curb reckless gambling, however, lottery sales have remained at approximately w2.4 trillion in recent years.
Since lottery tickets went on sale for the first time in 1947, printed lottery tickets have been dominant in Korea. But from 2003, the Korean lottery market has become disproportionately lopsided toward the online lottery (lotto 6/45)

Annual Lottery Sales

Sales Breakdown by Lottery Type

(Unit: USD 100,000/1$=\1,387)
Section 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Online Lottery 21,982 23,483 25,710 27,378 28,613 31,132 34,153 37,038 39,270 40,754 42,943
Instant Lottery 810 1,223 1,299 1,477 1,778 2,237 2,661 3,184 4,094 4,744 6,450
Pension Lottery 701 695 708 724 750 742 1,624 2,100 2,112 2,272 2,463
E-Instant Lottery 174 230 297 369 472 446 605 760 877 902 1,026
Total 23,667 25,632 28,014 29,948 31,613 34,559 39,043 43,081 46,353 48,671 52,883