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Korea lottery market

Lottery related public awareness

  • 64.5% of the survey agreed with the phrase, 'It's good to have lottery system' and this ratio is 2% higher than last year's ratio.
Survey on Public Awareness of the Lottery graph

Priority of lottery fund use

  • 55.0% of Korean adults chose 'Housing stability for low-income groups' as the No.1 priority of lottery fund use.
Perception on the Speculative Nature of the Lottery graph

Lottery purchase experience for the past year

  • 57.8% of the survey replied that they have purchased lottery in the past year and this ratio is lower in comparison with last year.
  • Average number of lottery purchase was 15.1 times for Lotto Lottery and 6.1 times for Pension Lottery.
Perception on the Speculative Nature of the Lottery graph

Amount of money spent in lottery purchase

  • About 92.8% of the purchasers of Lotto Lottery and Pension Lottery spent less than 10,000 won per purchase.
  • When purchasing lottery, the average amount of money spent per purchase was 8,874 won for Lotto Lottery and 7,119 won for Pension Lottery
Amount of money spent in lottery purchase
Amount of money spent in lottery purchase
Category Average (won)
Lotto Lottery
Total 8,874
Sex Male 9,821
Female 7,299
Age 19~29yrs 7,944
30s 8,739
40s 9,303
50s 9,584
60 and above 8,250
Amount of money spent in lottery purchase-Pension Lottery 520
Category Average (won)
Pension Lottery 520
Total 7,119
Sex Male 7,582
Female 6,442
Age 19~29yrs 6,962
30s 7,607
40s 6,857
50s 7,324
60 and above 7,200

Lottery purchase frequency in 1 year

  • 14.4% of lottery purchasers replied that they purchase lottery weekly and this ratio is similar in comparison with last year's.
Frequency of Lottery Ticket Purchase

Lottery purchase frequency for the past year

By class (unit%)
Lottery purchase frequency for the past year
Category People who purchase lottery in the past year
Once a week Every 2~3 weeks Once a month Less than once a month
Total 14.4 18.1 24.4 43.0
Sex Male 23.8 21.4 24.0 35.7
Female 6.8 12.8 25.1 55.2
Age 19~29yrs 11.5 14.6 25.0 48.9
30s 16.5 18.2 26.4 38.9
40s 19.3 22.1 24.8 33.8
50s 12.5 18.0 25.0 44.7
60 and above 9.1 15.9 19.3 55.6
※ This survey of 1,000 men and women aged 19 years and above was conducted by Gallup for 29 days between December 11th, 2013 to January, 8th, 2014, (±3.1 sampling error, 95% confidence level)