Annual year-end lottery tickets have gone on sale across Japan, with a payout of more than 2.4 million dollars for each top prize winner.
About 1,000 people were lined up at a lottery ticket booth in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district when sales began at 8:30 Wednesday morning. Some people had been in line since Tuesday afternoon.
The booth is popular among lottery fans because it sold 3 tickets that hit the jackpot in each of the past 2 years.
A 37-year-old company worker who was first in line told NHK that if he wins, he plans to travel around the world.
A woman in her 60s said she would save the money for her old age.
Lottery sales have been in decline since peaking in 2001. The operator says it has doubled the number of top- and second-prize winners from last year to 444, in an effort to boost sales.
Tickets will be on sale until December 24th. The winners will be drawn on New Year's Eve.
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