程阳:韩国博彩业市场分析

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程阳:韩国博彩业市场分析
程阳:S Korean lottery sales up 12 pct in Q1
SEOUL, Apr 3, 2009 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) -- Lottery sales in South Korea jumped 12 per cent during the first quarter from a year earlier amid a protracted economic slump, a government report showed Friday. According to the report by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, lottery sales in the January-March period amounted to 643.5 billion won (US$481 million), compared with 575.4 billion won in the same quarter a year earlier.
* Sales of the most popular Lotto lottery advanced 12.8 per cent to 615.6 billion won, while paper and Internet-based lottery sales declined 6.4 per cent and 5.6 per cent, respectively, to 16 billion won and 11.9 billion won, the report showed.
* The ministry said people often tend to try and avoid hardship by betting on the lottery, especially when the economy is in a slump.