[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] SK Telecom announced on the 23rd that it will hold the first gold number lottery event of the year to find the owners of 5,000 gold numbers.
Gold numbers are numbers with specific patterns such as 1111, 2200, 3000, numbers identical to the area code (1234-1234, 2905-2905), or numbers with particular meanings (1004, 4989). In this lottery event, there are 9 types of gold numbers available for application, and each person can apply for up to 3 numbers.
In the second half gold number lottery held last November, the most popular type was the AAAA type, which had a competition rate of 519.6 to 1.
Starting from this gold number lottery event, the system has been revamped so that customers can check detailed application status by rank from 1st to 3rd for each gold number. Previously, only the overall application status was available at the bottom of the gold number.
The results of the gold number lottery will be announced on the 10th of next month. Winning customers will be individually notified of their winning status via text message. Winners can register and use their winning numbers between June 13 and July 1.
Gold numbers cannot be transferred to others, and customers who are already using a gold number or have acquired a gold number within the past year are not eligible to apply.
Meanwhile, the gold number lottery is conducted by a random drawing method under the supervision of the Preferred Number Lottery Committee, which consists of government agencies such as the Ministry of Science and ICT and related organizations including the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA). The gold number lottery event is held twice a year in accordance with government policies.
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