"Consecutive Winning Numbers Are Unusual"
19 First-Prize Winners in Bulk... Each Prize Amounts to 1.4 Billion Won
In the Lotto lottery drawing, 19 first-place winners emerged in a large group. Moreover, the fact that the winning numbers came out consecutively, such as ‘13, 14, 15, 16,’ has been considered unusual.
Donghaeng Lottery announced on the 4th that the winning numbers for the 1118th Lotto lottery drawing were ‘11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 45’ for the first prize.
This drawing became a hot topic online because there were 19 first-place winners and the numbers appeared consecutively. Netizens reacted with comments such as “I doubted my eyes,” “It looks suspiciously manipulated,” “Even a god couldn’t pick numbers like that,” and “We should investigate those who manually selected such numbers.”
This time, the first-place winning locations included 16 automatic selections and 3 manual selections. In particular, six automatic first-place winners emerged in the Gyeonggi region, where Lotto lottery sales outlets have an absolute advantage.
The 16 automatic selection locations are Haengun Lottery (Gangbuk-gu, Seoul), Comprehensive Kiosk (Guro-gu, Seoul), Big Sale Lottery Room (Busanjin-gu, Busan), Self Camera (Busanjin-gu, Busan), Unsu Daetong (Bupyeong-gu, Incheon), Daebak Cheonha (Yeonsu-gu, Incheon), Our Neighborhood Mart (Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju), Daewoon (Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi), Yes Lottery Room (Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi), Oh Yeah Lotto (Anseong-si, Gyeonggi), Myeongdang Lotto (Icheon-si, Gyeonggi), Nodaji Lottery Room Seojeong Branch (Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi), Daebak Mart Lottery Room (Asan-si, Chungnam), Lottery Room (Seogwipo-si, Jeju), and Jeju Daerim Branch (Jeju-si, Jeju).
The three manual selections were from Seoul Gu-ga-17 Kiosk (130-2 Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul, in front of Guro 4-dong Post Office Kiosk), Dangha Jeil Lotto (104 Jeil Ijome, 676 Wondang-daero, Seo-gu, Incheon), and Ulleung Lotto (1st floor, 32-14 Bongnae 2-gil, Ulleung-gun, Gyeongbuk, Ulleung Lotto & Coffee).
Each first-place winner who matched all six numbers will receive 1,477,445,132 KRW. There are 72 second-place winners who matched five numbers plus the bonus number, with a prize of 64,980,226 KRW.
Meanwhile, the deadline for claiming the prize money is within one year from the start date of payment, and if the last day to claim falls on a holiday, it can be received by the next business day.
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