TotoBIG is the Japanese lottery that offers the biggest prizes. There’s no need to think, predict or make guesses. You just buy it!
The gods randomly decide TotoBIG’s winners
Toto is a Japanese lottery that focuses on soccer. There are several types of soccer lotteries and TotoBIG is one of them. The grand prize is 600 million yens (6.1 million dollars or 4.4 million Euro).
The difference that makes Toto and TotoBIG stand out from other lotteries is that it’s very easy to play. While with traditional sports pools you have to mark, analyze and predict that results, with TotoBIG you don’t even need to know a single thing about soccer, since a computer randomly selects the results. All you have to do is buy a ticket!
It’s precisely because it’s so easy to use, because you can play it quickly, and because it has such a lucrative prize, that TotoBIG has become popular in Japan. You can buy from 300 yen (3 dollars / 2.2 Euro) and it’s also sold over the Internet. You also have more chances of winning than with other Japanese lotteries: 1 in 480 million. Last year, there were 43 winners and the TotoBIG web site includes an interesting analysis of these lucky players:
Sex: 38 men, 3 women (others were unidentified)
Age: around 30: 13 people, around 40: 9 people, around 60: 8 people.
Horoscopes: Cancer: 7 people, Libra, Aries, Piscis: 5 people of each sign.
First Initial: M: 9 people, T: 6 people, S: 5 people
Weather on day of purchase: Cloudy: 16 people, Sunny: 8 people, Rainy: 3 people
The ad for this Japanese lottery in interesting. It emphasizes the fact that you don’t need to think in order to buy it, you just go ahead and play. It features a meeting in which the gods are randomly and irresponsibly playing darts to choose a winner. You can watch the video here:
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The gods randomly decide TotoBIG’s winners
