Lottery sales in Japan down for second straight year

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:46:44 GMT

Some of the biggest action in Vegas takes place in private games for wealthy Japanese players on the upper floors of the hotels.

They ask for certain dealers and those dealers know they are in for a good night $$$$.

Comment #10

msharkey2001 — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:51:17 GMT

Probably has something to do with their rapidly aging, and soon to be declining population. It's going to be increasingly difficult for them to grow sales while the population is shrinking.

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:09:22 GMT

rcbbuckeye,

There was an interview with Sonny Barger (Head of Sam Berdoo HA) where he said,

When you hear you meet the nicest people on a Honda we ain't the ones they're talking about!

(Old Honda commercial

Comment #8

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:09:56 GMT

I remember in the 60's when the little Honda 50 was the rage. A lot of my brother's friends had one.

Comment #7

jjtheprince14 — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 04:29:03 GMT

Maybe it s not way too easy to win lotteries there like it is in New York or California.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:09:35 GMT

Must admit I was prejudiced...which means pre judging. I never associated Japan having a lottery.

Now I'm going to see if the Chinese have a lottery, that I'm sure they do.

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:49:41 GMT

A book about Japanese marketing came out iin the mid 1980s. On the cover of the book was a Japanese soldier in a WW II uniform with his hand on a TV set.....

The title of the book was;

From those friendly folks who brought you Pearl Harbor

One of the things mentioned in the book was the first Honda motorcycles that were sent to the U.S.

At the time there was no US market for 250cc and 300cc motorcycles....so the Japanese simply created one. Remember the Honda 305 Dream

Comment #4

Groppo — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:33:26 GMT

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To Japan:

I have always admired the country and peoples of Japan. Your people have accomplished

so much (like all the import cars and motorcycles, plus, let's not forget Godzilla). I hope you will continue to prosper, and hope that any lulls in your Teriyaki lotto, or whatever you call it, will also continue to do well.

Mr. Groppo

Comment #3

music* — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:55:39 GMT

General Douglas MacArthur had it right when he restructured Japan. Just look at all the fruits that developed after WW2.

Comment #2

Soledad — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:44:13 GMT

I remember around when oil prices were rising someone was telling me to forget about oil and focus on the yen. I never paid it much mind, some people focus on long term. I admire Japan s history, but I understand too little about it outside of Tokugawa Ieyasu and perhaps Jimmu as well.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:38:06 GMT

They have had enough. Enough of losing

Lottery sales in Japan down for second straight year

Lottery Post — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:18:33 GMT

In Japan, sales of Takarakuji lottery tickets issued by prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cities totaled 786.6 billion (US$7.1 billion) in fiscal 2017, down 6.9 percent from the year before.

Sales were down for the second consecutive year and fell below 800 billion for the first time since fiscal 1997, according to data compiled by the internal affairs ministry.

Takarakuji sales have been on a downward trend after peaking at 1.105 trillion (US$10 billion) in fiscal 200... [ More ]