Last week (1019th), the Ministry of Strategy and Finance came to an explanation when there were suspicions of manipulation by some about the fact that there were 50 first-place winners, the most in history.



The Ministry of Strategy and Finance today (14th) said, "The lottery lottery lottery is broadcast live nationwide, and before the broadcast, the weight and size of the lottery balls and the normal operation of the lottery machine are checked in advance under the observation of police officers and the general public." "There is no possibility of manipulation." "He said.



He also said, "The reason why there are so many winners of the 1019th round is the result of a random drawing of the number combination preferred by the buyer."



In the 1019th lottery lottery drawing on the 11th, there were 50 first-place winning games, the most since the lottery was issued in December 2002.



The first prize for each game was 438,565,000 won.



In contrast to the previous round, 1018, there were two winners and the winning amount was 12,361,745,000 won.



The 50 cases that won the first place last week were manual lottery with 42 cases, followed by automatic 6 cases and semi-automatic 2 cases.



44 cases were sold at offline stores and 6 cases were sold online.



As there were several winners like this, some suspected that the lottery number had been tampered with.



The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said, "The probability that 6 number combinations out of 45 will be selected is constant at 1 in 8.14 million. It is common, but in reality, there may be more or fewer winners.”



If buyers choose the number combination equally, about 12 people win, but in reality, there is a number combination that buyers prefer, so the number of winners varies.



For the 1019th edition, the number of number combinations that sold the most were 16,000.



More than 10,000 combinations with 50 or more winners were also sold.



The lottery is a lottery in which 6 out of 45 numbers are randomly assigned, or you choose your own to guess the lottery number.



1st place if all 6 numbers match the lottery numbers, 2nd place if 5 numbers and bonus numbers match, 3rd place if 5 numbers match, 4th place if 4 matches, 5th place if 3 matches.



The biggest prize in history was 40.7 billion won on April 12, 2003 (the 19th).



At that time, there was only one winner.



The lowest prize ever won was 49.54 million won on May 18, 2013 (546th), when 30 winners were announced.