Tet lottery tickets are selling like hotcakes, street vendors "sold out" from early morning

A survey of lottery ticket vendors in Can Tho revealed that Tet is the busiest time of the year. Customers buy a lot, in large quantities, and also spend extra money to get unique and lucky numbers for early spring.

Ms. Cao Kim Cuc (57 years old, has been selling lottery tickets for 20 years) said that from December 25 to the 4th day of Tet, the number of lottery tickets she sold fluctuated from 500 to 600, earning more than half a million VND/day, double the usual.

Vé số Tết đắt như tôm tươi, người bán dạo cháy hàng từ sáng sớm - 1 — People buy lottery tickets at the beginning of the year to try their luck (Photo: Bao Ky).

"Tickets are expensive and sell out early, like on New Year's Eve and the first day of Tet, lottery tickets sold out very early, by 9am there was not a single ticket left. The next few days I only went until around 10am-11am and all the allocated tickets were sold out," Ms. Cuc said happily.

According to Ms. Cuc, the demand for lottery tickets during Tet is so strong that sellers only have lottery tickets for the next few days left, while the lottery tickets sold in the morning and drawn in the afternoon are "sold out" early.

Mr. Nguyen Van Canh, a lottery ticket vendor in Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho, said that during Tet he sells 300-400 lottery tickets.

"At the beginning of the year, people buy a lot of lottery tickets to pray for luck or give them to others for good luck. Normally, if people buy 2-3 tickets, during Tet, they buy dozens of tickets and give them as lucky money to relatives and friends...", Mr. Canh said.

Speaking to Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Lam Minh Dao, General Director of Kien Giang Lottery Company Limited, said that the issuance revenue of lottery companies in the Southern region is 120 billion VND/ticket period. In these 4 spring periods alone, the number of issued tickets increased by 20 billion VND, with good consumption, nearly 100%, equivalent to the 2023 Tet holiday.

Vé số Tết đắt như tôm tươi, người bán dạo cháy hàng từ sáng sớm - 2 — Mr. Nguyen Van Canh showed off a stack of more than 300 lottery tickets, of which only a dozen remained in the first few hours of the morning (Photo: Bao Ky).

According to the report of Can Tho Lottery Company Limited, from January 1 to February 16 (the 7th day of Tet), the issuance revenue of this unit was 880 billion VND, sales revenue reached 100%, of which the prize payment cost was 401.3 billion VND, accounting for 45.60%.

Previously, at the end of December 2023, the Standing Committee of the Southern Lottery Council sent an official dispatch to member lottery companies regarding the increase in sales of 4 ticket issuance periods for the 2024 Giap Thin Spring Festival.

Accordingly, the company increases 1 period before Tet (from December 24 to 30) and increases 3 periods after Tet (from January 1 to 21).

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