Lotto lottery balls. [Newsis]
Lotto lottery balls. [Newsis]

Donghang Bokgwon, the operator of South Korea's Lotto lottery, said Saturday that the winning numbers drawn in the 1,250th Lotto draw were 1, 5, 18, 23, 27 and 28. The second-prize bonus number was 8.

Nine players matched all six winning numbers to claim the top prize, with each taking home 3.1 billion won ($2.33 million). The 100 second-prize winners, who matched five numbers plus the bonus number, will each receive 46.55 million won, while the 3,120 third-prize winners, who matched five numbers, will each receive 1.49 million won.

A total of 156,721 players matched four numbers to win the fixed fourth-prize of 50,000 won each, while 2,658,318 players matched three numbers to claim the fixed fifth-prize of 5,000 won each.


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