The price of a lottery ticket has increased to 1,500 kyats by the end of the month, according to people who tried their luck on lottery on November 30.

At the beginning of the month, the ticket price was only between 1,000 and 1,100 kyats, but by the end of the month, it is increased to 1,500 kyats per ticket, said a person.

“I used to buy the lottery at the beginning of the month. This month, I was delayed due to traveling, so I bought it on November 30. When I arrived at the shop, I was shocked to hear that the price was 1,500 kyats per ticket. The price of a lottery ticket, which is usually between 1,000 and 1,100 kyats, has now increased to 1,500 kyats per ticket. So I didn’t buy it this month. I don’t know if it’s sold at that price by the end of the month. Normally, if I buy it by the middle of the month, the maximum price is 1,200 kyats per ticket. Now, it is 1,500 kyats per ticket, which is quite a lot,” he said.

He added that he bought the lottery every month with the idea that he would be lucky and win the lottery, but he didn’t buy it on the last day of this month because of the high price.

According to the announcement of the Aung Bar Lay Branch of the Internal Revenue Department under the Ministry of Planning and Finance, a total of 552,276 lottery tickets in the 69th Aung Bar Lay Lottery, to be held on December 1, 2024, have been sold, which is 75 percent of the total number of nine alphabets from A to Z.

The proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets are 5,522.760 million kyats, and the lottery prize money to be distributed as 70 percent is 3,865.932 million kyats. The lottery prizes to be distributed include one K500 million prize, one K200 million prize and one K100 million prize as special prizes and four K50 million prizes, five K20 million prizes, nine K10 million prizes, 12 K5 million prizes, 16 K2 million prizes, 14 K1 million prizes respectively and in the Wai Wai Sae Sar Padetha prize system, 30 K300,000 prizes, 300 K200,000 prizes, 5000 K100,000 prizes, 20000 K50,000 prizes and 100000 K10,000 prizes will be included.

In addition, the 250 million kyats, which has accumulated as some winners did not claim the prizes, will be used to award four K100,000 kyats prizes, 20 K300,000 prizes, 200 K200,000 prizes, and 2000 K100,000 prizes, the statement said.

The 69th Aung Bar Lay Lottery will be held at 8 am on Sunday, December 1, at the Lottery Opening Hall of the Aung Bar Lay Branch located at the corner of Mahar Bandoola Road and 37th Street, Kyauktada Township, according to a statement from the Aung Bar Lay Branch of the Internal Revenue Department under the Ministry of Planning and Finance.