Crowds assemble to buy annual 'Jumbo Lottery' tickets

TOKYO, Japan - Hundreds of people line up Nov. 28 at a booth in Ginza, Tokyo, to buy tickets for the annual year-end ''Jumbo Lottery.'' Sales of the 300-yen tickets for the lottery with a top prize of 200 million yen will continue through Dec. 22. The draw will be Dec. 31.

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