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Chinese lottery win accelerates the local business
October 18, 2009, 10:54 am (2 years ago)The unidentified resident of Anyang City in the Henan Province of China who won the lottery prize which turned out to be the biggest in latest Chinese history has unintentionally augmented the flow of local business by drawing gamblers to come to the city.
The still undisclosed winner took home a 360 million yuan prize, US$52.7 million, and activated a flow of visitors from everywhere as said by the media reports; all eager to absorb some of the local fortune and purchase tickets in the region.
So many tour groups and tourists came to visit the shop where the winning ticket was purchased. The visiting of the shop was included in their itineraries.
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