Japan: subsidies breakdown from Sports Promotion Lottery by category 2023

As of June 2023, a total of around 104.2 billion Japanese yen of the sales proceeds from the Sports Promotion Lottery (toto and BIG lottery) was utilized for the maintenance of regional sports facilities. Since its beginnings in 2002, a cumulative total of approximately 250 billion Japanese yen of subsidies were generated in Japan from the Sports Promotion Lottery so far.

Introduced in 2002, the Sports Promotion Lottery or 'toto' lottery in Japan is a lottery allowing sports betting on outcomes of Japan's professional soccer league J. League and foreign football matches. The goal of the lottery is the generation of funding through a portion of sales proceeds to subsidize sports-promotion projects of municipalities and sports organizations.

Cumulative grants contributed by the Sports Promotion Lottery (toto and BIG lottery) in Japan as of June 2023, by category (in billion Japanese yen)

Characteristic	Grants in billion Japanese yen
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Release date

August 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

as of June 2023

Special properties

funds granted since the inauguration of the sports lottery program in 2002

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide an exact publication date. Date given here is the day of data access.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.69 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of July 2023.

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