시민, 복권 구입 등 작년에만 65.3%... 경륜·경정 구매 경험도 ‘전국 1위’ 예방교육 강화·치료시설 구축 시급
On the 21st, at the Jung -gu branch of Incheon Jung -gu, Incheon, people are reading horse racing analysis before purchasing mobile horses. Jang Minjae
“I don’t miss it every weekend. I think it will burst once.”
At 11:30 am on the 21st, Incheon Jung -gu, Jung -gu, Incheon. One hour ahead of the horse race, many people enter the horse racing analysis book on their side, hold a pen and check the complex votes and records on the book. After that, he begins to purchase the ‘Der Bion’ application (app) of the smartphone. When the first race starts, he shouts loudly from his race horses everywhere. But when the race is over, sighs and swear words burst out at the same time.
Mr. A (68), who met here, said, “It’s the only pleasure to come here after retirement.”
Earlier at 6 pm on the 20th, in front of a lottery store in Bupyeong -gu, Incheon. More than 50 citizens are in line in India in front of the store two hours before the lottery ‘Lotto 6/45’. This lottery is a so -called ‘Lotto Myeongdang’, which has produced 13th first place. So Ji -hyun, 37, said, “Salim is full, so I want to have a little hope, so I buy a lottery every week.”

Recently, people who came to buy a lottery in front of a lottery store in Bupyeong -gu, Incheon are lining up. Jang Minjae
Incheon citizens were the highest level in the country, such as lottery industries such as lotteries. In fact, the rate of participation in ‘legal gambling’ is high. Inside and outside the region, such a hungry gambling can lead to ‘illegal gambling’ or ‘gambling addiction’.
As a result of analyzing the ‘2024 Survey on Survey on the Executive Industry’ of the Meandering Industry Integrated Supervisory Commission, Incheon showed that the experience rate of overall meandering activities for the lifetime and the past year was the highest at 65.3%. 6.5 out of 10 Incheon citizens will have lottery or horse racing, sports Toto (sports promotion voting), racing, Gyeongjeong, Korean casinos, private gambling and friendship cash. It is higher than the economy (63.1%) or the national average (58.1%).
In particular, Incheon was the highest in the nation, with 81.5%of citizens’ lottery purchasing experience. Seoul (80.1%) and Gyeonggi (72.2%), as well as 10 percentage points (P) higher than the national average (72.1%).
In addition, Incheon is also number one in the nation. Sports Toto‘s purchase experience rate is 25.4%, which is much higher than Seoul (19%) and Gyeonggi (19.1%), as well as the national average (14.6%). The experience rate of purchasing the race is 5.8%, which is more than double the national average (2%), and the purchase experience rate of the Gyeongjeong area is 5.7%, more than three times the national average (1.5%).

Even in a lottery store in Bupyeong -gu, Incheon, we have been in line for 20 minutes. Jang Minjae
In addition, the experience rate of horse racing is 8.9%, the third largest nationwide after Jeju (10.5%) and Chungnam (9.8%), and the nation’s average (5.6%) is close to. The domestic casino experience rate is also 6.9%, which is the third -largest nationwide level higher than the national average (5.4%).
The Korean Gallup, which conducted this survey, said that since the lottery is the first commodity industry that all citizens encounter, it should be provided with messages such as ‘Excessive lottery purchase is gambling’ even for lottery. In addition, Sports Toto analyzed that the young man should be the easiest approach and the possibility of addiction. In addition, it was necessary to expand personal identification, real name, to establish a regular monitoring system.
Cho Hyun -seop, a professor of addiction counseling at Chongshin University, said, “Lottery and horse racing are legal, but they can be gambling. “In particular, we need to establish a program by age group, including youth,” he said.
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