In 1969, a total of 182 Iotteries were organised in Japan. Sales of 100Yen tickets amounted to 11,534 millionYen . Major lotteries are organised by local governments through the Dai-lchi Kangyo Bank and for the occasion of Expo '70 funds were raised for local government and city government pavilions through a special series of 13 Iotteries, of which Item 2 was the 7th in the series; 47 Prefectures and 9 major cities took part. Item 3 is a ticket for a regular nationwide local government lottery Participation in these lotteries has grown year by year- sales of tickets almost doubled between 1965 and 1969- and tickets sell out within the first few days of sale. The top prize is 10 millionYen .