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Lottery booths spotted in center of Pyongyang

History of lottery in North Korea goes back to 1950s

Two government-run lottery booths popped up in Pyongyang city last year, images acquired by NK News show.

“The first picture shows the ‘lottery booths,’ interestingly the main prize is a portable computer,” the source of the photos, who visited the city in November last year, told NK News on condition of anonymity.