The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry will try to boost sales of soccer lottery tickets by increasing the chances of winning and selling tickets on the Internet, beginning April 2006.
The ministry's decision is designed to halt a slide in sales of lottery tickets that has resulted in cutbacks to a number of sports organizations' grants.
Officials said the proposals represent "the maximum reforms" the ministry can make under present laws.
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