[Lottery Commercials] Popular and Historic TV Ads Compilation [2026]

The “There’s a mini, too” versionGoro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori

Numbers 3: There's also a Mini version!

This is the Numbers 3 lottery commercial, “There’s a Mini, too,” which has been airing since May 2018.

It features the three members of Atarashii Chizu: Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.

While the three wore blue button-up dress shirts in the Lotto 6 ad, in the Numbers 3 spot they’re dressed casually in white hooded sweatshirts.

It probably reflects that Numbers 3 is something you can enjoy more casually than Lotto 6.

Live CancellationMatsumoto Club, A Masso

Commercial [Lottery Commercial] 2017 Bingo 5 “Live Canceled” 30 seconds

This is a commercial for the lottery game Bingo 5 that aired in 2017.

The ad features comedians like Matsumoto Club and A Masso.

It’s set at a concert by a popular artist, and the commercial opens with the show being canceled and the audience complaining.

At the end of the ad, lots of people are dancing, so be sure to watch all the way through.

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“Sea Otter” VersionRyunosuke Kamiki

Spring Sparkle Lottery – Otter Edition

This is the lottery commercial “Spring Kirakira Lottery: Otter” featuring the multi-talented Ryunosuke Kamiki.

With a very solemn expression, Kamiki approaches an otter lying on a table and says, “Let me show you some research findings,” then shows it a lottery ticket.

The moment the otter sees the ticket, it gets super excited, pounding the shell on its belly; but when the ticket is hidden, it’s like a different creature—going limp and completely unmotivated.

The dramatic highs and lows of the otter’s mood are hilariously over-the-top—enough to make you say, “That much?”—and the otter is oddly adorable throughout the ad.

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“Loto-motachi Appears” VersionTsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki, Shingo Katori

Loto Series: The Loto Friends Debut

This is the Lotto 6 lottery commercial “Loto-motachi Appear,” featuring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki, and Shingo Katori.

The three wear outfits with numbers that represent their names and chat about them.

Since Lotto 6 is “a lottery where you choose numbers,” they talk fondly about numbers and whether their names really work as numbers.

Inagaki is Goro, so 56—very simple, they say.

Katori is Shingo, so 405, but Kusanagi points out it’s a stretch to read the zero as an “n.” And Kusanagi himself is Tsuyoshi, so 244.

When he says, “Isn’t that perfect?” the other two can only agree, and he dubs himself the “Loto-motachi Bancho.” It has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Loto-motachi Bancho!

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“Loto Friends Circle: Cleopatra” EditionGoro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori

Loto 7: The Circle of Loto Friends – Cleopatra Edition

This is a commercial for the Lotto 7 lottery that aired starting in June 2018.

It features three former SMAP members—Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori—who now perform as Atarashii Chizu (New Map).

In the ad, Cleopatra is turned into the number sequence “9008106” and certified as a “Roto-motachi” (Lotto buddy).

There’s a sharp quip that if you read the number 6 as “ra,” then Inagaki Goro’s 56 would be “Gora,” right?

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The Circle of Lotto Friends: Yukichi FukuzawaGoro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori

Loto 7: The Circle of Loto Friends — Yukichi Fukuzawa Edition

The lottery Loto 7 commercial released in June 2018 featured three former SMAP members—now part of the group Atarashii Chizu—Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori, and it became a hot topic.

In the ad, Yukichi Fukuzawa’s surname, “Fukuzawa,” is converted into the number “2938,” and people named Fukuzawa across Japan are certified as ‘Loto-mates.’ The laid-back background music is also worth noting.

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Samurai: Talking About 300 MillionKoji Yakusho, Yua Shinkawa

Koji Yakusho and Yua Shinkawa daydream about a 300-million-yen fantasy with Valentine’s chocolates in hand!

This is the 2019 lottery commercial, “Samurai Talks About 300 Million.” Koji Yakusho and Yua Shinkawa play a samurai father and daughter who have time-traveled to the present and are experiencing a Valentine’s chocolate-making class.

Gazing at a house-shaped chocolate, they get excited saying, “If we had 300 million, that’s three 100-million-yen houses,” and looking at a car-shaped chocolate, “That’s thirty 10-million-yen cars.” Unable to contain themselves, they dash out partway through to go buy lottery tickets.