Sports Toto stopped selling its Proto products at 19:00 on 13 April, and all service use was suspended from 00:00 on 14 April, according to the operator1. The suspension is the first step of an overhaul of how the Proto win-loss (seungbu-sik) and record (girok-sik) products are run1.
The operator is Korea Sports Leisure Co., Ltd., the entrusted operator of the sports promotion voting ticket Sports Toto, which is issued by the Seoul Olympic Memorial National Sports Promotion Foundation1. The change follows the introduction of a new system intended to strengthen the products' competitiveness1. Refund and payout services restart at 00:00 on 21 April, and sales resume at 14:00 the same day1. The new rules apply from the round after sales restart, and the operator says the timing may be adjusted depending on system conditions1.
Three changes are listed. Match numbers in Proto win-loss move from three digits to four, and the record product moves from letter codes (A to X) to the same four-digit number system, unifying how matches are labeled across products1. Win-loss and record products both move to three rounds per week; previously win-loss ran three rounds a week and record ran two1. Buying also extends to matches played after a round closes1.
The round structure becomes: early-week round (sales Monday to Tuesday, including Wednesday matches), midweek round (sales Wednesday to Thursday, including Friday matches) and weekend round (sales Friday to Sunday, including the following Monday's matches)1. Sales for each round run from 08:00 until 23:00 on the last day of that period1. Because of this, matches on some days, Wednesday and Friday, may appear in two adjacent rounds, so customers need to check which matches a round covers when buying1.
A new football first-half product is also being added to Proto win-loss. It predicts win, draw or loss, or the number of goals, based on the result at the end of the first half, and covers first-half win-draw-loss, handicap and over-under types1. It is not a separate round but is added to existing win-loss target matches1.
"이번 운영 방식 개편은 경기 식별 체계 개선과 회차 구조 정비, 구매 가능 범위 확대를 통해 이용자 편의성을 높이기 위한 조치"
What it means for players
For anyone using Sports Toto in South Korea, the practical effect is a gap in service. No sales or service use was available from 14 April, and payouts and refunds were also paused until 21 April, so winnings and refunds could not be collected during that window1. Sales restarted at 14:00 on 21 April1.
After the restart, players buy under a different numbering system: four-digit match numbers for both win-loss and record products, replacing three-digit numbers and letter codes1. The old voting slips cannot be used; the changed slips are required after the overhaul1. Both products now run three rounds a week, and each round's sales window runs from 08:00 to 23:00 on its last day1. Because Wednesday and Friday matches can fall in two rounds, checking the match list for a round matters more than before1. The new football first-half product is folded into existing win-loss matches rather than sold as its own round1.
The operator notes that minors and people connected to the sporting events on which bets are placed may not buy tickets or collect winnings, and that the only official online sales site for these products is Betman1. The payout claim period is one year from the payment start date1.
What happens next
Refunds and payouts resume at 00:00 on 21 April, and sales resume at 14:00 that day1. The new operating rules apply from the round after sales restart, with the operator saying the exact timing may shift depending on system conditions1.
Sources1 sources
- 새로운 응원의 이름, 스포츠토토, sportstoto.co.kr
