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A phone-only broker where being under 40 or holding a NISA account earns you extra tickets in the draw.
Open an account (free)22/100
For when you have more capital
This score is this site's own. It measures how accessible the lottery is without a large balance — not the chance that you will win. The same calculation is used on the Japanese pages.
💰Upfront deposit
Needed by the time of the draw, not when you apply.
🎯How the lottery works
70% is a fully equal draw, plus a 30% second draw with weighted tickets.
🎫The weighted second draw
Five conditions, including being 39 or under and holding a NISA account, each add a ticket.
🆓Fees
None, either to apply or to buy.
👨👩👧Accounts for under-18s
Teen accounts, from lower secondary school age to 17, can take part.
Pick the listing from the search screen in the app and apply.
The estimated purchase cost must be in place by the time the draw runs.
Results appear in the app on the announcement day. Losing still puts you into the weighted second draw for the remaining 30%.
If you won or are in reserve, complete the purchase in the app within the window.
You can place sell orders from 05:30 on the morning of the listing.
Seventy per cent of the shares go into a fully equal draw open to every applicant. The remaining 30% is a second draw among those who lost, and here the tickets are weighted by five conditions: being 39 or under, holding a NISA account, holding a margin trading account, having an open margin position, and running a regular investment trust contribution. Meeting more of them means more tickets, up to six. Being young or using a NISA account genuinely helps, which is unusual and suits people starting out.
When Daiwa Securities underwrites a listing, this broker can take part as a delegated underwriter. The parent requires funds at the moment you apply; here you have until the draw itself, which is easier on your cash.
Everything from opening the account to buying happens in the app. Teen accounts can apply too, so a family can take part as more than one person.
A relatively new broker in the Daiwa Securities group, built entirely around smartphone trading. Opening an account and trading are both done in the app, and it also offers fractional investing from a single share.
Start applying for IPOs at 大和コネクト証券
Opening an account is free. You need to be resident in Japan — what that requires is on the account opening page.
Open an account (free)Conditions are those published by 大和コネクト証券and can change. Confirm the current terms on the broker's own site before applying. Nothing here is investment advice.
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