Lottery sales remain high in China

China’s Ministry of Finance has released the latest figures on official and legal lottery sales, advising that performance remained strong in H1-2018 with overall sales up 19.6 percent y-o-y at 245.2 billion yuan ($36 billion).

The Sports Lottery generated the most sales at 134.6 billion yuan ($19.88 billion), up over 36 percent, whilst Welfare Lottery sales came in at 110.6 billion yuan ($16.34 billion) in H1 2018, up 4.2 percent y-o-y.

The Ministry noted that lottery sales for the first half were lifted by the FIFA World Cup, which was held between June 14 and July 15. Data showed that lottery ticket sales in June soared 73.2 percent to 58.6 billion yuan ($8.66 billion).

Sports lottery sales more than doubled in June 2018 at 39.5 billion yuan vs. 16 billion yuan in the comparative period in 2017. Welfare Lottery seales in the same period rose just 7.1 percent year-on-year to 19.1 billion yuan.

Guangdong province recorded the highest lottery sales over the half-year at 23 billion yuan – a 15.8 percent year-on-year improvement, with Jiangsu province also delivering good numbers – 20.9 billion yuan and a 28.2 percent improvement on the same period in 2017.

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