China News Network, March 4th. The Ministry of Finance website announced today the national lottery sales situation in January 2020. Data show that in January, a total of 27.210 billion yuan in lottery tickets were sold nationwide, a decrease of 20.745 billion yuan or 43.3% compared with the same period of the previous year (referred to as "year-on-year"). Compared with the same period of the previous year, the sales of lottery tickets in 31 provinces across the country have all declined.
Data Map: People buy lottery tickets. Photo by Wei Liang, China News Agency
Data show that in January, a total of 27.210 billion yuan in lottery tickets were sold nationwide, a decrease of 20.745 billion yuan or 43.3% compared with the same period of the previous year (referred to as "year-on-year"). Among them, the sales of welfare lottery agencies were 1.289 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.328 billion yuan, a 39.3% decrease. The sales of sports lottery agencies was 14.320 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 12.416 billion yuan, or 46.4%. Lottery sales in January decreased year-on-year. The main reason was that the lottery market was closed during the Spring Festival and some game rules were adjusted to reduce the sales of lottery tickets. The impact of the Asian Cup in January 2019 led to a large sales of sports lottery games. , The base is higher in the same period last year.
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In terms of lottery sales by type, in January, Lotto digital lottery sales were 14.969 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.918 billion yuan, a decrease of 39.9%; quiz lottery sales were 6.804 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.610 billion yuan, a 58.5% decrease; The sales of lottery tickets were 2.77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 591 million yuan, an increase of 27.1%; the sales of video lottery tickets was 2.650 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.809 billion yuan and a decrease of 40.6%; 7.8%. In January, Lotto digital, quiz, instant, video and keno lottery sales accounted for 54.9%, 25.0%, 10.2%, 9.8%, and 0.1% of the total lottery sales, respectively.
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In terms of lottery sales by region, in January, compared with the same period of the previous year, the sales of lottery tickets in 31 provinces across the country all declined. Among them, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Henan witnessed a larger decrease, a year-on-year decrease of 1.937 billion yuan , 1.929 billion yuan, 1.808 billion yuan, 1.454 billion yuan and 1.166 billion yuan.
The Ministry of Finance stated that financial departments at all levels and lottery agencies at all levels should conscientiously do a good job of issuing and selling lottery tickets during epidemic prevention and control, further strengthen supervision, actively create a good external environment, maintain normal market order, and promote the healthy development of lottery.