China News Service, May 9th, according to the Ministry of Finance website, in March, the country sold a total of 10.51 billion yuan in lottery tickets, a decrease of 24.441 billion yuan or 69.9% from the same period last year ("YoY"). Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the sales volume of lottery tickets in March decreased significantly year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 5.177 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.37 billion yuan, a decrease of 68.7%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 5.333 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.07 billion yuan, a decrease of 71%.

  From January to March, the country sold a total of 37.72 billion yuan in lottery tickets, a year-on-year decrease of 68.596 billion yuan, a decrease of 64.5%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 18.067 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 30.993 billion yuan, down 63.2%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 19.654 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 37.603 billion yuan, down 65.7%.

  Lottery sales by type: In March, lotto digital lottery sales were 8.711 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.696 billion yuan, a decrease of 52.7%; quiz lottery ticket sales were 768 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.626 billion yuan, a decrease of 91.8%; that is, open type Lottery sales were 1.029 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.382 billion yuan, down 57.3%; video lottery sales were 0 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.724 billion yuan, down 100%; Keno lottery sales were 0.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14 million yuan, down 89.6 %. In March, lottery digital, quiz, instant, video, and Keno lottery sales accounted for 82.8%, 7.3%, 9.8%, 0.0%, and 0.1% of the total lottery sales respectively.

  From January to March, the lottery digital lottery sales were 23.679 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 31.333 billion yuan, down 57.0%; the quiz lottery sales were 7.572 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 24.887 billion yuan, down 76.7%; that of open lottery ticket sales 38.07 100 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.577 billion yuan, a decrease of 40.4%; video lottery ticket sales of 2.65 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.77 billion yuan, a decrease of 78.7%; Keno lottery ticket sales of 11 million yuan, a decrease of 23 million yuan, a decrease of 67.3%. From January to March, lottery digital, quiz, instant, video and Keno lottery sales accounted for 62.8%, 20.0%, 10.1%, 7.0% and 0.1% of the total lottery sales respectively.

  Lottery sales by region: In March, compared with the same period of the previous year, lottery sales in all provinces of the country declined, of which Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Hubei had more reductions, with a decrease of 2.662 billion yuan and 1.885 billion yuan , 1.81 billion yuan, 1.638 billion yuan and 1.578 billion yuan. Cumulatively from January to March, compared with the same period of last year, the sales of lottery tickets in all provinces of the country have declined.