China News Service, July 24. According to the Ministry of Finance website, in June, 33.570 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, a decrease of 1.197 billion yuan or 3.4% from the same period last year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions was 15.298 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 620 million yuan, a decrease of 3.9%; the sales of sports lottery institutions was 18.273 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 576 million yuan, a decrease of 3.1%.

  From January to June, the total sales of lottery tickets nationwide totaled 123.90 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 88.696 billion yuan or 41.7%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery agencies was 59.288 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 38.469 billion yuan, a decrease of 39.4%; the sales of sports lottery agencies was 64.612 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 50.227 billion yuan, a decrease of 43.7%.

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Lottery sales by type

  In June, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets were 22.714 billion yuan, an increase of 3.98 billion yuan or 21.3% year-on-year; the sales of guessing lottery tickets were 6.361 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.262 billion yuan or 33.9%; the sales of instant lottery tickets were 2.984 billion yuan. A year-on-year increase of 692 million yuan, an increase of 30.2%; video-type lottery sales 1.499 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.607 billion yuan, a decrease of 63.5%; Keno-type lottery sales 13 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 100 million yuan, a decrease of 1.9%. In June, the sales volume of lottery lottery, quiz, instant, video, and Keno accounted for 67.6%, 18.9%, 8.9%, 4.5%, and 0.1% of the total lottery sales respectively.

  From January to June, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets totaled 90.223 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 21.002 billion yuan, a decrease of 18.9%; the sales of guessing lottery tickets were 17.082 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 45.210 billion yuan, a decline of 72.6%; the sales of instant lottery tickets were 114.93 billion yuan. The sales of video lottery tickets were 5.065 billion yuan, a decrease of 20.125 billion yuan, or 79.9% year-on-year; the sales of keno-type lottery tickets were 38 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 40 million yuan, a decrease of 51.1%. From January to June, the sales of lotto numbers, quiz, instant, video and keno lottery tickets accounted for 72.7%, 13.8%, 9.3%, 4.1%, and 0.1% of the total lottery sales respectively.

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Lottery sales by region

  In June, compared with the same period of the previous year, lottery sales in 13 provinces across the country increased, of which Xinjiang, Tibet, and Shaanxi increased more, with a year-on-year increase of 205 million, 108 million and 98 million respectively. From January to June, compared with the same period of last year, lottery sales in all provinces across the country declined.