Chinanews.com, August 30. The Ministry of Finance website announced on the 30th the national lottery sales in July 2021. Data shows that in July, a total of 36.245 billion yuan* of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 0.96 over the same period of the previous year (referred to as "year-on-year") Billion yuan, an increase of 0.3%.

Among them, the sales of welfare lottery agencies was 11.254 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.182 billion yuan, a decrease of 27.1%; the sales of sports lottery agencies was 24.99 billion yuan, an increase of 4.279 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7%.

  Affected by the low base number in the same period last year, lottery sales from January to July this year increased rapidly year-on-year.

From January to July, the total sales of lottery tickets nationwide were 214.683 billion yuan, an increase of 54.634 billion yuan or 34.1% year-on-year.

Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 78.955 billion yuan, an increase of 4.231 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 135.728 billion yuan, an increase of 50.403 billion yuan, an increase of 59.1%.

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the suspension of Zhongfu online video-based lottery games, changes in the rules of Happy 8 Keno-based lottery games, expansion of sales, and delisting of high-frequency quick-open lottery games, etc., adjustment and optimization of the lottery structure, and June-July Due to factors such as the European Cup, the lottery sales of major lottery products have fluctuated significantly year-on-year.

In July, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets were 12.229 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.193 billion yuan; guess-type lottery sales were 17.714 billion yuan, an increase of 8.404 billion yuan year-on-year; instant lottery sales were 3.901 billion yuan, an increase of 1.226 billion yuan year-on-year; video type Lottery sales were 0.0009 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.729 billion yuan; Keno-type lottery sales were 2.402 billion yuan, an increase of 2.388 billion yuan year-on-year.

In July, the sales of lotto digital, quiz, instant and keno lottery tickets accounted for 33.7%, 48.9%, 10.8%, and 6.6% of the total lottery sales, respectively, and video lottery sales accounted for less than 0.1%.

  From January to July, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets were 96.314 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 16.330 billion yuan; the sales of guessing lottery tickets were 77.515 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 51.123 billion yuan; instant lottery sales were 29.99 billion yuan, an increase of 15.832 billion yuan year-on-year ; Keno-type lottery tickets sold 10.854 billion yuan, an increase of 10.803 billion yuan year-on-year.

From January to July, the sales volume of lottery lottery, quiz, instant and keno type accounted for 44.8%, 36.1%, 14.0% and 5.1% of the total lottery sales respectively.

The sales of video lottery tickets were RMB 007 million, a year-on-year decrease of RMB 6.793 billion.

Lottery sales by region: In

July, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in 15 provinces across the country increased. Among them, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Henan increased more, with an increase of 478 million yuan, 347 million yuan, and 347 million yuan respectively year-on-year. 196 million yuan and 156 million yuan.

Accumulated from January to July, compared with the same period of the previous year, sales in other provinces except Tibet and Qinghai have increased.

  The Ministry of Finance pointed out that lottery agencies at all levels should closely follow up and analyze new situations and new problems, and earnestly strengthen lottery issuance and sales to ensure the smooth operation of the market.

Financial departments at all levels should further strengthen supervision, actively create a good external environment, maintain the normal order of the market, and promote the healthy development of the lottery industry.

  *Remarks: Lotto digital lottery tickets are based on sales statistics at the end of the sales period; traditional football games and regional online single-game guessing games for quiz-type lottery tickets are based on the end of the sales period. National online single-game guessing games for quiz-type lottery tickets are based on the content of the bet. Time-based sales statistics; instant lottery sales statistics according to the sales time; video-based lottery sales statistics according to the sales time; Keno-type lottery sales statistics according to the end of the sales period.