Chinanews.com, November 1st. The Ministry of Finance website released on November 1 the national lottery sales in September 2021. The data shows that in September, the total sales of lottery tickets nationwide were 31.239 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.615 billion yuan or 12.9%.
Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 11.84 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.106 billion yuan, a decrease of 15.1%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 19.395 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.509 billion yuan, a decrease of 11.5%.
From January to September, total sales of lottery tickets nationwide totaled 278.531 billion yuan, an increase of 47.849 billion yuan or 20.7% year-on-year.
Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 102.25 billion yuan, an increase of 326 million yuan or 0.3% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 176.28 billion yuan, an increase of 47.523 billion yuan or 36.9% year-on-year.
Affected by the suspension of Zhongfu online video-based lottery games, changes to the rules of Happy 8 keno-based lottery games and expansion of sales, the delisting of high-frequency quick-open lottery games and other factors such as the adjustment and optimization of lottery structure, as well as the European Cup and other factors, the main lottery will be the main lottery this year. The sales volume of lottery tickets fluctuates greatly year-on-year.
In September, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets were 12.774 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.006 billion yuan; the sales of guessing lottery tickets were 11.653 billion yuan, an increase of 1.074 billion yuan year-on-year; the sales of instant lottery tickets were 4.446 billion yuan, an increase of 965 million yuan year-on-year; Lottery sales were RMB 0.0002 billion, a year-on-year decrease of RMB 0.0006 billion; sales of Keno-type lottery tickets were RMB 2.366 billion, an increase of RMB 2.351 billion year-on-year.
In September, the sales volume of lottery lottery, quiz, instant, and keno accounted for 40.9%, 37.3%, 14.2%, and 7.6% of the total lottery sales, respectively, and video-based lottery sales accounted for less than 0.1%.
From January to September, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets amounted to 121.898 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 34.463 billion yuan; the sales of guessing lottery tickets amounted to 103.143 billion yuan, an increase of 55.932 billion yuan year-on-year; instant lottery sales were 38.119 billion yuan, an increase of 17.883 billion yuan year-on-year. ; Keno-type lottery tickets sold 15.369 billion yuan, an increase of 15.291 billion yuan year-on-year.
From January to September, the sales volume of lottery lottery, quiz, instant, and keno accounted for 43.8%, 37.0%, 13.7%, and 5.5% of the total lottery sales, respectively.
The sales of video lottery tickets amounted to RMB 0.007.2 billion, a year-on-year decrease of RMB 6.793 billion.
In September, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in six provinces across the country increased, namely Tianjin, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, and Xinjiang.
From January to September, sales in other provinces except Jiangsu, Tibet, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Province have increased compared with the same period of the previous year.