Zhongxin Finance, April 27th. The official website of the Ministry of Finance announced on the 27th the national lottery sales in March 2022. In March, the national lottery sales totaled 32.944 billion yuan, an increase of 3.133 billion yuan or 10.5% year-on-year.

  Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 13.310 billion yuan, an increase of 2.367 billion yuan or 21.6% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 19.634 billion yuan, an increase of 766 million yuan or 4.1% year-on-year.

  From January to March, a total of 86.245 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, a year-on-year increase of 1.723 billion yuan or 2.0%.

Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 36.672 billion yuan, an increase of 2.676 billion yuan or 7.9% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 49.574 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 953 million yuan or 1.9%.

  In March, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets were 14.159 billion yuan, an increase of 1.142 billion yuan or 8.8% year-on-year; the sales of guessing lottery tickets were 10.738 billion yuan, an increase of 505 million yuan or 4.9% year-on-year; the sales of instant lottery tickets were 5.709 billion yuan, A year-on-year increase of 615 million yuan, an increase of 12.1%; Keno lottery sales of 2.338 billion yuan, an increase of 871 million yuan, an increase of 59.4%; video lottery sales of 001.1 million yuan, an increase of 000.1 million yuan, an increase of 8.0%.

In March, the sales of lotto numbers, quiz, instant and keno lottery tickets accounted for 43.0%, 32.6%, 17.3% and 7.1% of the total lottery sales, respectively, while video lottery sales accounted for less than 0.1%.

  From January to March, the sales volume of major lottery products fluctuated year-on-year due to factors such as the delisting of high-frequency quick-opening games, the promotion of instant lottery prizes, and the expansion of the sales scope of Keno-type lottery tickets.

Lotto digital lottery sales were 36.104 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.688 billion yuan, down 19.4%; quiz-type lottery sales were 25.992 billion yuan, an increase of 1.534 billion yuan or 6.3% year-on-year; instant lottery sales were 18.306 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.039 percent 100 million yuan, an increase of 49.2%; Keno lottery sales were 5.843 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.839 billion yuan, an increase of 94.5%.

From January to March, the sales volume of lotto numbers, quiz, instant and keno lottery tickets accounted for 41.9%, 30.1%, 21.2% and 6.8% of the total lottery sales, respectively.

The sales of video lottery tickets amounted to 002.7 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 001.1 million yuan.

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