China News Service, August 31. According to data from the Ministry of Finance, in July, a total of 31.370 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold across the country, a year-on-year decrease of 4.875 billion yuan or 13.5%, mainly due to the incomparable factors of the European Cup in the same period last year.
Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 12.380 billion yuan, an increase of 1.127 billion yuan or 10.0% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 18.990 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.002 billion yuan, a decrease of 24.0%.
Figure from the Ministry of Finance website
Cumulatively from January to July, the nationwide sales of lottery tickets totaled 213.433 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.250 billion yuan or 0.6%.
Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 87.242 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.286 billion yuan or 10.5%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 126.191 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.536 billion yuan or 7.0%.
(Zhongxin Finance)