Recently, the website of the Ministry of Finance announced the national lottery sales. Data show that from January to April 2023, a total of 1.4 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 1751.5 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 578.33%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 49.3 billion yuan, an increase of 553.94 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 67.53%; The sales of sports lottery institutions were 13.9 billion yuan, an increase of 1197.56 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 510.8%.
In April, a total of 4.503 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 26.192 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 54%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 62.155 billion yuan, an increase of 97.36 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 28.30%; The sales of sports lottery institutions were 3.347 billion yuan, an increase of 29.156 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 26.81%. The main reason is that due to factors such as the driving effect of sports events and the promotion of lottery games, guessing lotteries and instant lotteries have grown rapidly.
In April, the sales of lotto digital lottery tickets reached 4.154 billion yuan, an increase of 94.22 billion yuan year-on-year, an increase of 29.16%; The sales of guessing lottery tickets were 8.232 billion yuan, an increase of 11.125 billion yuan or 45.117% year-on-year; Instant lottery sales amounted to RMB6.89 billion, an increase of RMB36.40 billion or 81.84% year-on-year; The sales of Keno lottery tickets were 1.26 billion yuan, an increase of 85 million yuan year-on-year, an increase of 3.98%. In April, lotto digital, guessing, instant and Keno lottery tickets accounted for 17.4%, 4.30%, 8.46% and 1.17% of the total lottery sales, respectively. Video lottery sales were 8.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.0 million yuan year-on-year.
In terms of regional lottery sales, in April, compared with the same period of the previous year, the sales of lottery tickets in all provinces in the country increased, among which, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shandong increased more, increasing by 4.19 billion yuan, 25.15 billion yuan, 97.14 billion yuan and 57.14 billion yuan respectively.
From January to April, compared with the same period of the previous year, the sales of lottery tickets in all provinces in the country increased, among which, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Shandong increased more, increasing by 1.4 billion yuan, 55.46 billion yuan, 48.66 billion yuan and 47.58 billion yuan respectively.
Behind the data, lottery is attracting young people in a variety of ways, with lottery shops gradually appearing in supermarkets, subways, and even pop-up shops. For some young people, the lottery is not only the lure of wealth, but also brings joy and ritual. Scratching the lottery has become a new way for young people to decompress.
In China, lotteries are licensed to raise funds for social welfare and promote the development of social welfare undertakings. In June 1987, with the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the China Social Welfare Prize Fundraising Committee was established in Beijing, and in July of the same year, the first welfare lottery with a face value of 6 yuan was officially issued. In the second half of 7, the sports lottery was officially launched, forming a pattern of sports lottery and welfare lottery.
According to public information, the lottery lottery forms include instant opening and traditional centralized public lottery. The types of China welfare lottery are: two-color ball, 3D, seven lots, happy 8, scratch music, and local welfare lottery. Compared with the traditional lottery method, scratch music is liked by young people because it can give timely feedback. The sports lottery is divided into six types of games: Super Lotto, Rank <>, Rank <>, Seven Stars, Sports Lottery and Top Game.
The public welfare foundations raised by the sale of lottery tickets are distributed between the central and local governments in a certain proportion, and are specially used for social welfare undertakings such as social welfare and sports.
At present, the relevant departments have not disclosed the use of the 2022 National Lottery Public Welfare Fund for fundraising. However, according to the data disclosed on the official websites of local finance bureaus, among them, in 2022, Beijing local retention lottery public welfare funds will be 18.42 billion yuan. Among them, the Welfare Lottery Community Chest was 7 million yuan, and the Sports Lottery Community Chest was 25.11 billion yuan.
Comprehensive report by Beijing Business Daily