China’s November Nationwide Lottery Ticket Sales Report a Year-on-Year Increase of CYN18.737 Billion or 56.6%

January 2, 2023 | Government

China National lottery sales in November 2022

December 30, 2022 Source: General Affairs Department

  1. National lottery sales

  In November, a total of 51.844 billion yuan * of lottery tickets were sold nationwide , a year-on-year increase of 18.737 billion yuan or 56.6%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 13.078 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 110 million yuan, or 0.8%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 38.766 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.847 billion yuan, an increase of 94.6%, mainly driven by the Football World Cup.

  Accumulated from January to November, a total of 362.803 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 21.775 billion yuan or 6.4% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 136.300 billion yuan, an increase of 8.279 billion yuan or 6.5% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 226.503 billion yuan, an increase of 13.496 billion yuan or 6.3% year-on-year.

  2. Lottery sales by type

  In November, Lotto digital lottery sales were 14.479 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 649 million yuan, an increase of 4.7%; guessing lottery sales were 31.081 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.548 billion yuan, an increase of 169.5%; instant lottery sales were 3.888 billion yuan, A year-on-year decrease of 1.559 billion yuan, a decrease of 28.6%; Keno lottery sales of 2.396 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 99 million yuan, an increase of 4.3%. In November, the sales volume of digital lottery, guessing, instant and keno lottery tickets accounted for 27.9%, 60.0%, 7.5% and 4.6% of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets were 0.0002 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.0003 billion yuan.

  Cumulatively from January to November, due to factors such as the delisting of high-frequency quick-play games, promotion of lottery prizes, expansion of the sales scope of Keno-type lottery tickets, and the Football World Cup, the sales volume of major lottery types fluctuated year-on-year. Lotto digital lottery sales were 142.311 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.84 billion yuan or 3.3%; quiz-type lottery sales were 137.932 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.262 billion yuan or 10.6%; instant lottery sales were 56.195 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.974 billion yuan 100 million yuan, an increase of 14.2%; Keno lottery sales were 26.365 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.379 billion yuan, an increase of 31.9%. From January to November, the sales of lottery numbers, guessing tickets, instant tickets and Keno tickets accounted for 39.2%, 38.0%, 15.5% and 7.3% of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets were 0.0057 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.0031 billion yuan.

  3. Lottery sales by region

  In November, compared with the same period last year, except for Tibet, the lottery sales in other provinces all increased. Among them, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Sichuan increased more, with year-on-year increases of 1.950 billion yuan, 1.922 billion yuan, and 1.363 billion yuan respectively. Yuan and 1.106 billion yuan.

  Cumulatively from January to November, compared with the same period of the previous year, lottery sales in 24 provinces increased. Among them, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei increased more, with year-on-year increases of 4.328 billion yuan, 2.710 billion yuan, 2.176 billion yuan and 2.176 billion yuan respectively. 1.769 billion yuan.

  Lottery organizations at all levels should closely track and analyze new situations and new problems, effectively strengthen lottery distribution and sales, and ensure the smooth operation of the market. Financial departments at all levels should further strengthen lottery supervision, actively create a favorable external environment, maintain market order, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the lottery industry.

  *Lotto digital lottery sales are counted according to the end of the sales period; quiz-type lottery traditional football games and regional networked single-game guessing games are counted according to the end of the sales period, guessing-type lottery national network single-game guessing games are counted according to the draw time of the betting content Sales volume; instant lottery sales are counted according to sales time; video-type lottery sales are counted according to sales time; Keno-type lottery sales are counted according to the end of the sales period.

Release date: December 30, 2022