China National Lottery Sales in December 2023 Fell 13.8% Year-on-Year

　　From January to December, a total of 579.696 billion yuan in lottery tickets were sold across the country, a year-on-year increase of 155.044 billion yuan or 36.5%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 194.441 billion yuan, an increase of 46.311 billion yuan or 31.3% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 385.255 billion yuan, an increase of 108.733 billion yuan or 39.3% year-on-year.

　　2. Lottery sales by type 

　　In December , Lotto digital lottery sales were 16.952 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.3 % ; guess-type lottery sales were 22.431 billion yuan , a year-on-year decrease of 47.8 % ; instant lottery sales were 10.224 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 214.4 % ; Keno lottery sales were 36.76 billion , a year-on-year increase of 47.3 % . In December , the sales volume of Lotto digital, guessing, instant, and Keno lottery tickets accounted for 31.8 %, 42.1 %, 19.2 %, and 6.9 % of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets were 140,000 yuan, an increase of 12% year-on-year. Ten thousand yuan.

　　Cumulatively from January to December, Lotto digital lottery sales were 176.803 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.385 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%; guess-type lottery sales were 246.476 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65.550 billion yuan, an increase of 36.2%; instant lottery sales were 119.021 billion, a year-on-year increase of 59.574 billion yuan, an increase of 100.2%; Keno lottery sales were 37.394 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.534 billion yuan, an increase of 29.6%. From January to December, the sales volume of Lotto digital, guessing, instant and Keno lottery tickets accounted for 30.5%, 42.5%, 20.5% and 6.5% of the total lottery sales respectively. Video lottery sales were 1.53 million yuan, an increase of 930,000 yuan year-on-year.

　　3. Lottery sales by region 

　　In December, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in various provinces across the country increased or decreased. Among them, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing, and Xinjiang increased significantly, with year-on-year increases of 231 million yuan, 191 million yuan, 163 million yuan, and 138 million yuan respectively. billion. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, and Sichuan experienced larger declines, with year-on-year decreases of 1.722 billion yuan, 1.106 billion yuan, 735 million yuan, and 659 million yuan respectively.

　　Cumulatively from January to December, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in all provinces across the country increased. Among them, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong increased significantly, with year-on-year increases of 16.321 billion yuan, 12.946 billion yuan, and 12.442 billion respectively. yuan and 10.832 billion yuan.

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

　　Note : [1] Lotto digital lottery sales are counted according to the end of the sales period; guess-type lottery traditional football games and regional networked single-field guessing games are counted according to the end of the sales period, and guess-type lottery national network single-field guessing games are counted according to betting The sales volume of lottery tickets is calculated according to the lottery drawing time; the sales volume of instant lottery tickets is calculated based on the sales time; the sales volume of video lottery tickets is calculated based on the sales time; the sales volume of Keno lottery tickets is calculated based on the end of the sales period.