China National Lottery Sales in August 2024

1. National lottery sales

　　In August, the total sales of lottery tickets nationwide amounted to 54.369 billion yuan ^[1] , an increase of 1.412 billion yuan or 2.7% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery agencies amounted to 17.736 billion yuan, a decrease of 907 million yuan or 4.9% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery agencies amounted to 36.633 billion yuan, an increase of 2.319 billion yuan or 6.8% year-on-year. The main reasons for the significant decline in the growth rate of national lottery sales in August compared with July are: first, the base of the same period last year was relatively high, and the sales growth rate of welfare lottery and sports lottery instant lottery tickets declined rapidly; second, the European Cup ended, and the sales growth rate of guessing lottery tickets slowed down.

　　From January to August, the total lottery sales in China totaled 417.501 billion yuan, an increase of 41.741 billion yuan or 11.1% year-on-year. Among them, welfare lottery agencies sold 140.390 billion yuan, an increase of 14.065 billion yuan or 11.1% year-on-year; sports lottery agencies sold 277.111 billion yuan, an increase of 27.676 billion yuan or 11.1% year-on-year.

　　2. Lottery Sales by Type

　　In August, the sales of lottery numbers were 14.762 billion yuan, a decrease of 542 million yuan, or 3.5%, year-on-year; the sales of lottery guessing were 27.375 billion yuan, an increase of 5.222 billion yuan, or 23.6%, year-on-year; the sales of instant lottery tickets were 8.295 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.744 billion yuan, or 31.1%, year-on-year; the sales of Keno lottery tickets were 3.937 billion yuan, an increase of 475 million yuan, or 13.7%. In August, the sales of lottery numbers, guessing, instant lottery tickets, and Keno lottery tickets accounted for 27.1%, 50.4%, 15.3%, and 7.2% of the total lottery sales, respectively. The sales of video lottery tickets were 0.0011 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.0006 billion yuan year-on-year.

　　From January to August, the sales of lottery numbers reached 119.783 billion yuan, an increase of 4.896 billion yuan or 4.3% year-on-year; the sales of lottery guessing reached 189.469 billion yuan, an increase of 26.463 billion yuan or 16.2% year-on-year; the sales of instant lottery reached 79.679 billion yuan, an increase of 5.383 billion yuan or 7.2% year-on-year; and the sales of Keno lottery reached 28.570 billion yuan, an increase of 4.999 billion yuan or 21.2% year-on-year. From January to August, the sales of lottery numbers, guessing lottery, instant lottery and Keno lottery accounted for 28.7%, 45.4%, 19.1% and 6.8% of the total lottery sales respectively. The sales of video lottery reached 0.0092 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.0008 billion yuan year-on-year.

　　3. Lottery Sales by Region

　　In August, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in all provinces except Guangdong, Henan and other eight provinces increased. Among them, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shaanxi and Hebei saw the largest increases, increasing by 400 million yuan, 180 million yuan, 160 million yuan and 130 million yuan respectively.

　　From January to August, compared with the same period last year, lottery sales in all provinces except Hubei increased. Among them, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and Hebei saw the largest increases, increasing by 3.71 billion yuan, 3.57 billion yuan, 2.57 billion yuan and 2.41 billion yuan respectively.

　　Lottery agencies at all levels should closely track and analyze new situations and new problems, earnestly 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.

　　Notes : [1] For lottery numbers, sales are counted based on the end of the sales period; for traditional football games and regional online single-game guessing games, sales are counted based on the end of the sales period; for guessing games, sales are counted based on the time of the draw; for instant lottery, sales are counted based on the time of sales; for video lottery, sales are counted based on the time of sales; and for Keno lottery, sales are counted based on the end of the sales period.