{"id":18572,"date":"2021-06-02T15:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=18572"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:57:25","slug":"lottery-sales-in-china-up-24-4-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/lottery-sales-in-china-up-24-4-in-april","title":{"rendered":"Lottery sales in China up 24.4% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese lottery sales saw a rise of 24.4 per cent year-on-year but a decline of 2.3 per cent when compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.-\u00a0<strong>Lottery sales in China\u00a0<\/strong>reached CNY29.10bn in April, which represents a<strong>\u00a0rise of 24.4 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>when compared to the previous year but a decline of 2.3 per cent month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Welfare Lottery sales<\/strong>&nbsp;were&nbsp;<strong>down 6.2 per cent&nbsp;<\/strong>at CNY11.16bn.&nbsp;<strong>Sports Lottery sales<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>were up 56.3 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;to CNY17.93bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales of\u00a0<strong>instant win games<\/strong>\u00a0from the Welfare Lottery saw an increase of 111.0 per cent to CNY2.40bn. They generated CNY2.43bn for the Sports Lottery, up 103.1 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keno sales\u00a0<\/strong>brought in 14.2 per cent of the Welfare Lottery total revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video lottery sales were nil for the Welfare Lottery and CNY80,000 for the Sports lottery, which saw a 166.6 per cent rise year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020,\u00a0<strong>Lottery sales in China<\/strong>\u00a0fell by 20.8 per cent year-on-year to CNY333.95bn (US$51.52bn), mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/video-lottery-sales-plummet-in-china\">Video lottery sales<\/a>\u00a0were most affected by the pandemic and the closure of betting outlets at the beginning of the year. Sales\u00a0<strong>plummeted by 84.8 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0year-on-year to just CNY679.3m (US$104.8m) in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Welfare Lottery sales<\/strong>&nbsp;were&nbsp;<strong>down 24.5 per cent&nbsp;<\/strong>at CNY144.48bn (US$22.3bn).&nbsp;<strong>Sports Lottery sales<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>fell 17.9 per cent<\/strong>&nbsp;to CNY189.64bn (US$29.26bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales of\u00a0<strong>instant win games<\/strong>\u00a0also fell, down\u00a0<strong>2.1 per cent<\/strong>\u00a0at CNY14.64bn (US$2.25bn). Only\u00a0<strong>Keno sales increased<\/strong>\u00a0year-on-year, reaching CNY910.9m (US$140.5m) 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese lottery sales saw a rise of 24.4 per cent year-on-year but a decline of 2.3 per cent when compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chinese lottery sales in April demonstrated a robust 24.4% year-on-year increase, reaching CNY29.10bn, despite a 2.3% month-on-month decline. This growth was primarily driven by a significant surge in Sports Lottery sales (up 56.3%) and exceptional performance in instant win games for both Welfare and Sports Lotteries, indicating a strong recovery from the 2020 pandemic-induced downturn.","focusai_entities":"Welfare Lottery, Sports Lottery","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Instant Win Growth Drivers","query":"What specific product innovations, marketing strategies, or distribution channel enhancements are driving the exceptional year-on-year growth in instant win lottery games, and are these trends sustainable within the current regulatory compliance framework?"},{"label":"Market Recovery Outlook","query":"How do the current lottery sales figures, particularly the month-on-month fluctuation, align with broader macroeconomic indicators and consumer discretionary spending patterns in China, and what is the projected long-term recovery trajectory for the gaming vertical?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,158],"tags":[229,3573],"class_list":["post-18572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18572"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18600,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18572\/revisions\/18600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}