{"id":6344,"date":"2020-05-11T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:22:41","slug":"china-lottery-sales-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-lottery-sales-march","title":{"rendered":"China: lottery sales jumped in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lottery sales reached RMB10.5billion (US$1.5billion) in March as the sector sees signs of recovery post Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- Lottery sales in China rose during March after retailers re-opened following the Coronavirus crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beijing\u2019s lottery operators reopened this week after a 105-day long closure period, making it the last region in China to resume operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to figures released by China\u2019s Ministry of Finance, lottery sales reached RMB10.5billion (US$1.5billion) in March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This represents a 70 per cent year on year decline but a sharp increase from February, with revenues of just RMB1million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total sales over the first quarter of 2020 were down 64.5 per cent to RMB37.7billion, with sports lottery sales (RMB19.65b -65.7 per cent) maintaining their lead over the welfare lottery (RMB18.05b, -63.2 per cent) despite the mass cancellation of major sports events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While early reports indicated that since the resumption of operations in Beijing sales have been slow, retailers are hopeful that the restart of Germany\u2019s Bundesliga season later this month will help to drive sports lottery customers back to the shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China lottery sales had been suffering a decline since January<\/strong><\/em><\/a> when the lockdown began in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s welfare<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and sports lottery are\u00a0the only legal forms of gambling\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/a>in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lottery sales reached RMB10.5billion (US$1.5billion) in March as the sector sees signs of recovery post Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"China's state-sanctioned lottery sector reported RMB10.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) in March GGR, indicating a significant sequential recovery from February's low, despite a 70% year-on-year decline attributed to COVID-19 lockdowns. Q1 2020 GGR stood at RMB37.7 billion, down 64.5%, with sports lottery maintaining its lead over welfare lottery, as operators anticipate the restart of major sports leagues to further drive betting volume.","focusai_entities":"China's Ministry of Finance, Beijing's lottery operators","focusai_location":"China, Beijing, Germany","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q2 GGR Projections?","query":"Given the March GGR recovery and anticipated Bundesliga impact, what are the Q2 Gross Gaming Revenue projections for China's sports lottery, and how might this influence the full-year outlook and potential for NGR growth?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Evolution?","query":"Beyond COVID-19 operational adjustments, what long-term regulatory or policy shifts are anticipated in China's lottery sector that could impact its governance frameworks, licensing, and operational compliance requirements?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16338,163,158],"tags":[227,3573],"class_list":["post-6344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","category-slider-home","tag-china","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008568,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions\/777008568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}