{"id":777009650,"date":"2023-09-27T06:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777009650"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:43:10","slug":"chinese-lottery-sales-hit-us724-6m-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinese-lottery-sales-hit-us724-6m-in-august","title":{"rendered":"Chinese lottery sales hit US$724.6m in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s lottery sales were up by 53.6 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China.- The\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Finance of China\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that lottery sales rose by 53.6 per cent year-on-year in August, reaching CNY52.95bn (US$724.6m). The boost is attributed to the introduction of new instant lottery tickets and an uptick in major events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lottery sales were up 10.1 per cent\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinese-lottery-sales-rise-55-9-in-july\" target=\"_blank\">compared to July<\/a> (CNY48.91bn). Sports lottery sales accounted for CNY34.31bn, up 57.4 per cent year-on-year. The remaining portion of sales, amounting to CNY18.64bn, came from China&#8217;s welfare lottery, up 47.1 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instant lottery sales witnessed growth of 150.7 per cent year-on-year, amounting to CNY12.03bn.\u00a0Lotto digital sales increased by 14.8 per cent to CNY15.30bn, while betting sales rose 61.2 per cent to CNY22.15bn. Keno lottery sales rose by 32.8 per cent to CNY34.62b and video lottery ticket sales contributed CNY180,000, up 16 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ministry of Finance observed an increase across all regions in August. Guangdong province was the top contributor with sales of CNY5.61bn, followed by Zhejiang at CNY4.21bn and Jiangsu at CNY4.13bn.\u00a0Cumulative sales over the first eight months of 2023 reached CNY375.76bn, up 51.9 per cent year-on-year. For full-year\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinese-lottery-sales-up-13-8-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\">2022<\/a>, lottery sales rose by 13.8 per cent to CNY424.65bn (US$62.82bn).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s lottery sales were up by 53.6 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 Ministry of Finance reported a substantial 53.6% year-on-year increase in August lottery sales, reaching CNY52.95bn, primarily driven by the introduction of new instant lottery tickets and major events. This robust performance contributed to a cumulative 51.9% rise in sales for the first eight months of 2023, with significant growth across sports and welfare lottery segments.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Finance of China","focusai_location":"China, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Instant Lottery Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific product development and distribution strategies for instant lottery tickets contributed to the exceptional 150.7% year-on-year growth, and what are the implications for other gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Full-Year GGR Projections?","query":"Given the significant GGR expansion, what are the Ministry of Finance's projections for the full-year 2023 lottery market, and how might this influence future regulatory or operational frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[3573],"class_list":["post-777009650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009650","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=777009650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041252,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009650\/revisions\/777041252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}