{"id":777036276,"date":"2025-12-18T11:27:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036276"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:50:35","slug":"chinas-lottery-sales-hold-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinas-lottery-sales-hold-steady","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s lottery sales hold steady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sales remain up for the year-to-date despite a slight dip in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- Lottery ticket sales totalled CNY52.59bn (US$7.4bn) in November, a decline of 0.2 per cent compared to November 2024. However, for January to November, sales were up by 1.7 per cent year on year<\/strong> at CNY575.62bn (US$81.55bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figures released by the Ministry of Finance show that welfare lottery sales for the first 11 months of the year were CNY191.28bn (US$27bn), a 1.3 per cent increase<\/strong>, while sports lottery sales reached CNY384.34bn (US$54bn), up 1.9 per cent year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> China\u2019s lottery sales rise 6% in October<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sales remain up for the year-to-date despite a slight dip in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777036279,"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 lottery ticket sales experienced a marginal 0.2% decline in November, totaling CNY52.59bn (US$7.4bn). However, the year-to-date figures for January to November demonstrate robust growth, increasing by 1.7% year-on-year to CNY575.62bn (US$81.55bn), driven by both welfare and sports lottery verticals. This indicates sustained market performance despite short-term fluctuations.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Finance","focusai_location":"China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"November Dip Analysis","query":"What are the underlying factors contributing to the marginal November dip in China's lottery sales, contrasting with the robust year-to-date growth?"},{"label":"Broader Market Impact","query":"How do these lottery revenue trends impact the broader iGaming and capital markets outlook for state-controlled gaming verticals in China, particularly concerning future policy or investment considerations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[227,3573],"class_list":["post-777036276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-china","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036276","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777036276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036294,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036276\/revisions\/777036294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}