In December, the national lottery sales totaled 53.284 billion yuan, down 13.8% year-on-year.

[In December, a total of 53.284 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, down 13.8% year-on-year] On January 29th, the Ministry of Finance released the national lottery ticket sales in December 2023. In December, a total of 53.284 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, down 8.565 billion yuan year-on-year, down 13.8%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions was 17.476 billion yuan, an increase of 5.646 billion yuan, an increase of 47.7%; The sales of sports lottery institutions reached 35.808 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.211 billion yuan or 28.4%. Mainly due to the high base of the pulling factors of the football World Cup in the same period last year. From January to December, the national lottery sales totaled 579.696 billion yuan, an increase of 155.044 billion yuan or 36.5%. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions was 194.441 billion yuan, an increase of 46.311 billion yuan, an increase of 31.3%; The sales of sports lottery institutions reached 385.255 billion yuan, an increase of 108.733 billion yuan or 39.3%.