[A total of 63.985 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide in August, a year-on-year increase of 19.8%] September 22nd, in August, a total of 63.985 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, a year-on-year increase of 10.584 billion yuan, an increase of 19.8%, mainly due to the continued role of the Football World Cup in boosting the sales of guess-type lottery tickets. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 15.809 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.465 billion yuan or 8.5% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 48.176 billion yuan, an increase of 12.049 billion yuan or 33.4% year-on-year. Cumulatively from January to August, a total of 478.431 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 55.226 billion yuan or 13.0% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 131.529 billion yuan, a decrease of 10.782 billion yuan or 7.6% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 346.901 billion yuan, an increase of 66.009 billion yuan or 23.5% year-on-year.