B[Ministry of Finance: A total of 67.389 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide in September, a year-on-year increase of 27.3%] On October 19, the Ministry of Finance released data. In September, a total of 67.389 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 14.457 billion yuan or 27.3% year-on-year. The main reason is that the activation effect of the Football World Cup on the sales of guess-type lottery tickets continues. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 16.569 billion yuan, a decrease of 869 million yuan or 5.0% year-on-year; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 50.820 billion yuan, an increase of 15.325 billion yuan or 43.2% year-on-year. Cumulatively from January to September, a total of 545.820 billion yuan in lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 69.683 billion yuan or 14.6% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery institutions were 148.099 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.651 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.3%; the sales of sports lottery institutions were 397.721 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 81.334 billion yuan, an increase of 25.7%.
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