Ministry of Finance: In February, the national lottery sales totaled 34.31B yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 18%.

GateUser-bd883c58 · 2026-04-03T14:57:48+00:00

Ask AI · What is the reason for the similar decline in welfare and sports lottery sales?The Ministry of Finance announcement shows that in February, nationwide total lottery ticket sales were 34.313 billion yuan, down 7.541 billion yuan year-on-year, a decline of 18%. This was mainly due to the impact of the lottery market closure during the Spring Festival holiday in February this year. Specifically, welfare lottery sales were 12.144 billion yuan, down 2.688 billion yuan year-on-year, a decline of 18.1%; sports lottery sales were 22.170 billion yuan, down 4.853 billion yuan year-on-year, a decline of 17.9%.

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2026-04-03 14:57:48

Ask AI · What are the reasons that the decline is similar to the drop in welfare and the lottery?

Ministry of Finance notice: In February, nationwide total lottery sales were 34.31B yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.54B yuan, down 18%. The main reason is the impact of the Spring Festival holiday closures of the lottery market in February this year. Among them, welfare lottery institutions sold 12.14B yuan, down 2.69B yuan year-on-year, a decline of 18.1%; sports lottery institutions sold 22.17B yuan, down 4.85B yuan year-on-year, a decline of 17.9%.

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