Ministry of Finance: National lottery sales in June increased by 3.1% year-on-year

According to the Securities Times e company, the Ministry of Finance reported that in June, 34.61 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, an increase of 1.040 billion yuan or 3.1% over the same period last year. Among them, the sales of welfare lottery agencies was 11.223 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.074 billion yuan, a drop of 26.6%; the sales of sports lottery agencies was 23.387 billion yuan, an increase of 5.114 billion yuan, an increase of 28.0%. From January to June, the total sales of lottery tickets nationwide totaled 178.438 billion yuan, an increase of 54.538 billion yuan or 44.0% year-on-year.