China's welfare and sports lotteries recorded combined annual sales growth of 18.3 per cent in 2013, with total sales of 309.33bn yuan (US$50.7bn).
Total welfare lottery sales grew 16.9 per cent year-on-year to 176.53bn yuan while sports lottery sales improved 20.2 per cent to 132.80bn yuan.
The strong growth was driven by a 21.4 per cent increase in Lotto sales, 26.2 per cent increase in skill games, and 29.1 per cent increase in spend on video lottery [...]
