China’s Sports and Welfare lotteries generated total sales of RMB84.52bn (€10.78bn) during the first quarter of 2021, benefiting from a strong performance in March.
Lottery sales in Q1 more than doubled compared to the previous year’s RMB37.72bn, which was negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic as lottery retailers were closed for most of the period.
Sports Lottery sales improved by 157 per cent year-on-year to RMB50.53bn, while Welfare Lottery sales grew 88 per cent to RMB34.00bn.
Results were [...]