China's lottery sales rise 33.7 pct in first nine months

Global Times Friday 21st October, 2011

The Ministry of Finance announced on Friday that China's lottery sales rose 33.7 percent year-on-year to 157.77 billion yuan (24.8 billion U.S. dollars) during the first nine months. Sales of welfare lottery tickets climbed 33.6 percent from one year earlier to 91.77 billion yuan, while sales of sports lottery tickets jumped 33.8 percent to hit 66...

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