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China lottery ticket sales reach $11b in 2009
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-28 11:28
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The lottery ticket sales in China reached 75.6 billion yuan ($11.1 billion) in 2009, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday.
The sales helped to raise more than 24 billion yuan of public welfare fund.
Sales in the southern booming province of Guangdong hit 8.3 billion yuan last year, continuing ranking first among all the provinces and municipalities nationwide.
