As reported by the Shanghai Daily: “China lottery sales amounted to
approximately 70 billion yuan last year, said Wang Xuehong, director of the
China Center for Lottery Studies at Peking University. “According to the
center’s market survey, illegal betting revenue was tenfold of legal lottery
sales, Wang said. “In recent several years, gambling funds have been
increasing year by year, Xinhua news agency said, without giving a
comparison figure.”