Apart from watching games and drinking beer with friendsat midnight, Shen Yiren, a 27-year-old salesman in Shenzhen, found another way to participate in the soccer carnival: buying sports lottery tickets. He just spent about 3,000 yuan ($480) on the final game between Germany and Argentina through his mobile lottery app as he was boarding the flight to Beijing. I didnt expect such convenience in 2010 when I had to pay dollars to buy lottery tickets through Paypal, Shen said. Now I only need to click a few buttons. With the final match of the World Cup approaching, sports lottery sales are expected to explode. According to the China Sports Lottery Administration Center, sales of sports lottery tickets before the semifinal on Wednesday exceeded 9.5 billion yuan. Analysts expect the number to surpass 12 billion yuan by the end of the World Cup, sixfold the 2.2 billion yuan Chinese fans bet during the 2010 tournament.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 22:49:03 +0000
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