China’s lottery numbers rose again in May, spurred by double-digit growth in sports lottery sales.

According to figures released on Friday by the Ministry of Finance, overall lottery sales came to RMB 34.6b (US $5.4b) in the month of May, up 7.8% from the same month last year. For the year to date, sales are up 0.5% to RMB 160.3b.

In keeping with recent trends, sports lottery sales growth dramatically outpaced welfare lottery numbers. Welfare lottery sales were up 1.8% to RMB 18.4b while sports lottery sales were up 15.6% to RMB 16.2b. The sports lottery numbers will undoubtedly get a further boost in the next monthly report thanks to the Euro 2016 football tournament.

UK-licensed lottery and payment processing firm DJI Holdings, which focuses on the Chinese market, announced this week that its annual after-tax loss had widened to £11.4m in 2015 from £3.6m in 2014. The company blamed Beijing’s March 2015 decision to ‘temporarily’ suspend online lottery sales, a suspension that continues to this day.

China’s lottery numbers rose again in May, spurred by double-digit growth in sports lottery sales.

According to figures released on Friday by the Ministry of Finance, overall lottery sales came to RMB 34.6b (US $5.4b) in the month of May, up 7.8% from the same month last year. For the year to date, sales are up 0.5% to RMB 160.3b.

In keeping with recent trends, sports lottery sales growth dramatically outpaced welfare lottery numbers. Welfare lottery sales were up 1.8% to RMB 18.4b while sports lottery sales were up 15.6% to RMB 16.2b. The sports lottery numbers will undoubtedly get a further boost in the next monthly report thanks to the Euro 2016 football tournament.

UK-licensed lottery and payment processing firm DJI Holdings, which focuses on the Chinese market, announced this week that its annual after-tax loss had widened to £11.4m in 2015 from £3.6m in 2014. The company blamed Beijing’s March 2015 decision to ‘temporarily’ suspend online lottery sales, a suspension that continues to this day.

UK-licensed online gambling operator Win Cash Live has frozen customer accounts after entering administration.

In a notice posted to its site on Friday, Win Cash Live’s parent company Lean Forward Ltd informed customers that it had appointed two insolvency attorneys from Quantuma LLP to manage its affairs as the company undertook “a review of the current financial position.”

The betting site, which founder Ashley Faull launched one year ago, said “all gambling and sportsbook accounts have been frozen” until the joint administrators untangle the company’s tangled financial situation.

Faull told eGaming Review that the “difficult decision” to enter administration was taken following an unsuccessful search for new investors that began in March. Faull also failed to find an outright buyer for the company despite an “accelerated sales process.”

UK-licensed online gambling operator Win Cash Live has frozen customer accounts after entering administration.

In a notice posted to its site on Friday, Win Cash Live’s parent company Lean Forward Ltd informed customers that it had appointed two insolvency attorneys from Quantuma LLP to manage its affairs as the company undertook “a review of the current financial position.”

The betting site, which founder Ashley Faull launched one year ago, said “all gambling and sportsbook accounts have been frozen” until the joint administrators untangle the company’s tangled financial situation.

Faull told eGaming Review that the “difficult decision” to enter administration was taken following an unsuccessful search for new investors that began in March. Faull also failed to find an outright buyer for the company despite an “accelerated sales process.”