China’s lottery sales got a serious boost from the final stages of the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament.

Figures released Wednesday by China’s Ministry of Finance show overall sales in July rising 19.8% to RMB 32.4b (US $4.8b). Welfare lottery sales gained 6.7% to RMB 16.6b while sports lottery sales surged 37.6% to RMB 15.8b.

July’s sports lottery leap is smaller than the 47.2% rise the product enjoyed in June, which contained the bulk of the Euro 2016 action. For the year to date, overall sales are up 5.6% to RMB 226.7b, driven primarily by sports lottery interest.

Meanwhile, Thailand‘s lottery players say their state lottery isn’t worth playing, according to a new survey that should give Government Lottery Office (GLO) officials nightmares.