Taiwan’s sports lottery enjoyed record sales in 2018, in part because local authorities keep disrupting unauthorized online gambling competitors.

Last month, the Taiwan Sports Lottery Co released its official statistics for 2018, during which sales topped NT$43.6b (US$1.41b). That’s not only a 32% rise from 2017’s result but marks the first time annual sports lottery sales topped the NT$40b mark.

The 2018 figures got a boost from last summer’s FIFA World Cup, which lottery president Lin Po-tai estimated contributed an extra NT$7.05b in sales. August’s Asian Games in Indonesia added another NT$950m.

Thanks to the World Cup, football accounted for over 30% of 2018’s lottery sales, while baseball and basketball contributed 25% apiece and tennis claimed a 10% share.