{"id":17634,"date":"2026-07-23T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=asia&#038;p=17634"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:27:16","slug":"world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup drives legal betting in China to US$11.6 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China turned the 2026 World Cup into a betting powerhouse; the <strong>China Sports Lottery generated RMB83.31 billion<\/strong>, equivalent to approximately <strong>US$11.6 billion<\/strong>, in football prediction sales during the six weeks between <strong>June 8 and July 19<\/strong>. The state operator reported <strong>RMB6.87 billion<\/strong> from June 8\u201314; <strong>RMB15.15 billion<\/strong> from June 15\u201321; <strong>RMB16.27 billion<\/strong> from June 22\u201328; <strong>RMB17.20 billion<\/strong> between June 29 and July 5; <strong>RMB16.84 billion<\/strong> from July 6\u201312; and <strong>RMB10.98 billion<\/strong> during the week of the final. Weekly sales averaged <strong>RMB13.89 billion<\/strong>, while the peak coincided with the start of the knockout stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figures published by China Sports Lottery represent ticket sales or betting turnover, not profit, revenue after prizes or gross gaming revenue. The World Cup total was equivalent to <strong>19.9%<\/strong> of the RMB419.39 billion generated by the Sports Lottery throughout 2025 and <strong>13.3%<\/strong> of China\u2019s entire lottery market, which reached RMB627.97 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion2-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion2-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion2-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lan Fo\u2019an<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisation is headed by <strong>Zhang Jianhua<\/strong>, director and Communist Party secretary since December 2025. Deputy director <strong>Dong Hongfang<\/strong> led operational preparations for the World Cup on <strong>May 14<\/strong>. The supervisory structure also includes <strong>Gao Zhidan<\/strong>, director of the General Administration of Sport, and finance minister <strong>Lan Fo\u2019an<\/strong>, whose ministry authorizes products and overseas sales, funds and their distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion3.png 996w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion3-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/world-cup-drives-legal-betting-in-china-to-us11-6-billion3-768x359.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mainland China prohibits private bookmakers, casinos and unauthorised online betting but permits the Sports Lottery and Welfare Lottery as state monopolies. The framework rests on the <strong>Regulations on Lottery Administration, State Council Decree 554<\/strong>; <strong>Joint Order 96<\/strong>; and the <strong>2018 Lottery Issuance and Sales Measures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Jingcai<\/strong> product offers prizes of up to RMB5 million through authorized outlets. The World Cup ran from June 11 to July 19, featuring <strong>48 teams and 104 matches<\/strong>, despite China failing to qualify. CCTV recorded more than <strong>70 billion cumulative views<\/strong>; the Spain\u2013Argentina final generated <strong>282 million cross-platform contacts<\/strong> and a peak audience of <strong>41.23 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China turned the 2026 World Cup into a betting powerhouse; the China Sports Lottery generated RMB83.31 billion, equivalent to approximately US$11.6 billion, in football prediction sales during the six weeks between June 8 and July 19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17635,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2323,1192,5118,15,31,1426,102,585,105],"class_list":["post-17634","asia","type-asia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-asia","tag-china","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-gambling","tag-lotteries","tag-lottery","tag-online-betting","tag-online-gambling","tag-sports-betting","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Cup drives legal betting in China to US$11.6 billion - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China turned the 2026 World Cup into a betting powerhouse; 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