China's lottery ticket sales soar amid weak economy, job prospects

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's lottery ticket sales in August soared to their highest for any month so far this year, amid public concern about the ...

BEIJING - China's lottery ticket sales in August soared to their highest for any month so far this year, amid public concern about the economy following months of mostly gloomy dataChurch Brewing: where the customers are the congregation and the choir | SaltWireBEIJING - China's lottery ticket sales in August soared to their highest for any month so far this year, amid public concern about the economy following months of mostly gloomy data including youth unemployment.

From January to August, a total of 375.76 billion yuan of lottery tickets were sold nationwide, up 51.6% from a year earlier, the data showed. "Young people are more likely to win 5 million yuan in the lottery than to earn 5 million from a work," one wrote on the popular Chinese microblog Weibo. Feeling the pinch of rising housing costs and the slowing economy, jobless graduates have been forfeiting cities that have traditionally provided a stepping stone to middle-class wealth.

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