According to the World Lottery Association, in 2015, worldwide lottery sales grew by 2 percent, the smallest increase since 2011. However, that growth was helped by a 19.1percent increase in Latin American sales and 8 percent in North American sales. Overall, sales were slower than the 9.9 percent total in 2014.
Sales in Latin American rose due to a 25.5 percent increase in Argentina, 15.4 percent in Chile and 10.2 percent in Brazil. In North America, British Columbian sales grew 14.5 percent, followed by Ontario at 12.8 percent. In the U.S., Kentucky grew by 8.7 percent, Florida rose by 7.8 percent and Tennessee sales increased 7.2 percent.
Sales in Africa increased 3.4 percent and 1.3 percent in Europe. Asia Pacific sales declined by 1.6 percent, due to a drop of 5.7 percent in China’s Sports Lottery and 2.2 percent in the Welfare Lottery.
