In this blog, we take an in-depth look at the latest lottery statistics in the United States to find out how many people play the lottery and why they do it.

The bigger the jackpot, the more people will play the lottery.

In 2023 in Japan, an estimated 18.4 million people participated in lottery games throughout the year. There are six types of lottery games, which include normal lottery, scratch, Lotto, Bingo 5, Numbers, and Dress-up Ku-chan.

Go to http://on.ny.gov/1J8tPSN on the New York Lottery website for past Mega Millions results and payouts.

The state with the largest lottery sales in 2024 was New York, generating over 10 billion U.S. dollars. This was followed by Florida and California, with lottery sales amounting to over 9.4 billion and 9.2 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.

As of November 2018, 75 percent of those between the ages of 45 and 54 in the United States played the lottery over the past year. Comparatively, 52 percent of those over the age of 75 played during this time, making them the age group playing the lottery the least.

These are the top 10 biggest jackpot lottery wins ever in the United States.

Go to http://on.ny.gov/1BbsR6n on the New York Lottery website for past NY Lotto results and payouts.

Historical time series data (draw date and Jackpot value) of the following lotteries:Powerball, period: 2015-2020 Mega Millions, period: 2005-2010Texas Lotto, period: 1995-2000Euromillions, period: 2012-2016United Kingdom Lottery 6/49, period: 2003-2013Canada Lottery, period: 2014-2019Romanian 6/49 lotto, period: 1998-2023Eurojackpot, period: 2014-2022

Go to http://on.ny.gov/1Cx6zvs or http://on.ny.gov/1KYjE6X on the New York Lottery website for past Daily Numbers/Win-4 results and payouts.

As of March 2024, the market size of the lottery and Native American casino sector totaled close to *** billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, there were over ** thousand individuals employed across the industry's businesses.

According to a survey about the lottery in South Korea conducted in November 2023, around 83.2 percent of male respondents and 79.2 percent of female respondents stated that they were willing to purchase a Lotto ticket. Most of the surveyed people answered that it was still fine even if they did not win the lottery.

Property declaration, the number of actual reviews through open drawing, and the proportion of authorized persons handled.

This is the complete breakdown of the top 15 states by lottery sales.

Sales of state lotteries in the United States reached 113.34 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. This denoted an increase of five percent over the previous year, and, based on figures reaching back to 2009, represented an all-time high.

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China Lottery Sales: Sport: Lotto Digital data was reported at 7,358.099 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,588.974 RMB mn for Feb 2025. China Lottery Sales: Sport: Lotto Digital data is updated monthly, averaging 6,406.729 RMB mn from Jan 2008 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 207 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,071.135 RMB mn in May 2020 and a record low of 0.000 RMB mn in Feb 2020. China Lottery Sales: Sport: Lotto Digital data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table CN.FO: Government Finance: Lottery Sales.

Go to http://on.ny.gov/1Cx6zvs or http://on.ny.gov/1KYjE6X on the New York Lottery website for past Daily Numbers/Win-4 results and payouts.

China Lottery Sales: Welfare: Lotto Digital data was reported at 9,470.967 RMB mn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,748.466 RMB mn for Feb 2025. China Lottery Sales: Welfare: Lotto Digital data is updated monthly, averaging 9,074.812 RMB mn from Jan 2008 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 207 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16,493.336 RMB mn in May 2019 and a record low of 0.000 RMB mn in Feb 2020. China Lottery Sales: Welfare: Lotto Digital data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Finance. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Government and Public Finance – Table CN.FO: Government Finance: Lottery Sales.