(GAO XINSHENG)

A man checks his lottery ticket in Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province.

China's lottery ticket sales rose 21.1 percent year on year to 28.56 billion yuan ($4.65 billion) in April, according to data released by the Ministry of Finance on May 15.

The ministry attributed the jump to the release of new lottery games, the promotion of quiz-style games and more outlets for online lottery games.