{"id":105691,"date":"2017-11-20T08:15:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/?p=105691"},"modified":"2017-11-21T18:36:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T23:36:27","slug":"part-1-quebec-lotteries-general-decline-explosion-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/part-1-quebec-lotteries-general-decline-explosion-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 1 – Quebec Lotteries: General Decline, Explosion Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yes it’s true, you’re right: at still around 2%, they are still quite modest compared to in-store lottery sales.<\/p>\n
But don’t be fooled by appearances.<\/p>\n
While in-store sales in general have been struggling over the past 10 years in Quebec, online sales are experiencing a meteoric rise of nearly 40% per year and this, for the past three years.<\/p>\n
And all signs tend to show that this trend is accelerating … quite seriously!<\/p>\n
Some may be surprised to hear it but lotteries in Quebec are in decline. A slow but steady decline.<\/p>\n
The problem is simple: people aren’t buying as much as they used too, period.<\/p>\n
Loto-Qu\u00e9bec uses a polished language when talking about a “mature” market, but when you look hard on the numbers, it is rather a widespread and merciless decline that we are witnessing.<\/p>\n