By Rebecca Bailey with Emily Wang Chinese livestreamer Chen Ying has spent more than 100,000 yuan (around US$14,000) on lottery scratch cards, which she systematically scrapes through on camera for…

Lottery sales in China soared to almost 274 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of more than 50 percent year-on-year, with analysts pointing to a growing economic malaise as a possible explanation.