Changes in Hong Kong stocks | Runge Interactive (02422) closed up more than 64% in 2026, the sports lottery industry is expected to usher in high-growth companies, strategic layout, AI empowers offline stores

Zhitongcaijing · 12/31/2025 04:41

The Zhitong Finance App learned that the volume of Runge Interactive (02422) increased at the end of the session. By the close, it had risen 64.29% to HK$1.15, with a turnover of HK$10.4767 million.

According to news, the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup will be held in 16 cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico from June to July 2026. China Post Securities previously released a research report stating that sports lottery sales are highly correlated with the popularity of sporting events. In addition to regular tournaments, major global events drive sports lottery sales even more significantly. Taking the 2022 Qatar World Cup as an example, sports lottery sales increased by more than 100% month-on-month in November of that year. Looking ahead to 2026, large-scale events such as the World Cup, Winter Olympics, and Asian Cup will be implemented intensively, and the tournament cycle effect is expected to once again drive the sports lottery industry to achieve phased growth in the short term.

According to public information, Runge Interactive is committed to building an innovative service ecosystem for offline stores in the Chinese lottery industry, using more than 400,000 community lottery stores across the country as the core breakthrough for AI digital store innovation. It has now achieved coverage of the entire lottery industry chain: upstream uses lottery communication equipment as an entry point, midstream provides specialized industry solutions, and downstream comprehensively expands, operates and services lottery sales terminals. According to reports, in 2025, Runge Interactive carried out the core mission of “AI empowering offline stores to help store owners grow rapidly” through strategic investments in Hangzhou Yuexiang Chuzhen Technology, which focuses on AI marketing services for sports lottery stores, and acquisitions, and Caifang Technology, which is deeply involved in offline lottery store operations, injecting strong impetus into industry innovation under the World Cup.