DLTB hails “crisis proof” German lottery performance in 2020 6th January 2021 | By Robin Harrison Germany’s state lottery association the Deutscher Lotto und Totoblock (DLTB) has revealed that amounts wagered on the vertical grew year-on-year in 2020, resulting in €3.10bn (£2.80bn/$3.82bn) being returned to state governments through duties and taxes. For the 12 months to 31 December, Germans staked €7.90bn across the country’s 16 state lotteries, an 8.2% improvement on the €7.30bn of tickets sold in 2019. “The 16 German state lottery companies proved to be crisis-proof and reliable during the 2020 [novel coronavirus (Covid-19)] pandemic,” said current DLTB chair and managing director of Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz Jürgen Häfner.