HK Stock Market Move | REGO INTERACT (02422) surged over 64%, the sports lottery industry is expected to usher in high growth in 2026, the company strategically positioned AI to empower offline stores.

REGO INTERACT(02422) surged at the end of the trading day, closing up 64.29% at 1.15 Hong Kong dollars with a trading volume of 10.47 million Hong Kong dollars. On the news front, the FIFA World Cup will be held in 16 cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June to July in 2026. Postal Securities previously released a research report stating that sports lottery sales are highly correlated with the popularity of sports events. In addition to regular events, major global events have a more significant impact on lottery sales, such as the 2022 Qatar World Cup, where sports lottery sales increased by over 100% in November of that year. Looking ahead to 2026, with major events such as the World Cup, Winter Olympics, and Asian Cup set to take place, the cyclical effect of these events is expected to once again drive the lottery industry to achieve phase growth in the short term. Public information shows that REGO INTERACT is committed to building an innovative service ecosystem for offline lottery stores in China, using over 400,000 community lottery stores nationwide as the core breakthrough point for AI digital store innovation. It has covered the entire lottery industry chain: using lottery communication equipment as the entry point upstream, providing specialized industry solutions in the middle, and fully expanding, operating, and servicing lottery sales terminals downstream. It is reported that by 2025, REGO INTERACT will focus on AI marketing services for lottery stores through strategic investments in Hangzhou YueXiangchun technology and acquisitions of Caipingfang technology to promote the core mission of "AI empowering offline stores, helping store owners achieve rapid income growth" in the industry innovation under the World Cup boom.