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Lottery refers to the voucher issued in gambling to raise funds, printed with numbers, graphics or words, and purchased voluntarily by the buyer according to certain rules and whether or not he is rewarded.
Lottery is a kind of written certificate printed with numbers or graphics (words), which is purchased by people voluntarily and can prove that the purchaser has won the reward according to certain rules. This is an entertaining game, with fair competition and equal opportunities. Lottery first appeared in ancient Rome two thousand years ago. During the Southern Song Dynasty in China, there were similar lottery forms.
What is of practical significance is the exposition of Nobel Prize winner George Lewis Bolch: Lottery can equally and reasonably satisfy human's natural desire to get rid of moral responsibility, that is, the winner will not have any uneasy psychological burden because of getting rich overnight, and the winner of lottery will not have any moral responsibility or obligation because of strangers.
This is the social psychological factor of lottery popularity.
According to the statement made by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China in the Measures for the Administration of Welfare Lottery in China, welfare lottery refers to securities printed with numbers, graphics or words for people to buy voluntarily, and whether the purchaser will get a bonus according to specific rules.
The purpose of issuing lottery tickets by the state is to raise public funds and support the development of social public undertakings such as welfare and sports. The Ministry of Finance is the competent authority of lottery tickets. The issuance of lottery tickets must be approved by the Ministry of Finance and reported to the State Council for approval, and issued by the lottery issuing agency approved by the State Council. No other department has the right to approve the issuance of lottery tickets.