This is explained in Ci Hai: "Lottery, also known as lotto, is commonly known as pigeon ticket. A certificate issued by lottery for raising funds or raising funds. " Modern Chinese Dictionary means "securities with numbers on them are sold at face value". After the draw, those who hold the winning number lottery ticket can receive the prize according to the regulations. "
The origin of lottery tickets
Lottery: A lottery ticket is a kind of written certificate printed with numbers or graphics (words), which is purchased voluntarily by people and can prove that the purchaser has won a reward according to certain rules. This is an entertainment game based on equal opportunities and fair competition. Lottery first appeared in ancient Rome two thousand years ago. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a similar lottery in China.
The Encyclopedia Britannica explains it as "a lottery ticket that randomly distributes prizes or bonuses among a certain range of people".
Types of lottery tickets
Lottery is mainly divided into welfare lottery, sports lottery and instant lottery.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Finance in 20 14, the cumulative sales of welfare lottery and sports lottery in China reached 654.38+0 trillion yuan and 735.4 billion yuan respectively, and the amount raised by public welfare fund reached 365.438+0 billion yuan and 265.438+0.99 billion yuan respectively. However, according to media surveys, the information on the collection, distribution and use of lottery public welfare funds is too general, and the public can't supervise it, and the whereabouts are also chaotic.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Finance in 2020, the national lottery sales in 20 19 exceeded 420 billion yuan. Among them, the central special lottery public welfare fund 17 billion yuan is used to support 16 public welfare projects including education, medical care, old-age care and sports.