Is it illegal to buy a lottery platform?

20 10 In August, the Ministry of Finance issued the Interim Measures for Selling Lottery on the Internet (Draft for Comment) and the Interim Measures for Selling Lottery by Telephone (Draft for Comment) for public comments. On March 20 12, the general administration of sports issued a notice to strictly implement the lottery management rules and stop online lottery sales. Extended information lottery, also known as lottery, is a way to raise funds by drawing lots, not gambling. The English name of the lotteryticket is "Lotteryticket". Recently, the State Sports General Administration issued an urgent notice of implementation rules, with the implementation rules of the lottery management regulations officially implemented on March 1 day. The Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Lottery Management Regulations jointly issued by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Sports General Administration have been officially implemented since today. The detailed rules define online lottery sales as illegal, and online lottery sales have entered a crackdown stage.

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 266 Whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or solely be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years, and shall also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 192 Whoever illegally raises funds by fraudulent means for the purpose of illegal possession shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment and shall also be fined or confiscated.

If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Brief summary:

Is arbitrage on lottery platform illegal? It is illegal to buy lottery tickets on online platforms except within the scope permitted by the state.