Lottery, also called lottery, is a way to raise money by drawing lots to win prizes, not gambling. The English name of the lottery ticket is "LotteriyTicket". Cihai (version 1999) explains lottery tickets as follows: "Commonly known as' pigeon tickets'. A voucher issued by a lottery ticket to raise funds or raise funds. " The Modern Chinese Dictionary explains lottery and lottery respectively in this way: "Lottery, lottery as a general term."
Lottery is a kind of securities marked with numbers and sold at face value. After the lottery, those who hold the lottery ticket with the winning number can receive the prize according to the regulations. Lottery is a kind of voucher issued to raise funds, printed with numbers, graphics, words and face value, which is purchased voluntarily by buyers according to certain rules and whether they get rewards or not.
In September 2020, according to the data released by the Ministry of Finance, lottery tickets were issued and sold nationwide from 2065438 to 2009, exceeding 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.
At present, there are two series of lottery tickets publicly issued in China: "China Welfare Lottery" and "China Sports Lottery". China Welfare Lottery and China Sports Lottery are managed, distributed and printed by China Welfare Lottery Distribution Center and Sports Lottery Management Center of the State Sports General Administration respectively, and are underwritten by various regions according to the principles of openness, fairness and justice, aiming at promoting the development of folk welfare undertakings in China and sports undertakings in China, and raising funds for folk welfare undertakings in China and sports undertakings in China.
By the end of 1999, China had issued a total of 36 billion yuan of welfare lottery tickets, including 5 billion yuan of disaster relief lottery tickets; China's sports lottery has issued 654.38+002 billion yuan. After more than ten years of development, the lottery industry in China has made great progress.
From 1988 sales to 10 pilot provinces and cities1740,000 yuan, and more than ten years later, the total sales exceeded 40 billion yuan; From a single type of lottery to dozens of varieties in three categories: traditional, instant and computer; From hundreds of professionals to tens of thousands of employees ... After 13 years of development, China lottery industry has become another bright spot in the booming China economy.