Who invented the welfare lottery?

Lottery, also known as "lottery ticket", commonly known as "pigeon ticket", is a voucher issued for raising funds or donations by drawing lots or spinning balls. Lottery originated in Spain, and in the 5th century, Spain issued lottery tickets all over the country. Cui Guotian, ambassador to the United States, Spain and Peru in the late Qing Dynasty, issued a lottery ticket to Spain in 1890 to conduct an investigation, and included the investigation materials in the book Secret Diaries of Missions in the United States and Japan. Spain is one of the earliest imperialist countries in the world, and its colonies are all over the world. Later, due to the decline of the national situation, there was a serious deficit in fiscal revenue and expenditure. In order to fill the emptiness of the national treasury, in addition to strengthening various taxes, lottery tickets were issued for the first time to raise huge funds. A quarter of the lottery money sold is turned over to the state treasury, with an annual income of about 5 million pesetas, which has become a major financial source of the country. After deducting the organization expenses, the rest will be awarded the first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes to the winners. The lottery method is basically the same as it is now. "Put the numbers and color codes in two empty balls, one ball will be numbered and the other ball will be colored. If one ball shakes the first prize, and the other ball shakes the number 1, 1 to win the first prize; One ball shakes out the color, the other ball shakes out the number two, and the number two misses. " At that time, "children were used to spin the ball, and anyone holding a lottery ticket could participate in it and win the prize in public." Because there is no fraud, it caters to people's luck, so there are many buyers. "The Spanish lottery was not only issued in China, but also entered the international market, and countries such as France, Germany and Japan followed suit. Only the United States boycotted it and officially announced in 1890 that "the import, mailing, bank exchange and import of lottery tickets are prohibited. Once seized, it will be confiscated. " Spanish lottery was issued in Shanghai, China in the early 1960s. According to historical records, it began to get more than 400 thousand yuan of silver every year; By190' s, the annual cash register was nearly one million taels; By the end of 19, about 232 million yuan of silver had been collected and consumed. At that time, the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, and turned a blind eye to the Spanish public lottery in China, which led to a large amount of capital outflow and heavy economic losses. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government's treasury was empty and natural disasters were serious, so in the name of helping Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces, the Qing government officially issued lottery tickets for the first time. During the reign of the Northern Warlords, there were various privately issued lottery tickets in big cities such as Shanghai, and the winners could get the first prize, the second prize and other prizes. During the government's rule, lottery tickets such as "air tickets" were also issued to raise funds for the public. In recent years, China has issued "China Welfare Lottery" and "China Sports Lottery" in order to develop social welfare undertakings such as "helping the elderly, helping the disabled, saving orphans and helping the poor". This lottery ticket is essentially different from the old one. The policy of issuing lottery tickets in China is "take it from the people and use it for the people". This lottery ticket pays neither principal nor interest. People from all walks of life enthusiastically buy lottery tickets, and lottery sales have been booming. According to local media reports, since the lottery was issued, there have indeed been "lucky people" who won the first prize, thus creating a few "millionaires". However, the vast majority of lottery players are not only interested in winning the lottery, but have a dedication to caring about social welfare undertakings. Needless to say, there are indeed some people who, with an irrational "gambling" luck, regard buying lottery tickets as a shortcut to "get rich" and get rich overnight. They don't do what they can, but spend a lot of money to buy lottery tickets, even borrow from the east and the west, and buy them every time, and the investment far exceeds their financial capacity. The result is often like lottery tickets in the water and lottery tickets in the mirror. As a lottery player, we must "do what we can, enough is enough" according to our own economic strength, and we must not take it as a "bet" when we know that the risk of lottery is still great, and blindly bet a lot of money on lottery tickets. Otherwise, you will regret it.