Lottery, also known as lottery, is a way to raise money by drawing lots for winners, not gambling. The English name of the lottery ticket is "LotteriyTicket". Cihai (version 1999) explains the lottery like this: "Commonly known as' pigeon ticket'. A voucher issued by a lottery ticket to raise funds or raise funds. " "Modern Chinese Dictionary" explains lottery and lottery respectively in this way: "Lottery, the general term for lottery.
Lottery is a kind of securities marked with numbers and sold at face value. After the lottery, if you hold the lottery ticket with the winning number, you can sell it according to the regulations and receive the prize. 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.
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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.