Recently, a lottery player in Jiangxi won a grand prize of more than 220 million yuan after buying a welfare lottery ticket, which attracted widespread attention.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs attaches great importance to this and sent a working group to Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province and the China Welfare Lottery Issuance and Management Center to conduct careful verification and communicate with relevant departments on the verification results, lottery tax-related policies and other matters.
After investigation, it was confirmed that the sealing of lottery sales data, lottery draws, on-site notarization, and lottery announcements were carried out in strict accordance with the prescribed procedures. The sales system and lottery equipment were operating normally. There was no misappropriation of prize pool funds. All work complied with the " "Lottery Management Regulations", "Lottery Management Regulations Implementation Rules", "China Welfare Lottery "Happy 8" Game Rules" and other regulations, the specific notifications are as follows.
1. Lottery results for this issue
This lottery is the 2023322nd issue of the Happy 8 Game at 21:00 on December 2, 2023. The Welfare Lottery Happy 8 Game is sold nationwide. The single bet amount is 2 yuan. One issue is sold and the lottery is drawn once every day. It is operated by China Welfare Lottery The issuance management center is responsible for drawing prizes.
There are ten ways to play the Happy 8 game, among which the "Choose Seven" gameplay includes "Choose seven out of seven", "Choose six out of seven", "Choose five out of seven", "Choose four out of seven" and "Choose seven out of zero" five. A prize etc.
Without limiting the compensation, the single bet bonuses for the above prizes are 10,000 yuan, 288 yuan, 28 yuan, 4 yuan and 2 yuan respectively.
After verification, after the sale of the 2023322nd issue of Happy 8 Game ended at 21:00 on December 2, 2023, the China Welfare Lottery Issuance and Management Center sealed the original sales data of the issue in accordance with the "Lottery Management Regulations" and its implementation rules and other relevant regulations. ; From 21:30 to 21:35, twenty lottery numbers were drawn under the supervision of two notaries.
The lottery process is broadcast live on China Welfare Lottery Network (www.cwl.gov.cn) and other platforms, and the video can be viewed on China Welfare Lottery Network.
After the lottery draw of the Happy 8 game for this issue was completed normally, the sales system prompted that the rebate bonus for this issue exceeded the total amount of rebates. According to the provisions of the "Risk Control Plan for the Happy 8 Game of China Welfare Lottery", "Select Five" and "Select Seven" The gameplay adopts a limit payout, and the single-bet bonus such as the "Seven out of seven" award is 4,475 yuan.
Since the Happy 8 game has a large number of winning bets, a large reward amount, and triggers a limited compensation, in order to ensure that the lottery announcement information is accurate, the China Welfare Lottery Issuance and Management Center conducted multi-position, multi-position and After repeated rounds of verification, the lottery announcement was released to the public through the China Welfare Lottery Network at 00:07 on December 3, 2023, listing information such as the number of winning bets for each game, each prize, and the amount of a single bet, and also provided information on the current day. The situation of time limit compensation is explained.
The lottery announcement of the Happy 8 game can be found on the China Welfare Lottery website.
2. Betting status of the grand prize winner in the 2023322nd "Select Seven" game of Happy 8 Game
After verification, the grand prize winner of the "Select Seven" gameplay of the Happy 8 game purchased a total of 50,050 lottery tickets with numbers 40, 41, 42, 44, 63, 64, and 65 in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province on December 2, 2023.
Specifically: From 19:02:22 to 19:28:36 on December 2, 2023, 50,000 lottery tickets were purchased at a welfare lottery outlet in Donghu District, Nanchang City, and 667 lottery tickets were printed (5 tickets per ticket, 15 times the lottery ticket per ticket) 666 tickets, 1 lottery ticket with 5 bets each and 10 times the bet), with a payment amount of 100,000 yuan; while waiting for the ticket to be issued, the grand prize winner transferred money to Nanchang City, about two kilometers away, via WeChat at 19:26:57 A salesperson at another welfare lottery outlet in Xihu District purchased 50 lottery tickets with the same numbers for 100 yuan.
By comparing sales system data, verifying with lottery salespersons, and checking payment information at sales outlets, it was confirmed that the grand prize winner won the same lottery ticket for three consecutive periods on November 30, December 1, and December 2, 2023. Group numbers for betting: Purchase 25,750 bets for the 2023320th period, and win 25,750 bets including the "Select 7 to Zero" award in the current period (single bet bonus is 2 yuan); after redeeming the bonus for the previous period in the 2023321st period, repeat purchase of 25,050 bets for this number , did not win the prize in the current period; purchased the number 50050 again in the 2023322nd period and won the grand prize.
3. Happy 8 Game Bonus Management Situation
According to the provisions of lottery management regulations and policies, lottery prizes are deposited by lottery agencies into lottery fund collection accounts opened in banks, and are accounted separately according to lottery types and game titles.
Happy 8 game bonuses are managed uniformly by the China Welfare Lottery Issuance and Management Center. They are stored in accordance with regulations, accounted for separately, and earmarked for special use. They are subject to strict supervision and inspection by relevant departments, and there is no misappropriation.
4. The grand prize winner of the 2023322nd "Select Seven" game of Happy 8 Game does not need to pay personal income tax.
This time, the jackpot of more than 220 million yuan is worth 10,000 yuan per bet. Due to the triggering of the compensation limit, the bonus for each bet is reduced to 4,475 yuan.
According to Article 33 of the "China Welfare Lottery "Happy 8" Game Rules", "Winners with a single bet winning amount of more than 10,000 yuan (exclusive) must pay personal income tax in accordance with the law", the winner does not need to pay personal income tax.
In the next step, relevant departments will further study and improve relevant policies and rules based on the characteristics of the lottery industry and the development of the lottery market to better adapt to the development needs of the lottery industry.
The welfare lottery is a social welfare enterprise with the purpose of "supporting the elderly, helping the disabled, rescuing orphans and relieving the poor". We sincerely thank all sectors of society for their concern, support and supervision of the welfare lottery.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs will continue to strengthen the standardized management of the issuance and sales of welfare lottery tickets and promote the healthy development of the welfare lottery industry!
(CCTV reporter Li Yumei)