Online lottery sales deemed illegal as of March 1; Taobao has suspended some lottery services
DoNews, March 1 — According to the recently jointly issued "Implementation Rules of the Lottery Administration Regulations" by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the General Administration of Sport, starting from March 1, any "welfare lotteries or sports lotteries sold without the commission of the lottery issuing agency or the lottery sales agency" will be classified as "illegal lotteries."
It is reported that Taobao operates a lottery channel responsible for online lottery sales. According to relevant personnel at Taobao, the lottery channel is composed of various lottery centers across the country, providing online sales of lotteries nationwide. All sold lottery tickets are directly operated and managed by the local lottery centers. Taobao does not participate in any part of the lottery sales process.
It is understood that on the evening of February 29, all local sports lottery centers received instructions from higher-ups requiring the suspension of all online lottery sales businesses. After receiving the notice, four provincial sports lottery management centers, including Shandong and Beijing, announced on Taobao that they would suspend certain lottery games starting from the evening of February 29.
A relevant person in charge of Taobao stated that Taobao has already suspended some lottery proxy purchase services and will actively cooperate with local lottery centers in handling matters related to the suspension of sales.
Attached is the notice regarding the suspension of sales for various sports lottery types:
Dear Taobao users,
The following suspension notices have been issued for various sports lottery types:
1. Sales of Super Grand Lottery, Tridigit, and Quintuple Digit games will be suspended at 20:00 on February 29, 2012.
2. Sales of Eleven Games Win Gold, Competitive Sports Football, Competitive Sports Basketball, Single Match Football, Seven-Star, Pick-14, and Any Nine games will be suspended at 22:20 on February 29, 2012.
After the suspension, successfully placed orders will proceed normally with prize redemption. Pre-set follow-up numbers and custom orders placed by users will be refunded after the suspension, with the relevant amounts being returned to your Alipay account within 1-5 working days.
Group-buying orders for Competitive Sports Football, Competitive Sports Basketball, Single Match Football, and Seven-Star games will end prematurely at 22:20 on February 29, 2012. Users who wish to participate in these group-buying orders must ensure full participation by 22:20 on February 29, 2012. Orders not fully participated in by this time will be automatically canceled, with the relevant amounts being returned to your Alipay account within 1-5 working days.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused to our users due to the above situation and hope for your understanding. Further updates will be communicated via notifications.
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