Recently, a lottery player in Jiangxi bought a welfare lottery ticket **2More than 200 million yuan grand prize.
Is it true or not? This matter has aroused widespread concern.
This afternoon, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a notice, and the three major central media quickly followed up**.
The following is the full text of the briefing.
Circular of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the Welfare Lottery Happy 8 Game Phase 2023322 AwardsWelfare Lottery Happy 8 Game (hereinafter referred to as Happy 8 Game) 2023322 "Pick Seven" Gameplay**2The grand prize of more than 200 million yuan has attracted widespread attention. The Ministry of Civil Affairs attaches great importance to it, and sent a working group to Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province and the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center to conduct a careful verification, and communicate with relevant departments about the verification results, lottery tax-related policies and other matters. After investigation, it is confirmed that the sales data of the Happy 8 game sealing, lottery, on-site notarization, lottery announcement and other work are carried out in strict accordance with the prescribed procedures, the sales system and lottery equipment are operating normally, and the prize pool funds are not misappropriated, and the work is in line with the "Lottery Management Regulations", "Lottery Management Regulations Implementation Rules", "China Welfare Lottery "Happy 8" Game Rules and other provisions, the specific notification is as follows. 1. The lottery of the 2023322 th phase of Happy 8 GameHappy 8 games are sold nationwide, with a single bet amount of 2 yuan, and one issue is sold every day, and the lottery is held once a day, and the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center is responsible for the lottery. There are 10 ways to play the Happy 8 game, of which the "Pick 7" gameplay includes five prizes: "Pick 7 out of 7", "Pick 7 out of 6", "Pick 7 out of 5", "Pick 7 out of 4" and "Pick 7 out of 0". In the case of unlimited compensation, the above prizes and other single bet bonuses are 10,000 yuan, 288 yuan, 28 yuan, 4 yuan and 2 yuan respectively. After verification, after the end of the sales of the 2023322 phase of Happy 8 Games at 21:00 on December 2, 2023, the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center will seal the original sales data of the period in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Lottery Management Regulations" and its implementation rules; From 21:30 to 21:35, 20 drawn numbers were drawn under the supervision of 2 notaries. The lottery process is in China (www.com.)cwl.gov.cn) and other platforms, **can be in China Fucai**. After the normal completion of the lucky 8 game lottery work, the sales system prompts that the return bonus exceeds the total amount of the returnable prize, according to the provisions of the "China Welfare Lottery Happy 8 Game Risk Control Plan", the "choose five" and "choose seven" play to take the limit of compensation, of which the "pick seven in seven" prize and other single note bonus is 4475 yuan. Due to the large number of winning notes, the large amount of return and the triggering of the limit of compensation in the Happy 8 game, in order to ensure the accuracy of the lottery announcement information, the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center has carried out multiple posts and rounds of repeated verification of the number of winning notes, the winning amount of a single bet and other information, and released the lottery announcement to the public at 00:07 on December 3, 2023 through China Fucai.com, listing the number of winning notes for each game and each prize, the amount of winning a single bet and other information, and explaining the compensation situation in the current period. The announcement of the Happy 8 game lottery can be viewed on the China Fucai website. 2. The betting situation of the winner of the 2023322 phase of Happy 8 Game "Pick Seven" gameplayAfter verification, the grand prize winner of the Happy 8 game "Pick Seven" game purchased a total of 50,050 lottery tickets with numbers in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province on December 2, 2023. Specifically: December 2, 2023 19:02:22 to 19:28:36, in Nanchang City, Donghu District, a fucai outlet to buy 50,000 notes, print 667 lottery tickets (5 notes each, 666 lottery tickets 15 times per note, 5 notes each, 10 times the lottery tickets per note), the payment amount is 100,000 yuan; While waiting for the ticket to be issued, the winner of the grand prize transferred 100 yuan to a salesman at another Fucai outlet in Xihu District, Nanchang City, about two kilometers away, through WeChat at 19:26:57, and purchased 1 ticket with the same number for 50 notes. By comparing the data of the sales system, verifying with the lottery salesman, checking the collection information of the sales outlets, etc., it is confirmed that the winner of the grand prize will bet on the same set of numbers in three consecutive periods on November 30, December 1 and December 2, 2023: the 2023320 period to purchase 25,750 notes, and the current period won the "choose seven in zero" award and other 25,750 notes (single note bonus of 2 yuan); In the 2023321 period, after redeeming the previous bonus, the number was repeatedly purchased 25050 notes, and the current period did not win; In the 2023322 draw, I bought the number 50050 again and won the jackpot. 3. Happy 8 game bonus managementAccording to the provisions of lottery management regulations and policies,Lottery winnings are deposited by lottery agencies into the lottery funds collection account opened in the bank,Distinguish lottery varieties and game names separately accounting. Happy 8 game winnings are managed by the China Welfare Lottery Issuance Management Center, stored in accordance with the regulations, separately calculated, earmarked funds, subject to strict supervision and inspection by relevant departments, and there is no misappropriation. 4. The winners of the 2023322 "Pick Seven" Gameplay Award of Happy 8 Games do not need to pay individual income taxThis time 2More than 200 million yuan jackpot, each bet bonus of 10,000 yuan, due to the triggering of the limit of compensation, each bet bonus 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) shall pay individual income tax in accordance with the law", and the winners are not required to pay individual income tax. Next,Relevant departments will combine the characteristics of the lottery industry and the development of the lottery market,Further study and improve the relevant policies and rules,Better meet the needs of the development of the lottery industry. The Welfare Lottery is a social welfare undertaking with the purpose of "helping the elderly, helping the disabled, saving orphans, and helping the poor", and sincerely thanks all sectors of society for their care, 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 lotteries, and promote the healthy development of welfare lotteries!
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