ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the development of China's sports lottery over the past three decades and discusses the key policies and regulations concerning the sports lottery. Several challenges are identified, including lottery legislation issues and Internet lottery regulation issues, with proposed suggestions on improvements. China's contemporary lottery system includes two categories: welfare lottery and sports lottery. Specifically, welfare lottery tickets are issued and sold by the China Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center, and sports lottery tickets are issued and sold by the Sports Lottery Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports. To ensure the effective implementation of the Lottery Administration Regulations, and further refine and clarify its relevant provisions, the Ministry of Finance of China formulated the ‘Rules for the Implementation of the Lottery Administration Regulations’ in 2012. The 14th Five-Year Plan for Sports Development of China proposes to promote the safe, healthy and sustainable development of sports lotteries.
