1.48 trillion yuan in public welfare funds were raised, and the cumulative amount of lottery issuance in my country exceeded 5 trillion yuan
The University Social Responsibility Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Science Literature Press recently jointly released the "Welfare Lottery Blue Book: China Welfare Lottery Development Report." The blue book shows that in 2022, my country’s welfare lottery sales totaled 148.131 billion yuan and raised 46.1 billion yuan in public welfare funds.
The lottery public welfare funds raised in our country are mainly used for social welfare and social welfare undertakings including sports. The lottery public welfare funds have become an important source of funds for social security in our country. Since the issuance of my country's welfare lottery in 1987, the welfare lottery industry has made great contributions to social welfare and social welfare undertakings. As of the end of 2022, the cumulative amount of lottery issuance in my country was 5.302964 billion yuan, and a total lottery public welfare fund of 1.485234 billion yuan was raised.
Among them, the cumulative sales of welfare lottery were 2,645.837 billion yuan, raising 791.746 billion yuan in public welfare funds; the cumulative sales of sports lottery were 2,657.127 billion yuan, raising 693.488 billion yuan in public welfare funds.
The report points out that lotteries are not designed to meet people's gambling needs, but to meet the government's need to raise funds for public welfare. Lottery financing does not mean to maximize the scale of financing, but to promote the reasonable allocation of lottery funds, promote the rational use of lottery public welfare funds, and reduce lottery operation risks while pursuing a reasonable scale. Therefore, the sustainable development of the lottery industry must pay attention to the construction of responsible lottery, so that it is conducive to social construction and assists the development of public welfare undertakings. Lottery issuance needs to focus on controlling the gaming nature of lottery tickets, pay more attention to lottery player education, and guide lottery players to rationally purchase lottery tickets through various publicity. It is necessary to use a variety of educational methods to remind lottery players of irrational lottery risks, guide lottery players to strengthen self-discipline, and make lottery investments within their capabilities.
The report emphasizes that a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is unfolding around the world, and digitalization is driving the iterative upgrade of human production methods, lifestyles, and governance models. As an industry with multiple attributes such as people's nature, nationality, and public welfare, welfare lottery is facing the opportunities of continuous empowerment of digital technology, multi-industry integration, and broad market support. Welfare lottery should seize digital opportunities, make full use of digital technology, and promote the industrial development of welfare lottery through technology integration, product integration, business integration and market integration. At the same time, we will further explore the application of blockchain and other technologies in the lottery value chain, including the blockchain front-end lottery management system, the mid-end management and control system for lottery players to prevent addiction, and the lottery public welfare fund terminal governance system. It is also necessary to strengthen the exploration of digitalization of the lottery industry and the optimization of government regulations.