Spending 1.1 million yuan to buy lottery tickets and losing 370000 yuan? Men question false advertising and illegal sales news at lottery stations | Sir | Lottery
The shopkeeper introduced the "internal list" to Mr. Song and suggested to follow suit. Photo provided by respondents in this article
"The owner of the lottery station told me that there was an 'internal order', and the probability of winning in the follow-up betting was extremely high, but in reality, I lost more than 370000 yuan. Recently, Mr. Song from Hangzhou, Zhejiang reported to the Pengpai Quality View complaint platform that the owner of a lottery station in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, had been promoting competitive football and basketball to him on WeChat for a long time, claiming to have been recommended by 'internal experts' and was very stable, and showed relevant winning cases.". Mr. Song couldn't resist the temptation and invested over 1.1 million yuan to purchase sports lottery from June 2022 to February 2023, resulting in a loss of over 370000 yuan.
Mr. Song claimed that his bets on the lottery were all made through WeChat transfer, with the highest daily betting amount reaching 114500 yuan. However, the shop owner never asked him to make a large reservation registration, and it is suspected that he purchased the lottery under someone else's identity, which is suspected of illegal sales. Mr. Song demands that the lottery station compensate for the loss of over 370000 yuan.
In response to the above situation, the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau responded to Pengpai News that it has received a letter from Mr. Song, stating that "it is unclear how he calculated the economic loss of 370000 yuan" and that it is necessary to classify the loss of over 370000 yuan. Further investigation is currently underway.
The staff of Hangzhou Sports Lottery Center stated, "During the investigation, there is currently no response."
At present, the involved lottery station has been closed.
The shop owner promotes the purchase of lottery tickets by following orders on their social media.
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Reported spending millions to purchase lottery tickets, resulting in a loss of over 370000 yuan
Mr. Song introduced that on June 19, 2022, he purchased several lottery tickets at the lottery station at No. 636 Yuhang Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, and made payment to the shop owner through WeChat transfer. "The shop owner did not collect the payment in a timely manner at that time, but later said, 'I will be late. I won a prize in yesterday's game and didn't even have time to distribute the prize.'".
This paragraph made Mr. Song a little curious. He told The Paper that about an hour later, the shop owner contacted him proactively and said, "The probability of winning the game is very high, higher than other lottery tickets.". Later, Mr. Song was pulled into a group chat called "Competitive Lottery Real Order Follow up Group Yuhang Road Store".
Mr. Song introduced that "ball game" refers to purchasing lottery tickets for competitive football and basketball, while "follow-up" refers to betting according to the schemes of the "big gods" in the group.
Unable to resist temptation, Mr. Song made a total of 2151.2 yuan in single bets from June 19th to 26th, ultimately losing 1880 yuan.
"Afterwards, I stopped buying, but the shop owner saw that I hadn't bought it yet, so he came to persuade me and even posted a message in the group and friends' circle about winning a large sum of money by following orders. Later, when I bought a scraper, he recommended it to me, saying that the winning rate of internal orders was very high, and many people invested tens of thousands and earned tens of thousands at once." According to the chat record provided by Mr. Song, the other party told him, "Internal orders are internal orders, with a high winning rate. Some people will follow a lot, and usually don't post them in the group." In addition, the other party also showed Mr. Song the "winning streak" obtained by group friends who joined internal orders. ".
Mr. Song said that under the continuous recommendation of the other party, he invested about 1.1 million yuan in purchasing lottery tickets from November 4 to February 8, 2022, and ultimately suffered a loss of about 370000 yuan.
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Mr. Song suspected that he had been cheated. "For example, she wrote a 1000 yuan note on the lottery ticket and then took a photo of the ticket stub to me. But I learned later that the act of selling lottery tickets on the Internet was illegal, and I didn't know whether the money I transferred was really used to buy lottery tickets."
In addition, Mr. Song later learned that according to regulations, a single person can place large bets of over 10000 yuan per day, requiring appointment and real name registration. However, he had placed a bet of 114500 yuan on November 13, 2022, and the shop owner never asked him to fill out the large bet registration form. "I suspect the shop owner is using someone else's identity information, and the lottery ticket she took for me is not mine, but someone else's.".
Mr. Song compiled a record of transfer and betting, where he once bet 114500 yuan a day.
The Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau has intervened in the investigation
In response to the above situation, the reporter from Pengpai News learned that in October 2020, the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Sport issued a notice on further adjusting the rules of single game guessing games, which clearly stipulated that if the cumulative daily betting amount of a single person exceeds 10000 yuan, lottery buyers are required to make appointments and register their real names.
In addition, in 2018, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Market Supervision, the General Administration of Sport and other 12 departments jointly issued an announcement, firmly prohibiting unauthorized use of the Internet to sell lottery tickets, and seriously investigating and punishing illegal online lottery sales by enterprises or individuals. Article 18 of the Lottery Management Regulations, which came into effect on July 1, 2009, also stipulates that lottery issuing institutions, lottery sales institutions, and lottery agents shall not engage in false or misleading propaganda.
After realizing that he might have been deceived, Mr. Song contacted multiple departments to report this matter. "On May 5th, the administrator of Yuhang District of China Sports Lottery Operation and Management Co., Ltd. contacted me and said that the shop owner was willing to negotiate a solution and would also close for rectification. However, soon after, the shop owner dissolved the group chat and blocked my WeChat account.".
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Afterwards, Mr. Song contacted the Hangzhou Sports Lottery Center and the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau. "The staff of the Sports Lottery Center said that the shop owner did indeed have problems and would be forced to close for rectification, but who will solve my losses? The shop owner is just a sales representative who replaced the lottery center to sell to me. I believe that the administrative department has also been negligent, resulting in my losses.". Mr. Song said that after the Sports Lottery Center replied, the lottery station had already closed and the shop owner could not be contacted.
On May 31st, a reporter from Pengpai News called the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, and the bureau staff stated that Mr. Song's petition was officially accepted on May 23rd and is still under investigation. "According to the petition regulations, we have a 60 day investigation period and will provide feedback on the investigation results within the specified time. We do not know how he calculated the economic loss of 370000 yuan, so we need to characterize this money. If the shop owner is involved in fraud, then we need to contact the public security."
On the same day, the staff of Hangzhou Sports Lottery Center stated that "the investigation is still ongoing and there is currently no response.".