One of his
lottery tickets had won a great prize.
他的一张彩票中了大奖。
Tom won a fortune in a
lottery.
汤姆在抽奖中赢得了一大笔钱。
He always said that life was a
lottery.
他总说人生就是碰运气。
Shenzhen health authorities in Guangdong province even adopted a lottery system last year to decide who would get the vaccine.
When taking the lottery industry into account, the total soccer industry could be 1 trillion yuan, accounting for the largest part in the sports industry.
It also incorporates a lottery mechanism, allowing buyers to try their luck on monetary return upon every single deal.
Users can also recharge, print photos and purchase lottery tickets all-in-one through one of Laidian's new products.
Currently, the pair require residents to get a license plate via lottery or public auctions before buying a car to help curb carbon emissions.
For example, the Haikou International Duty-Free Shopping Complex organized a classic hanfu (traditional Chinese clothing) parade, a dance flash mob, a blind box lottery and fun games.
To curb carbon emissions, many Chinese cities, including Shenzhen, require residents to get a license plate via lottery or public auction before buying a car.
Residents can make appointments online for more than 1 million consumption vouchers worth up to 1,000 yuan each and allocated by lottery before the end of the month, according to a statement issued by the city government over the weekend.
China's lottery sales came in at 30.2 billion yuan ($4.67 billion) in May, data from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) shows.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets totaled 11.32 billion yuan in May, while sports lottery sales came in at 18.88 billion yuan, according to the MOF.
In the first five months, lottery sales amounted to 143.83 billion yuan, involving 56.48 billion yuan of welfare lottery sales and 87.35 billion yuan of sports lottery sales.
Under China's lottery management rules, money from ticket sales is used for administrative expenses, public welfare projects and prize winnings.
The warning is a response to more and more online sellers targeting consumers with unsolicited marketing messages about offers, promotions, lottery draws, contests, schemes or discounts.
Lottery winners will need to download the mobile application of the digital RMB to get the online wallets.
These giveaways were also distributed through a lottery of virtual red envelopes, or "hongbao," a traditional Chinese practice of gifting money.
China's lottery sales came in at 29.1 billion yuan ($4.56 billion) in April, data from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) shows.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets totaled 11.16 billion yuan in April, while sports lottery sales came in at 17.94 billion yuan, according to the MOF.
In the first four months, lottery sales amounted to 113.63 billion yuan, involving 45.16 billion yuan of welfare lottery sales and 68.47 billion yuan of sports lottery sales.
Cosmetics, perfumes, bags, glasses, liquor and electronics were among the bestsellers during the holiday period, the officials said, adding that the increased shopping quota as well as promotional measures like discounts, vouchers and lottery draws continued to attract more tourists to the island.
Whether an applicant can get one (or which face-value) will be determined by lottery, the bureau said.
Xiao Di, a shopper at a duty-free store in downtown Haikou, said this year's Spring Festival holiday "was a great time to go shopping in Hainan", as all of the duty-free outlets were offering big discounts, vouchers and lottery drawings.
A series of promotional measures including discounts, vouchers and lottery draws spurred customer enthusiasm in Hainan, as well as increased shopping quotas and expanded categories of goods.
Serial promotions such as lottery draws and generous discounts of some brand cosmetics and perfumes further spurred customer enthusiasm, said Sun Lili, a manager of a duty-free shop in downtown Haikou.
- China's lottery sales reached 30.72 billion yuan (about $4.67 billion) in October, up 11.5 percent from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets dropped 3.2 percent year-on-year to 12.28 billion yuan in October, while sports lottery sales gained 24 percent to 18.44 billion yuan.
From January to October, lottery sales amounted to 261.4 billion yuan, down 23.9 percent year-on-year.
Under China's lottery management rules, money from ticket sales goes to administrative expenses, public welfare projects, and prize winnings.
- China's lottery ticket sales surged 50.4 percent year-on-year to about 273.9 billion yuan ($38.35 billion) in the first half of 2023, according to data from the Ministry of Finance.
Sales of lottery tickets to support the welfare system stood at approximately 89.82 billion yuan during the period, an increase of 20 percent year-on-year, the data revealed.
Lottery tickets sold to support the sports industry surged 71.7 percent year-on-year to 184.08 billion yuan, mainly driven by sports events and lottery games promotion, the ministry said.
In June alone, sales of lottery tickets in China reached 48.73 billion yuan, up 52.4 percent year-on-year.
Under China's lottery management rules, funds raised from ticket sales are used for administrative expenses and public welfare projects, as well as to fund prizes.
Chengzi (pseudonym), living in Beijing, enjoys buying blind boxes on WeChat's mini program, where three types of bread are available for 17.9 yuan instead of their usual price of 40 yuan, likening the experience to the thrill of buying lottery tickets.
- China's lottery ticket sales reached 31.98 billion yuan (about $4.74 billion) in June, down 7.6 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
Sales of lottery tickets to support the welfare system came in at 13.08 billion yuan in June, up 16.5 percent from a year ago, the data showed.
Lottery tickets sold to support the sports industry stood at 18.9 billion yuan, down 19.2 percent year-on-year.
In the first six months, China's lottery ticket sales totaled 182.06 billion yuan, rising 2 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.
Under China's lottery management rules, funds raised from ticket sales are used for administrative expenses, public welfare projects, and to fund prizes.
When eligible three-child families sign up for public lottery sales of newly built commercial housing, they can enjoy the same advantages as families that rent rather than own homes.
- China's lottery ticket sales reached 32.94 billion yuan (about $4.98 billion) in March, up 10.5 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
Sales of lottery tickets to support the welfare system totaled 13.31 billion yuan in March, up 21.6 percent year-on-year.
Lottery tickets sold to support the sports industry stood at 19.63 billion yuan, up 4.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the ministry.
In the first three months, lottery sales neared 86.25 billion yuan, up 2 percent year-on-year.
In breakdown, welfare lottery sales stood at 36.67 billion yuan and sports lottery sales totaled 49.57 billion yuan.
- China's lottery ticket sales totaled 29.39 billion yuan (about $4.6 billion) in October, down 4.3 percent year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Tuesday.
Sales of lottery tickets to support China's welfare system totaled 12.58 billion yuan in October, while sales of lottery tickets to support the country's sports industry reached 16.8 billion yuan, according to the ministry.
In the first 10 months, total lottery sales amounted to 307.9 billion yuan, up 17.8 percent year-on-year.
Under China's lottery management rules, funds raised from ticket sales are used for administrative expenses, public welfare projects and prize winnings.
- China's lottery ticket sales totalled 36.25 billion yuan (about $5.6 billion) in July, an increase of 96 million yuan from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Monday.
Sales of lottery tickets to support China's welfare system totaled 11.25 billion yuan last month, while sales of lottery tickets to support the country's sports industry reached 25 billion yuan, according to the ministry.
In the first seven months, total lottery sales amounted to 214.68 billion yuan, up 34.1 percent year-on-year.
During the January-July period, lottery ticket sales in support of welfare stood at over 78.95 billion yuan, and ticket sales in support of the sports industry hit 135.73 billion yuan.
Being in a license plate lottery pool for over six years, she is still competing with another 3.8 million people for a chance.
- China's lottery sales came in at 84.52 billion yuan (about $13.07 billion) in the first quarter of the year, data from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) shows.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets totaled approximately 34 billion yuan in the period, while sports lottery sales came in at approximately 50.53 billion yuan, according to the MOF.
In March alone, lottery sales amounted to 29.81 billion yuan.
SHANGHAI－Shanghai residents who plan to buy new houses need to calculate their scores first and check whether they are eligible for a lottery system.
In early February, Shanghai started to explore a score-based lottery system for housing sales, satisfying families without housing first as buyers far exceed the number of units on sale.
Zhou and her husband planned to buy a new house in Shanghai but could not buy one as the earlier lottery system had many more competitors.
Now the lottery allows only 1.3 times the potential buyers for the number of houses on sale.
With the new scoring system, buyers can no longer cheat in the lottery process by inviting many relatives or friends to participate on their behalf.
Shanghai residents who plan to buy new houses need to calculate their scores first and check whether they are eligible for a lottery system.
In early February, Shanghai started to explore a score-based lottery system for housing sales, firstly satisfying families without housing as buyers far exceed the number of units on sale.
Zhou and her husband planned to buy a new house in Shanghai but failed to buy one as the earlier lottery system had much more competitors.
Now the lottery only allows 1.3 times the potential buyers for the number of houses on sale.
China's lottery sales reached 35.85 billion yuan ($5.3 billion) in September, down by 1.5 percent from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets dropped by 11.1 percent year-on-year to 13.95 billion yuan in September, while sports lottery sales gained 5.8 percent to 21.9 billion yuan.
In the first nine months, lottery sales amounted to 230.68 billion yuan, down by 27 percent year-on-year.
- China's lottery sales slumped to 1 million yuan (about $141,442) in February from 27.21 billion yuan in January, data from the Ministry of Finance showed.
The ministry attributes the plunge to the impact of COVID-19, which drastically reduced the opening hours of lottery outlets in February.
Lottery agencies at all levels should resume the work of lottery issuance and sales in an orderly manner to promote the healthy development of the sector, the ministry said.
Under China's lottery management rules, money from lottery ticket sales is used for administrative expenses, public welfare projects and prize money.
China's lottery sales dropped 12.7 percent year-on-year to 35.52 billion yuan ($5.16 billion) in May, official data showed.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets declined 15.7 percent from one year earlier to 16.49 billion yuan, while sports lottery sales went down 10 percent to 19.03 billion yuan, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance.
In the first five months, lottery sales fell 4.7 percent year-on-year to 177.83 billion yuan, the statement said.
China's total lottery sales in 2018 stood at 511.47 billion yuan, up 19.9 percent year-on-year.
China's lottery sales dropped 13 percent year-on-year to 34.95 billion yuan ($5.2 billion) in March, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Sales of welfare lottery tickets went down 16.4 percent from a year ago to 16.5 billion yuan, while sports lottery sales slipped 9.7 percent to 18.4 billion yuan, the MOF said.
In the first three months, lottery sales reached 106.3 billion yuan, an increase of 2.1 percent over the same period last year.
By 2022, at least 55 percent of social welfare lottery funds will be used to support nursing care for the elderly, Gao said.
China's lottery sales rose 12.2 percent year-on-year to 42.23 billion yuan ($6 billion) in October, official data showed.
Sales of welfare lottery tickets went up 3.3 percent from a year ago to nearly 19 billion yuan, while sports lottery sales jumped 20.5 percent to about 23 billion yuan, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
Under China's lottery management rules, money from lottery ticket sales covers administrative fees, public welfare projects and prize money.
Local authorities in Tianjin, North China, issued an additional 20,000 license plates earlier this month for those who failed to win theirs in the city's license lottery system over the past five years.
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From this year, Beijing adjusted its lottery to prioritize families.
Luck had evaded me for years in the lottery for gasoline car plates.
She registered her name in the city's license plate lottery system in 2015, about 13 months after Tianjin introduced limits on car purchases.
"If I fail the lottery again this year, I will buy one, even though it is expensive.
"In Tianjin, there are two ways to win a license plate: test your luck in the lottery or buy it through an auction.
Statistics showed that one in every 3,000 people in the capital city's gasoline car license plate lottery was picked in the last round of 2020.
Guangzhou started its vehicle purchase restriction policy in 2012, releasing 120,000 license plates every year, and people living in the city must win their licenses through a lottery or auctions.
Beijing has had a license plate lottery in place since 2011.
Beijing's license plate lottery system hasn't been kind to me.
Beijing adopted a lottery policy in 2010 to curb the rising number of new cars in the city.
Under the policy, a person must win a license through a lottery before buying a new car.
Because of the limited number of plates in the lottery system, many residents began registering their new cars in other cities.
Driving a non-Beijing-licensed car permanently in the city has abused the lottery policy," said Zhang Rui, an associate professor of city planning at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.
"He has been in the lottery for six years, but has not yet been lucky enough to get a Beijing license plate.
This is also a blessing for those who don't have a good luck in the license plate lottery system — mostly introduced in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou.