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On December 2nd, a lottery shop in Nanchang, China, sold a lottery ticket that won a jackpot of 2.2 billion yuan, making the lottery player the first in the history of Chinese lotteries to win a billion yuan prize without paying taxes, attracting widespread attention. However, there are three major doubts behind this event, leading to continuous public questioning. 🤔📉
Firstly, the lottery player purchased 49,250 lottery tickets with the same set of numbers for the “Select Seven” game in the Happy 8 series at a welfare lottery station, with a prize of 4,475 yuan per ticket and a total prize exceeding 2 billion yuan. Due to triggering risk controls, the lottery player is exempt from paying any taxes. The media raised questions about whether there is a deficit in the welfare lottery prize pool and whether this winning is a form of “dumpling making” behavior. 🤨💸
Secondly, the question of why the winner purchased 50,000 tickets at once has raised more doubts. The Civil Affairs Department of Jiangxi Province has initiated an investigation, but there are concerns among the public about whether the investigation is objective and fair. 🕵️‍♂️🔍
Thirdly, some netizens questioned whether the investigating agencies could conduct a self-examination and suggested bringing in a third-party authoritative institution for the investigation. The public is also concerned about whether the purchase records and ticket numbers of the winner will be disclosed, which has become a focal point of public concern. 📊🔎
Regarding this event, the media has summarized its controversial points. On the one hand, the probability of winning is tiny, while the prize amount is huge, leading to public speculation and even suspicion of behind-the-scenes manipulation. On the other hand, due to the lack of clear regulations in the lottery industry, especially the lack of notarization in the prize claiming process, the public finds the lottery claiming process highly opaque, which easily sparks controversy. 🤷‍♂️📰
In the current situation, professionals suggest introducing a notarization mechanism in the lottery claiming process to ensure openness, fairness, and justice in the prize claiming process. Lotteries are a public welfare activity, and the funds raised are social public welfare funds. The public has the right to reasonable supervision to ensure the legitimacy of lottery fund usage. 🏛️💡
As of now, the Civil Affairs Department of Jiangxi has not provided a formal response, and the China Welfare Lottery has not disclosed more relevant information. The public still has doubts about this, and this event should be an opportunity for the lottery industry to build credibility rather than the opposite. Faced with dual pressures from public interest and social credibility, relevant parties should actively respond to concerns and allow third-party authoritative institutions to participate in the investigation to maintain the lottery industry’s good image. 🕵️‍♂️🎫

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