Announcement of the Sports Lottery Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport on the closure of sports lottery during the Spring Festival of 2024
According to the Announcement of the Ministry of Finance on the Arrangements for the Closing of the Lottery Market in 2024 (Announcement No.73 of the Ministry of Finance in 2023), the closing time of the sports lottery during the Spring Festival in 2024 is from 0:00 on Thursday, February 8 to 24:00 on Saturday, February 17. During the closing period, except for instant lottery tickets, the sales, lottery and redemption of other lottery games in the country will be stopped. The specific announcement is as follows:
1. The nationwide networked lottery and digital games of sports lottery stopped selling at 0:00 on February 8, 2024, and resumed selling at 0:00 on February 18 (Sunday).
Second, the quiz schedule, opening time, closing time and lottery time of traditional sports lottery football games shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant quiz schedule announced by the Lottery Center of the General Administration of Sports. The sales of national online single quiz football games and basketball games stopped at 22:00 on Wednesday, February 7, and resumed at 11:00 on February 18. The specific matters are subject to the announcement of SMG.com (www.sporttery.cn).
Three, by the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) Sports Lottery Center management of non-national online games to stop selling and resume sales time, to the local provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) Sports Lottery Center announcement shall prevail.
Four, during the rest period, the sales activities of paper instant sports lottery are decided by the sports lottery centers of the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) according to the requirements of the lottery center of the General Administration of Sports and the local actual situation.
5. In order to protect the rights and interests of lottery buyers, if the last day of the redemption period of various games falls during the Spring Festival holiday, the deadline for redemption will be postponed to the first day after the holiday (February 18); If the game redemption period includes 10 days (including February 17th) during the Spring Festival holiday, the deadline for redemption will be extended by 2 days. The pre-sale tickets for the national networked lottery and digital games that have been sold shall be based on the information released by China Sports Lottery Network.
6. During the closing period, the manual service time of the 95086 customer service hotline of the National Customer Service Center of Sports Lottery is 9: 00-17: 00, and the self-service voice service time is 0: 00-24: 00.
National Sports General Administration Sports Lottery Management Center
January 18, 2024