What will happen if the welfare lottery bonus is overdue?

According to the statistics of the annual announcement on the collection and distribution of lottery public welfare funds published on the website of the Ministry of Finance, from 20 13 to 20021year, the national overdue lottery bonuses totaled more than 163 billion yuan. The lottery prize that has not been cashed within the time limit shall be regarded as a prize abandonment. So, where did these abandoned welfare lottery bonuses go?

Abandoned welfare lottery bonuses are bonuses that lottery buyers fail to receive after winning. In order to ensure that the abandoned bonus is more beneficial to lottery players, give full play to the use efficiency of the bonus, and maintain the enthusiasm of lottery players to participate in public welfare undertakings, and at the same time, in order to fully reflect the central government's policy inclination to local areas and support the development of local lottery undertakings and public welfare undertakings, Article 57 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Lottery Management Regulations promulgated and implemented by the Ministry of Finance stipulates that overdue bonuses will be included in the lottery public welfare fund, settled and collected by lottery sales agencies and turned over to provincial finance. In other words, the bonus for giving up the prize is managed and allocated by the provincial finance to support the development of local social welfare undertakings.

Although overdue welfare lottery bonuses are used as public welfare funds to develop social welfare undertakings, winning the lottery is a lucky thing after all, and it would be a pity to abandon the prize. So, how can lottery players avoid giving up prizes?

First of all, you must take good care of the lottery. The Regulations on Lottery Management stipulates that the winning lottery ticket is the only voucher for redemption. The winning lottery ticket cannot be correctly identified due to defacement, damage, alteration and other reasons. Paper instant lottery tickets have some problems, such as the cover layer of the redemption area can not be torn off, there is no redemption sign, and the safety area is exposed. , and cannot be exchanged, it is counted as abandoning the prize. Therefore, we must properly keep the lottery tickets, protect them from moisture and high temperature, and stay away from dangerous goods such as acid, alkali and alcohol to prevent them from being damaged and unrecognizable.

Secondly, we must keep in mind the lottery redemption period. The detailed rules for the implementation of the regulations on lottery management stipulates that lottery winners should redeem their prizes within 60 natural days from the date of drawing. If the last day is a holiday for all citizens or a national statutory holiday or memorial day, it will be postponed to the first working day after the holiday for all citizens or the holiday for the lottery market. The Regulations on Lottery Management clearly stipulates that lottery winners shall receive their prizes at the designated place within 60 natural days from the date of drawing the prize. Those who fail to receive the prize within the time limit shall be deemed to have abandoned the prize. Therefore, after the lottery, you should check the number in time and win the prize in time. In order to facilitate lottery information inquiry, China Welfare Lottery has opened a variety of lottery information distribution channels. Lottery players can log in to China Fucai. Com (Fucai official website) or pay attention to the official WeChat account of China Fucai to watch the live lottery, or check the lottery announcement, and check the number in time to avoid giving up the prize.

Responsible for lottery buyers and protecting their rights and interests are the important responsibilities of lottery issuers and sales organizations. Warm reminder of China Welfare Lottery: Buy lottery healthily, buy lottery happily, keep in mind the redemption period, and take good care of your lottery.