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Is it illegal for a lottery station to accept money but not print tickets?

Legal analysis: It is illegal for lottery stations to accept money without printing tickets. According to relevant regulations, welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets may not be sold on the Internet without permission from the competent authorities. The lottery market plays an important role in national finance and social welfare undertakings. Illegal lottery operations infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of lottery buyers and other regular merchants, seriously disrupt the normal order of the lottery market, and will also cause others to imitate, and will also cause other people to imitate. have a negative impact on the country and society. Therefore, the judicial authorities will severely crack down on illegal lottery operations.

Legal basis: Article 225 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" The following fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention, and concurrently or solely a fine of not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, shall be imposed; if the circumstances are particularly serious, the sentence shall be not less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment and concurrently fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income, or property confiscation:

(1) Operating special items or other restricted items as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations without permission;

(2) Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export origins Certificates and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated in laws and administrative regulations;

(3) Illegal operations of securities, futures, and insurance businesses without approval from relevant national competent authorities, or illegal fund payment and settlement Business;

(4) Other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt market order.