According to China's regulations, if the issuance and sale of lottery tickets without the approval of the state constitutes a crime, it shall be convicted and punished for the crime of illegal business operation in accordance with the regulations. Disrupting the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated.

1. Is it illegal to sell lottery tickets?

1. If the sale of lottery tickets is approved by the relevant departments, it is a contractual act and does not need to bear legal responsibility;

2. If it is illegal sales, it may constitute the crime of illegal business operation.

Second, the crime of illegal business mainly includes the following acts:

1. Operating franchised or monopolized commodities or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations without permission.

2. Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and business licenses or approval certificates stipulated by other laws and regulations.

3. Other illegal business activities that seriously disrupt the market order, illegally operate securities, futures and insurance businesses, and illegally pay funds.

3. Illegal business practices that seriously disrupt the market economic order.

1, illegally operating lottery tickets.

2. Illegal foreign exchange transactions.

3. Illegal operation of publications.

4. Illegal telecommunication business.

Legal basis:

criminal law

Article 225

Whoever, in violation of state regulations, commits one of the following illegal business operations and disrupts the market order, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention, and shall also, or shall only, be fined not less than one time but not more than five times the illegal income; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years, and shall also be fined not less than one time but not more than five times his illegal income or his property shall be confiscated. Among them, item 4 stipulates other illegal business practices that seriously disrupt market order.

1. Without permission, engaging in franchise or monopoly commodities or other commodities whose operation is restricted by laws and administrative regulations;

2. Buying and selling import and export licenses, import and export certificates of origin and other business licenses or approval documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations;

3, without the approval of the relevant competent departments of the state, illegally engaged in securities, futures, insurance business, or illegally engaged in fund payment and settlement business;

4. Other illegal business practices that seriously disrupt the market order.