That is the information given by the Ministry of Finance in a press release issued on the evening of August 25 regarding lottery business activities.
The Ministry of Finance said that, in accordance with the law on lottery business, this is a conditional business, under the strict control of competent state agencies to ensure the entertainment needs of a part of people with legitimate income and ensure security, social order and social safety. Only enterprises are granted certificates of eligibility for lottery business by the competent state agency.
In addition, the issuance of lottery from abroad for domestic organizations and individuals is prohibited; Traditional lottery tickets of lottery companies in provinces and cities are only allowed to distribute through the lottery companies that are sold directly to customers or distributed through the lottery agent system with signing agents with the lottery company.
Particularly, Vietlott's lottery ticket is only distributed through the terminal of agents signing agents with Vietlott and phone (SMS). Up to this point, the law has not yet been allowed to sell lottery tickets via the internet and the "buying lottery tickets".
But recently, the phenomenon of domestic enterprises has provided services to buy foreign lottery tickets not in compliance with the law; Some websites, applications of payment intermediaries, credit institutions provide domestic lottery buying services, but do not pay tickets to customers (only send tickets via email or personal accounts of customers on the application).
The Ministry of Finance said that for lottery tickets, images of tickets paid via email or displayed in the application of some information of the lottery ticket, but incomplete, only taking tickets with the number of numbers selected by customers, no security code. The use of the above -mentioned lottery ticket is not in accordance with the law, does not meet the legal rights of the buyer.
According to the Ministry of Finance, these phenomena cause risks of disputes, lawsuits, and do not guarantee the rights of buyers (because buyers do not hold lottery tickets, so in case of winning, they may not be paid or forced to share the prize); potentially pose risks of money laundering, social evils, tax evasion, and causing social disorder and insecurity.
Faced with this situation, the Ministry of Finance is coordinating with ministries, branches (Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Public Security , etc.) and People's Committees of provinces and cities to strengthen management and supervision, perfect the legal framework for lottery business, and strictly handle acts that violate the law.
In addition, the Ministry of Finance has proposed the lottery and Vietlott companies to rectify the activities of the agents, inspect and supervise the distribution of tickets of lottery agents, terminate business acts not in accordance with the law; In case of signs of criminal violations, the transfer of records for the police investigates and handling.
In order to ensure a stable lottery business, in accordance with the law, protect the legal rights of lottery tickets and ensure social order and security, the Ministry of Finance requests organizations and individuals who are distributing lottery tickets via the Internet to immediately terminate business activities not in accordance with the law.
For customers who buy lottery tickets, pay attention to buy lottery tickets from the company or from agents allowed to do business and must be kept lottery tickets to receive rewards when winning.
In particular, for traditional lottery tickets, purchased directly from the lottery agent system; For computing lottery tickets, there are currently only 2 official distribution channels via terminals at sales points and by phone (SMS).
Do not buy lottery tickets via the internet because this is an unused activity in accordance with the lottery business law, does not guarantee the interests of customers. At the same time, absolutely do not buy foreign lottery tickets issued at websites, applications because it can be taken advantage of fraud.
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