The initial investment will be around 50,000-80,000 yuan. Go to the city lottery center where the store is located to consult and apply. It's a little late to join now, and it's almost saturated. Now many cities have begun to implement the last elimination system, and the sales requirements for lottery stations are also very high. But every place is different. Profits are generally 7% of sales. In addition to normal channels, it will be easier if you can "go through the back door" through relationships. Now I'll give you some flowcharts for your reference. The local one shall prevail. The specific process, expenses and requirements are as follows for your reference: (1) site requirements 1. The applicant must have a facade with fixed property rights or a facade with leasehold rights; The area is not less than 10 square meter; 2, must be a professional welfare lottery, shall not engage in other non welfare lottery business. (2) Requirements for applicants: 1. Must be an individual or enterprise with independent civil acts; 2. Must have a junior high school education or above, and be no more than 60 years old; 3. It must be invested and operated by the owner himself or his family; 4. Must pass the relevant assessment of the owner's lottery management ability organized by the Municipal Welfare Lottery Center (III) Application process 1. The applicant himself goes to Nan 'an Welfare Lottery Workstation to fill in the application form for the new welfare lottery site; 2. Bring a copy of my ID card, a copy of the house title specification or the house lease contract, and a copy of the guarantor's ID card. (The guarantor cannot be husband and wife); 3. After accepting the owner's application for building a station, Fucai Workstation will conduct on-the-spot investigation on the newly-built site within five working days to see whether it conflicts with the existing betting station and whether it can build a new betting station in this area. Finally, the investigation opinions will be reported to the second department of the municipal Fucai Center Market; 4. If the site section passes the audit and the test result of the owner's business ability is qualified, the Welfare Lottery Center will notify the applicant to go through the formalities of building the site at the Welfare Lottery Center. When going through the formalities of building a station, you need to bring a copy of the applicant's ID card, the deposit of the betting machine and a copy of the house lease agreement (or a copy of the house property right certificate). (4) Margin and commission paid by betting stations: 1. Betting stations operate at 7.5% of sales. (welfare lottery shop standard). The owner shall bear the expenses such as renting betting stations and hiring salesmen. 2. In order to prevent capital risks, the new betting station needs to pay a one-time deposit of 20,000 yuan, which will be refunded when the station is cancelled. (main city standard) 3. From the date of handling, the betting station must pay the machine depreciation fee of 100 yuan/month (paid to the Welfare Lottery Center every month), the telecommunication network fee of 60 yuan/month (paid to the local telecommunication bureau every month) and the machine insurance fee of 80 yuan/year (paid to the Welfare Lottery Center once a year). 4. The maintenance of betting machine equipment is free at present, and the use of betting station consumables is free at present. Lottery business does not apply for industrial and commercial tax license, and currently does not pay various taxes. 5. On-site applicants, regardless of gender and occupation, are currently bidding independently, the survival of the fittest and fair competition. Under the same conditions, laid-off workers are given priority. ..