Legal analysis: illegal. China laws prohibit the purchase of lottery tickets and online gambling. There are great risks in buying lottery tickets online, and the lottery issuing institutions are irregular, so it is easy to fall into the trap of others, thus causing their own losses. Buying lottery tickets needs to be purchased through formal channels that are allowed by law to sell lottery tickets.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Regulations on Lottery Management.

The illegal lottery mentioned in Article 5 of the Regulations refers to the issuance and sale of the following forms of lottery tickets in any way in violation of regulations:

Welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets sold through the internet without authorization.