Legal analysis: online betting is illegal, the implementation of the "Regulations for the Administration of the Lottery," the implementation of telephone, Internet betting is characterized as an "illegal lottery".
Legal basis: "Lottery Management Regulations Implementing Rules" Article 8 Welfare Lottery Issuing Agency, Sports Lottery Issuing Agency, in accordance with the principle of unified issuance, unified management, unified standards, were responsible for the national welfare lottery, sports lottery issuance and organization
sales work, the main responsibilities are:
(a) to develop the national welfare lottery, sports lottery issuance and sales of development planning, management system, and the development of a national welfare lottery. (a) To formulate development plans, management systems, work norms and technical standards for the issuance and sale of welfare lotteries and sports lotteries nationwide;
(b) To establish the issuance and sale system of welfare lotteries and sports lotteries across the country, as well as the market control mechanism, incentive and constraint mechanism, and supervisory and management mechanism;
(c) To organize the research and development of lottery varieties, and to apply for the opening and discontinuance of or change in the approvals for the issuance and sale of lottery varieties, and then to organize the implementation of the same after approval;
(4) To organize and manage the sales system data, fund collection and settlement, equipment and technical services, sales channels and venue planning, printing and logistics, prize redemption and destruction of lottery tickets for welfare and sports lotteries nationwide;
(5) To organize and manage the image construction, ticket distribution, marketing and publicity, business training and talent team building for welfare and sports lotteries nationwide.
(v) is responsible for organizing and managing the construction of the image of the national welfare lottery and sports lottery, the distribution of lottery tickets, marketing and publicity, business training, and the building of human resources.