A: In fact, the concept of "illegal lottery" has a long history, which was further clarified in the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Lottery Management Regulations. First of all, without the permission of the State Council, issue and sell lottery tickets other than welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets; Secondly, overseas lottery tickets issued and sold without authorization in People's Republic of China (PRC); Third, it refers to welfare lottery, sports lottery varieties and lottery games issued and sold without the approval of the Ministry of Finance; Finally, it refers to welfare lottery tickets and sports lottery tickets sold without the authorization of lottery issuing institutions and lottery sales institutions. In recent years, China's lottery market has developed rapidly and healthily, and the sales scale has been expanding. At the same time, illegal lottery activities such as "Mark Six Lottery", underground gambling and unauthorized use of telephone and Internet to sell lottery tickets exist in some places to varying degrees, and some have penetrated into lottery sales institutions and places, seriously disrupting the normal order of the lottery market. The Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Lottery Management Regulations clearly defines illegal lottery for the first time, which is conducive to cracking down on illegal and criminal activities such as gambling and illegal gambling. (Meng) According to