Originally, the lottery could be held the next day after the sale was completed.

However, in order to take into account the transportation of lottery tickets in various places in the future, it was changed to a lottery every seven days. Let the transport department be able to transport the lottery tickets to the place smoothly.

At this time, the lottery department actually has one more thing to do, that is, to seal the lottery equipment, and it can only be taken out and used after seven days. If there is any problem with the seal during this period, unless it is force majeure, the caretaker will be dismissed or even handed over to the judicial authorities to deal with, or the lottery will be invalid, and the people can go to refund with the lottery ticket, or keep it for the next time to buy a new lottery ticket.

If nothing else, at least it is guaranteed that during the period when the lottery is completed, there will be no staff members who pretend to be the winning ticket to claim the prize.

After all, the lottery department is actually operating under the supervision of the state, and the state will not allow this kind of theft of guards and abuse of power for personal gain. The welfare lottery must be fair, open and fair, so that everyone has the possibility of winning the lottery and making a profit.

Seven days, for many people, is an ordeal.

But no matter what, time passes, and seven days can always be waited.

On the evening of the seventh day, that is, at about seven o'clock, the first lottery began to be drawn on the main road of Chang'an City, under the supervision of the government department, the welfare lottery department, and all the people. The lottery machine was provided by Zhang Hongbin, and in contemporary times, no one has the ability to modify its function.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the lottery player began to slowly shake the lottery machine, and as the ball with the numbers kept rolling, soon the first number appeared.

The first number was 23, and the people present with the number 23 ticket chanted. At least compared to those who don't win any of them, they can get at least one consolation prize, which is ten cents.

In the limelight, the second number began to be drawn. Those who have already won a number have all their minds focused on the lottery machine. If there really is such a thing as telekinesis in this world, the telekinesis formed by their attention is enough to open the mountains and seas. And those who didn't win the lottery were also very nervous, and out of the psychology of watching the excitement, they also wanted to know what numbers would appear in the end.

The second number is 1, which is rare, but not unpopular.

"I'm in!" A man who looked like a worker shouted, and not only that, but more than a dozen people did so.

It is conceivable that in a million lottery tickets, people who can win two numbers in a row are actually very lucky. I didn't expect that there were more than a dozen lucky people. Even if they don't win the lottery, winning two numbers can bring them fifty dollars.

Incidentally, the copper coins of the past have not been completely eliminated, at least they are still available everywhere except the Republic, and fifty cents is about twenty copper coins, or two and five cents of new banknotes.

But in any case, the purchase price of the lottery ticket is only two cents and a half when converted into new banknotes. It's already very good to spend two cents and five to earn two yuan and five, and you must know that the current bowl of green onion and spring noodles is only five cents.

From this, it can be seen to some extent that there are still many problems in the financial affairs of the Republic, but many of them are in the exploration stage, and how to improve and develop them remains to be operated. However, at least it is similar to Huaxia in the 70s, and the monthly salary of a worker at that time was only about 30 yuan?

After a simple cheer, it's time for the third number to be drawn.

Everyone's breathing seemed to become rapid, and the person holding the winning ticket almost forgot to breathe. Everyone knows that as the numbers are drawn, this tension will continue to increase.

The third number was 13, but everyone was sad because none of them had won. In other words, this lottery can actually be regarded as the end. However, the lottery is a fair and complete process, so the lottery players still have to continue the lottery.

Seven numbers were completely shaken, but out of a million people, only a dozen won two numbers. As long as you are not a fool, you can see that this probability is not ordinarily low. Therefore, many people recognize one thing clearly, although the prize is very high, but it is meaningless if you don't win. That is to say, the second time to buy a lottery ticket, even at the cost of the bankruptcy to buy a lottery ticket, will be much less. This is fine, gambling is good, but the country does not want the people to indulge in gambling and end up bankrupt.

When I got home, I was still sleeping with Chen Yuanyuan tonight as usual.

In the room, after a big battle, Jiaoren'er collapsed beside Zhang Hongbin with a flush on her face and a slight shortness of breath.

"What's wrong, it seems like you have something on your mind?" Zhang Hongbin hugged the beauty, but found her difference.

"The concubine is just worried, what if no one buys a lottery ticket for the second time?" Chen Yuanyuan said worriedly.

"Rest assured, although the odds are small, there will always be a time to win. Human luck is a very vague thing, sometimes there is not necessarily a windfall in a lifetime, but sometimes you may sneeze and bend down to find a piece of gold at your feet. And in the case of nationwide distribution, the amount of sales is even more. One million tickets may not have one who won the jackpot, but among the five million, ten million tickets, there is always one person, right? Besides, a lottery ticket costs not much money, if you win a number, the money will come back, and earn five cents, the people know how to judge the situation.

Besides, because the probability is too low, there are few people who win the lottery. Otherwise, every time we win the lottery, how much money do we have to put in to keep the lottery running? If people are so easy to win the lottery and are addicted to gambling all their lives, how many people still work? The welfare lottery is a means of earning relief money, but it is definitely not a means of collecting money, which must be clearly distinguished. Otherwise, it will not be in the hands of the Foundation. Zhang Hongbin said seriously.

"The concubine understands." Chen Yuanyuan has nothing more to say, she has already got the most satisfactory answer.

The next day, the Daily reported on last night's draw and even announced the list of winners. It's just a little shabby, after all, more than a dozen people have won two numbers, and none of them have even won three yuan. At the same time, at the end of the warn everyone: the new issue will not be limited to the number of purchases, but small gambling pleasure and big gambling hurt, crazy gambling bankruptcy, the winning rate of the lottery is not so high, I hope you treat it carefully.

Rao is like this, when the lottery tickets began to sell, the people's enthusiasm for buying is still undiminished. Over the course of seven days, a total of 30 million welfare lottery tickets were sold. In other words, after deducting the cost, it earned a dividend of 5 million yuan for the foundation, which is equivalent to 100 million yuan. And the so-called jackpot, the original 200,000 plus the balance of the second time, accumulated to 200,000 500 taels of silver.

After this period, the balance will also be accumulated, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be crazy to rush this amount.

Of course, after the next time, the Republic will intervene and change the prize money from silver to new banknotes. After all, if such a large amount of silver is caught, it will still have some impact on the newly developed financial industry.