In a document recently sent to the People's Committees of provinces and cities, the Ministry of Finance proposed to rectify the distribution of lottery tickets over the Internet.
Regarding the purchase and distribution of foreign lottery products, the Ministry of Finance "named" the activities of the Onbit and Thelotter websites. The Ministry affirmed that, based on legal regulations, websites, applications, and software that allow customers in Vietnam to buy foreign lottery tickets are in violation of the law.
According to the Ministry of Finance's assessment, purchasing and distributing foreign lottery products has an unfair competitive impact on domestic legal lottery business activities; affects state budget revenue from legal lottery business activities and tax evasion.
Lottery tickets are not distributed over the Internet.
" The more worrying issue is that buying foreign lottery tickets through websites/apps does not guarantee that customers will be paid when they win because it involves transferring money from abroad to Vietnam, which can easily lead to disputes that affect social order and safety ," the Ministry of Finance said.
Regarding the purchase and distribution of domestic lottery products, the Ministry of Finance also pointed out that websites that purchase and distribute traditional domestic lottery products are violating regulations on distribution methods and distribution areas.
According to the Ministry of Finance's assessment, these activities pose many risks of causing social disorder and insecurity; causing difficulties in the management and operation of the lottery market by the management agency; tax evasion, unfair competition with agents, affecting budget revenue; and there is a risk of being exploited for disguised gambling or deceiving customers.
Previously, on August 24, the Ministry of Finance also issued a document to rectify lottery companies in managing ticket sales activities of lottery agents; to propagate and warn people to be aware that lottery tickets sold over the Internet are illegal and pose potential risks to buyers.
The Ministry of Finance requested localities to direct the police and local authorities to manage and grasp the situation to strictly handle businesses that intentionally provide services of purchasing/selling lottery tickets over the Internet in violation of regulations and handle administrative violations.
In case of signs of criminal violations, the case will be transferred to the police for investigation and handling.
For the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, in addition to implementing the tasks mentioned in points 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 above, the Ministry of Finance requests to inspect the operations of Onbit Vietnam Company Limited, including: business lines; Is the lottery ticket purchasing activity of this enterprise in accordance with the business registration certificate? Is it in accordance with the provisions of law? In case of violation, it is proposed to handle according to the provisions of law on lottery business and law on enterprises.
For the People's Committees of Hanoi City, Soc Trang Province, and Dong Nai Province, the Ministry of Finance requests to review businesses registered for business in the area in the attached appendix, and conduct inspections of the provision of domestic lottery ticket purchase services.
Including: Does the enterprise sign a lottery agency contract with lottery companies (for enterprises that have registered their business lines as lottery agents); is the online lottery ticket sales activity in accordance with the business license and regulations? In case of detecting violations, the Ministry proposes to handle the violations.
Processing results will be sent to the Ministry of Finance before September 30 for information synthesis, management and reporting to the Government.
(Source: Vietnamnet)
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