According to the Announcement of the Ministry of Finance on the Arrangements for the Closing of the Lottery Market in 2024 (Announcement No.73 of the Ministry of Finance in 2023),The sports lottery will be closed for the Spring Festival in 2024 from 0:00 on February 8 to 24:00 on February 17.During the closing period, except for instant lottery tickets, the sales, lottery and redemption of other lottery games in the country will be stopped. The following arrangements are made for the closure and redemption of sports lottery tickets during the Spring Festival in Shanghai:
First, the arrangement of closing the market
(1) Sports lottery nationwide networking.Lotto and digital games stopped selling at 0:00 on February 8, 2024, and resumed selling at 0:00 on February 18.
(2) The quiz schedule, opening time, closing time and lottery time of traditional sports lottery football games shall be implemented according to the relevant quiz schedule announced by the Lottery Center of the General Administration of Sports. National networking single gameQuiz football games and basketball games stopped selling at 22:00 on February 7 and resumed selling at 11:00 on February 18., the specific matters shall be subject to the announcement of SMG.
Second, the redemption arrangement
（1）During the closing period from February 8 to February 17, all sports lottery sales outlets stopped paying small prizes of less than 20,000 yuan (including 20,000 yuan) for computer-based lottery tickets.Redemption will be resumed on February 18th.
(2) The redemption time of the grand prize at the redemption office is: during the closing period from February 8 to February 17, the redemption of the grand prize will be suspended, and the redemption will be resumed from February 18.
(3) In order to protect the rights and interests of lottery buyers, if the last day of the redemption period of various games falls during the Spring Festival holiday, the deadline for redemption will be postponed to the first day after the holiday (February 18); If the game redemption period includes 10 days (including February 17th) during the Spring Festival holiday, the deadline for redemption will be extended by 2 days.
Source: Shanghai Sports