A customer at a Shanghai lottery story. The welfare and the sports lottery are the only legalised form of gambling on mainland China. Photo: Reuters
China’s new inconvenient truth: how much lottery money corrupt officials stole
- Authorities deny widespread rumours that the equivalent of US$19.5bn had been embezzled, but say it would be ‘inconvenient’ to give correct figures
- Latest developments in corruption scandal trigger fresh public outcry, with people questioning whether the true figure is greater
A customer at a Shanghai lottery story. The welfare and the sports lottery are the only legalised form of gambling on mainland China. Photo: Reuters
