According to media reports, on January 2, it was revealed on the Internet that there was an accident in the Chinese Welfare Lottery’s “Happy 8” lottery. The announcer reported the number 77 as the number 74, and then immediately changed the number to 77. As a result, the next ball came down to No. 74, and the live broadcast was immediately interrupted with commercials. After investigation, the live broadcast was from issue 2024002.
On January 5, the China Welfare Lottery Issuance and Management Center issued a statement:
Our center has noticed the so-called video information circulated on the Internet that "it was revealed online that the host of the Welfare Lottery announced the winning ball number in advance." The content of the video was formed by piecing together and grafting clips.Our center has reported it to the public security organs for handling according to law.