China’s disgruntled youth gamble on life-changing short cut to riches, but are lotteries just a ‘tax on the poor’?
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Lottery ticket and scratch card sales have surged in China, with punters seeking life-changing riches, but economists say poor economic prospects and the government’s financial situation are behind the increase.