清末彩票卖得十分火爆。1901年,全国彩票销售中心的上海,正式注册的彩票公司就有11家,每月销售17万张彩票,月销售额达到85万元,这个数额还不包括一些未经批准的小公司。1903年,在华中重镇武汉,彩票店星罗棋布,有记者报道说:武昌“每一大街,长不过二百码;而售彩票者,竟有四家;凡彩票之店,装饰华丽;颇动人目。”彩票是当时社会生活的一个热门话题。人人都知道,中彩的总是少数,清朝末年国贫民穷,一张彩票价格5元,足 Late Qing lottery selling is very hot. In 1901, there were 11 officially registered lottery companies in Shanghai, a national lottery sales center, selling 170,000 lotteries a month with monthly sales of 850,000 yuan. This amount does not include some small, unapproved companies. In 1903, in Wuhan, a central city of central China, lottery shops were dotted up. Some reporters reported that: "Every street in Wuchang is no longer than 200 yards. There are actually four lotteries in the market. Where the lottery shop is decorated with gorgeous decorations, Lottery was a hot topic in social life at the time. Everyone knows that in the lottery is always a minority, poor people in the late Qing Dynasty poor, a lottery price of 5 yuan, enough