Lottery transparency needed

Under China's national lottery regulations, all lottery winners are entitled to keep private their personal information and how they spend their winnings. This privacy protection might be too much as it ignores the public's right to know and supervise as lottery prizes are public funds, says an article on Beijing News. Excerpts:

An anonymous person in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, who won 520 million yuan ($85 million) on the lottery, has been confronted with the questioning of some netizens, who find the integrity of the lottery industry unconvincing as no details of this winner or prize use are unveiled.

According to China's lottery regulations, the personal details of all winners are kept strictly confidential, despite the lottery issuance being fully accessible to public supervision. This creates a paradox, as proper supervision cannot be conducted without the personal information of the winners.