Hong Kong customs to check over 16,000 Mark Six tickets for winners after they were seized along with electronics worth HK$10 million in smuggling bust
- Superintendent says this is the first time such a large amount of tickets, to be sold in Macau and mainland China, have been seized in single operation
- Each ticket contains two Mark Six entries worth HK$20 for Thursday night’s lottery draw

Hong Kong customs will have to check more than 16,000 Mark Six lottery tickets for possible winners at Thursday night’s draw after they were seized along with HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) worth of electronic products being smuggled out of the city on a Macau-bound cargo vessel.
Superintendent Raymond Cheng Tak-hei of the Customs and Excise Department said it was the first time such a large amount of lottery tickets – destined to be sold illegally in Macau and mainland China – was seized in a single operation.
“The seized tickets are evidence in the smuggling case. If there are winning tickets, we will seek legal advice from the Department of Justice to see how the prize money will be dealt with,” Cheng said.

Each ticket contained two Mark Six entries worth HK$20 for Thursday night’s lottery draw, according to the department.
The superintendent said the lottery tickets were destined for Macau and mainland China, where they would have been sold at a higher price.
A box containing the lottery tickets was found in a shipment on board a Macau-bound cargo vessel that was intercepted off Black Point in Tuen Mun during an anti-smuggling operation around 6.30pm on Wednesday.
According to the department, the shipment, placed on top of four pallets, was declared to be carrying food.