1952 Four STAMPED LOTTERY TICKETS Cards HAIFA Israel MIFAL HAPAIS Hebrew JUDAICA

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Up for sale is an asorted lot of FOUR LOTTERY TICKETS - CARDS for a MIFAL HAPAIS ( Also PAYIS ) LOTTERY which were used and bought in 1952 in HAIFA ISRAEL. The tickets are STAMPED by the HAIFA Mifal HAPAIS agency. Around 3.5" x 4.5".. Very good condition  ( Pls look at scan for accurate AS IS    images )
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Shipp worldwide via registered airmail is  . ( Dometic in Israel only only with buy it now ).
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Handling round 5 days after payment.
Mifal HaPayis is the national lottery of Israel. Most gambling is illegal in Israel. The only bodies licensed to provide betting services are Mifal HaPayis[1] and The Israeli Sports Betting Council. In 2012, Mifal HaPayis's annual revenue was estimated at ₪5 billion a year.[2] History Mifal HaPayis was established in August 1951 to recruit funding for the construction of a hospital in Tel Aviv. At first, the project's profits were used only for healthcare applications. Later on, when Mifal HaPayis became a national lottery organization, its support was extended to projects in the fields of education, recreation, and the arts. Mifal HaPayis supports the establishment of children's clinics, hospitals, sport halls, study rooms and school buildings, youth activity and adult education centers, culture halls, the performing arts, and public parks. In 2007, lottery revenues were ₪3.848 billion, of which ₪2.4 billion were granted as prizes and ₪1.1 billion used for various public projects.[3] Before 2012, 46% of the profits or 10% of revenues, whichever is higher, was invested in building classrooms and day-care centers. Another 46% was distributed to local authorities, and 7.5% to other projects. A new licensing agreement grants the Ministry of Finance broad oversight and an authority will be established to supervise all legal gambling in Israel. Mifal HaPayis will be required to publish criteria for allocating funding.[2] Games The Lottery – a weekly game where the participant chooses 6 numbers out of 37 and an additional one number out of 7. Mifal HaPayis draws 6 numbers of 37 and 1 number of 7, and the maximum prize is paid for matching all of them. Various options allow the user to bet double, play random numbers, 5 numbers plus a random number, or all combinations of 7–12 numbers. The drawings are held once on Tuesday and once on Saturday, with occasional drawings on Thursday. The prize pool is a minimum of ₪4 million. Chance – a game using a virtual stripped deck of playing cards, with only the A and K–7 of each suit (32 cards). The participant chooses four cards – one of each suit. Mifal HaPayis draws four cards (one from each suit) and the participant can win by matching 1, 2, 3, or 4 winning cards. Three different variants are available, with different payout schedules. The game is run every two hours 10:00–22:00 Sunday–Thursday, 10:00, 12:00, and 14:00 on Fridays and holidays, and 21:00 and 22:45 on Saturday. Keno – A standard keno-type game. The participant chooses 7–9 numbers out of 70. Mifal HaPayis draws 17 numbers. A fixed multiple of the amount wagered is paid for getting different numbers of choices correct. The game runs every half-hour 11:00–22:30 Sunday–Thursday, 00:45 and 08:30–16:30 Friday, and 20:30–00:00 Saturday. 777 – Similar to the Keno game, but only run at 13:30 and 19:30 Sunday–Thursday, 13:00 Friday, and 22:45 Saturday. 123 – a daily game where the participant chooses a 3-digit number from 000 to 999. Mifal HaPayis draws a 3-digit number. The chances of winning this game are 1 in 1000. The participant can choose to play the "standard" game – paying 600:1 for choosing the exact winning number, or the "integrated" game – paying 100:1 for choosing the exact winning number, 25:1 for having all the right numbers in the wrong order, 5:1 for two numbers in the right position, or 1:1 for one number in the right position.[4] The game is run at 21:00 Sunday–Thursday, 13:00 Friday, and 22:45 Saturday. Hish Gad – various themed scratchcard games. 150 Lottery Place locations have video versions of these scratchcard games as well. Lottery Subscription – A weekly game, with drawings on Thursdays (or another day if a holiday), with various prizes, including cash, cars, and vacations. The Big Lottery – since its 50-year anniversary, a yearly lottery game where the grand prize is ₪50 million.[citation needed] A class-action motion has been filed against Mifal Hapayis, claiming that the national lottery misleads players in respect to the nature of prizes they stand to win. The class-action motion touches only on people who have belonged to the lottery's subscriber plan. People who happen to buy tickets occasionally aren't part of this action. How does the lottery mislead its subscribers? They think they are subscribing to a certain level or set of awards, but the actual level is lower, claims the lead plaintiff. For instance, an award dating from 2004 described as being worth NIS 19 million turned into 180 Chevrolet cars that cost Mifal Hapayis NIS 15.5 million, he claims. In another instance, in 2007, a NIS 3 million award allegedly morphed into 600 television sets with 42" screens that cost the lottery NIS 1.8 million. The conversion of awards into objects in 2006 and 2007 cost players NIS 55 million, the plaintiff estimates. Altogether, by its gambits from converting awards into objects and other things, the loss to the community of Mifal Hapayis subscribers between the years 2003 to 2009 amounts to NIS 246 million, the plaintiff claims. Mifal Hapayis began its subscriber program in 1982. Subscribers pay NIS 60 a month and get six fixed numbers that automatically participate in 60 lotteries a year. They also get to take part in special non-cash lotteries giving away holidays and so on. In 2006 Mifal Hapayis reported netting NIS 700 million. In 2008 its net profit climbed to NIS 800 million and in 2009, to NIS 850 million. Meanwhile, it hasn't increased its payouts, says the plaintiff, who argues that it's been increasing its profit in part by reducing its awards. Gambling is illegal in Israel. The only body licensed to provide services for those who bet is Mifal Hapayis, through the lotteries. The plaintiff argues that the company is abusing its monopolistic power to increase its profits. Mifal Hapayis' profits serve not only to pay its management, and to fund public causes such as building schools and community centers. A spokesperson for the lottery commented that it is studying the lawsuit and will be filing a defense. After years of scathing criticism from the State Comptroller over how Mifal Hapayis national lottery is run, the Finance Ministry is taking charge. The treasury and lottery have reached agreement on a new operating license, which radically reforms the relationship between the state and the national lottery. Mifal Hapayis has a near monopoly on legal gambling in Israel, and enjoys revenues of about NIS 5 billion a year. But there has been limited public supervision of its management over the years, except for occasional reports from the State Comptroller. After one such report in 2007, State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss called to consider ending the tenure of then Payis director general Shaul Sutnik. But thanks to the state's lack of control over Mifal Hapayis, Sutnik did not leave for another four years. Accountant general Michal Abadi-Boiangiu oversees the new license, which requires government approval of every senior appointment at the lottery. It grants the Finance Ministry broad oversight, which is already being put into practice. The accountant general's office. The cabinet decided this week to establish an authority to supervise legal gambling in Israel, at Mifal Hapayis and the other legal gambling body: Toto - Israel Council for Sports Gambling. The new license also sets out how the money the lottery raises will be distributed - possibly the most important issue involving Mifal Hapayis. Today the money is distributed to various projects in local authorities. Every year Mifal Hapayis distributes 46% of its "profits" or 10% of revenues - whichever is the higher - for building classrooms and day-care centers. Another 46% goes to local authorities and 7.5% is distributed to other projects. As to which local authorities will receive money in any given year, the new license requires Mifal Hapayis to publish criteria for allocating the funds. These criteria will be set by a public committee, headed by former Supreme Court President Meir Shamgar. Preventing money laundering The lottery will also have to say how much it actually allocated - and to whom. It willl also have to publish procedures as to how it will allocate all its other funds, including those given for culture and art, scholarships and various other public projects. A part of the money allocated by the lottery to local authorities never reaches its intended targets, it was revealed recently. The unused sum totals NIS 2.7 billion. The money is still sitting in Mifal Hapayis' bank accounts because many local authorities have problems in carrying out the approved - and budgeted - projects for various reasons. The treasury has already ordered Mifal Hapayis to prepare a plan as to how to utilize these accumulated funds within two months. The Finance Ministry had thought to appropriate the money for state coffers, but backtracked. The treasury will also limit the lottery's expenses, including salaries and commissions paid to the agents in charge of selling lottery tickets. Mifal Hapayis spends about 20% of revenues on operating expenses, or about NIS 1 billion a year. The treasury wants to keep such expenses at under 18% of revenues - at about the same NIS 1 billion, even if the lottery's revenues increase significantly. But the treasury's real goal is to force Mifal Hapayis to become more efficient and lower operating expenses. Agents in charge of marketing and selling lottery tickets collect some 10% of total lottery revenues, and the franchise is considered to be extremely profitable. But despite the large sums involved, there are no clear rules for choosing the franchisees or any supervision of them. The new license places requirements for choosing these agents, including approval by the treasury and a clean bill of health from the police. Also to be included in the new regime are strict plans to prevent money laundering via the lottery. It seems there are cases where a winning ticket is sold at a premium by the original winner to someone who wishes to hide their income. For example, a wining ticket worth NIS 1 million may be sold to a criminal for NIS 1.1-1.2 million, who then uses it to hide his illegal or unreported income from the authorities. It may cost the criminal a few hundred thousand shekels to launder his money, but this is cheap compared to the taxes due, and easier than providing explanations to the police on how he earned the money in the first place. One of the new requirements to prevent such money laundering will include identifying every lottery ticket purchaser by means of an identity card or other ID. The new license will also require the appointment of officials to supervise Mifal Hapayis from within, including a legal adviser, internal auditor, CFO and audit committee. All these positions are required of public companies by law, and now Mifal Hapayis will also have to meet such standards. And the treasury will have to approve all these appointments. The new license also places limits on lottery advertising, such as banning advertising aimed at children and ads that glorify gambling. Finally, the license grants the Finance Ministry broad powers to act against Mifal Hapayis if it violates the terms, including even revoking the license or cancelling lottery draws
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