爱尔兰大彩:为资助医院而设立的丑闻彩票

爱尔兰大彩:为资助医院而设立的丑闻彩票
Peter Rogers

爱尔兰医院抽奖活动(Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes)或爱尔兰抽奖活动(Irish Sweepstakes)由当时刚刚成立的爱尔兰政府于1930年设立。

这是有史以来规模最大的彩票之一,其目的是为新生的爱尔兰医院系统提供资金。

公司创始人知道英国和美国都禁止类似的彩票业务,他们意识到需要打入这两个市场以实现销售额最大化,并且没有被当时的彩票法规所阻碍。

在其57年的发展历程中,该公司曾一度拥有约4000名员工,是该州最大的雇主。

由于每年在全球范围内销售数百万张彩票,这些员工数量当然是必需的。 该公司员工大多为女性,工资很低,与其超级富有的利益相关者形成鲜明对比。 其经营规模和范围之大令人叹为观止。

爱尔兰政府对向医疗系统注入资金感到非常高兴,因为当时爱尔兰是欧洲最贫穷的国家之一。

这可能导致他们在立法方面非常放松,而事后看来,立法远非滴水不漏。 彩券公司的创始人准备充分利用这种情况,以达到中饱私囊的目的。

如果 "大扫除 "实现了翻新旧医院或建造新医院的主要目的,那么爱尔兰的医疗保健系统将令全世界许多人羡慕不已,因为到1959年,门票销售额估计达到了惊人的1600万英镑。

这起丑闻也揭露了当时爱尔兰普遍存在的贪婪、裙带关系和政治腐败。

据估计,从门票销售中筹得的全部资金中,只有10%真正流向了医院。

直到20世纪70年代,该公司的所有者仍在继续其不正当的经营活动,据估计,到那时他们已经转移了超过1亿英镑的资金。

立法中存在许多漏洞,以至于公司创始人能够支取在爱尔兰无需纳税的高额工资,此外还能支取未抵扣的费用。

令人难以置信的是,医院收到的资金中,只有一小部分能够真正用于预定用途,而这些资金却被征收25%的税款。

尤其令人作呕的是使用盲童协助抽签(请原谅我的双关语)。 有一次,两名盲童在纸板上写下自己的名字,从桶中抽取数字。 后来,狡猾的创始人用护士和警察代替他们,以证明他们的 "合法性"。

他们已经富可敌国,收购了爱尔兰玻璃瓶公司和沃特福德玻璃公司等公司,这两家公司都是当时的大雇主。 他们威胁那些开始质疑的政客,如果阻止他们,将会造成大量的裁员。

有许多指控涉及内部人员购买中奖彩票、为 "友好 "政客的竞选活动提供资金以及与前准军事人员有关联。

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当时国家的政治局势使得这场惨败一直持续到1987年。

诚然,部分资金流向了医院,但在一名记者揭露了该机构的运作后,很少有人对其关闭表示遗憾。

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这对工人(主要是工资较低的妇女)及其家人来说是一个特别沉重的打击,他们几乎没有得到任何通知,而随后发现的养老基金短缺更是雪上加霜。

最终,大彩被我们现在所熟知的爱尔兰乐透所取代,这是一种完全光明正大的彩票,与其阴暗的前身没有任何联系。




Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers
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