阿里巴巴超20亿控股亚博科技 抢占彩票市场

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its financial affiliate are buying a controlling stake in Hong Kong-listed lottery operator AGTech Holdings Ltd, for HK$2.39 billion ($308 million).

日前，阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司及其金融分支蚂蚁金融斥资23.9亿港币（折合3.08亿美元）购买香港亚博科技有限公司控股权。

The deal will give the Alibaba unit 59.45 percent of AGTech, according to the lottery operator's filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Sunday.

根据上周日香港股票交易所的消息，本次交易将把亚博科技的59.45%股份转交给阿里巴巴。

AGTech is engaged in gaming technologies including game software and hardware, and lottery distribution.

亚博科技的主要业务是游戏科技，包括游戏软件和游戏硬件的开发，以及股票的分发销售。

Its filing said it will be the exclusive business platform of Alibaba and Ant Financial to apply for, and hold business qualifications and licenses for, the operations of lottery businesses. Alibaba and its affiliate will also provide technical services and resources such as cloud computing services and e-commerce.

亚博科技提交的文件称，它将成为阿里巴巴和蚂蚁金融的独家业务平台，并持有经营彩票业务的营业执照。阿里巴巴和蚂蚁金融将会为亚博科技提供云计算服务和电子商务服务。

The company, which has 200 employees, said it "will benefit significantly" from the investor, should Internet channels for lottery sales re-open.

亚博科技目前拥有200名员工，相关人员表示，员工将会受益于本次投资，并且通过互联网销售彩票的渠道将会重新开放。

Li Kai, an analyst with the Beijing-based Internet consultancy Analysys International, said that the suspension of online lottery sales is likely to be lifted within the year as officials at the annual lottery strategy meeting in January said they will actively push the preparatory work for a pilot online lottery sales program forward.

北京国际互联网咨询公司分析师李凯表示，由于相关官员在今年一月份的彩票策略周年例会上表示，将会积极推进彩票网上销售的前期试点准备工作，所以彩票网上销售禁令可能在今年内取消。

"China's lottery market is too big for two online lottery-selling companies to fill. More licenses are expected to be offered to more players," Li said. "Alibaba's advantage in e-commerce, big data, online payment can certainly give the online sales of lottery a strong boost."

李凯说道：“中国彩票市场很大，两个彩票销售公司远远不能满足市场需求，而应设立更多彩票销售公司。阿里巴巴在电子商务、大数据和网上支付方面拥有明显优势，所以肯定能够大力促进网上彩票的销售。”