英語(yǔ)美文:Olympic Fund Scratchcard Launched

　　英國(guó)國(guó)家彩票運(yùn)營(yíng)商卡米洛特公司日前決定，將通過(guò)發(fā)行彩票的方式為2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)募集資金，第一種彩票將以刮刮卡的形式出現(xiàn)，其準(zhǔn)備工作已經(jīng)啟動(dòng)。

　　Go For Gold, the first scratchcard to raise funds for London"s 2012 Olympic Games, has been launched.

　　英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》7月27日?qǐng)?bào)道，卡米洛特公司宣布，一旦總額為6515896英鎊的獎(jiǎng)金到位后，超過(guò)1100萬(wàn)張售價(jià)為1英鎊的刮刮卡彩票就將上市。彩票的中獎(jiǎng)比例為4.93：1，獎(jiǎng)級(jí)共分為11等，均以現(xiàn)金支付，其中最高獎(jiǎng)金為2012英鎊。

　　還有7年時(shí)間，奧運(yùn)會(huì)就將在1948年后重返倫敦。為此，倫敦計(jì)劃投資23.75億英鎊用于新建各類(lèi)場(chǎng)館，同時(shí)還將投入15億英鎊作為其運(yùn)營(yíng)費(fèi)用。英國(guó)計(jì)劃通過(guò)發(fā)行國(guó)家彩票和推出一系列電視節(jié)目來(lái)為奧運(yùn)籌集15億英鎊。而刮刮卡和其他形式彩票的`籌資金額預(yù)計(jì)可達(dá)7.5億英鎊。

　　卡米洛特公司表示，要想完成這一計(jì)劃，從2005—06財(cái)年和2012—13財(cái)年內(nèi)的彩票銷(xiāo)售額必須超過(guò)26.5億英鎊。該公司還計(jì)劃在2006年推出一種以抽簽方式?jīng)Q定中獎(jiǎng)?wù)叩牟势�，一種圍繞如2008年北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)等特定場(chǎng)合賽事競(jìng)猜的一次性彩票，以及一系列刮刮卡和其它互動(dòng)型即開(kāi)式彩票。但上述計(jì)劃能否付諸實(shí)施還有待于英國(guó)國(guó)家彩票委員會(huì)和國(guó)際奧委會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)。

　　Go For Gold, the first scratchcard to raise funds for London"s 2012 Olympic Games, has been launched.

　　Players will have a one in 4.93 chance of winning one of 11 cash prizes including the ?2,012 jackpot.

　　More than 11 million ?1 cards will be on sale when a ?6,515,896 prize fund will be up for grabs, Camelot, the National Lottery operator, said.

　　It is part of a series of National Lottery games and television shows aimed at raising ?1.5 billion for the Games which begin in exactly seven years.

　　Scratchcards and games alone are expected to raise ?750 million.

　　Sales of more than ?2.65 billion will be needed between the financial years 2005/06 and 2012/13 to meet this target, Camelot said.

　　London plans to spend ?2.375 billion on new facilities and an additional ?1.5 billion on running costs when the world"s biggest sporting event returns to the capital for the first time since 1948.

　　Camelot also hopes to launch a new draw-based game in 2006, a one-off games-based event around special occasions such as the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and a series of scratchcards and interactive instant win games.

　　These all depend upon approval by the National Lottery Commission and the International Olympic Committee.

　　The announcement was made by Olympics Minister and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, Lord Coe, the London 2012 chairman, and Dianne Thompson, Camelot"s chief executive, in east London where the 2012 Games will be staged, triggering a much-needed regeneration of the area.