CCTV footage has emerged from China of firefighters rescuing a boy getting his hand stuck in a lottery machine.

In the video, shot in Meizhou City in southeast Guangdong Province on November 19, a boy puts his hand into a lottery machine and gets it trapped inside.

Firefighters arrive and use scissors and other tools to get rid of obstacles in the ticket collection compartment.

After around 40 minutes, the boy's hand was successfully freed.

According to local media, the boy had gone to the supermarket with his mum.

But the boy stopped in front of the lottery machine and played it rather than following his mum into the supermarket.

The boy was taken away by his mum once his hand was freed.

Footage has emerged from China of firefighters rescuing a boy getting his hand stuck in a lottery machine.