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Taxman eyes lottery sellers
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 16/06/2015
» The Government Lottery Office (GLO) has stepped up efforts to tackle the problem of ticket overpricing by submitting the names of three large lottery ticket sellers to the Revenue Department for a probe into their income tax payments.
Overpriced lottery sellers face jail
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2015
» Anyone who sells lottery tickets at prices higher than their face value will now face a one-month jail term and/or a 10,000-baht fine, according to a new order issued by the junta under Section 44 of the interim charter.
Authoritarianism has had its day
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/04/2015
» Thailand and Malaysia have adopted some very blunt tools to deal with "post-democracy" challenges. But they seem not to realise that while democracy is a particular institutional framework, democratisation is an ongoing process. Democracy by nature is always unfinished, open-ended and subject to maintenance.
Stores to sell tickets at 80 baht per pair
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/03/2015
» State lottery tickets will soon be on sale at convenience and department stores as part of government efforts to address overpricing.
Need for fair shake to ticket vendors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/07/2014
» The issue of overpriced lottery tickets will be solved only if the Government Lottery Office (GLO) Act is amended to give ticket sellers a fair share of the profit, says a senior official.
Sorry to spoil the party mood but …
Asia focus, Published on 04/03/2013
» From Bangkok to Beijing, Singapore to New Delhi, all across Asia a major concern is weighing on people’s minds: is a new bubble forming in the economy?
Online lottery stuck in limbo
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/10/2012
» The online lottery project will be delayed indefinitely to give authorities more time to hear objections raised by stakeholders, says Deputy Finance Minister Tanusak Lek-uthai.