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When your number comes up
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/03/2016
» The worsening drought in Thailand has taken a toll on the Mekong River, where water levels have dropped drastically.
Thailand weighs AEC lottery
Online Reporters, Published on 23/01/2016
» Thailand is considering the possibility of launching an AEC lottery, with revenue possibly going to helping disaster-hit member countries, according to Thai media.
Lottery reform success: End of five tiger mafia influence
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/10/2015
» In NCPO policy success, unlimited lottery tickets to be issued to make supply equal demand, strict 80 baht enforcement & end of large vendor quota system in December.
Praise for lotto job well done
News, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2015
» Kudos to the board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO), chaired by Maj Gen Apirat Kongsompong, for its courageous decision to put an end to the monopolistic lottery allocation, a root cause of lottery overpricing. It is a feat that the current board's predecessors had failed to carry out -- or, to be more precise, were reluctant to enact over the past few decades.
GLO halts ticket quota system
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/10/2015
» The board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) has decided to abolish the 10-year-old quota-based ticket system after the quota held by the last broker expires in December.
Lotto work to do
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/09/2015
» Although the government's efforts to address the decades-long problem of overpriced lottery tickets have borne fruit after the introduction of several measures, it remains questionable whether the cap on ticket prices has staying power.
Better lottery ticket access for retail vendors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/09/2015
» The board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) has approved the allocation of an unlimited number of lottery tickets to retail vendors.
Has reform failed, or has it even begun?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 23/06/2015
» Maybe it's the natural swing of the pendulum — what goes up must come down — and that explains why we have gone from fight-to-the-death battles against inequality a few years ago, to high-minded campaigns for national reform last year, to struggles against overpriced lotteries, motorcycle racers and the age-old question of whether casinos should be allowed to operate legally in Thailand now.
The number’s up for lottery’s middlemen
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 21/06/2015
» It’s been a long, hard slog, but the impossible was finally achieved this month when 80 baht lottery tickets went on sale for 80 baht. Is this the only country in the world where such a revelation would make the news?
Lottery sales dive despite cheap tickets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2015
» While lottery ticket prices have been stabilised under government orders, lottery sales have plummeted, vendors say.