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New retirement lottery scheme slammed by critics
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/10/2025
» Critics are arguing the new government's proposed online lottery for retirement savings is a weaker tool for building savings than the previous administration's "retirement lottery" programme.
Office exploring lotto-style scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/09/2025
» The Government Lottery Office (GLO) is studying the feasibility of issuing a "lotto-style" lottery, in which private companies would manage the issuance of the lottery instead of the GLO.
New lottery under threat as sales sag
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/04/2025
» The three-digit N3 lottery run by the Government Lottery Office (GLO) may be discontinued as it struggles to compete with underground versions.
Fate of N3 lottery hangs in the balance
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/11/2024
» The government may reconsider the sale of three-digit lottery tickets, or N3, if the experimental phase fails to effectively address the issue of underground lotteries.
State lottery changing to digital
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/01/2024
» The Government Lottery Office (GLO), a state-owned enterprise under the Finance Ministry, plans to gradually shift general lottery stalls to digital lottery stalls starting next month, says permanent finance secretary Lavaron Sangsnit.
Online lottery project up for hearing
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/09/2020
» The Government Lottery Office (GLO) is preparing to conduct a public hearing nationwide to assess public opinion on the online lottery project.
State enterprises veer off remittance target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/05/2020
» The coronavirus pandemic is expected to wipe off up to 37 billion baht from state enterprise revenue remittances, resulting in a 20% shortfall from the target for fiscal 2020.
Lottery office leads in revenue remittance
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/10/2019
» State enterprises' revenue remittance exceeded the target by 1% for fiscal 2019, with the Government Lottery Office (GLO) contributing the most income to state coffers.
Lottery operator smashes revenue target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/08/2018
» Revenue collection among state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the first 10 months of fiscal 2018 totalled 146 billion baht, with the Government Lottery Office (GLO) topping the chart with a 33-billion-baht contribution.
Litigating the lottery's future
Business, Jesus Alcocer and Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 26/07/2018
» Two weeks after the Central Administrative Court awarded Loxley GTECH Technology close to 1 billion baht in its dispute against the Government Lottery Office (GLO), the IT firm's proposed appeal to the Supreme Court reopens a two-decade old debate: should the state favour 200,000 low-income ticket sellers over the rights of 22 million lottery ticket buyers to access a state product at a reasonable price?