Thailand occupies the western half of the Indochinese
peninsula and the northern two-thirds of the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia.
Its neighbors are Burma (Myanmar) on the north and west, Laos on the north and
northeast, Cambodia on the east, and Malaysia on the south. Thailand is about
the size of France.
 Flawed Ticket Allocation System Blamed
for Overpriced Lottery Tickets
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 19,
2010) -- According to media sources it is the responsibility of the Government
Lottery Office (GLO) to solve the problem of overpriced lottery
tickets...........Subscribers
Prime Minister Orders
Inquiry Into Lottery Rally Dispersal
BANGKOK, Thailand
(June 10, 2010) – It was reported today that the prime minister has
ordered an investigation into whether police over-reacted when they dispersed
disabled lottery protesters........Subscribers
Police Break Up Lottery
Protest
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 9, 2010) – Reports
police have arrested 23 disabled demonstrators for violating the emergency
decree by trying to storm the Government House
compound....................Subscribers
Thailand’s
Anti-Government Protests Shut Down Burmese Lottery
BURMA
(May 23, 2010) – According to a leading newspaper covering Burma and South
East Asia one casualty of the mayhem that followed a crackdown on
anti-government protests in the Thai capital has gone unnoticed: a two-digit
lottery played in neighboring Burma and based on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
(SET) Index....................Subscribers
Lottery Former Chief
Acquitted of Lottery Draw Fixing
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 30,
2010) – It was reported today that the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court
yesterday acquitted Government Lottery Office (GLO) former director Chaiwat
Pasokpakdee and senior official Uthen Jensakhu from the case related to a
lottery draw fixing on June1, 2001..................Subscribers
Department of Special
Investigation Finds Lottery Project Broke the Law, Recommends
Halt
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 26, 2010) – A Local
newspaper reported today that the chairman of a government investigation
committee said yesterday the Department of Special Investigation (DSI)
yesterday concluded the proposed online lottery project had violated
anti-bid-rigging laws and recommended against going ahead with it until the
entire investigation was completed.......................Subscribers
Lottery Office Leads the
Way in Terms of Profit Transfers
BANGKOK, Thailand (April
7, 2010) -- The economic recovery has increased profit transfers from state
enterprises to the central government by 10% over target, said Supa Piyajitti,
director-general of the State Enterprise Policy Office.
........................Subscribers
Thailand’s Lottery
Results Will Not Be Delayed
PHUKET, Thailand (March 15, 2010) -
The Government Lottery Office (GLO) announced Monday that it will go head with
announcing lottery results Tuesday.................Subscribers
Online Lottery Contract
'Breached Law'
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 2, 2010)
– Thailand’s local newspaper reported Prime Minister Abhisit
Vejjajiva as having said the government contract with Loxley GTech Technology
for an online lottery breached the Anti-Bid Rigging Act, similar to the Jaco
case.......................Subscribers
Online Lottery Changes
Track, Government Seeks Advice on Alternative Use for Controversial Lotto
Machines to Print and Sell Traditional Six-Digit Tickets
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 27, 2010) -- The long saga of the two- and
three-digit online lottery is ending, according to news sources, adding that it
is likely the government is using this issue to solve several problems at the
same time....................Subscribers
Supreme Court Rules GLO is
Not Required to Pay Damages to Jaco
BANGKOK, Thailand (February
24, 2010) – As reported today that the Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed
a lower court verdict against the Government Lottery Office, saying the GLO
does not have to pay 2.5 billion baht compensation plus interest to Jaco
Co..................Subscribers
Government Eyes
Alternative Lottery Plan
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 20,
2010) – Reports Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says the government is
looking at using online lottery machines to operate a government lottery
instead of the two- and three-digit lottery originally
planned......................Subscribers
Proposals For
Overhauling The Problem-Plagued Government Lottery System Do Not Include
Aborting The Online Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 14,
2010) - A set of proposals released yesterday for overhauling the
problem-plagued government lottery system did not include aborting the online
lottery, as desired by the prime minister....................Subscribers
Lottery Vendors Move-on
Allowing Work to start on 1992 Monument
BANGKOK, Thailand
(February 4, 2010) -- The construction of a monument near Rajdamneon Avenue to
commemorate those killed in the 1992 Black May bloodshed will begin on February
20, when lottery vendors who have long occupied the site have moved
out.......................Subscribers
Lottery Panel to
Question Former GLO Chairmen
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 30,
2010) -- Three former chairmen of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) board
will testify before a panel about the legality of the government's online
lottery contract. .........................Subscribers
Bank to Examine LGT's
Lotto Machines; LGT Payment Could be B400-1,800 Million
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 15, 2010) – A leading Bangkok newspaper
reports Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said he has ordered the Government
Savings Bank to study whether Loxley GTech Technology's machines for the
aborted online lottery can be modified to sell GSB lottery
tickets.................Subscribers
GTech Reportedly Ready
to Drop Legal Action and Cooperate With the Thai Government
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 14, 2010) – According to a leading Bangkok
newspaper Thailand Trade Representative president Kiat Sitheeamorn said on
Thursday that the US firm GTech
Holding Corporation looks ready to cooperate with the Thai government,
which has announced its intention to scrap the online
lottery.................Subscribers
Delay in Announcing
Lottery Cancellation Questionable
BANGKOK, Thailand
(January 10, 2010) - It was reported today that a Thammasat University
countrywide survey revealed that more than 60% of respondents supported the
online lottery....................Subscribers
Online Lottery
Compensation Panel Taking Shape; Loxley Gtech Will Accept Government’s
Decision; Lottery Vendors Vent Anger Towards Government
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 7, 2010) - The head of the inquiry into
terminating the online two- and three-digit lottery concession has outlined the
make-up of the panel and the criteria to be followed ................Subscribers
Online Lottery Vendors
To Meet PM
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 6, 2010) –
Reports that representatives of registered online lottery vendors will meet
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the
implications of his decision to cancel the new lottery shortly before it was
due to be launched...................Subscribers
Legal War Looms Over
Lottery Ban
Cabinet, Loxley Differ On
Compensation Calculation; GLO Suspends Project, Waits For Panel
Decision
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 6, 2010) –A leading
Thai newspaper reported today that the State Enterprise Policy Office has urged
the government to move cautiously on the controversial online-lottery issue,
with a possible legal war looming between the Cabinet and Loxley due to huge
differences in calculating compensation........................Subscribers
Thai Market Influenced
By Potential Online Lottery Cancellation
BANGKOK, Thailand
(January 4, 2010) - Thai shares performed poorly on the first trading day of
the New Year as profit-taking and media reports on the potential cancellation
of the online lottery subdued the market.......................Subscribers
PM to Meet Executives of
Loxley on Lottery, GLO Puts All work On New Lottery On Hold, Government Faces
B3bn Suit Over Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 5, 2010)
– Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he will meet with executives of
Loxley GTech Technology after he receives the report of a working group
assigned to explore ways of compensating the contractor if the government
cancels the online lottery......................Subscribers
Loxley Asks Lawyers to
Study Government Plan to Scrap Online Lottery Project
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 3, 2009) – According to local media
reports Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to convene a working group to
find a way to "smoothly" cancel the proposed online
lottery...................Subscribers
Thai Police Outwit
Wanted Suspects With Mock Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand
(December 25, 2009) - Thai police have arrested 14 suspects from its wanted
list after sending them fake 'letters of happiness' according to which
they allegedly won lotteries...............Subscribers
New On-Line Lottery
Scheme Gets the OK
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 5, 2009) -
The Government Lottery Office (GLO) board has resolved to go ahead with the
on-line lottery scheme, it was reported that board member................Subscribers
Live Television
Broadcast of Lottery Drawing to be Postponed Until January
Charity Lottery Tickets Distribution Quota to be
Announced
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 2, 2009) - The
Government Lottery Office (GLO) revealed that a live television broadcast of
the lottery drawing is to be postponed until January 16 next year and that
quota distribution for charity lottery tickets will be announced
soon........................Subscribers
Bank Sees THB70 Billion
From New Series of Savings Lottery Certificates
BANGKOK,
Thailand (October 30, 2009) -- The Government Savings Bank yesterday launched a
new series of savings lottery certificates, a five-year issue paying an average
return of 7.5% over the total term...................Subscribers
Poll Shows Majority
Support Online Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 6, 2009)
-The majority of people voiced support for the Government Lottery Office (GLO)
to operate two- and three-digit online lottery.................Subscribers
Former Government
Lottery Director Arrested
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 6,
2009) -- Pol Maj-Gen Surasit Sangkhapong, a former director of the Government
Lottery Office (GLO), was arrested on Tuesday by immigration police
...................Subscribers
Thai lottery Very
Popular in Burma
HONG KONG, SAR (October 1, 2009) –
According to a Press report the two- and three-digit lottery is as popular in
Burma as it is in Thailand, perhaps more so...................Subscribers
Supreme Court Ruling
Hands Lottery Office B21.6 Billion Tax Bill
BANGKOK,
Thailand (October 3, 2009) -- The Government Lottery Office (GLO) is liable to
pay 21.66 billion baht in tax to relevant government agencies following a
Supreme Court ruling that the two- and three-digit lottery scheme is
unlawful..................Subscribers
Three Officials Found
Guilty in Lottery Scheme
BANGKOK, Thailand (September 30,
2009) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday found three senior government officials
guilty of violating Government Lottery Office (GLO) law involving the two- and
three-digit lottery scheme...................Subscribers
Ministry To Tackle
Lottery Overcharging
BANGKOK, Thailand (September 19, 2009)
- According to local news sources the Government Lottery Office (GLO),
along with the Finance and Commerce Ministries, is attempting to solve the
issue of Lottery Overcharging.................Subscribers
GLO to Overhaul Lottery
Sales System
BANGKOK, Thailand (September 14, 2009) - The
Government Lottery Office (GLO) is considering a revamp of lottery sales system
after receiving a myriad of complaints, particularly on the overpricing
problem....................Subscribers
Appeal Court Rejects
Lottery Vendor’s Plea, Orders Vendor to Pay Bt6.1 Million Lottery Prize to
Player
THAILAND (September 9, 2009) – A local
newspaper reports that after a five year delay due to a court battle over theft
accusations, Sith Kitjapreuk, 76, will finally get his hands on a Bt6.1 million
lottery prize, as the Appeal Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit filed against
him by a lottery vendor......................Subscribers
Lottery Office Seeks to
Issue Ten Million More Lottery Tickets
BANGKOK, Thailand
(August 31, 2009) -- The Government Lottery Office will seek approval from the
GLO board to issue ten (10) million more lottery tickets to solve the problems
of overcharged lottery prices....................Subscribers
Court to Rule on Lottery
Case Next Month
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 19, 2009) - The
Supreme Court will issue its verdict in the online lottery case on Sept 30, it
announced on Wednesday......................Subscribers
Poll Shows Many Support
Online Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 9, 2009) –
According to News Sources the latest survey revealed that many respondents
supported the legalisation of the online lottery scheme due to the expensive
illegal lottery prices.....................
Subscribers
Online Lottery Gets
Legal Green Light
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 8, 2009) -- The
Council of State has given the go-ahead for the Finance Ministry's long-delayed
online lottery.....................Subscribers
Council of State Advises
Online Lottery Lawful; GLO to Conduct Public Poll
BANGKOK,
Thailand (August 5, 2009) -- The Council of State has advised that the
operation of the two- and three-digit online lottery is
lawful...................Subscribers
Lottery Survey To Decide
Whether Online Game Should Proceed
BANGKOK, Thailand (July
16, 2009) -- News sources reported the Government Lottery Office (GLO) said
today that Thammasat University has been asked to oversee a public survey on
the online lottery before the government decides whether the project should
proceed.....................Subscribers
Deputy Finance Minister
Wants Lottery Director to Stay
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 3,
2009) -- Deputy Finance Minister Pradit Pataraprasit is reported to have said
yesterday that he wished Wanchai Surakul would remain as director-general of
the Government Lottery Office (GLO)....................Subscribers
Government Lottery
Director Resigns
BANGKOK, Post (July 2, 2009) – News
sources reported that Director-general of the Government Lottery Office (GLO)
Wanchai Surakul handed his resignation to finance permanent secretary and
chairman of the GLO board Sathit Limphongphan on Thursday
morning.................Subscribers
Lottery Chief Mulls
Tendering Resignation
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 1, 2009) -
Government Lottery Office (GLO) director-general Wanchai Surakul is considering
leaving the agency following the continuing controversy over the long-delayed
online lottery scheme......................Subscribers
Minister Says the
Re-introduction of Lotteries in the State is “His Personal
Idea”
BANGLORE, India (June 30, 2009) – News
sources reported today that the Minister for Lottery and Small Savings, K
Shivanagowda Nayak, said the 'Re-introduction of lottery in State is my
personal idea and not of the government"..................Subscribers
Public Hearing on Online
Lotto Set For July 10th
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 30, 2009)
-- The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will hold a public hearing on July 10 to
take opinions on the planned launch of online lottery ticket
sales...................Subscribers
Lottery Sellers Oppose
Online Lottery, Fear Job Loses
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 24,
2009) - local news sources reported that more than 200 lottery sellers,
many of them disabled, gathered in front of the Democrat party head office on
Wednesday....................Subscribers
Council of State to
Recheck Lottery's Legality
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 23,
2009) -- The Finance Ministry has reportedly asked the Council of State to
reinvestigate whether the online-lottery scheme violates any laws. It also
plans further research into the social impact, which would effectively lead to
a further delay in the two- and three-digit lottery
scheme.....................Subscribers
Government Lottery
Office Presses for Online Lotto Go-Ahead
BANGKOK, Thailand
(June 22, 2009) -- Government Lottery Office (GLO) Director Wanchai Surakul
said on Monday that he would seek a discussion with the agency's chairman,
Sathit Limpongpun who is also Finance Ministry's permanent secretary, on the
proceeding with the online lottery scheme...................Subscribers
Poll Finds Support For
Online Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 19, 2009) –
According to reports an opinion poll by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University has
found that the majority of people, or 60.24 per cent, support the online
lottery, reasoning that it would generate income for the state to use in
developing the country and solve the problem of the underground lottery.
......................Subscribers
On-Again-Off-Again --
GLO Asked To Review Online Lottery Scheme
BANGKOK, Thailand
(June 18, 2009) - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insists his government does
not encourage people to gamble and is sill weighing the benefits and drawbacks
of launching the online lottery.....................Subscribers
Online Lottery Moves
Closer; Deputy Prime Endorses Online Lotto Scheme
BANGKOK,
Thailand (June 17, 2009) -- Deputy Prime Minister Pradit Patraprasit on
Wednesday announced that he already endorsed the Government Lottery Office's
plan to issue online lottery...................Subscribers
Online Lottery Talks
Next Week
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 16, 2009) -- Government
Lottery Office (GLO) Director Wanchai Surakul said on Tuesday he will seek a
meeting with Sathit Limpongphan, the new permanent secretary for finance, next
week to discuss introducing the long-stalled online
lottery......................Subscribers
Special Lotteries to
Fund Three Construction Projects
BANGKOK, Thailand (June
11, 2009) – One of Thailand’s leading newspaper reported yesterday
that Deputy BMA Governor Theerachon Manomaipibul said a meeting with financial
experts yesterday had set two guidelines. One was that the BMA would issue 24
rounds of a special lottery to fund the construction of Bang Khunthien
Hospital, the senior people's home and a homeless people's shelter in Nakhon
Pathom's Nakhon Chaisi district......................Subscribers
Permanent Secretary to
Oversee Online Lottery Program, GLO in Top Five Revenue
Contributors
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 5, 2009) --
According to local media sources Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij will soon
meet with permanent secretary Sathit Limpongpan to discuss economic
pump-priming measures and the direction of state enterprises Krung Thai Bank,
Thai Airways International and the Government Lottery Office (GLO).
.........................Subscribers
Sellers Demand End to
Delay in Launching Online Lottery Project
BANGKOK, Thailand
(May 12, 2009) -- A group of lottery sellers filed a complaint with the
National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Tuesday, accusing Finance
Minister Korn Chatikavanij of neglecting the online lottery
project.........................Subscribers
Online Lotto Vendors
Pressure Government for Green Light
BANGKOK, Thailand (May
6, 2009) – According to local media reports two-and three-digit lotto
vendors on Wednesday submitted a petition to Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij
at the Finance Ministry, asking the ministry to speed up the long-delayed
online lotto scheme......................Subscribers
GLO Can Resume Sales of
Digit Lotto But Profit 'MUST' Go To State
BANGKOK, Thailand
(April 21, 2009) -- The Council of State says the Government Lottery Office
(GLO) can re-launch the two- and three-digit lottery scheme if revenues from
ticket sales go to the state....................Subscribers
2 & 3 Digit Lotto to
Resume Distribution in 45 Days If Approved by Cabinet
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 20, 2009) -- The Government Lottery Office (GLO)
says it is ready to release the two-and-three digit lotto distribution again in
45 days if the Cabinet gives it the go-ahead..................Subscribers
Finance Minister Says the Government Would Go Ahead With Its
Online Lottery Project Under the Lottery Act
BANGKOK,
Thailand (March 24, 2009) – According to local media reports the
government is planning to use proceeds from the former digit-lottery sales to
fund economic stimulus measures..................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office Backs Government Online Lottery
Plan
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 20, 2008) -- The online
lottery should go ahead, the board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO)
decided yesterday................Subscribers
Government Ready to Compromise Over Lottery
Launch
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 12, 2008) -- The Ministry
of Finance is ready to accept Loxley’s two-billion-baht lawsuit against
the Government Lottery Office (GLO) if it fails to launch the new online
lottery within the next 30 days, Finance Minister Suchart Thadathamrongvej is
reported to have said on Wednesday.....................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office Threatened With B2bn Lawsuit Unless
Lottery Launched
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 12, 2008) --
Loxley yesterday is reported to have threatened to file a two-billion-baht
lawsuit against the Government Lottery Office (GLO) if it fails to launch the
new online lottery within the next 30 days....................Subscribers
Council of State Says Online Lotteries Can be
Distributed
BANGKOK, Thailand (September 27, 2008) - The
Secretary-General of the Office of the Council of State, Ms. Pornthip Jala,
says the Council of State has ruled that the distribution of two- and
three-digit online lotteries is not illegal................Subscribers
Launch of New Online Digit Lottery Put Off
Indefinitely
BANGKOK, Thailand (September 3, 2008) -- The
launch of the online digit lottery, scheduled for September 17, has been
deferred indefinitely...............Subscribers
2 - 3 Digit Lotteries
Open To The Market on October 1
BANGKOK, Thailand (August
21, 2008) -- Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee
says the first lot of 2 – 3 digit lotteries will be distributed on October
1st.............Subscribers
Cabinet OKs Charity Lottery
BANGKOK,
Thailand (August 4, 2008) -- The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the plan to print
charity lottery worth Bt638.6 million...............Subscribers
Supreme Court Accepts Lottery Case
BANGKOK,
Thailand (July 28, 2008) – The Supreme Court accepted Monday to hear the
two-and-three-digit lottery case filed by...............Subscribers
Lottery Sellers With Disabilities Concerned About Online
Plan
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 8, 2008) -- The network of
people with disabilities voiced their concerns on Tuesday about the
government's online lottery plan, saying it would destroy the lottery-selling
system and..................Subscribers
New
Version of Two- and Three-Digit Lotteries Would Resolve Ticket Sellers
Concerns
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 4, 2008) – Finance and
Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Suebwonglee on Friday, in response to a protest
by a group of handicapped lottery ticker sellers, said he believed the planned
issuance of a new version of two- and three-digit lotteries could solve the
problem on sales of overpriced lotteries and ease the demand for a quota
increase...................Subscribers
Disabled ask Government to Scrap Online Lottery
Plan
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 17, 2008) -- More than 200
disabled people gathered in front of the residence of Prime Minister on Tuesday
to call on the government to stop selling lottery online as that would make
them jobless................Subscribers
New
Lottery to be Launched in September
BANGKOK, Thailand (May
23, 2008) -- The two- and three-digit lottery will be relaunched in September,
with sales at stalls and from vending machines.............Subscribers
DPM
to Discuss 2-3 Digit Lotteries with Lottery Office, Announcement Concerning
Selection of a New GLO Director Expected Soon
BANGKOK,
Thailand (may 19, 2008) -- The Deputy Prime Minister announced that he will
discuss legal issues of the distribution of the two- and three-digit lotteries
with the Government Lottery Office (GLO) next week................Subscribers
Finance Ministry set to Relaunch Digit
Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 17, 2008) -- The Finance
Ministry is set to go ahead with its plan to relaunch a new version of the two-
and three-digit lottery scheme as........................Subscribers
2-3 Digit Lottery
Dealers Urge Government to Quickly Authorize Lottery
Distribution
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 2, 2008) -- Chairman of
the Digit Lotto Dealer Association, Thawat Sathitwithaya, reports that he has
submitted a letter to the Finance Minister to ask for the government to
expedite the process of authorizing the distribution of two- and three-digit
lotteries.................Subscribers
Judge Selected to
Preside Over Lottery Case
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 25,
2008) --Judge Rungroj Ruenroengwong would preside over the graft trial on the
lottery case involving 47 defendants, including former prime
minister.................Subscribers
Former PM and Finance
Minister to be Charged in Connection with Lottery Legalisation Case
Today
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 10, 2008) – According
to a published report in local media source the Assets Examination Committee
(AEC) is expected today to sue former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 46
fellow defendants over alleged abuse-of-power and graft charges relating to the
government's decision in 2003 to introduce the two- and three-digit
lotteries.............Subscribers
Government to Discuss
Distribution of 2-3 Digit Lotteries With Lottery Office Next
Week
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 3, 2008) -- Deputy Minister
and Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee says he will discuss the revival of
the two- and three-digit lotteries with the Government Lottery Office (GLO)
next week.................Subscribers
Prime Minister Considers
Making 'LOTTO' Legal
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 3, 2008) --
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej yesterday reportedly told his weekly radio and
television audience he would move to legalise gambling................Subscribers
AEC to Draft Case
Against 2 and 3 Digit Lottery by 3rd of March
BANGKOK,
Thailand (February 19, 2008) -- Spokesman of the Assets Examination Committee
(AEC) Sak Kosaengruang revealed that of attorneys from the Lawyer Council of
Thailand has submitted a list of 12 lawyers and one paralegal.............Subscribers
AEC to Go it Alone in
Lottery Case
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 2, 2008) -- The
Assets Examination Committee (AEC) would bypass the Office of the Attorney
General and prosecute former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for graft
relating to the now stalled two and three digit lotteries...............Subscribers
Lottery Inquiry Needs
More Time, Says OAG
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 19, 2008) --
The Office of the Attorney-General has decided to delay its decision on the
Assets Scrutiny Committee's proposal to indict 47 former cabinet members and
state executives in connection with the launch of the two- and three-digit
lottery scheme............Subscribers
Lottery Panel Decision
Contradicts Findings of the ASC
BANGKOK, Thailand (January
15, 2008) -- The Office of the Attorney-General's two-and-three digit lottery
panel has decided to indict a number of people who clearly stood to benefit
from the digit lottery scheme...............Subscribers
Disabled Lottery
Vendors Seek Fairer Allocation of Lottery Quota
BANGKOK,
Thailand (December 28, 2007) -- The council of disabled lottery vendors
recently rallied in front of the Ministry of Finance, requesting the government
to fairly allocate the lottery quota.........Subscribers
Lottery Ticket Vendors
Hope a Samak Government Would Restart the Two- and Three-Digit Lottery
ASAP
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 27, 2007) -- Former two-
and three-digit lottery sellers have welcomed the People Power party’s
(PPP) victory in the December 23 election..............Subscribers
ASC Passes on Report
Concerning Lottery Scheme
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 22,
2007) -- The Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) yesterday forwarded eight boxes of
investigation reports on the two- and three-digit lottery case to public
prosecutors..................Subscribers
Lottery Bill was a Tough
Decision
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 18, 2007) -- The
decision to legalise the two- and three-digit lottery was among the toughest
the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) has had to make...............Subscribers
Lottery Case to go to
Public Prosecutors
BANGKOK, Thailand (December 11, 2007) --
The Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) yesterday agreed to forward the two and
three-digit lottery case to public prosecutors for the indictment of 30 members
of the Thaksin Shinawatra cabinet.................Subscribers
AEC to Forward 2-3
Digit Lottery Case to Prosecutors
BANGKOK, Thailand
(December 4, 2007) -- The subcommittee investigating the two- and three-digit
lottery case chaired by Udom Fuangfung will request a meeting between the
Assets Examination Committee (AEC) to forward results of the investigation to
prosecutors...............Subscribers
Decision Today on
Whether to File Lottery Charges
BANGKOK, Thailand (December
3, 2007) -- The Assets Examination Committee (AEC) panel investigating
irregularities in the two- and three-digit lotteries will today decide on
whether to file a complaint against..................Subscribers
Lottery Law Will be
Decided by the Next Government
BANGKOK, Thailand (December
1, 2007) -- The future of the controversial two- and three-digit lotteries will
be decided by the next government...............Subscribers
Minority Group Still
Trying to Overturn Lottery Legislation
BANGKOK, Thailand
(November 29, 2007) -- A group of National Legislative Assembly (NLA) members
opposed to the Government Lottery Office (GLO) Act amendment bill will continue
their efforts to overturn the legislation, despite it being approved yesterday
by a majority vote.............Subscribers
New Lottery Authorized
by NLA
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 28, 2007) -- The
National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed the two- and three-digit lottery
bill on its third reading................Subscribers
Former Prime Minister
and 46 Others Indicted For Launching Two- And Three-Digit
Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 24, 2007) -- The
Assets Examination Commission (AEC) on November 22 indicted former prime
minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 46 others, including most of his Cabinet
members for their joint decision to launch the controversial two- and
three-digit lottery in 2003................Subscribers
Amending Lottery Bills
to be Merged
Legislation 1974 Lottery Act
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 1, 2007) – As reported the National
Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday agreed in principle to a second bill
amending the 1974 Government Lottery Office (GLO) Act. The NLA voted 48 to one
to approve the principles of the bill..............Subscribers
Supreme Administrative
Court Rejects Lottery Trader’s Claim
BANGKOK, Thailand
(October 20, 2007) -- The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday threw out a
complaint from a two- and three-digit lottery trader claiming that the
cancellation of the lottery had caused him financial
damage....................Subscribers
Plans to Reintroduce
Two- And Three-Digit Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 22,
2007) -- The controversial two- and three-digit lottery made popular by the
previous Government is set to return.......................Subscribers
NLA Member Expresses
Concern Over Government Lottery Office Bill
BANGKOK,
Thailand (October 17, 2007) -- Chairman of the subcommittee on the disabled
under the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), Wiriya Namsiriphongphan, says he
is concerned that the Government Lottery Office (GLO) bill may affect
...............Subscribers
Vending Machines For
Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 12, 2007) -- The
Finance Ministry is considering whether the revived government two- and
three-digit lotteries should be sold through sales agents as before or through
vending machines..................Subscribers
Lottery Bill Passes
First Phase
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 11, 2007) -- The
National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday passed in the first hearing a new
bill granting the operation of the controversial two and three digit
lottery..................Subscribers
Prime Minister Supports
2-, 3-Digit Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (October 5, 2007) --
Sangsit Piriyarangsan, chairman of the finance committee of the National
Legislative Assembly, claimed Friday that Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont
supported the call for the government to...............Subscribers
Loxley Enlists Online
Lottery Vendors to Assist Direct-Sales Unit
BANGKOK,
Thailand (September 11, 2007) -- Loxley Trading Group, part of the Loxley
Group, plans to utilise more than 8,000 online lottery vendors to help
distribute products from its newly established direct-sales
unit................Subscribers
Former PM Submits
Testimonies in Lotteries Case to AEC
BANGKOK, Thailand
(September 7, 2007) -- Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has assigned
his lawyer to submit testimonies in the two- and three-digits lotteries case to
the Assets Examination Committee (AEC).........................Subscribers
Lottery Sellers Demand
Finance Ministry Solve Lottery Problems
BANGKOK, Thailand
(August 8, 2007) -- A group of two- and three-digit lottery sellers has formed
an association which has submitted a document to Finance Minister requesting
that the government resolve the lottery distribution
problems.......................Subscribers
NLA Considers Bill to
Change Who Controls Government Lottery Office
BANGKOK,
Thailand (August 8, 2007) -- The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will today
consider a bill that will radically change the Government Lottery Office (GLO),
and place the agency under the control of the Social Development and Human
Security Ministry instead of the Finance
Ministry.............................Subscribers
National Gambling
Control Commission to be Established
BANGKOK, Thailand
(August 6, 2007) -- The Social Development and Human Security Ministry will ask
the Cabinet to establish the National Gambling Control
Commission...............................Subscribers
New Privatisation
Curbs
THAILAND (July 12, 2007) -- The Thai government has
moved to prevent certain state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from being privatised.
On June 19th the cabinet approved..............Subscribers
Lottery is Big Business
in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 2, 2007) -- Statistics
from the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce show that half of the
population bought state lottery tickets over the past year...........Subscribers
Lottery Office
Executives to Face Malfeasance Charges Over Launch of the Two- and Three-Digit
Lottery Scheme
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 3, 2007) -- The
Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) yesterday reportedly agreed to press
malfeasance charges against the entire cabinet of deposed prime
minister............Subscribers
GLO to Forward New
Lottery Versions to Council of the State for consideration
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 25, 2007) -- The Government Lottery Office (GLO)
reports that it will forward the issue of the new versions of the two-and
three-digit lotteries to the Council of the State for consideration
soon............Subscribers
Privatization – One
Government Lottery Off The Table, While Another is Hoped to be Finalized This
Year
THAILAND AND TURKEY (June 20, 2007) -- Public health
agencies and electricity and water utilities are among the state enterprises
that will be banned from privatization under a new law approved by the cabinet
yesterday..........Subscribers
Lottery Draw Days to be
Reduced
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 10, 2007) -- The government
will halve the number of dates on which official lotteries are drawn to two
days per month as its latest policy aimed at reducing the number of lottery
participants nationwide...............Subscribers
Relaunch of Two- and
Three-Digit Lotteries Put Off Again Pending Buy-Back Study
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 26, 2007) -- The planned relaunch of the new
Government Lottery Office’s (GLO) two- and three-digit lotteries next
month has reportedly been put on hold again..........Subscribers
Three Lottery Options
Put Forward for Consideration
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 26,
2007) -- Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn yesterday revealed three
possible formats for the new government two- and three-digit
lotteries.........Subscribers
Lottery Office Proposes
New Version of Two-Three Digit Lotteries to Finance Minister for
Consideration
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 23, 2007) -- Acting
Director-General of the Government Lottery Office (GLO), Mr. Wanchai Surakul,
will propose a new version of the two-three digit lotteries to the Minister of
Finance for consideration..........................Subscribers
Government Panel Says
New Lottery Needs Large Jackpot To Attract Players
BANGKOK,
Thailand (May 12, 2007) -- According to local media reports Finance Minister
Chalongphob Sussangkarn today dismissed widespread press reports that he had
set June 2 as the date for the new two- and three-digit lottery system to begin
operating.........................Subscribers
Government Gives Green
Light for New Lottery to be Launched in June, Will Offer Jackpot Prize
Competitive With The Illegal Lotteries And Numbers Games
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 11, 2007) - The two- and three- digit lottery is
expected to be resumed in June under a new configuration recently approved by a
government decree.........................Subscribers
Lotto Woes
Continue
SOUTH AFRICA (May 2, 2007) -- It could be some
time before South Africans can play Lotto again, the South African Press
Association (SAPA) reported............................Subscribers
New Lotteries Structure
Criticized
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 2, 2007) -- According to
local media sources the government’s decision to revive the 2- and 3-digit
lotteries in a new form - raises doubts about whether the government has the
slightest idea what it is dealing with..............................Subscribers
Government Gives Lottery
Green Light, Set To Legalise Two And Three-Digit Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 2, 2007) -- Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has
given the nod for the Finance Ministry to go ahead with its plan to resume the
Government Lottery Office’s (GLO) popular two and three-Digit
Lotteries............................Subscribers
Finance Minister Files
Charges Against The Issue Of Two-Three Digit Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 19, 2007) -- Finance Minister Chalongphob
Susangkarn has reportedly filed charges against the Government Lottery
Offices’ two-three digit lottery games and has forwarded the case to the
Asset Examination Committee (AEC)......................Subscribers
Finance Minister Says
Lottery Report is Accurate, New GLO Chairman Appointed
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 2, 2007) -- The Finance Minister, Mr. Chalongphob
Sussangkarn, reportedly insists that the report concerning the people who
illegally sold two-and three-digit lotteries, which has been submitted to the
Assets Examination Committee (AEC), is
accurate..............................Subscribers
Thailand Two- And
Three-Digit Lotteries Update
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 19,
2007) -- The chairman of the subcommittee responsible for inspecting the two-
and three-digit lotteries, Mr. Udom Feung-fung, says an investigation
subcommittee cannot be formed because the affected party has not filed a
complaint............................Subscribers
Finance Ministry Affirms
Government Lottery Drawings Will Be Transparent
BANGKOK,
Thailand (February 28, 2007) – According to Press Reports, the Permanent
Secretary of Finance has affirmed that the Government Lottery Office's (GLO)
lottery drawings would be transparent despite lack of television
coverage...............................Subscribers
Lottery Probe Wrapped
Up, Fourty Six to be Charged
BANGKOK, Thailand (February
28, 2007) -- A group of 30 politicians and 16 officials are implicated in the
misuse of 15 billion baht in revenue generated from the two and three-digit
lottery scheme, initiated by the Thaksin Shinawatra government in
2003...........................Subscribers
Committee Recommends New
Unit to Supervise Two-and Three-Digit Lotteries
BANGKOK,
Thailand (February 15, 2007) – A subcommittee responsible for studying the
Government Lottery Office (GLO) Act has reportedly suggested that the
government should set up a new unit to supervise the distribution of two-and
three-digit lotteries...............................Subscribers
Legal Issues Dog
Relaunch of Numbers Lottery; Ruling Seen As Court's Job
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 15, 2007) -- The court, not the Council of
State, should rule on whether the sale of the two- and three-digit lottery
launched by the government of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is
legal, a seminar was told...........................Subscribers
Lottery 'A Legal
Pitfall'
BANGKOK, Thailand, USA (February 12, 2007) -- A
member of the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) warned recently that the
Finance Ministry would have to be responsible for damage caused by legalising
the Government Lottery Office's (GLO) popular two- and three-digit
lotteries...............................Subscribers
Lottery Investigation
Will Be Independent, But Still No Progress On Amendments To Government Lottery
Act
BANGKOK, Thailand, USA (February 2, 2007) -- Mr. Udom
Feung-fung, the chairman of the subcommittee under the Assets Examination
Committee (AEC), has affirmed that the Office of the Council of State's policy
and will not affect the work of the AEC...........Subscribers
Lottery Decision Out On
Tuesday
BANGKOK, Thailand (February 2, 2007) -- The Council
of State will rule on Tuesday whether the Finance Ministry can hold two- and
three-digit lotteries..........Subscribers
Lottery Ruling Expected
Tomorrow
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 31, 2007) -- Players of
the two-and three-digit lottery, which has been put on hold, will learn
tomorrow if the popular number lotteries will be re-launched when the Council
of State makes a key ruling..........Subscribers
Search for Suitable
Candidate for the Post of Government Lottery Office Director
Continues
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 27, 2007) --
Unemployed sellers of two- and three-digit lotteries are going to the Supreme
Administrative Court next week over the government's repealing of the
lotteries.......Subscribers
Lottery Agents Threaten
to Take Case to Supreme Administrative Court
BANGKOK,
Thailand (January 25, 2007) -- Unemployed sellers of two- and three-digit
lotteries are reportedly taking their case to the Supreme Administrative Court
next week over the government's repealing of the number
lotteries.............Subscribers
Lottery Dealers Demand
Government Resume the Sale of Two-Three Digit Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 17, 2007) -- Representatives of lottery dealers
reportedly gathered in front of Government House this morning to request an
update on the progress of amending the Government Lottery Office
Act..........Subscribers
Lottery Vendors to
Continue Rally
BANGKOK, Thailand (January 11, 2007) --
Representatives of lottery vendors reportedly planned to prolong a rally in
front of the Finance Ministry this morning to pressure the government to
legalise the two- and three- digit lottery sales.........Subscribers
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