Police took into custody two executives of an online lottery company this morning (Wednesday), whose premises in Nonthaburi province and in the north-eastern province of Loei were raided by police and officials from the Government Lottery Office (GLO) last month.

 

Armed with arrest warrants, issued by the Criminal Court, two police units from the special task force, formed to resolve the overpriced lottery sales problem, raided premises in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi province and another in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district.

 

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The police arrested 31-year old Patchara Messiyaporn and 43-year old Panrada Chaiputthithada, who are both executives of the Mungkornfa (Blue Dragon) online lottery dealer. Both have been charged with defrauding the public, engaging in the direct sale of lottery tickets without permission, over-advertising and selling overpriced lottery tickets. They were later released on bail.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/two-executives-of-thailands-mungkornfa-online-lottery-dealer-in-police-custody/

 

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What were the odds on that happening?

Their number(s) seem to be up!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The police arrested 31-year old Patchara Messiyaporn and 43-year old Panrada Chaiputthithada, who are both executives of the Mungkornfa (Blue Dragon) online lottery dealer. Both have been charged with defrauding the public, engaging in the direct sale of lottery tickets without permission, over-advertising and selling overpriced lottery tickets. They were later released on bail.

Go 100% digital online sales from all the local convenience outlets.

Tickets are open to corruption.

13 hours ago, overherebc said:

What were the odds on that happening?

Better than winning it.

Until you can choose your own numbers the Thai lottery will always be viewed as a scam; the pre-printed winning numbers rarely fall into poor people's hands.

1 minute ago, mikebell said:

Until you can choose your own numbers the Thai lottery will always be viewed as a scam; the pre-printed winning numbers rarely fall into poor people's hands.

I recall the TV program where the winning numbers were picked by spinning wheels, presumably live, and with members of the public witnessing it. I don't believe that is the way nowadays, 

Well, good to see some action on the matter ...

 

... but if what these two did was indeed unlawful, then they should also go after their suppliers and their customers (i.e. the whole supply chain - except for the mug on the street who actually buys the tickets) - all those in the supply chain must have also been aware that what was going on was all monkey-business (aka fraud).

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

They were later released on bail.

Soon to host a new TV programme 'Where are they now?'