Thai government tests new lottery system with tickets as low as 20 baht

[webfact]

 

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) plans to experiment with the sale of three-digit and two-digit lotteries within a sandbox system mid-year this year.

 

The test will involve one million numbers, both direct and permutation, to combat underground lottery operations. The cost per ticket is expected to range between 20 to 50 baht.

 

The director of GLO revealed that the initial trial would assess the suitability of the number of players and their risk-taking behaviour. The experiment will involve actual sales and payouts to ensure system stability and maximum buyer satisfaction. The results will then be presented to the lottery committee for approval.

The prize distribution will remain as approved by the Cabinet, in the form of a lottery contribution. Buyers could stand a chance to win four types of prizes: direct three-digit prizes, permuted three-digit prizes, direct two-digit prizes, and special prizes. The prize money would be allocated from 60% of the sales in each round.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

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[oxo1947]

 

The reason the illegal 2 number is  preferred, is that  the amount the prize money from illegal lottery pays out is by far greater then government pay out for the last 2 numbers of their own lottery.

If they want to stamp out the  2 & 3 number illegal lottery then raise the prize of these to at least somewhere near to the illegal prize payout.

Then of course the punter will have that & additional benefits of the other prizes in the Gov tickets.

 

At the moment the gap is just to wide---in Issan especially the illegal seems to be played a lot more then the legal ticket.

 

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Edited January 20 by oxo1947

[flyingtlger]

What's that saying?

There's a sucker born every lottery ....

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The prize money would be allocated from 60% of the sales in each round.

A nice earner for the government...