Lite Beer Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Chairman of Government Lottery Office resignsBANGKOK: -- Chairman of the Government Lottery Office Somchai Sajjapong has resigned after nine months in the office.He reportedly said he decided to resign as he failed to control the price of the lottery as the government ordered.Somchai has submitted his resignation letter to Permanent Secretary of Finance Ministry Rangsan Siworasat and has informed Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula, Finance Minister Sommai Pasee and Deputy Minister of Finance Wisudhi Srisuphan of his decision. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Chairman-of-Government-Lottery-Office-resigns-30258788.html -- The Nation 2015-04-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAppletons Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Figure the odds. (Ha, ha...."figure the odds"....it's a lottery.....) I'm here all week ladies and gentlemen, don't forget to tip your bartenders and cocktail servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 He reportedly said he decided to resign as he failed to control the price of the lottery as the government ordered. What a bad citizen, unable to follow orders, take him to the attitude and adjustment center immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Costas2008 Posted April 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2015 He failed.....it was the right thing to do and submit his resignation. If my employees had failed me, I would have kicked them out. No excuses, either you do the job you are paid for, or you are out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EyesWideOpen Posted April 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) Never heard of a Thai official resigning over shame. I suspect there is a lot more to this story...... The lottery must be a river of money, probably hard not to take a dip into it. Edited April 26, 2015 by EyesWideOpen 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 And the answer to problem is simple register all street level ticket sellers and issue them a certain amount of tickets on a commission bases. all unsold tickets get turned in and they only pay for what they sold. If they fail to pay then two things happen they can never sell again and do jail time for thief. Government covers all tickets to pay winners it would take a few months before it would be working correctly But vendors would get commission of say 5 baht a ticket government gets 75 baht to cover wins and admin costs. No middleman thus win win all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Goverment scheme, and totaly corrupt. Every village in Thailand, also has another illeagal lottery. So what do you do? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT555 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Wonder where he stashed the loot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 wife and extended family said enough already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 He reportedly said he decided to resign as he failed to control the price of the lottery as the government ordered. Ach, Somchai, don't worry so much, you still have control over your bladder? Don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 ...it speaks volumes.... ..wonder if it will be enough to not hold him accountable for anything..... ...or was it a 'mutually agreed upon' scenario..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Most likely he has realized that there is no money to be made there more than what he's doing as the custom director... smart move indeed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwyn Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 really? and this effects me and you how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 really? and this effects me and you how? Amusement factor ?? As near as I can tell from reading the news here for many years, I assume every political position ( spot at the feeding trough ) is bought. Therefore for someone to walk away means things have gone terribly wrong. Does it affect me ? Hmmmm not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 (edited) He failed.....it was the right thing to do and submit his resignation. If my employees had failed me, I would have kicked them out. No excuses, either you do the job you are paid for, or you are out. If my employees had failed me, I would have kicked them out. Don't worry you won't have to bite in that apple. After reading some of your posts nobody would work for you anyway. Edited April 26, 2015 by Lupatria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 He was ordered to voluntarily step down. Still, investigations are pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstonc Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 you know theres something wrong when a 100 baht ticket costs 110 baht..and the top prize never changes..where has all that money gone..i know dont tell me...new submarines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I hope every other useless Manager in Thailand follows his example.......But wait ! There won't be anyone left to run anything. Still; the vast majority would not be missed methinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawati Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 How many times THEY told him??...I am gonna make you an offer you cant refuse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Given how widespread 7/11, familymart etc have become why cant tickets be purchased there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozfromoz Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 He failed.....it was the right thing to do and submit his resignation. If my employees had failed me, I would have kicked them out. No excuses, either you do the job you are paid for, or you are out. Maybe It seems t me you know sweet truck all about managing people/ employees. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAppletons Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 you know theres something wrong when a 100 baht ticket costs 110 baht..and the top prize never changes..where has all that money gone..i know dont tell me...new submarines. The tickets are supposed to be 80 thb....and these days they sell for 120 thb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick167 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 They should sack everybody from the GLO office and replace them. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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