webfact Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Lottery Office warns of lifetime ban on lottery sale BANGKOK: -- The chairman of the state-run Government Lottery Office (GLO) yesterday warned both major and minor lottery agents that they could face lifetime cut from lottery quota allocation if they repeat abusing their privileges by selling their allocated quotas for profit. This was revealed by Lt Gen Apirat Kongsompong, the GLO board chairman who oversees the lottery ticket sales. He said the committee in charge of lottery ticket sales decided after a meeting yesterday to take immediate and severe action on individuals and parties who have abused of their privilege by selling on their lottery allocation quotas for profit. For private individuals who have obtained their quotas from bookings made through Krungthai Bank’s ATM machines but persist in selling overpriced lottery tickets, three warnings will be given before being slapped with a lifetime ban. This has been deemed necessary as many honest sellers regularly queue for long periods in order to make bookings at ATM machines but are more often than not denied access by these unscrupulous sellers who then sells their quotas to them at marked up prices. The GLO will continue to weed out these types of sellers so that more and more honest sellers from the regular public can make a living, he said. He also said as for charitable organizations that have been allocated quotas but have abused their privileges, a similar lifetime ban will also be handed out. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/lottery-office-warns-lifetime-ban-lottery-sale/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 44 minutes ago, webfact said: they could face lifetime cut Does anyone take these threats seriously ? Nearly everyday we hear threats from powers that be, but rarely are any carried out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 in every level of thai society people love to make threats, they rarely carry out the threat. the threat is often an attempt to save face or show how powerful the threat make is however, bizarrely, the fact the threat usually never comes to anything doesn't seem to cause loss of face. a thai lady and western bf were asked to leave my apartment building due to their unacceptable behaviour witnessed by many other residents and the cctv. massive loss of face to the lady so threats were made involving lawyers and police, blah blah, blah. what happened? absolutely nothing. nothing to do with the authorities everything to do with her growing up, behaving like an adult and accepting responsibility for her actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Often spoken: "could face", "may face"Reality: "never face" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) I thought that the lottery was "reformed"? Has there been some back-sliding? Street prices seem to be back up to 90 baht? Edited January 31, 2017 by mtls2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Only the illegal lottery sellers will be able to continue with there business soon lol.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Who care i never buy them anyway If i had 3,000 tickets i still loose and there were 3001 tickets in the hat i still loose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 5 hours ago, SABloke said: Often spoken: "could face", "may face" Reality: "never face" add Mull and Probe regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyhangmon Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: Does anyone take these threats seriously ? Nearly everyday we hear threats from powers that be, but rarely are any carried out. Yessir, non-enforcement is the problem here, or rather selected enforcement if you will. Same with other topics like driving-while-blind aka DUI - only one reason why/how they got it under control (sort of) back home and that is strict enforcement of very high fines, financially or revocation of license if necessary. Already happened some 30, 35 years ago though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 6 hours ago, mtls2005 said: I thought that the lottery was "reformed"? Has there been some back-sliding? Street prices seem to be back up to 90 baht? Last time i asked they were 120 again....the crackdown is not valid anymore and the police not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalard Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 7 hours ago, mtls2005 said: I thought that the lottery was "reformed"? Has there been some back-sliding? Street prices seem to be back up to 90 baht? Out in Pathumthani they are asking up to 100 baht.. Thieving pricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Here in CM several of ther large perment set ups on footpath are owned , supply lotto tickets and hire people to exvchange cash for tickets and set price, by policemen. They even place'' no parking'' except for lotto customers signs on public parking zones. The bib it appears, answer to no one except a higher ranking bib. The same can be said for several organizations who are susposed to be tasked with serving the Thai public. I keep hoping they can find a honest alpha male to put in charge /with a crew, with balls to fire, jail, sieze assets,etc equally, in a time frame of 4 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokemachine Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Out in Pathumthani they are asking up to 100 baht.. Thieving pricksYou should take a walk to wat hua lamphong. More ridiculous pricing and somemore selling in a temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 It´s really intelligent to sell something that is clearly marked with 80 Bath, for 20-40 Bath more. Wonder why they don´t do it with the newspapers too, would be a great profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepinthailand Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Why not just do as Thais do pick the tickets they want get the correct money out ie 80 bht a ticket. If the seller starts saying there 90 drop the tickets and walk away. I never pay over 80 bht a ticket so called special tickets or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I think that any lottery "reform" was focused on dislodging the "Five Tigers" who may have not been on the "right side", or paying the acceptable tithes, with "Five New Tigers"? Reforms you will love, in jail or elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieeyed Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I wanted to buy a 5 ticket packet with the same numbers with a pay out of 30 million a couple of days ago. Could not find a vendor that would sell it for the 400 baht that it is worth. Everyone wanted 500 baht, told them all to stuff it. Pisses me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Deepinthailand said: Why not just do as Thais do pick the tickets they want get the correct money out ie 80 bht a ticket. If the seller starts saying there 90 drop the tickets and walk away. I never pay over 80 bht a ticket so called special tickets or not. If and when I buy I quite often hand back the tickets when they pull them off and leave a big chunk of the corner stuck to the board with staples. Makes them void. Then I pull of another ticket, carefully. Edited February 1, 2017 by overherebc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 38 minutes ago, pieeyed said: I wanted to buy a 5 ticket packet with the same numbers with a pay out of 30 million a couple of days ago. Could not find a vendor that would sell it for the 400 baht that it is worth. Everyone wanted 500 baht, told them all to stuff it. Pisses me off. The good news is you still have 400 baht instead of the nothing you were going to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepinthailand Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 3 hours ago, pieeyed said: I wanted to buy a 5 ticket packet with the same numbers with a pay out of 30 million a couple of days ago. Could not find a vendor that would sell it for the 400 baht that it is worth. Everyone wanted 500 baht, told them all to stuff it. Pisses me off. That's what they try just politely remind d them what there doing is ilegal mrs does it all the time. Then she asks for thete lottery official number. By this stage about 6 of the old women who sell the tickets at the post office steps in KK are closing there boxes and heading north. The one she is talking to suddenly sells here the book of 5 for 400 bht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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