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THAILAND
LOTTERY NEWS - 2003
Government Lottery Office Considers
Options for Casino Venture
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 27, 2003) -- The Government
Lottery Office (GLO) is looking at joint investment with the
private sector to open Thailand's first casino, part of a multi-billion-baht
entertainment complex.......................Subscribers
Prime Minister Reassures Players B100
Million Lottery Loss is Trivial
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 18, 2003) -- According to
local news sources the Government Lottery Office's (GLO) two
and three-digit lottery draw on November 16 resulted in a loss
of more than 100 million baht to the government........................Subscribers
Police Given a BIG Incentive to Stamp
Out Illegal Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 17, 2003) -- According to
local news sources the Royal Thai Police Office expects to receive
4,800 million baht a year from its 2% share of sales of two
and three-digit lottery tickets after on-line vending machines
come on stream..........................Subscribers
Government Plans to Tighten Statute
Rules For Public Interest Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (November 4, 2003) – According to
local news sources Finance Minister Lin Chuan pledged yesterday
to revise the regulations to require that governments at various
levels spend the funds allocated from the lottery profits exclusively
for public interest and welfare programs.........................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office to Explore Legalising Football Betting
BANGKOK, Thailand (November 3, 2003) -- Local media reports
claim the Government Lottery Office (GLO) is looking at feasible
ways to launch a legal football gambling business in Thailand.........................Subscribers
Police Chief Covets Top Lottery Job
BANGKOK Thailand (October 5, 2003) -- According to domestic
news sources Crime Suppression Division commander Pol Maj-Gen
Surasit Sangkhapong wants to be the next director-general of
Thailand's Government Lottery Office (GLO).........................Subscribers
Bangkok Threatens to Close Border to
Shut-Down Illegal Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 25, 2003) -- A senior Thai
official has warned that Bangkok may close the Thai-Cambodian
border "for the good of the nation" if the so called
'casinos' in the Cambodian border town of Poi Pet continue to
operate Thai underground lottery games....................Subscribers
Government Prepares to Seize Assets
of Illegal Lottery Operators
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 26, 2003) -- According to local
media reports Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)
is preparing to seize the assets of people who continue to operate
underground lotteries in Thailand as well as in neighbouring
countries.........................Subscribers
Elite Squad Formed to Tackle Illegal
Lottery Syndicates; Police Offered Rewards for Arresting Principals
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 21, 2003) -- The Government Lottery
Office (GLO), the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), the Anti-Money
Laundering Office (AMLO) and the Revenue Department have all
joined forces to establish an elite squad to tackle the country's
illegal lottery syndicates.......................Subscribers
New Lottery Take-up Below Official Forecasts
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 17, 2003) -- The government
yesterday blamed competition from the underground lottery syndicates
for the slow sales of the new two- and three-digit lottery......................Subscribers
Lottery Receives Nine Bids to Install
Online System
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 12, 2003) -- According to local
sources the Government Lottery Office (GLO) has received nine
expressions of interest in response to its invitation to install
an online lottery system....................Subscribers
Local Company Plans Bonds Issue to Bid
for On-line Lottery Contract
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 5, 2003) - According to a Reuters
report Thai information technology company Loxley PCL has announced
it will issue two billion baht ($47.82 million) of bonds this
year and bid for the government's on-line lottery project......................Subscribers
Number Lotteries Debut Meets with Player
Acceptance; GLO May Have to Print More Tickets for Next Draw
to meet Demand
BANGKOK, Thailand 9August 4, 2003) – Local media
reports indicate that the Government Lottery Office (GLO) may
have to print extra Bt50 and Bt100 tickets for future two-and
three-digit lottery draws to meet demand for the more expensive
tickets....................Subscribers
New Lottery Proves a Sell-Out, But Not
Without Teething Problems
BANGKOK, Thailand (August 1, 2003) -- The Director of
the Government Lottery Office (GLO), Chaiwat Pasok-pakdee, announced
yesterday that ticket sales for the GLO's new two- and three-digit
lotteries are expected to..................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office Throws Down
the Gauntlet to Underground Syndicates with Offer of Additional
Prizes
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 30, 2003) -- The Government Lottery
Office (GLO) yesterday announced additional prizes for its new
two- and three-digit lottery tickets in a bid to..........................Subscribers
Ticket Sellers Critical of New Lottery
System
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 25, 2003) -- According to local news
sources the Government Lottery Office (GLO) agents employed
to sell the GLO's new two and three digit lottery tickets claim
they are facing fierce competition..................Subscribers
National Advisory Council Votes Against
Government’s Gaming/Lottery Proposals
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 25, 2003) -- The National Economic
and Social Advisory Council has voted against the government
legalising casinos, allowing football betting and issuing two-digit
and three-digit lottery tickets to combat the underground lottery..................Subscribers
Consortium Offers to Insure Lottery
Prizes
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 25, 2003) – The Nation reported
today that a consortium of non-life insurance companies has
called on the Government Lottery Office (GLO) to buy a hedging
policy.................Subscribers
Post Office Commences Sale of Lottery
Tickets Today
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 23, 2003) -- Post offices across
the country will commence selling the Government Lottery Office’s
(GLO) new two- and three-digit tickets today as part of the
government's latest offensive against underground lotteries..................Subscribers
New Number Lotteries go on Sale
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 18, 2003) -- Two-digit and three-digit
tickets went on sale for the first time yesterday as the Government
Lottery Office (GLO) launched its new, legal "underground
lottery''..........................Subscribers
Underground Lottery Syndicates Fight
Back
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 15, 2003) -- According to local media
reports the government's crackdown on underground lottery syndicates
has forced the operators to be more imaginative in their marketing...........................Subscribers
Number Lotteries Get Cabinet Approval
BANGKOK, Thailand (July 8, 2003) -- The cabinet yesterday approved
the Finance Ministry's proposal for the Government Lottery Office
(GLO) to sell two-digit and three-digit tickets......................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office Considers Limiting Prize Payouts
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 28, 2003) -- According to domestic news
sources the Government Lottery Office (GLO) is considering limiting
the prize payout for its new number lotteries......................Subscribers
Government Crack Down of Illegal
Lotteries Angers Working Class Thais
BANGKOK (June 24, 2003) -- Assoc Prof Sungsidh Piriyarangsan
of Chulalongkorn University's faculty of economics, a recognised
authority on the underground economy, claims the government
crackdown on Thailand's illegal number lotteries will not generate
an increase in government revenue............................Subscribers
Legal Version of ‘Underground
Lottery' Set to Launch July 17
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 27, 2003) – The Bangkok Post reported
yesterday that everything is in readiness for the launch of
the Government Lottery Office’s (GLO) new two- and three-digit
lotteries........................Subscribers
Lottery
Couriers to be Vetted by Police
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 20, 2003) - According to local
sources people applying for a job as a courier to deliver the
Government Lottery Office's (GLO) new two-and-three digit lottery
tickets will have to fulfil certain criteria....................Subscribers
House Panel to Probe Awarding
of Lottery Contracts BANGKOK, Thailand (June 20, 2003)
- According to local news sources members of a subcommittee
attached to the House Committee on Social Welfare are investigating
the awarding of Government Lottery Office (GLO) contracts.....................Subscribers
Lottery Board Approves Number Games
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 19, 2003) - The Government Lottery Office
(GLO) board yesterday approved the proposed sale of two-digit
and three-digit lotteries...................Subscribers
Have Tickets-Will Travel, Mobile Government-Designated Ticket
Sellers to Distribute New Lotteries
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 11, 2003) - According to domestic
news sources the Permanent Secretary for Finance Somchainuk
Engtrakul announced yesterday that the first drawing for the
Government Lottery Offices' (GLO) new two and three-digit lotteries
would take place......................Subscribers
Academic Claims Government Lotteries Can't Compete with Underground
Lottery Industry
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 7, 2003) - Professor Sangsit Piriyarangsan,
a senior academic at the Chulalongkorn University, has again
stated his theory that the Government Lottery Office (GLO) will
not be able to compete with the underground lottery industry...................Subscribers
Number Lotteries Launch May be Delayed, Lottery Can't Decide
How Tickets will be Distributed
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 7, 2003) - According to the Deputy
Finance Minister Varathep Rattanakorn, the government's plan
to take the underground lottery operators 'head-on' could
be delayed.....................Subscribers
Banks Need Approval to be Lottery Agents
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 4, 2003) - In its drive to tempt people
away from Thailand's underground lotteries, the Government Lottery
Office (GLO) is considering offering its lottery service via
branches of commercial banks and their ATM networks, allowing
customers to quote their favourite numbers.....................Subscribers
Government Lottery Office Meets Demand for Illegal Number Games
BANGKOK, Thailand (June 3, 2003) - The Government Lottery Office
(GLO) will temporarily issue two and three-digit lotteries to
meet the demand for the popular, but illegal number games, which
have been eradicated by the government's crackdown on illegal
lotteries......................Subscribers
Academic Claims Underground Lottery Will Return BANGKOK,
Thailand (June 2, 2003) -- According to Prof Sangsit Piriyarangsan
of Chulalongkorn University's economics faculty, the government's
clampdown on Thailand's underground lottery operators is not
a long-term solution.....................Subscribers
Government Crackdown on Underground Lotteries Delivers Immediate
Dividend
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 31, 2003) -- The government's crackdown
on the underground lottery industry is starting to pay dividends......................Subscribers
Receipt Lottery' Could Soon Boast Higher Prizes
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 15, 2003) -- Although the Government's
new 'Receipt Lottery' is only one day old, the Finance
Minister is already talking about.................Subscribers
Thailand Launches Receipt Lottery
BANGKOK, Thailand (May 14, 2003) -Thailand has followed both
the South Korean and Chinese Governments in introducing a "receipt
lottery" to force shop keepers into paying income tax......................Subscribers
GLO Outlines Online Lottery Tender Conditions
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 24, 2003) -- According to domestic
media reports bidders for the Government Lottery Office's (GLO)
proposed online lottery system must have....................Subscribers
Proposed Online Lottery Will Have Minimum Impact on Underground
Betting Syndicates
BANGKOK, Thailand (April 21, 2003) -- Local sources claim that
the Government Lottery Office's (GLO) proposed new online lottery
system will have minimum impact on the activities of the underground
lottery syndicates..................Subscribers
Government Expected to Give the Nod to Keno
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 17, 2003) -- According to domestic
news sources the director-general of the Government Lottery
Office (GLO), Chaiwat Pasokpuckdee, said that once the 12,000
online lottery terminals have been installed throughout the
country, the GLO plans to introduce Keno in.....................Subscribers
Lottery Vendors Prepare to Bid For Thailand's Online Lottery
Contract
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 5, 2003) -- As reported yesterday
the Finance Permanent Secretary, Somchainuk Engtrakul, said
that as many as five vendors are preparing to bid for the contract
to install an online lottery system for the Government Lottery
Office (GLO).......................Subscribers
Thailand's Online Lottery to be Operational by July
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 4, 2003) - Chaiwat Pasokpakdi,
the Director of Thailand's Government Lottery Office (GLO),
announced today that approximately 3,000 lottery terminals will
be installed by July. The Director said that eventually there
would be 12,000 terminals installed nationwide. The terminals
would sell two and three-digit tickets.......................Subscribers
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