Lotteries get go ahead but vendors don't like system
Nearly 100 members of the Two- and Three-Digit Lottery Sellers’ Club protest against the new ticket design in front of the Finance Ministry yesterday, preferring instead the old format.
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The government would proceed with the new two- and three-digit lotteries and fix any problems with them later on, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said yesterday.
The PM simply gave a nod when asked by a group of reporters outside Government House whether the new two- and three-digit lotteries would come into operation soon, after he had previously confirmed a recommendation by Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn to give it the go ahead. More than 100 lottery vendors had gathered outside the Finance Ministry compound earlier to protest that the new system will not allow punters to select the numbers they want. They threatened to rally across the country against the new lotteries if people were not allowed to selected their own numbers. Vendors also plan a mass rally next Friday (May 11) outside Parliament House to call on the National Legislative Assembly not to pass a law allowing the new lotteries to operate. Meanwhile, the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) manager, Theeraphong Tangtheerasunant, said the BAAC was ready to draw its lottery only once or twice a month to co-operate with the government's anti-vice policy. Government Savings Bank (GSB) director, Kornpoj Asavinvijit, said the GSB also agreed to co-operate with the government by doing the same, or it could designate a minimum age for lottery buyers of 20 years old.
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