"overpricing"

The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will look into increasing the number of digital lottery tickets allocated to each draw after 5.17 million tickets for the draw on July 1 were sold out on Sunday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is happy with the latest effort to tackle Thailand’s chronic problem of lottery overpricing by using technology, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Saturday.

The government will launch new six- and three-digit lotteries this year in a bid to tackle the problems of overpricing and illegal lotto, a PM’s Office minister said on Tuesday.

Bluedragon executive Pachara Messiyaporn will be charged for allegedly overpricing lottery tickets, National Police chief assistant Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal confirmed on Wednesday.

The operator of online lottery selling platform “Blue Dragon Lottery” said it will suspend operations from April 2 after its office was raided by police on suspicion of overpricing.

Police raided the offices of a major online lottery vendor on Friday as part of moves to stamp out the chronic overpricing of government lottery tickets.

The government lottery plans to launch a digital ticket-selling platform to tackle the problem of overpriced tickets.

PRIVATE HOSPITALS will no longer be allowed to hit patients with huge bills after authorities introduced clear legal measures yesterday to curb hefty prices.