“Anucha” the board to solve the expensive lottery Revealing the progress of solving the problem of overpriced lotteries, invading 2 “Dragon Sky – Lottery Plus”, found the lottery sold over the price of 6.5 million tickets, accelerate the expansion, cut the rights, cancel the quota of dealers – those who have the right to buy Ready to speed up the screening process for the real 80 baht lottery seller
On March 28, 2022, Mr. Anucha Nakasai, Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office As chairman of the committee meeting to resolve those who have suffered from the sale or sale of government lottery tickets at a price that exceeds the set amount in the government lottery revealed that the meeting today It was a meeting to acknowledge the progress of the 3 sub-committees, consisting of the Subcommittee to drive the problem solving of the offering and the task force to examine government lottery dealers.
In the first part, the sub-committee drives the solution to the problem of overpriced or overpriced lottery. with Mr. Seksakon Atthawong, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister as chairman of the sub-committee Has assigned Police Lieutenant General Surachet Hakphan to be the head of the operation to drive the latest operations, have searched the Blue Dragon Lottery Company Limited and the Blue Dragon Mae Ploy Company, Krua Yoosri Company Limited, Nonthaburi Province and the Company Blue Dragon, Muang Loei Branch, Loei Province
More than 2 million government lottery tickets were detected and offered for sale on the Azure Dragon website and application at a starting price of 105 baht per copy, which exceeds the legal limit. Currently in the process of expansion Check the Government Lottery that is the dealer’s lot or any buyer-pre-booking to lead to the termination of the reseller contract and cancellation of registration In the case of purchasing in advance next
While the task force inspecting lottery dealers, with Pol Lt. Gen. Prachuap Wongsuk, Assistant Commissioner of Police, was the head of that set. A field visit was conducted to verify the disbursement of pre-booked lottery tickets at 95 post offices across the region. Including checking the distribution of lotteries by dealers at distribution boards across the country and conducting an investigation Examine targeted middlemen with behavior in offering or selling lottery tickets for over a certain price.
and the same day An ad hoc investigation kit has visited the area to search under a search warrant of the Criminal Court at the office of Lottery Online Company Limited, SSP Tower 1, Sukhumvit 63, Bangkok, the operator of the application and website of the Lottery Plus. Found that the number of government lottery tickets amounted to more than 4.7 million, which the Office of the Lottery Must be used to extend the results of the examination of the entry of the lottery quota for further termination of the contract
For the progress of the subcommittee’s work Study the guidelines and measures to solve the problem of selling or selling government lottery tickets. with Mr. Chankrit Dejvitak, Deputy Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office as chairman of the subcommittee has studied the information Price structure and overall style of lottery business to lead to an in-depth study of relevant laws that there must be further improvements and consider a solution to the problem through legal measures whether it is civil, criminal and other legal measures
“At present, there are criminal penalties as stipulated in the Government Lottery Office Act B.E. 2517 and its amendments. but should be reviewed whether Criminal penalties based on existing offenses Is it enough to control it? including the consideration of penalties for repeat offenders and other legal measures, including tax laws and money laundering laws This will lead to a proposal to improve the contract. or issuing licenses according to the type of lottery dealers
Mr. Seksakon Atthawong, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister As the chairman of the subcommittee to drive problem solving said In terms of various measures, all 3 forms according to the roadmap of the Lottery Office Whether it’s about 80 lottery projects, buying-booking in advance of the government lottery and the lottery distribution project through the platform by the Office of the Lottery The sub-committee will closely monitor all three approaches and bring together any potential issues to discuss for complete prudence. in order to solve the problem according to the objectives
“From now on, there will be a field visit to inspect and prepare a population census of lottery dealers to screen those who actually sell. Disqualify dealers who bring lotteries to wholesale and control the dealers that are in the system of the office Comply with the conditions set by the office. According to a survey of 2,480 government lottery dealers from March 13-27, 2022, it was found that 18% were dealers, 31% were pre-booked buyers, and 51% were informal traders.
