Lottery Office Increase digital lottery tickets to 23 million. Sales begin on February 16, 2024. Expected to increase to 25-30 million tickets throughout the year. Moving forward with setting up additional digital lottery sales points. Prepare to experiment with sandboxing the last 2-3 digits in the middle of this year.
Mr. Lawan Saengsanit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance The Chairman of the Government Lottery Committee revealed that the Lottery Office is preparing to increase the number of digital lottery tickets to 23 million, starting on February 16, 2024. It is expected that in 2024 it will gradually increase to 25-30 million tickets to meet the purchasing needs of the people. along with improving the lottery distribution channels It is a stall selling digital lottery tickets. To give sellers the opportunity to adjust to selling lottery tickets digitally more conveniently.
For the sale of six-figure government lottery tickets, both 80 million physical tickets and 22 million digital tick
ets, totaling 102 million tickets, there has been good response from the public. Buying through the “Paotang” app, the tickets are sold out before the draw date of every draw. Because buyers can choose to buy the numbers they want for every 80 baht and it is convenient to receive prize money. The system automatically checks the prize results and transfers the prize money within 2 hours for every prize including the first prize.
‘After adjusting the digital lottery sales format To allow agents to sell lottery tickets in the form of a lottery panel on iPads and mobile phones To increase the distribution channels for digital lottery tickets Because it is similar to selling lottery tickets with a sales stall. Whether it is choosing numbers for regular customers or reducing the price of lottery tickets Therefore, the distribution channels have been improved. It can be used in February 2024,’ said the chairman of the lottery board.
As for the Government Lottery, the last 2-3 digits or N3 are used to solve the und
erground lottery problem. The Lottery Office Prepare to experiment through Sandbox by setting selling prices. The prize money is in line with the needs of buyers as much as possible. It is expected to start in the middle of 2024. It is accepted that there is still a new type of challenge, namely lottery from neighboring countries. including websites selling lottery tickets online Refer to awards from neighboring countries. including other online lottery selling websites that uses the results of the lottery office Including loading lottery tickets for sale. Therefore, the Government Lottery Board therefore assigned the Lottery Office Go study the feasibility of developing new products. To support new challenges and continue to answer the needs of buyers
For selling lottery tickets through various vending machines in the form of a franchise Unable to verify whether there were real lottery tickets or not, it was confirmed that the tickets were being sold at an excessive price. By bringing the government lottery
To be resold on various platforms These various behaviors, the lottery board, has urged the lottery office to Urgently notify relevant agencies Prevent people from buying lottery tickets suffered In some cases, a letter is being prepared to report the circumstances to the Department of Special Investigation. To receive a special case to prosecute for the performance of the Lottery Office last year, sending money to the state as national income as high as 48,550 million baht.
Source: Thai News Agency