Chonburi’s governor warned small lottery vendors against jacking up ticket prices or face stiff fines or even jail.
Gov. Khomsan Ekachai met with small private and disabled sellers May 21 to review changes announced by the Government Lottery Office and efforts by the National Council for Peace and Order to ensure tickets are sold at the legal 80-baht price.
The GLO’s two-year contract with small agents and disabled sellers expired June 1. The NCPO has taken the opportunity to push through an overhaul of the ticket-distribution system.
Chonburi Khomsan Ekachai has warned small lottery vendors against jacking up ticket prices or face stiff fines or even jail.
Starting with the June 16 drawing, current agents will be allocated five paired books of 100 tickets with a retail price of 8,000 baht each. The NCPO has announced changes to the wholesale price to give small vendors a 12 percent profit margin.
Disabled dealers will be allocated three paired books, the same as under the previous contract. Registered associations for the handicapped, foundations and organizations must pick up their allocation from the provincial office.
The remaining tickets will be distributed to those on a new waiting list. The previous wait list has been canceled. The GLO will determine future recipients from its list of stand-by agents.
Once they have their tickets, agents must sell them for 80 baht each and only at the locations for which they have registered. Khomsan warned that violating those rules subjects sellers to a fine of up to 10,000 baht, a month in jail or both.
As of the end of May, Chonburi had 937 individual lottery sellers, 16 disabled vendors, 18 newly registered disabled vendors, and three provincial associations and foundations.
