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Among the countries that have legal state-run lotteries, New Zealand’s are controlled by an autonomous Crown entity known as Lotto New Zealand (formally the New Zealand Lottery Commission). Profits from lotteries are distributed to charities, community groups and sporting and cultural organizations.
The official New Zealand Lottery website lists the results of recent drawings and provides detailed information about how to play. It also allows you to register your numbers and check past winners. You can also purchase scratch tickets through the official website. New Zealand Lottery games include the main Lotto draw, Powerball, Bullseye and Instant Kiwi. The website also includes a news section and video clips.
Lottery officials in the communist state of Laos are rigging the system and manipulating drawing results, sources in the country tell RFA’s Lao Service. The office of the prime minister has sent a directive calling on the Ministry of Finance, which oversees the country’s legal state lottery, to work with the government’s public security department to better manage the problem, sources said.
Officials have reportedly been reducing the number of lottery drawings and manipulating winning numbers to avoid large pay-outs. During one drawing, for example, the number 509 disappeared from purchased tickets and showed up only as a 5 on the final winning list, an RFA source in Vientiane said. The same issue occurred with the number 134 in an Oct. 14 drawing.
As a result, sales of lottery tickets have been declining, and the government has begun to crack down on illegal lottery operators. Despite the government’s efforts, lottery sales continue to fall, as people are increasingly reluctant to buy illegal tickets. Consequently, the country’s revenue from the national lottery is decreasing.
This talk will explore the political, economic and moral history of lotteries in Laos since 1975. It will also examine the mechanics of the lottery and what it means for people living on the ground. Finally, it will look at how the government rationalizes the lottery as an economic activity that is coherent with socialist goals.