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Laos’ communist government is rigging the state lottery system in order to avoid large pay-outs, sources in the country tell RFA’s Lao Service. Drawings in the national lottery often show numbers that disappear from purchased tickets, or are deemed to be unlucky and not chosen, they say. The government has been trying to reduce the number of lottery drawings per week, and it will soon introduce measures requiring transparency in lottery drawing results.

Unlike the United States, where there is one national lottery, Canada has four nationwide games administered by interprovincial lottery corporations: Atlantic Lottery Corporation (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador), Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (Ontario), Western Canada Lottery Corporation (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) and Loto-Quebec (Quebec). These lottery corporations are responsible for the sale of all the tickets in their jurisdictions and distribute the proceeds to local governments.

Before 1967, buying a lottery ticket in Canada was illegal. But in that year the federal Liberal government introduced a special law intended to bring up-to-date a number of obsolete laws, including a section dealing with lotteries. Montreal’s mayor at the time, Jean Drapeau, defended the city’s Irish sweepstakes as a “voluntary tax” that did not contravene the new laws. The city’s lottery draws went on monthly and attracted players from all over Canada, as well as the United States and Europe.

Today the Iu Mien community in Portland is vibrant, with a Buddhist temple, a Baptist church, social organizations, businesses and restaurants. Many members of the community have also gone on to study at universities, and some have even won big in the lottery. The largest of the community’s wins has been in the Powerball lottery, where a $1.3 billion jackpot was won in March of this year. But the winners’ total payment, after taxes and other deductions, was much less than that amount. This was because the winning numbers were split over 30 years. Regardless, the win was still huge. The story of the Iu Mien is just another example of the importance of diversity in America. This is why we must continue to support immigration and encourage multiculturalism in our public policies. If we do not, we risk turning a blind eye to racial hatred and discrimination. This would be a shame. It is up to us to protect the dignity of every person, no matter their ethnic origin.