Lottery winners’ names are not made public without their written consent. The winner must sign the winning ticket for it to be valid.
Laos lottery officials rig the system by manipulating results in order to avoid large pay-outs, sources tell RFA. The numbers often disappear from purchased tickets and the drawings themselves are often manipulated, the sources say. The government should take back control of the national lottery, they add. The private business interests that run the lottery have connections to the country’s ruling elite, they say.