Lottery officials in the communist nation of Laos are rigging the system, manipulating winning numbers to avoid large pay-outs, RFA’s Lao Service has learned. Private business interests have a major stake in the country’s lottery, but their work is not subject to public inspection. Drawings often show a number that is not printed on tickets purchased throughout the day, or the same number appears several times. For example, in a drawing on Oct. 14 this year, the number 09 appeared only as 134 on tickets until just before the drawing, when it was changed to 662. The number is considered a buffalo and good luck in Laos.
Hanoi Lotto – The Good and the Bad
Hanoi lotto is an enormously popular lottery among Vietnamese, generating millions in annual revenues that are used to fund various social and economic projects, and