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Laos’ state lottery is controlled by business interests with connections to the ruling elite. A Lao official speaking on condition of anonymity told RFA’s Lao Service that the companies involved pay the state government for a licence to operate the lottery, and are required to submit a report each year. However, the public is not informed of how much the lottery companies contribute to the government.
For poor people in Vietnam, selling lottery tickets is the only way to earn a living. Unlike in Korea or Singapore, social security systems aren’t yet able to cope with the number of poor Vietnamese people. Selling lottery tickets is an alternative to the socially detested practice of begging. On good days, lottery ticket sellers like Huong can make up to 230 000 VND a day.
But officials in the communist state are rigging the lottery system, sources say. The winning numbers are manipulated by removing or changing the numbers that appear on purchased tickets. For example, the number 509 in a recent drawing disappeared from many purchased tickets and reappeared as 134 just 10 minutes before the draw. The source said that the change was a bid to avoid large prize pay-outs.