Lottery online offers players a variety of options that ensure the game is fair by using random number generators, sanctioned by betting organizations. The selection of games includes popular Asian card games such as Baccarat, which involves betting on whether the player or banker will have a total closest to nine.

However, government officials in Laos are rigging the lottery, manipulating numbers to avoid large pay-outs, RFA’s Lao Service has learned. For example, the winning number in an Oct. 14 drawing—509—appeared only as a 5 on tickets sold throughout the day of the drawing, a source in Vientiane told RFA. The same source added that private business interests are running the national lottery, and these individuals have connections to Lao state leaders. The government should resume control of the lottery, he said.