ONLINE LOTTERY LOOKS LIKE A WINNER IN THAI POLL
(Update)
14 August 2009
Having survived years of bureaucratic delays,
an online lottery gets the thumbs up from the public
The proposal to take the Thai lottery online, bogged
down for years by bureaucratic delays but recently left
for public opinion to decide (see previous InfoPowa
report) looks as if it could be a winner.
The
Bangkok Post reports that the latest survey revealed
that many respondents supported the legalisation of the
online lottery scheme.
The Dusit Poll conducted a
survey on the plan to legalise the long-delayed two- and
three-digit online lottery scheme, and the result was a
positive indication of public acceptance.
63.80
percent said an online lottery would help tackle the
high prices of underground lottery tickets, allowing
players to pick any number they wanted.
24.58
percent opposed the scheme on fears that it may
encourage a dangerous expansion in gambling.
11.62 percent were indifferent on the issue.
But
it appears an educational drive on the practicalities of
an Internet based lottery may be necessary: 46.85
percent of respondents said they did not know how the
online lottery would operate; 30.63 percent were
'fairly' aware of how it was played while 18.2 percent
did understand it at all. Only 4.50 percent said they
were well informed on the way the Internet game would be
played.
Asked about the scheme's benefits, 26.32
percent said it would generate more revenue for the
government to help develop the country; 21.93 percent
said legalising it would make the lottery more
convenient and accessibile for players. 19.30 percent
opined that an online lottery could bring down the
ticket prices, and 17.54 percent believed the scheme, if
approved, could help end the illegal lottery problem.
14.91 percent were confident that online lottery
buyers would not be cheated.
28.92 percent
wanted the government to strictly regulate the lottery
activities to prevent the underaged from gambling; 23.14
percent said the government should educate people about
the online lottery so they would not overplay it. 19.02
percent would like to here more from the government on
the scheme's benefits.
18.53 percent said online
lottery machines should not be located near temples or
schools while 10.39 percent said closed circuit cameras
should be set up near distribution machines as a
monitoring precaution.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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