Government lottery vendors at the Talad Thai market in Pathum Thani. The Government Lottery Office has denied it reserved a quota for a former chairman of the Chulalongkorn University Savings Cooperatives, as claimed. GLO director Chalongrat Nak-arthit told the media that Mr Sawat, aged 79, was not on the GLO's list of vendors and those with the right to order tickets in advance. People should never believe an invitation from anyone to invest in specially reserved lots of government lottery tickets, Maj Gen Chalongrat warned. Police found that about 160 people had been drawn into the scheme, which had reportedly been running since 2010, and had lost about 1.4 billion baht when Mr Sawat suddenly disappeared.

Source: Bangkok Post April 24, 2017 09:11 UTC