Online sales the key

Re: “Panel set to probe high ticket prices”, (BP, Jan 15).

The most effective way to control lottery ticket pricing is to move sales online, as in the United States. Thousands of e-commerce transactions are performed in Thailand every day. Online ticket sales will be much simpler, more transparent and easier to control. In these countries, tickets could be purchased at any ATM or convenience store.

What about the vendors, many of whom are handicapped?

They are talented in other ways; for example, the finalist in last year’s Plaeng Ake singing contest was blind but has a beautiful voice. The government should help them discover their potential so they can live to their fullest.

Last but not least, the Lottery Office has no business being a government-run agency. Let the private sector run it, with government supervision. BURIN KANTABUTRA