Which is better Government run Lottery or private run Lottery

[Tipstar]

Philippine President Duterte suspended the operation of the government-run lottery because it is spam infested and many governments appointed officials are pocketing money coming from the sales, do you think it is much better to let a private company run the Lottery or they set up a monitoring board to check if all funds are all remitted..

Source : https://www.rappler.com/nation/236406-duterte-suspends-pcso-gaming-operations-july-26-2019

Your thoughts

Lottery is a gamble. There should be regulations from government in every gambling business but the government itself should not be involved in selling tickets to it's own citizens. When the government distributes lottery, people would get the message that this is the thing to do.
They would eventually believe more in luck than work.

[Janation]

The thing is they should have just probably kept their money, almost everyday after work they pile up in the lottery booths to get their numbers. The chances of winning is slim an yet they still do it. I really believe that the current president is concerned on his fellow men and that is why he is stopping it, the lottery companies don't feel the guiltiness, all they want is dirty money, even though it is coming mostly from the poor. The people are blind by those winning pots, and don't even think about the fairness at all.

We can say that they are that desperate to earn money for their future.

I am not saying that they are all dependent on gambling or in the lottery, what I am saying is that it is a habit of most of the Filipinos to put their money into their lottery number since when I even was a kid, I usually commute and drivers and even other commuters before going home stop by a lottery booth to put their numbers in. They do that every single day, I'm impressed not because they are addicted but they are just consistent and that is funny since until not they are still not winning the main price though as far as I know, they won some but not that much since you can get a price of 4 to 5 numbers correctly.

[LGame]

I prefer Government run Lottery since it will protect us safe. Compliance is very important.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Privatization is not the solution, as in India we had very bad experience with that. Here a mafia tycoon called Santiago Martin got the contract to operate state lotteries in some of the Northeastern regions and he made many billions by cheating the players. Lottery tickets were printed out above the permissible limit and a smaller share was reserved for the prize pool.

[Ryker1]

I prefer Government run Lottery since it will protect us safe. Compliance is very important.

Well, this is what I am thinking of, it is better to choose the lottery run by the government because we know that the government has a full audit and you can sure that there is no manipulation of a lottery gaming inside. Indeed, not like private owner lottery, we can't assure by the operators having a dishonest draw result. Well, each of us has a different perspective way of thinking which better to choose and as a gambler, we should know how to imbalance between the two of them.

[ityandsyn]

Philippine President Duterte suspended the operation of the government-run lottery because it is spam infested and many governments appointed officials are pocketing money coming from the sales, do you think it is much better to let a private company run the Lottery or they set up a monitoring board to check if all funds are all remitted..

Source : https://www.rappler.com/nation/236406-duterte-suspends-pcso-gaming-operations-july-26-2019

Your thoughts

      Because of so many corrupt people in Philippines government , I will prepare a private institution to manage the Philippines lotto charity , as of now Phillipines lotto was manage by philippine governments and yes it was stopped the corruption of pcso

[rdluffy]

Here in Brazil we have government lottery, this is the only lottery available and allowed, so far nobody could prove there's corruption on the system, but almost any citizem from here have some doubts about the money
It's very hard to detect frauds in this kind of lotteries

[ethereumhunter]

I prefer Government run Lottery since it will protect us safe. Compliance is very important.

Well, this is what I am thinking of, it is better to choose the lottery run by the government because we know that the government has a full audit and you can sure that there is no manipulation of a lottery gaming inside. Indeed, not like private owner lottery, we can't assure by the operators having a dishonest draw result. Well, each of us has a different perspective way of thinking which better to choose and as a gambler, we should know how to imbalance between the two of them.

Maybe the government can clean the corruption that might happen in gambling because we don't know that the gamblers have using the money from the money laundering or something like that. With the auditing in the gambling places, I think they can investigate for something that might strange or suspicious so they can directly to track the transaction or they can get more information if the money is from the money laundering. However, with the government-run the lottery, they can be more transparent to control the lottery than the private operate the lottery.

[tsaroz]

With the introduction of blockchain, a lottery run by smart contract is much more better than done by humans with manual drawings.
Government involvement in lottery may bring some credibility for the results but for most of the countries I know, government does not operate such scheme. And where it does, the bureaucracy has a bad track record that makes the lottery itself questionable.

[Johnzky]

I think it's not the lottery but the small town lottery that involves small number that works like a jueteng, lotto is now back after a few days, but the small town lottery are not, which is currently under investigations because this can be manipulated, even the cash distribution is manipulated.

Either the small town lottery (in which active in provinces)or the big lottery that is very famous ,what’s important here is the corruption that happening
There are billions of pesos involving here and the help that supposedly for poor people are being manipulated by the officials
I know the President Duterte is truthful to his promises for the peopl but the problem is his appointees in which. Doing the dirty job that affects his goals

[Oceat]

With the introduction of blockchain, a lottery run by smart contract is much more better than done by humans with manual drawings.
Government involvement in lottery may bring some credibility for the results but for most of the countries I know, government does not operate such scheme. And where it does, the bureaucracy has a bad track record that makes the lottery itself questionable.

Only if the government want to introduce blockchain in the lottery but i highly doubt it if it would happen. As you can see the situation of cryptocurrency and fiat are still in a big debate that people and the government are trying to make a change to these two. But still, i want the government to take control of the lottery instead of some private sector to avoid such alarming issues.

[boyptc]

It's very hard to detect frauds in this kind of lotteries

Yeah, if we don't know the process it's hard to accused. We can think of something inside the institution but it's still a hard guess and it's difficult to say without basis of accusation.

I'd prefer the gov't run lottery if there's a charity that they support and since it's from the authorities, it must be legit.

[Barcode_]

With the introduction of blockchain, a lottery run by smart contract is much more better than done by humans with manual drawings.
Government involvement in lottery may bring some credibility for the results but for most of the countries I know, government does not operate such scheme. And where it does, the bureaucracy has a bad track record that makes the lottery itself questionable.

I believe there are a lot of old people who likes to buy lottery tickets, and I think they would usually watch the numbers being reveal manually on live television broadcast. So it might be extremely difficult to explain to these group of people about provably fair system in a lottery draw by using the blockchain technology.

[DarkDays]

Government run lotteries are never lucrative. But they're always sure to pay out. And you never have to worry about whether playing that lottery would land you in jail or not. Where I am from, people are not really interested in gov. run lotteries simply because they have better alternatives and the private lotteries are well marketed.

However, one thing you should note is that government lotteries are usually tax free, whereas private lotteries often are not.

[Best Dreams]

With the introduction of blockchain, a lottery run by smart contract is much more better than done by humans with manual drawings.
Government involvement in lottery may bring some credibility for the results but for most of the countries I know, government does not operate such scheme. And where it does, the bureaucracy has a bad track record that makes the lottery itself questionable.

I believe there are a lot of old people who likes to buy lottery tickets, and I think they would usually watch the numbers being reveal manually on live television broadcast. So it might be extremely difficult to explain to these group of people about provably fair system in a lottery draw by using the blockchain technology.

Well to spread awareness about lottery and the usage I think in society there should be some proper system. If governments will give transparency in lottery policy I am sure people will prefer using government system to adopt any policy the only thing is that maybe government will fix some tax in this regard.

[xSkylarx]

I would just choose the government to run lotteries. Atleast you know who will be held responsible if things go wrong, and the profit of those lotteries will help to develop the country's economy. If private group will handle it then the profit will just go to their personal interests.

[Fredomago]

I would just choose the government to run lotteries. Atleast you know who will be held responsible if things go wrong, and the profit of those lotteries will help to develop the country's economy. If private group will handle it then the profit will just go to their personal interests.

I also prefer for government run lottery because even if we keep on losing from this kind of gambling,we know that our losses might be very beneficial for those people who are badly needed some funds due to the calamities they have been experienced.Gambling may sounds negative to most of the people but when it comes to lottery,it brings positive effect to the mankind.

The intentions was really well but the executions coming from those corrupt government officials should also be taken placed, we knew how far the gambling profits able to reached out and helps those people who are really in need of money, the government allocates bigger portions of lottery earnings to help the charity if everything will be done according to the sole purpose then having the government to handle / run this gambling will be purposely used for enhancing the charity works of the government.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

For reasons of security, honest and fair, I prefer more to the government. but for prizes that are unique and give a lot more bonuses to run some trusted people aren't bad either. but in my country it is not possible to run a lottery. even gambling is illegal here in asian.

[qwertyup23]

Philippine President Duterte suspended the operation of the government-run lottery because it is spam infested and many governments appointed officials are pocketing money coming from the sales, do you think it is much better to let a private company run the Lottery or they set up a monitoring board to check if all funds are all remitted..

Source : https://www.rappler.com/nation/236406-duterte-suspends-pcso-gaming-operations-july-26-2019

Your thoughts

If a private company were to control the lotto industry, expect people to sway and deviate from this practice. The reason on why the government controls this type of gambling (although it has been branded as a corrupt system), they still have the power, authority, duty, and goal for the protection of its individuals in the society. Having to be controlled by a third-party would mean that it will be a LARGE-SCALE gambling for all people that derives it profit from a fraction of what people bet.

I doubt that a private company would even attempt to do this as people may get easily scammed from this scheme.

[Spaffin]

Oddly enough, in such situations, when you want to have some kind of confidence, we always turn to those events or companies that conduct or belong to the state.  This applies not only to lotteries, but also to the banking system.  If we are worried about our deposits, because banks may go bankrupt or disappear, it is best to make deposits with a state bank.  This is not only a guarantee but also peace of mind.  The same situation is with game lotteries, which a priori cannot be fraudulent, because it is carried out by the state.