Majority sceptical lottery problems will be solved

A majority of people say the latest attempt by the government to solve the problem of overpriced lottery tickets is unlikely to be successful, according to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

The poll was conducted online from March 29-31 with 1,081 respondents throughout the country.

A majority, 61.78%, of the respondents said they liked buying lottery numbers while 31.26% said they were not that interested and 6.96% said they did not like it.

On the type of lottery they liked to buy, 54.05% said the government lottery; 31.44% underground lottery; 11.61 online lottery; and 2.09% other types of lottery.

Asked how often they bought lottery, 28.49% said every regular prize draw; 26.46%…