The Association of Ticket Sellers requested that the draft bill seeking to increase the percentage to 20 percent be addressed. "We have been waiting for this for 20 years," said the head of the union, Fernando González.
Panama.- Sellers of chances and tickets of the National Lottery of Charity (LNB) have made a claim for the advancement in the processing of the project to increase their sales profits, raising the margin to 20 percent.
Fernando González, from the Association of Ticket Sellers, stated that they are requesting the new administration of the entity to increase the sales percentages. In this regard, he reiterated that there is a draft law in the National Assembly, which seeks to increase the profits to 20 percent. He maintained that a subcommittee was created to look at all aspects of the issue and with the new administration a "step ahead of this happening" has been taken.
However, González expressed his concern because the Assembly may soon stop sessioning and perhaps the issue will be postponed to next year. "We ticket sellers have been waiting for this for more than 20 years," claimed the head of the union about the urgency in adopting a new scale of earnings on sales.
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According to González, currently, the profit percentage is at 10 percent of sales, so raising it to 20 percent would mean a change in the life of the workers. Saquina Jaramillo, director of the institution, said that the corresponding evaluations will be made to comply with this request from the head of the Executive.
Finally, the head of the ticket sellers association explained the need to delve into the fight against illegal gambling, which is harmful for the LNB but also for the workers. According to a recent report from the LNB, illegal gambling would cause the entity to miss out on collecting about USD 200m annually.
While the debate to modify the amounts received by the lottery sellers is taking place in the legislative sphere, the mayor's office of La Chorrera announced that it will carry out operations to combat the proliferation of illegal gambling.
The ticket sellers from that locality expressed how affected they are by the illegal sale of lottery and requested that a stop be put to the offenders, detecting them with operations led by the Mayor's Office of La Chorrera, in conjunction with the National Police (PN), Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MICI) and the Public Ministry (MP).
The affected highlighted that there is a proliferation of premises dedicated to clandestine sales and emphasized that it is unfair competition that greatly affects their income, those of the LNB, and the State.
The directive bans the creation, distribution and promotion of content linked to illegal gambling.
Cambodia.- A directive that bans the creation, distribution, and promotion of content linked to illegal gambling entered force yesterday (December 11) following the expiration of a 7-day ultimatum set by Sar Sokha, Cambodia’s minister of interior. The directive covers websites and social media and also bans sharing images or videos of gambling or encouraging public participation, whether online or offline.
According to the Khmer Times, authorities at national and sub-national levels will now begin enforcement activities, including arrests and the closure of platforms that promote illegal gambling.
To ensure adherence to the new directive, the Ministry of Interior said anyone involved should stop all production of images, videos, and content related to illegal gambling and stop creating websites, accounts, or social media pages that share images and content related to illegal gambling. Local administrations were advised to educate citizens on the impacts of illegal gambling as part of the Royal Government’s Safe Villages, Communes and Sangkats policy.
