Korean lottery embroiled in scandal

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Chewie — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:05:16 GMT

Corruption in Korea? I'm shocked. Who would have thought it was possible.

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Rip Snorter — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:43:44 GMT

This has a familiar ring to it. Evidently these innocent, child-like asians are learning bad habits from various US lottery systems. Otherwise they'd have to think them up for themselves, which would cause the habits to be far more inscrutable. Seems clear the MBA that dreamed this up came out of Purdue, rather than out of Seoul University.Time frozen Chosun came unAmericanized and drifted back into inscrutability, where the auditors have a more difficult time finding evidence because they're... [ More ]

Korean lottery embroiled in scandal

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:27:01 GMT

The state-run lottery business in Korea is under investigation over two separate scandals involving charging high commission fees and suspicions that the operator manipulated winning averages to attract customers.Lawmakers demanded yesterday that the Board of Audit and Inspection make public the result of its inspection of the process of the commission rate has been determined.Since last year, the nation's audit agency has been investigating suspicions that the Korea Lottery System, the lottery... [ More ]