Results of past draws needed

THE EDITOR: For the past few months, I have been visiting the National Lottery’s Office on Duke Street trying to get a copy of the past results of the Lotto and Play Whe draws, as I usually accumulate many tickets, but do not have the time to check the results daily.

But these results are never available, as the clerk tells everyone who request a copy “there are none,” “all finish,” “it does finish by 9 am,” “come back tomorrow,” or “come back next week.” Despite the pleas and offers to buy a copy of each for 25 or 50 cents or even $1.00 because it costs us at least $4 or $6 dollars to get to that office and return home, if we live in Port-of-Spain, and much more if we live outside of Port-of-Spain. Many people plead with the clerk to get the Board Members to run off more copies, or to install a photocopying machine on spot, and sell these copies, but to no avail, as our pleas fall on deaf ears.

Most sales clerks of lottery tickets in the various outlets do not have the time to check several tickets when presented, hence we prefer to check these results at our own leisure. So please Board Members, install a photocopying machine soon and provide copies on request for a small fee, or we may have to cease buying these tickets if we cannot get copies of the results to check out our past purchases.

RAYMOND GEORGE
Malabar