The official, who declined to be named, said the most recent measures — setting up new 80-baht ticket stands and a new GLO committee — imposed by the junta were aimed at easing ticket vendors' fears that it would strictly enforce the recently announced capped retail price of lottery tickets at 80 baht. He said the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) might not be ready to find a concrete solution at the moment, as the root cause was the price structure as set by law. "The long-term solution is to amend the law, as right now it requires the GLO to allot its ticket revenue to three categories," the source said. "The proportions set is the reason vendors earn such a small profit and cannot make a living." The law requires the GLO to pay out 60% of its revenue as ticket prizes, 28% to be submitted to the Finance Ministry as state revenue and only 12% to cover management expenses. Only 7% of those management expenses or 5.60 baht of an 80-baht ticket, is profit for retailers. "This is about a fair cut. Someone may have to earn a little less so retailers can get a proper share of the profit," said the source. Junta spokesman Col Winthai Suvaree yesterday said the NCPO had no plans at the moment to start charging vendors with offences, and they would be allowed to sell the tickets at 90-baht temporarily. The NCPO will introduce a two-pronged measure — the 80-baht ticket stands and the new GLO committee. It will seek proper solutions to tackle the problem while ensuring the GLO can control the retail price at 80 baht in the long run and that sellers stay in business. One method is the GLO bypassing the big agents and directly giving a quota to the small and medium-sized sellers, said Col Winthai