Jail, fine for 10,000-character lottery

[Lee Hsien Tau]

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July 15, 2009
Jail, fine for lottery offence
By Elena Chong


A WOMAN was jailed for two weeks and fined $20,000 on Wednesday for helping to operate a 10,000-character lottery.

Housewife Ang Seow Peng, 35, pleaded guilty to the offence at a flat in Choa Chu Kang Street 62 last Saturday.

She was arrested by police who raided the flat and seized a number of items relating to the illegal 4D lottery.

The lottery was in progress at the time. Exhibits contained records of stakes amounting to $2,616.

The mother of three could have been fined between $20,000 and $200,000 and jailed for up to five years.

 

[Ah Guan]

Only heard of private 4D, horseracing and Toto

Can anyone explain what is 10,000 character lottery?

 

[halsey02]

Only heard of private 4D, horseracing and Toto

Can anyone explain what is 10,000 character lottery?

Maybe it is 'wan shui' to the power of ten!....4D lah!, wan ji peow... you forgot to add, chap ji ki...2D

 

[Ah Guan]

oic... Direct translation of "万字票"...

WTF? Straits Times use PRC reporters now and translate with Babelfish issit?

Hahahhahaha

 

[ahhuat]

SIGZ, another classic example of MONOPOLIZING. or rather forced monopolizing. NA SI WA WU JI PA BAN! JI PA BAN.

 

[allanlee]

oic... Direct translation of "万字票"...

WTF? Straits Times use PRC reporters now and translate with Babelfish issit?

Hahahhahaha

That was the original terminology used when this lottery game was started....... it was shortened to 4-D (Four-Digit) by the english educated....... and is so commonly used now many have forgotten about its origins :p

 

[Ah Guan]

That was the original terminology used when this lottery game was started....... it was shortened to 4-D (Four-Digit) by the english educated....... and is so commonly used now many have forgotten about its origins :p

I see... Thanks for explaining

So was 4D originally a Chinese game? Where and when did it start?