Drawing Controversy
The government and KONI have put out a new lottery similar to the previous weekly soccer lottery, Porkas. But after the press made an issue of this development, many involved have washed their hands of it.
Tempo
January 20, 2004
AS soon as he was given the bundle of important documents, Indra Kartasasmita, Chairman of Planning and Budget for the National Sports Council (KONI), immediately wrote a brief memo. What he wrote last September read: This program must not leak out to the mass media. But his memo is now worthless. Since last week, reporters have been pestering him with a single important question: is KONI likely to resurrect the sports lottery?
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