BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday abandoned his controversial plans to launch a special public lottery to fund a proposed 30 percent share purchase of English football club Liverpool.
Thaksin's retreat followed mounting public criticism over the scheme that would have seen a government-owned entity issue millions of lottery tickets expected to generate an unprecedented 10 billion baht (US$245.9mil).
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