The attorney general of the National District, Guillermo Moreno Garcia, has announced that people and organizations which operate illegal betting games will be pursued and prosecuted, with the cooperation of the authorities from the National Lottery. Games known as “pale” and the “Caraquita” taken from the Venezuelan National Lottery have existed for years and taken away revenue from the Dominican National Lottery.
The administrator of the latter, Francisco Javier Garcia, said that he would cooperate with the attorney general of the National District in the fight against the illegal gaming, and also said that the practice of “orejitas”, or hints by employees of the Lottery to friends to buy winning numbers is a practice of the past.