Lady Luck may have been smiling over the proprietors of an illegal Svay Rieng town lottery racket as they reaped in cash from unlucky punters for months, but she couldn’t save them from the long arm of the law.

Police, having heard that locals were flocking to a particular house to play lottery numbers, cracked down on Monday. All the ticket buyers escaped, but the two women running the show were picked up and reportedly confessed. DEUM AMPIL