Lottery

Here is a picture of Ms. Marie Margareth Fortuné.

Margareth Marie Fortuné has so far held many important portfolios such as, the Coordinator of the National Association of Women Victims of cooperative (ANFVC), the General Coordinator of Civic Promotion Network Citizens (RECIPROC) and the Director General of the Haitian State Lottery (LEH). Recently, she has expressed her strong belief that, if her department can strongly follow the laid down programs, it would definitely contribute fund to the upcoming election. On Thursday, May 19, 2016, Ms. Mary Margaret Fortune was installed as the new Executive Director of Functions of the Haitian State Lottery (LEH) by replacing Mr. Jean Fritz Louis. Ms. Fortune has always remained vocal about the embezzlement of public fund under the Martelly- Lamothe administration. About her recent appointment, she said this shows the government's willingness to enhance women's participation in the development of Haitian society.

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How Haitian lottery system came to be so popular in the Haitian society. When you talk about the Haitian Borlette, you now talk about tchala, New York lotto tickets, the Dominican Republic Lottery, bookies and much more

Haitian Lottery System, No Borlette is Complete Without a Tchala

The devastating earthquake has reduced much of the country to rubble, but one industry continues to grow amid the devastation.

A huge "Borlette" network, a typical version of the New York Lotto, covers the whole of Haiti that earns almost US$ 250,000 a day.The Haitians call them "Bank Borlette". "Tchala", the money of dreams is a journey through the world of Borlette game. The game is a popular form of private lottery in Haiti on which gamblers bets on balls bearing two digit numbers, in order to avoid fraud, these balls are drawn randomly every night in four different cities abroad--Miami, New York, Santo Domingo, Caracas. The game is present in all segments of life--from home, office, streets, countrysides and even in the presidential palace. The origin of Borlettes dates back to the regime of Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. In 1969, the then dictator of the country legalized the game soon after its inception. An estimate in 2005 revealed that the streets of the Haitian capital city were home to nearly 2,000 the "banques de borlette", more than double the number of schools and universities in Port-au-Prince. Haitians spent over $1.5 billion per year on the borlette, an astounding amount for a country whose GDP in the year 2009 was $6.9 billion! During the same year, there were eleven private companies to run banques de borlette in Port-au-Prince; the largest one had hundreds of franchises.

In a sense, "Borlette" is a temporary but tangible license to fantasize about everything the poor Haitians would do if suddenly money becomes no object. The poor people are too deeply (and expensively) engaged in the fantasy for their own good. They dream of lucky numbers, Even the voodoo priests are enlisted for help.

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Gambling in the Republic of Haiti is completely legal. Anyone who is 18 years of age can participate in gambling. There are some popular casinos in Haiti and lottery stands can be found throughout Haiti, even in small villages. Dominoes and cards are also a favorite past time of the Haitians. Another legal gambling that is very popular in the island nation is cock-fighting. However, Haitian lottery remains the most popular form of gambling throughout the country.

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On the day of official reinstatement of the Haitian State Lottery, President Michel Martelly announced that the LEH which lay shut down for 14 years was reopened because he promised to do so during his election campaigns. He stressed on the fact that with proper management of the Gambling Sector, Haiti and benefit from the positive sides of safe and responsible gambling. He also greeted the National Association of Keepers of Borlette for coordinating the gambling sector in the absence of LEH.

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