{
  "id": 6272182,
  "title": "Lim Guan Eng criticises Pas over lottery draw claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/lim-guan-eng-criticises-pas-over-lottery-draw-claims",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T11:01:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1528452/lim-guan-eng-criticises-pas-over-lottery-draw-claims"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DAP advisor Lim Guan Eng has criticized Pas for claiming he reduced special lottery draws during the Pakatan Harapan administration. Lim stated he was the first finance minister to decrease these draws from 22 to eight times a year between 2018 and 2020. Pas is dishonest when it omits this fact, Lim said in a Facebook post. Under the BN-PN coalition government, the number of draws was increased back to 22 per year in 2020 and stayed that way until the administration ended in 2022. Lim questioned why Pas continues to accuse DAP leaders of opposing Islam, given that DAP only opposes Pas' politics of hatred and lies. \"I don't need Pas to praise me,\" Lim remarked. \"But why does Pas keep slandering DAP leaders as being against Islam?\" He added that it is now up to the people to decide if Pas' political approach is inconsistent with its principles and amounts to hypocrisy. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim recently defended the government's decision to cut special lottery draws from 22 to eight annually, saying he opposes gambling. Anwar clarified that the reduction was made after he became prime minister, countering claims that he supported gambling. Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor had previously criticized Anwar over the issue of gambling premises licenses in the state.",
  "summary": "GEORGE TOWN: DAP advisor Lim Guan Eng has criticised Pas over its claims concerning the party’s stance on lottery draws.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Lim Guan Eng hits PAS over failure to credit him for cutting lottery draws from 22 to eight a year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/lim-guan-eng-hits-pas-over-failure-to-credit-him-for-cutting-lottery",
        "published": "2026-09-08T06:17:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}