A Thai man filed a grievance with the police after he was conned into shopping for old lottery tickets by a vendor in Samut Prakarn province close to Bangkok and lost a ten,000 baht lottery prize.
The sixty six year old lottery winner, or loser, Thanapon Thongchaiya, filed a grievance at Phra Pradaeng Police Station yesterday. Thanapon told police that he bought seven lottery tickets and all of them won the two-digit prize, number 71, which was announced yesterday, April sixteen.
Unfortunately, Price break might solely declare two prizes as a outcome of the other 5 were from the April 1 lottery outcome. As a outcome, he misplaced the ten,000 baht prize and in addition the money he had paid for the lottery tickets.
Thanapon revealed that he bought the tickets from a store in entrance of Siam Commercial Bank close to Phra Pradaeng Market in Samut Prakarn province. The vendor was a girl aged round 30 to 35 years previous. The tickets have been bought in a set, packed in a plastic bag. The first two tickets on the set had been for April 16, but the remaining weren’t.
Thanapon expressed his disappointment. He said…
“I did not recheck the tickets earlier than leaving the store. I can bear in mind the id of the vendor. She is a lady aged about 30 years old. I felt unhappy however I even have to admit it. I have no idea whether or not she meant to do this or not. Beware and verify the tickets rigorously everybody.”
The police reported that they would visit the store and invite the lottery vendor for additional questioning and prosecution.
Lottery tickets have caused rows among Thai gamblers on several events, even leading to disputes between friends and family members.
In March, a Thai man accused his spouse of hiding a 12 million baht lottery prize from him. He had worked hard in South Korea to deal with his wife and youngsters however while he was away his spouse conveniently didn’t tell him about her lottery prize and even remarried one other man.
Another related case occurred final 12 months, the place a Thai man filed a complaint with the police that his wife had stolen his successful lottery ticket price 6 million baht and fled from the household home. Another lottery winner additionally sought help from information businesses and the police final 12 months, claiming her good friend had stolen her successful lottery ticket price 20,000 baht.
The first government lottery ticket was launched in 1974 and was offered to Thai gamblers at 1 baht per ticket. Nowadays, one lottery ticket prices 80 baht, and the jackpot is value 6 million baht.
The newest lottery winner on April 16 is an nameless Thai individual, who purchased 19 profitable lottery tickets and received a complete of 114 million baht. The fortunate numbers were 984906.