garro Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was just wondering about this as I often do the Thai lottery. Is a farang allowed to keep the money? Can the money be taken out of the country? BTW, I haven't won but plan to next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 id say he/she would get a friend to pick it up and give them a hefty sum for their trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garro Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 A farang arrives home one day to find his Thai wife really excited. She tells him; "pack your bags, I've just won the lottery" "where are we going?" he asks "Should I pack clothes for hot weather or cold" "both' she says "now p**s off" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonoi Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 According to my Thai collegues in the office, you collect the winnings same as a Thai person. Not sure if there are any tax liabilities though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter991 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Best of luck garro. I am not sure about the official Lottery, but Issan people love playing the local 'Lucky Numbers.' Not sure how often it is drawn - but my partner won 3000 baht last time I was in Thailand. Mind you - it's a small village of about 200 people and he spent 1200 baht - so I guess he probably bought most of the tickets. My bush lawyer suggests that if a ticket seller SOLD you the ticket and YOU won, the winnings would be YOURS. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Not possible, winning lottery tickets are not sold to farangs and ordinary working class Thais. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanLaw Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was just wondering about this as I often do the Thai lottery. Is a farang allowed to keep the money? Can the money be taken out of the country?BTW, I haven't won but plan to next week. If you as a farang win Prepare to be Photographed for advertising, (Whether you agree or not) & remember all those friends who suddenly appeared? Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy2 Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was just wondering about this as I often do the Thai lottery. Is a farang allowed to keep the money? Can the money be taken out of the country?BTW, I haven't won but plan to next week. Sell the ticket to a politician involved in corruption! Shouldn't be too hard to locate. They will pay more than the winnings for the ticket.. Its an easy way for them to clear up their ill gotten gains. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I'd get a thai mate to collect it, I think it would be far preferable over a farang collecting the winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maizefarmer Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 I was just wondering about this as I often do the Thai lottery. Is a farang allowed to keep the money? Can the money be taken out of the country?BTW, I haven't won but plan to next week. There is no resrtiction on who can play the lottery - you are as entitled to as any anyone else is. No - the winnings are not taxed, but bank it and the interest earned will be taxed as "capital gains" - and at the same rate (which off-hand I do not know what the rate is). MF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Tax is 15% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heng Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Fortunately the odds are X-XX million to one, so you probably won't have to worry about it. Your odds of getting killed by one of those non airconditioned bus "brake failures" here are much better... in fact you could probably be killed several times in several lives here before you win the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveDaBlues Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Not possible, winning lottery tickets are not sold to farangs and ordinary working class Thais. Oh really? Around a year ago a very poor Thai won a large sum (if memory is correct the largest payout in the history of the lottery). He was featured on the news, newspapers, etc. He lived in a shack about the size of my bathroom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Not possible, winning lottery tickets are not sold to farangs and ordinary working class Thais. Oh really? Around a year ago a very poor Thai won a large sum (if memory is correct the largest payout in the history of the lottery). He was featured on the news, newspapers, etc. He lived in a shack about the size of my bathroom. And if I recall correctly, the win was disputed by the Lottery Corporation due to the fact the ticket seller never turned in his unsold tickets until after the winning numbers had been drawn. Just a strange coincidence of course. Never did hear of the final outcome of that story. I think the jackpot was 19 million baht, so the dirt-poor guy would have had to buy all of the tickets available with that particular number (I think there are 10 sets of two tickets for each number combination, so at least 800 baht plus commission for the seller). Most of the Thais I know rarely buy two of the same tickets, let alone the whole batch. I won 2,000 baht once. Had the landlady cash it in. Forget what the tax was on it, but wasn't much. Here is the link to the Government Lottery website (Thai language only it appears): The Government Lottery Office Maybe someone that can read Thai can find out some definite information ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Not much confidence in the Lottery ever since the "fixing" scam was exposed, with the clever "marked balls" *snigger* method. There is a real creativity and "out of the box" brilliance in regards to cheating and subversion here. Whereas in other everyday aspects of life, Thais seem to show that even a supermarket trolley has more of a mind of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macb Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Best of luck garro. I am not sure about the official Lottery, but Issan people love playing the local 'Lucky Numbers.' Not sure how often it is drawn - but my partner won 3000 baht last time I was in Thailand. Mind you - it's a small village of about 200 people and he spent 1200 baht - so I guess he probably bought most of the tickets.My bush lawyer suggests that if a ticket seller SOLD you the ticket and YOU won, the winnings would be YOURS. Peter My missus spent 800 bht hahahahaha won nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hippo Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Almost won 10,000Baht this week - if only my last number was 1 and not 4, could have been worse - could have almost won 2 million! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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