National Lottery: More than 1 billion baht in unclaimed prizes in last decade

[webfact]

National Lottery: More than 1 billion baht in unclaimed prizes in last decade

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The national lottery office has revealed that Thais have failed to claim prizes amounting to 1.4 billion baht from 2009 to 2019. 

 

Winners have 2 years to claim prizes before the money becomes the property of the state. 

 

Daily News reported that many Thais were just focusing on the 2 and 3 digit winners and the top prize. 

 

Prizes for second to sixth are often going unclaimed as winners tear up their tickets in disgust before tossing them away. 

 

Players of the lottery have been urged to check their tickets carefully especially in the 10,000 baht prize category of which many of the winnings were unclaimed. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Thaiwrath]

That could build a lot of hospitals, and do many things for Thai people.

Somehow, I think it ill be channeled elsewhere.

[csmith]

Use the App called 'MY GLO' to check for ALL winning numbers.

 

 

[csmith]

There is an Apple and Android version of the App .… 

 

It is convenient to just use your phone to scan the bar/QR code on the paper lottery ticket and see the results .… they sometimes take a few hours to get the results posted with is a hassle … 

[HHTel]

In the States:

 

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There were $2.89 billion in unclaimed lottery prizes in the 12 months ending June 2017

In the UK:

 

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A huge £125.1million in Lottery prizes went unclaimed in the last year

In Thailand a billion + baht in a decade.

 

Small change!

[RBOP]

Not surprised. With about 170 draws its quite easy to not catch every number. Really bad payout too.  

[mok199]

Time for the powerball...

[Assurancetourix]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The national lottery office has revealed that Thais have failed to claim prizes amounting to 1.4 billion baht from 2009 to 2019. 

How many road deaths have there been in ten years?
Dead who may have winning tickets in their pockets;
tickets that went up in smoke during these fatal accidents ...

[Oziex1]

Time for the Teacher and the Cop to fight over it.