Relatives sought: Unconscious motorcyclist had 121 winning lottery tix worth 300K under his seat

[webfact]

Relatives sought: Unconscious motorcyclist had 121 winning lottery tix worth 300K under his seat

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that they had been contacted by Phairat, 40, an official of the RuamKatanyu rescue foundation after two motorcycles collided in the early hours of yesterday morning on Ngam Wong Wan road in Nonthaburi, north west of Bangkok.

 

Two women on a Yamaha were only slightly injured but the rider of a black Honda Phantom (Bangkok plate number 530) was found unconscious and rushed to Phra Nang Klao Hospital.

 

He is 69 year old Wiporn. 

 

Under his seat foundation workers found 121 winning lottery tickets from the October 16th draw. A total of 38 had the correct last two numbers and the others had the right first three and last three digits. 

 

The winning tickets - worth a total of 300,000 baht - have been deposited with the police for safe keeping.

 

Phairat requested the media to try and find the relatives of Wiporn who should contact the hospital or the police.

 

He said he did not know the current condition of the victim or whether his relatives were aware of what had happened to him

 

It is thought that Wiporn is a "yeepua" - a kind of agent that buys winning tickets for a commission - and was on his way early morning to the lottery office to reclaim winnings. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[colinneil]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

The winning tickets - worth a total of 300,000 baht - have been deposited with the police for sa.fe keeping

Best joke this week, posted with plod for safe keeping.????????????????

[PatOngo]

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

The winning tickets - worth a total of 300,000 baht - have been deposited with the police for safe keeping.

I wonder how many promotions that will buy? ????

[KhunKenAP]

I am sure he will not be alone at the hospital for very long.

 

[Matzzon]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

have been deposited with the police for safe keeping.

Yep! However, if you survive and want them back. Yeah, yeah, you have seen the donation box before, haven´t you?

[Paiman]

The last place you want to deposit something for safe keeping. 

[Paiman]

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

to try and find the relatives of Wiporn

He never knew how big the family is.

[Paiman]

May be I am his half brother????

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, Paiman said:

May be I am his half brother????

The brother from another mother?

[JusticeGB]

I Thai speaking vely good I blother him.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

I wonder how many promotions that will buy? ????

Half a leg up at current costs.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yep! However, if you survive and want them back. Yeah, yeah, you have seen the donation box before, haven´t you?

A reasonable charge  for safe storage and return would  be expected.

[sammieuk1]

The bad news is your hospital bill is 350,000 ????

[ThailandRyan]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

It is thought that Wiporn is a "yeepua" - a kind of agent that buys winning tickets for a commission - and was on his way early morning to the lottery office to reclaim winnings.

Probably paid out 50%, so was out of pocket 150,000 baht and was counting the rest of his windfall before he found himself asleep in the proverbial deep sleep.  Poor man, hope he recovers.  Many of those that sold there tickets to him probably know how to find his family.

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I am sure he will not be alone at the hospital for very long.

 

[ronaldo0]

If he had that many winning tickets you have to wonder how many he bought in total and just goes to show how chronic Thai people are when it comes to gambling !

[nausea]

31 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said:

If he had that many winning tickets you have to wonder how many he bought in total and just goes to show how chronic Thai people are when it comes to gambling !

As I understand it, as a "yeepua", he buys tickets from people who have already won, for a commission. Why people would sell rather than just not claim themselves is a little puzzling, maybe they're disbarred for some reason; vendors I would imagine, for example, though I'm not up on Thai lottery laws. Quite impressed the tickets just didn't disappear, though I suppose the two female witnesses had something to do with that.

Edited October 20, 2020 by nausea

[Matzzon]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

A reasonable charge  for safe storage and return would  be expected.

Yes, ok! Naturally, as long as it´s reasonable. ????

[billd766]

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

I wonder how many promotions that will buy? ????

One if the buyer is of a low rank.

[Regyai]

You would have thought that the article would state where the queue for relatives should start

[johnnytuc]

7 hours ago, KhunKenAP said:

I am sure he will not be alone at the hospital for very long.

 

I've been searching for my Uncle Wimpong for ages 

[steven100]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

find the relatives of Wiporn

damn ....  now you've gone and really messed things up    !

[steven100]

9 minutes ago, johnnytuc said:

I've been searching for my Uncle Wimpong for ages 

aha ......  ok,  you've gotta get a taxi and go and see uncle Wimpong , he needs your support,   how long since you last had a drink together  ?    anyway,  doesn't matter just get to the hospital and see he' ok,  ....  oh and get him to get those tickets off the cops and you could help him by looking after them ... right ?

[onebir]

Slang for checking lottery ticket numbers of an unconscious traffic accident victim:  "Thai Triage"

[oznomad]

How considerate of the first responders to see if his lottery tickets were winners.

Who said customer service here was dead?

[Justgrazing]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

the rider of a black Honda Phantom

 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The winning tickets - worth a total of 300,000 baht - have been deposited with the police for safe keeping

Bet it's a bit of an opera retrieving 'em ..

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Under his seat foundation workers found 121 winning lottery tickets from the October 16th draw. A total of 38 had the correct last two numbers and the others had the right first three and last three digits. 

 

The winning tickets - worth a total of 300,000 baht - have been deposited with the police for safe keeping.

I'm sure Wiporn will be eternally thankful  for publishing his private windfall for all the world to see.

If he wished to remain as an anonymous winner he may have the right to sue someone?