Two arrested in Lopburi over alleged Bt400m lottery ticket fraud

[Dexxter]

1 hour ago, Walter Travolta said:

You would imagine, to avoid this, that a government source only would supply the tickets ????‍♂️

 

What happens to the unsold ones after the draw? Are they returned to the distributor for a full refund?

[Susco]

3 minutes ago, Dexxter said:

She is over the moon about it because if she bought the same ticket for 80 baht on the street she would have only won 2000 baht.

 

Please explain why the same ticket on the street would only win 50% of the prize

[Dexxter]

7 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

Please explain why the same ticket on the street would only win 50% of the prize

I have no idea hence the "lost in transalation". All I know is that she got 4000 baht deposited into her account tonight for a single winning ticket (2 digits). As I said, I don't buy tickets so have little idea of how it all works. I am just passing on what my wife said, or seemed to say. LOL

Actually even 4000 baht for a 1:100 chance of winning with a 60 baht ticket is poor odds. Even odds should give a prize closer to 6000 baht less fees and reasonable profit margin. This is why I don't play. Crappy odds.

Edited November 16, 2020 by Dexxter

[kevin612]

I am not surprised because it involves with money, a lot of money. 

[Walter Travolta]

22 minutes ago, Dexxter said:

 

What happens to the unsold ones after the draw? Are they returned to the distributor for a full refund?

I think thats what should happen if its the govt running it, if it was a private enterprise I would guess that the vendors get used to how many tickets on average they sell, buy that amount and either suffer the loss of buying too many or buying more should they sell out before the draw date. Just an opinion ????

[sammieuk1]

Even more surprising no mention of a Burmese or Farang fall guy ????

[ronaldo0]

1 hour ago, Dexxter said:

I have no idea hence the "lost in transalation". All I know is that she got 4000 baht deposited into her account tonight for a single winning ticket (2 digits). As I said, I don't buy tickets so have little idea of how it all works. I am just passing on what my wife said, or seemed to say. LOL

Actually even 4000 baht for a 1:100 chance of winning with a 60 baht ticket is poor odds. Even odds should give a prize closer to 6000 baht less fees and reasonable profit margin. This is why I don't play. Crappy odds.

She probably spent 60bht on the winning two digit number and sometimes they can bet on the number being reversed as long as they have the two correct digits . But the prize from her lottery is twice what you get for the government lottery for the two digit prize I think . Picking two digits is one way but you can pick three and get a higher prize . For 100 bht bet on three digit you win 80-90,000 prize I think it is and a few weeks ago the people who run it were even offering twice that amount for some reason . Can’t remember if was special occasion or something. All I know is that in 10 years I haven’t won 1 bht from doing 500-1000bht every fortnight on gov lottery ! 

[Mike k]

5 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

Out of curiosity, does anybody know what would happen if a foreigner won a substantial amount in the lottery here?

 

Are we even allowed to claim the prize, and are there huge taxes to be paid, etc.?

I won 8000 once but an inlaw cashed it in 

[Andycoops]

Another OCha failure having promised to crack down, which he did but of course like everything else it Thailand it only lasted for a short time.

No 80 baht tickets available here.

[brianthainess]

11 hours ago, Dexxter said:

 

What happens to the unsold ones after the draw? Are they returned to the distributor for a full refund?

My missus recons they can claim any prize money on tickets not sold 

[Keesters]

Surely the answer to stop ticket fraud is to only sell online. People seem to have taken to ordering food etc online why not lottery. But the unemployment. 

[DGS1244]

On 11/16/2020 at 10:12 AM, tonray said:

If they can only legally sell tickets at 80 baht on the street....what kind of sense would buying them at 80 baht make ? And before everyone screams that nobody sells at 80 baht...in my 5 years here I have never seen a ticket sold for more than 80 baht for a ticket pair. 

They haven't been sold in pairs for ages only single tickets at 80 Baht each and yes they are sold at 100 Baht in many places. Especially if you buy more than one of the same number. Guess you must live  in a remote village somewhere.

[tonray]

4 minutes ago, DGS1244 said:

They haven't been sold in pairs for ages only single tickets at 80 Baht each and yes they are sold at 100 Baht in many places. Especially if you buy more than one of the same number. Guess you must live  in a remote village somewhere.

Actually you are buying the same pair at 80 baht...they just did away with the extra paper. But no...live in an around Bangkok...you all need to stay away from tourist trap areas....normal pricing everywhere else.......Let me guess...you live in the farangville Sukhumvit / Asok / Silom etc etc

[DGS1244]

42 minutes ago, tonray said:

Actually you are buying the same pair at 80 baht...they just did away with the extra paper. But no...live in an around Bangkok...you all need to stay away from tourist trap areas....normal pricing everywhere else.......Let me guess...you live in the farangville Sukhumvit / Asok / Silom etc etc

Answer to your question is no I live Chiang Mai as a long term resident,  and 100 Baht is common here. Yes they combined the tickets but if you win you only get one prize not two, that I have experience of

[JimiHen]

Som Nam Na.       Enuf Said

[Andy from Kent]

19 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

Not a problem, if I am offered lottery tickets for more than B80, I just ignore them

 

I go one step further.     I ignore lottery tickets period!

[Dexxter]

On 11/17/2020 at 11:55 AM, brianthainess said:

My missus recons they can claim any prize money on tickets not sold 

 

That sounds like a bad return on investments since the overall probability of breaking even is much less than 50%.