Recently, my wife bought some non-government lottery tickets online from a friend.

 

When choosing some numbers and paying for them, her friend called back and said if any of THOSE number win, you can only have half the prize: a win-lose situation.

 

The reason THOSE numbers are special is because they are "lucky".  I can remember only one which was "29". It didn't win!

 

Isn't this superstition a little over the top? And is it in reality, cheating the customer?

Don't sound like a friend more like a fiend. ????

10 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Don't sound like a friend more like a fiend. ????

I don't think it is the friend - it is the rules as I understand it

2 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

I don't think it is the friend - it is the rules as I understand it

The rules........seriously????

Assume you'll lose, put the money to better use and buy some beer.

Our local govt lottery guy sells ALL the supposedly 80 baht tickets at varying prices.

80, 90, 100 & 200 bht.

 

He claims the same reason, lucky, popular etc.

 

For me is BS and any excuse to get more cash, thats all.

4 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Our local govt lottery guy sells ALL the supposedly 80 baht tickets at varying prices.

80, 90, 100 & 200 bht.

 

He claims the same reason, lucky, popular etc.

 

For me is BS and any excuse to get more cash, thats all.

I'm going to go ballistic if I find out the wife has been paying extra for supposedly lucky numbers.

2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Our local govt lottery guy sells ALL the supposedly 80 baht tickets at varying prices.

80, 90, 100 & 200 bht.

 

He claims the same reason, lucky, popular etc.

 

For me is BS and any excuse to get more cash, thats all.

Shouldn't he be charging less than 80bht for particularly unlucky numbers then?

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Shouldn't he be charging less than 80bht for particularly unlucky numbers then?

Surely there should be no unlucky numbers for sale..............?

40 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Our local govt lottery guy sells ALL the supposedly 80 baht tickets at varying prices.

80, 90, 100 & 200 bht.

 

He claims the same reason, lucky, popular etc.

 

For me is BS and any excuse to get more cash, thats all.

I buy the 80 baht ones and told there no-good to win big money.

They've been right I've won about 2000baht twice. ????????

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

The rules........seriously????

That's what my wife said when she asked them!

9 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

That's what my wife said when she asked them!

Well I have learnt the hard way........whatever the wife says, nod, smile and convey the impression that you agree wholeheartedly with her.......

22 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Well I have learnt the hard way........whatever the wife says, nod, smile and convey the impression that you agree wholeheartedly with her.......

Yes, point taken but my issue is with whether what is going on is legal or not, or simply Supplier cheating Customer. It is a "Manager" apparently, who seems to have made up his own rule, not the ticket seller.

 

In any event, I won't be part of it either way. My wife can make her own decision. Tickets are only B50 but B2000 for winning when the prize is 4000 is not my vision of fairness and justice!

27 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

It is a "Manager" apparently, who seems to have made up his own rule, not the ticket seller.

Thailand to a T

Its likely that the vendor of this local "black lottery" doesn't generate enough revenue from sales to cover a big prize in full.

At least they had the decency to inform your wife in advance.

On 4/15/2021 at 4:02 PM, ChrisKC said:

And is it in reality, cheating the customer?

 

A Thai would never do such a thing.  ????

23 hours ago, northsouthdevide said:

At least they had the decency to inform your wife in advance.

 

It was not in advance, she was informed after paying for them.  

30 minutes ago, Leaver said:

It was not in advance, she was informed after paying for them.  

I almost head myself thinking that it's always best to buy an official ticket, then I remembered where I was ????????

The day that you can buy the lotto at 7eleven on computer, like buying credit or paying a bill, I'll start doing it.

There must be a reason that they don't do it.

On 4/15/2021 at 5:27 PM, CharlieH said:

Our local govt lottery guy sells ALL the supposedly 80 baht tickets at varying prices.

80, 90, 100 & 200 bht.

 

He claims the same reason, lucky, popular etc.

 

For me is BS and any excuse to get more cash, thats all.

If you want lucky lottery tickets, pay more for them; that's fair enough.  But if the ticket wins, don't say - "ah - you only get half the prize because its a lucky ticket...".  That does not sound so lucky to me.  More likely, the fraudster has sold the ticket number twice.

26 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

More likely, the fraudster has sold the ticket number twice.

 

Or is coming up with this BS to keep half the winnings.

5 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

Or is coming up with this BS to keep half the winnings.

Nobody sells lottery tickets expecting them to win; if they were expected to win, they would keep them.

1 minute ago, StreetCowboy said:

Nobody sells lottery tickets expecting them to win; if they were expected to win, they would keep them.

 

Unless she tells this BS to every purchaser of her tickets, after they buy.  Now she has a 50% stake in every ticket, with no money down.  

 

On 4/15/2021 at 4:26 PM, BritManToo said:

put the money to better use and buy some beer.

or maybe something that tastes good.

On 4/16/2021 at 11:33 PM, StreetCowboy said:

Nobody sells lottery tickets expecting them to win; if they were expected to win, they would keep them.

you give it far more thought than the sellers.. people don't buy winnings - they buy the hope of winning