Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath went to investigate in Treum sub-district of Surin in north eastern Thailand after someone burned down a shack at KM marker 8 on a road in the area.

 

The shack had been set up by locals after a termite mound at the marker managed to supply - via divination - the numbers for several lottery wins.

 

Amid some ornamental chickens and plenty of colored water the shack had been set up to facilitate the faithful.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

However, the termite mound had been removed earlier now there had been a fire in the middle of the night.

 

The place had failed to deliver the numbers in the latest state lottery draw on Monday and it's believed a disgruntled punter was responsible for the retribution.

 

Kian, 66, did some vital pointing at the scene - presumably where the termites once reigned - and said that she hoped the person who did it will be visited with nothing but misery. 

 

ASEAN NOW notes that many Thais take the lottery very seriously. 

 

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Picture: Siam Rath

April 1st article too late or too soon?

I don't normally go for such things but the number 14 had been stuck in my head for about a week.  So I went and bought all the 14's from a local vendor.  18 tickets in total.  I cleared 33,520 baht after the cost of the tickets and the price for cashing them in locally. 

 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The place had failed to deliver the numbers in the latest state lottery draw on Monday and it's believed a disgruntled punter was responsible for the retribution.

We are in 2022 right?