Now that's a pile of cash! Biggest Thai lottery winner of the year celebrates 144 MB windfall

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

BITDEFENDER detected a virus on that page when I clicked on the addy.  I am now running a full scan. 

Bitdefender allowed me direct access to that official government site with no warnings.

[Liverpool Lou]

20 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Its terrible. Euromillions is almost the same price per ticket and yet 40x the jackpot. Its almost as if the Thai lottery is a swindle.

Obviously it isn't a "swindle".  It's almost as though the chances of a big win are that much greater with the Thai lottery.  They are.

[OneMoreFarang]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

This money was delivered to him in cash by

What a stupid idea!

[OneMoreFarang]

6 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I believe anyone can buy online.

 

https://thaiglo.org/buy-and-sell

That reminds me of my sister who participated in a kind of little lottery a long time ago.

And when she won they told her: Sorry, you are not yet 18, this is sponsored by cigarette brand x and a condition is you have to be 18 or older... 

 

Or: go ahead, buy your tickets... 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

7 hours ago, webfact said:

This money was delivered to him in cash by

What a stupid idea!

Most likely a promotional photo and the win would be sent to his bank account as all big GLO wins are, they're not paid in cash.

[London Lowf]

2 hours ago, simon43 said:

I guess he's the one on the left in the photos - why isn't he smiling?

He think that he has a subtle self-satisfied smirk - much as I would display in his situation.

 

The lottery guy's fake PR smile is cringe-worthy.

[rwill]

I wonder who he is related to.

24 winning tickets.  I was wondering how many tickets they made with the same numbers.  The most I have seen sold as a set is 15.

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, mrfill said:

Its terrible. Euromillions is almost the same price per ticket and yet 40x the jackpot. Its almost as if the Thai lottery is a swindle.

They use the profits to go to charities.

[Neeranam]

3 minutes ago, rwill said:

I wonder who he is related to.

24 winning tickets.  I was wondering how many tickets they made with the same numbers.  The most I have seen sold as a set is 15.

He bought 8

[paulikens]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

This money was delivered to him in cash by Kong Salak Plus executive Nott Phanthawat Nakwisut yesterday following the draw on Thursday.

Nonsense!!  As if !

[bristolgeoff]

The question is how long will he be able to  keep it,before the family  ask him for a loan.A thai loan that never gets paid back.Why put his face on social media after winning the money,a big mistake for sure

[Harsh Jones]

Can someone please convert it

 

4. 1 million dollars. Lucky <deleted>. He's got me beat by about 3 million. And he didn't have to work for it. Life is about being in the right place at the right time. Nothing else. Effort doesn't matter. Discipline doesn't matter. 

[thaibeachlovers]

I guess all those "friends" will be round to his place right smart. In his place I'd move somewhere unknown and replace the door chime with a laugh track.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I guess that means ILLEGALLY

Thai lottery tickets can be bought online.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Thai lottery tickets can be bought online.

Yes, someone told us that yesterday

[it is what it is]

 

Khun Ti said he divined the numbers from joss-sticks after he went to the temple to pray. 

 

oh dear, he's only going to encourage them...

[KannikaP]

14 hours ago, Neeranam said:

They use the profits to go to charities.

No, they use players' LOSSES to go to charities!  

[AhFarangJa]

I wish him all the very best, but hope it does not end up ruining his life. 

I say this as a very concerned long lost relative twice removed, who lost contact with him in kindergarten school. 

[chickenslegs]

16 hours ago, mrfill said:

Its terrible. Euromillions is almost the same price per ticket and yet 40x the jackpot. Its almost as if the Thai lottery is a swindle.

On the other hand the odds of winning the Thai jackpot are 1 in 1,000,000 but the odds of a jackpot in the Euromillions are 1 in 139,838,160 (nearly 140 times lower).

[Harveyboy]

23 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Isn't rather suspicious that he won 44M on the Thai lottery AND 96m on the online lottery in the same draw. Or am I reading it incorrectly?

Nobody is that lucky!

yep thought the same coincidence eh

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

yep thought the same coincidence eh

No, seems he bought the same number on all the tickets, paper and online, 24 of them and hit the Bht 6M jackpot, which adds up to 144M

[rwill]

20 hours ago, Neeranam said:

21 hours ago, rwill said:

I wonder who he is related to.

24 winning tickets.  I was wondering how many tickets they made with the same numbers.  The most I have seen sold as a set is 15.

He bought 8

The most you can win on a ticket is 6 million baht.  That would only be 48 million baht.

[d4dang]

hope he doesn't forget it in a taxi

[Mavideol]

On 12/3/2022 at 11:28 AM, KannikaP said:

Isn't rather suspicious that he won 44M on the Thai lottery AND 96m on the online lottery in the same draw. Or am I reading it incorrectly?

Nobody is that lucky!

Khun Ti said he divined the numbers from joss-sticks after he went to the temple to pray.  add to that a lucky amulet and all is good .... however Khun Ti  soon will be faced with so many new friends and new relatives in need of some help  555

[jacko45k]

20 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

Khun Ti said he divined the numbers from joss-sticks after he went to the temple to pray. 

 

oh dear, he's only going to encourage them...

I do that and have selected 11111 every time... haven't won yet but remain hopeful!

[Harveyboy]

23 hours ago, KannikaP said:

No, seems he bought the same number on all the tickets, paper and online, 24 of them and hit the Bht 6M jackpot, which adds up to 144M

tks ..

[Phnom Penh Trader]

On 12/3/2022 at 3:53 AM, webfact said:

Khun Ti said he divined the numbers from joss-sticks after he went to the temple to pray. 

 

He also won 96 million baht via digital lottery means.

Heads for Wat with bunch of incense from Big C!

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

I'm not seeing this anywhere in English yet, so here goes.

 

On Thai Rath TV last night, officials from the local police station near the Kong Salak Plus Office raided it and took a bunch of photos. Mr. Kong Salak was angry and said they've done nothing wrong, flashing around some govt documents. Mr. Police flashed around photos he said ties the place to Chinese gangsters, said he heard businessmen speaking Chinese in the office, and claims this to have some connection to the recent Chinese Triad busts. Heh. Keeps getting better and better.

 

Wouldn't doubt the Chinese connection, but bet the police connection is likely the usual "Hmm, money. Looks like there might be something illegal here. Give us some to make us go away".