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Win Big in Thailand: Foreigners Welcome to Try Their Luck in the Lottery


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To the best of my knowledge no farang has ever won one of the top lottery payouts...Not a single time....At least in the last 20 years, and very possibly in entire history of the Thai lottery.... 

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30 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Thais are great, but they don’t seem to enjoy it much when a whitey is seen to be taking something away from them.

Except a naturally angry woman.

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2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

To the best of my knowledge no farang has ever won one of the top lottery payouts...Not a single time....At least in the last 20 years, and very possibly in entire history of the Thai lottery.... 


you are aware this is a news story about how farang lottery ticket purchases just became legal right? 

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3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

foreigners have always been able to purchase lottery tickets.

 


Then WTF is the point of the story?

I figured it was just another of those illegal but ok things like prostitution

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7 minutes ago, madone said:


Then WTF is the point of the story?

I figured it was just another of those illegal but ok things like prostitution

 

Just a fluffy piece to boost forum clicks I reckon.

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7 hours ago, webfact said:

For major prizes, head to the Government Lottery Office in Bangkok, while smaller prizes can be collected from regional offices or authorised agents. Note that winnings are subject to a 0.5% withholding tax, and a stamp duty of 1 baht per 200 baht of prize money is also applicable.

 

No, they can't. Just a month ago, I won one of the minor prizes. Just the 2000 on the two numbers. Stopped by the agent. Wouldn't pay. Went to Krungthai bank, who is supposed to do small payouts, and they said the lottery was for Thais only and refused to pay out. I asked the bank to call the lottery office, which they did, and then they told me that I could get the 2000 but I would need to go to the main office to collect--a mere 90km roundtrip journey for me. 

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22 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

If they had, theye'yd be back home.

Really , 6M and you go back home ?

 

6M doesn't get you far "back home".

 

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2 hours ago, proton said:

Worst value lottery in the world, plus you have to search for numbers you want

 

Completely agree, and it's ridiculous that you have to visit numerous sellers to get "your" numbers!

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2 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

I've had a few minor wins of 2,000 BHT, one of 10,000 BHT and one of 20,000 BHT.

Never had an issue collecting from a Gold shop, but they charge a small commission of 1.5%.

 

I maybe buy one or two tickets sporadically. My wife's cousin came to visit me in the hospital once and then bought a ticket with my room number on it. Won 50,000 or so as I remember. 

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3 hours ago, redwood1 said:

To the best of my knowledge no farang has ever won one of the top lottery payouts...Not a single time....At least in the last 20 years, and very possibly in entire history of the Thai lottery.... 

 

Wonder, what would happen if a foreigner, particularly a Westerner, ever won the jackpot... Would they really, without much bickering, pay out 6 million baht?

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2 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

Wonder, what would happen if a foreigner, particularly a Westerner, ever won the jackpot... Would they really, without much bickering, pay out 6 million baht?

 

Several years ago, some guy did come on the forum saying he had won the main prize. He was asking where to go to get his money. This may have been a decade or more ago. But I remember it. He showed his ticket and it matched the winning number.

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2 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Several years ago, some guy did come on the forum saying he had won the main prize. He was asking where to go to get his money. This may have been a decade or more ago. But I remember it. He showed his ticket and it matched the winning number.

 

Wow, that's great!

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4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

To the best of my knowledge no farang has ever won one of the top lottery payouts...Not a single time....At least in the last 20 years, and very possibly in entire history of the Thai lottery.... 

Hardly surprising considering the number that enter the lottery compared with Thai citizen entrants!  Non-Thais have won big, there was a Cambodian winner not so long ago

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4 hours ago, redwood1 said:

To the best of my knowledge no farang has ever won one of the top lottery payouts...Not a single time....At least in the last 20 years, and very possibly in entire history of the Thai lottery.... 

 

There was a girl who worked in Bar 4 in Soi 4, Bangkok, (now called Always Bar). 

 

She and her American fella from Chicago, from memory his name was Jason.

 

They won 6m each.

 

 

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