Lottery Winner !

[Interman]

Hi ya'll,

got a question that might not have been asked on here before.

Can foriegners claim winning lottery tickets? (above ground government lottery that is)

and also whats the minimum age to claim them?

[cm-happy]

Hi ya'll,

got a question that might not have been asked on here before.

Can foriegners claim winning lottery tickets? (above ground government lottery that is)

and also whats the minimum age to claim them?

Good question.

Did you win? Lucky guy.

[Scott]

I don't know for sure, but I can tell you this much, that will be worth a lot of money if you decide to sell it!

[Heng]

Yes, they can. But fortunately for the gov't, the odds are never in your favor.

[Interman]

Just a question for now.

I like playing back home. And although I can only play here twice a month (LOL) I enjoy the entertainment.

[PhilHarries]

I occasionally used to buy a few tickets just for fun. Only times I won it was just a lousy couple of thousand maximum. Never found out how to claim the prize money though, the missus used to relieve me of that chore.

[Heng]

I remember in high school stats that the rough odds for one of the multistate US lotteries (don't recall if we calculated it for Power Ball or Mega whatever...) was winning the prize once every twenty thousand years or so, even playing X hundred $ for each and every drawing, considering 8-10 drawings a month. And that's on TOP of the benefit of having those lotteries audited by reputable firms, something you don't have here.

[davejonesbkk]

One of my friend's won 100k on some lottery about 6 months back. No-idea where he collected it from. I bumped into him later and he said something about foreigners being able to collect a maximum of 1mil.

[Interman]

One of my friend's won 100k on some lottery about 6 months back. No-idea where he collected it from. I bumped into him later and he said something about foreigners being able to collect a maximum of 1mil.

A limit?? I wouldnt be surprised at all.

Guess its best for the misses to claim.

[JimsKnight]

Buddy of mine won 80,000 baht. He had to go to BKK and take a Thai National with him to claim it. AFAIK foreigners aren't allowed to pick up the cash.

[Scott]

It's my understanding--I don't know for sure--but large winnings must be collected by depositing them in a bank account. Since you have to have a WP (in theory) to have a bank account, this would make it a little difficult for big winners.

[JetsetBkk]

Since you have to have a WP (in theory) to have a bank account

Not true.

[torrenova]

I got 20k (2*10k) minus the 5% tax. Don't know about the mega millions payouts but then again, each ticket is only 2m unless you match the number and then win the bonus.

My missus says it is impossible to keep it quiet if you win.

[bonviveur]

I know you have a better chance getting hit by lighting twice in a life than winning the lotto here in the good USA but what can I say it's my retirement plan for now.

[chicowoodduck]

I know you have a better chance getting hit by lighting twice in a life than winning the lotto here in the good USA but what can I say it's my retirement plan for now.

If your retirement plans include lottery winnings, better plan on getting hit by a lighting strike instead.

[TheEmperorOfTheNorth]

> My missus says it is impossible to keep it quiet if you win.

Possibly most of us would be better at that than most of our missuses.

[kmart]

I occasionally used to buy a few tickets just for fun. Only times I won it was just a lousy couple of thousand maximum. Never found out how to claim the prize money though, the missus used to relieve me of that chore.

Some girl working in a fave drinking haunt of mine once asked me to give her a few auspicious numbers for lottery tickets. I gave a few random numbers off the top of my head and she later won about 15k!

She was pretty good about it and stood up drinks all round, bless 'er.