Thai lottery

  • Thailand NewsThais seek lottery tickets with numbers matching the royal family’s license plate

    Thais seek lottery tickets with numbers matching the royal family’s license plate

    As His Majesty King and Her Majesty The Queen drove down to the Suphan Buri for a ceremony, many kept note of the license plate number of the royal family’s Rolls Royce, 1992, hoping to find a ticket with the same numbers before the next Thai government lottery on April 1. On The Thaiger’s Thai-language site, a story on the…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri woman wins 18 million baht in lottery, her niece picked the winning number

    Chon Buri woman wins 18 million baht in lottery, her niece picked the winning number

    When Primprao Chuadee went by her usual lottery ticket vendor in Chon Buri, she decided to let her young niece pick the tickets. Lucky move. She won 18 million baht in the Thai government’s bi-monthly lottery. “My niece ‘Nong Baimon’ picked the lottery numbers for me at a lottery stall that I usually buy from.” She bought a set of 3…

  • Thailand News6 million baht lottery winner chose ticket number after a dream

    6 million baht lottery winner chose ticket number after a dream

    A grand prize Thai government lottery winner, taking home 6 million baht, says she chose the ticket number after a dream she had. 56 year old Ratri Kadnok, the Krabuangnoi village chief in Nakhon Rachasima, had a dream that she was driving her motorbike and the key broke. When she woke up, she told her son to find a ticket…

  • Thailand NewsLottery winning monk leaves temple because so many people asked for money

    Lottery winning monk leaves temple because so many people asked for money

    The monk who recently won 18 million baht in the lottery and decided to give the winnings away apparently had to leave his temple because people kept coming by asking him for money. He’s now at a temple at another province, but he’s keeping the location a secret. A monk at Wat Thinnakorn Nimit in Nonthaburi, just outside Bangkok, says…

  • Thailand NewsCongratulations! Winners of yesterday’s Thai lottery draw

    Congratulations! Winners of yesterday’s Thai lottery draw

    Yesterday was Thailand’s bi-monthly lottery draw and this time there were 4 winners, that we know of. One was a 40 year old mahout (elephant handler) who lives in Pattaya who won 12 million baht. Nipon Sa-Ngam works as an elephant mahout and is originally from Buriram. He purchased 2 lottery tickets earlier this week. His winning ticket had the numbers……

  • Central Thailand News30 million in lottery windfall to central Thailand winning tickets

    30 million in lottery windfall to central Thailand winning tickets

    There’s been three big winners for last Friday’s bi-monthly Thai Government Lottery in Thailand’s central provinces. The winning numbers for the latest draw on January 17 were 491774 with winnings of 6 million baht up for grabs for every winning ticket. 73 year old Prakob Pansaior from Jaturas District in Chaiyaphum Province was the first winner. As soon as he realised…

  • Thai LifeIn love with the lottery – The Thai obsession with the national lottery

    In love with the lottery – The Thai obsession with the national lottery

    Thais love their national lottery. On the first and sixteenth of each month the lottery numbers are announced and people’s favourite numbers either come up, or they don’t – usually not. You will see the lottery ticket vendors either on the pavement or wandering through restaurants selling a once in a lifetime dream of winning the lottery. The National Statistical Office…