News Forum - Phuket man wins 18 million baht from lottery, plans to pay off debts

[Thaiger]

After praying at several temples with high hopes, one Phuket man’s dream of winning the lottery has come true! The man, who lives in Ratsada, won 18 million baht yesterday, which just happened to be April Fool’s day. But the winning was no joke. The man, Panuwat, says he has struggled with debt, and was even 10 million baht in debt a few years ago. Panuwat had been regularly buying lottery tickets, and visiting temples to pray to a ghost that many Thais believe grants people financial fortune. Panuwat says he plans to use his winnings to build a better […]

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[HiuMak]

Thais always have some form of debt

[Fanta]

This guy needs to leave the country before the cops hear about this. 

[Pinetree]

How did he get into 10 million of debt?  Sounds like his 18 million will not last long. 

[Faraday]

10 minutes ago, Pinetree said:

How did he get into 10 million of debt?  Sounds like his 18 million will not last long. 

Buying lottery tickets, allegedly.

[HolyCowCm]

I have a hard time thinking it was only a few tickets every time. People like this are more like 20 - 30 tickets not 2 or 3.

[Bluesofa]

23 hours ago, Thaiger said:

and visiting temples to pray to a ghost that many Thais believe grants people financial fortune

'pray to a ghost' Then people ask why I'm an atheist, and why I openly laugh at this stuff.
The philosophy of Buddhism is a good one, but once others after Buddha screwed it up into a religion that's when it went downhill, including hocus pocus with ghosts,  animalism, lucky charms, and praying to Buddha - which Buddha specifically told people not to pray to him, as he was not a deity.