News Forum - Thais swarm to new digital lottery tickets

[Thaiger]

The move of the official bi-monthly Thai lottery to a digital form continues apace. Thais are showing their increasing preference to purchase their lottery tickets through the “Pao Tang” app, instead of through the traditional street lottery vendors. 7.1 million new digital lottery tickets for the August 1 draw are now available and can be bought 24/7 at the standard rate of 80 baht per ticket. The last bundle of 5.1 million tickets, for the recent July 16 draw, sold out in just two days, indicating the huge popularity of the new digital lottery app. Authorities say they launched this […]

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[longwood50]

Well if the government had not done enough already to increase the unemployment in Thailand this should certainly further those efforts.  Those that once sold lottery tickets to eake out a meager income will have to find another way to exist. 

[Fanta]

34 minutes ago, longwood50 said:

Those that once sold lottery tickets to eake out a meager income will have to find another way to exist. 

Good point. The local lottery ticket seller near my place is … less than able. Who’s going to feed that bloke and the 1,000’s like him? What do they do with this lottery money anyway? 

[longwood50]

38 minutes ago, Fanta said:

What do they do with this lottery money anyway? 

Reminds me of the sign at cabbages and condoms restaurant in Pattaya.