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HISTORY OF THAI LOTTERY
The idea of lottery goes back a very long way towards ancient times.
Lottery first started in Thailand in the reign of King Rama V. It was first drawn in an international exposition arranged in the King's birthday celebration. Again in 1917, a lottery drawing was arranged to finance Thailand's entry into World War I on the Allied side. Next, lottery was used to finance the Thai Red Cross charity works expenses in 1932. Lottery was first drawn to really generate revenue for the government in 1934 to finance the short fall in government income due to the abolition of draftee tax, levied on Thai males who wished to forego compulsory military service.The drawing was implemented by the Revenue Department. In the same year, lottery operation was also introducedto the provinces to finance the provincial municipality operations In 1939, the control of government lottery operation was transferred to the Ministry of Finance with the appointment of the first lottery board by the Ministry of Finance on April 5, 1939, which is now held as the founding date of the Government Lottery Office. At present, the Lottery Office issues 14 million tickets for each draw. In the same draw, it also issues two million tickets for sports promotion and seven million for other charity organization. To produce the lottery tickets, the Government Lottery Office operates a modern, large-scale printing press, which also handles printing jobs for other government agencies as well.Each year, the Lottery Office turns in over 4,000 million Bath to the government treasury. It also provides 440 scholarships of 20,000 Baht each for undergraduates and earmark eight million Baht a year for various charities. The office also contributes close to 20 million Baht a year for the welfare fund of civil service and military personal, Welfare Council of Thailand, and the War Veteran Association.People of Thailand are very fond of being gamblers themselves. Lottery is taken very seriously in Thailand as it is the only kind of gambling allowed in the nation.
The process of winning a lottery starts from the buying of a lottery ticket. Each and everybody try to imply their intuition at the time of buying lottery ticket. But unfortunately most people fail since a single draw of a lottery can only produce few winners. First, we would like to talk about what a Thai lottery ticket looks like. As you can see, there is only one kind of lottery available, used in Thailand for a long time. It is still paper-based material while many other countries have developed an electronic system to organize the lottery tickets. In Thailand, you’ll have to get lottery tickets from agents, who receive these tickets from retailers. Seen that you are obliged to buy a ticket that already has the number printed, if you need a specific number, you will need to find somebody selling this number. Future projects of the Government Lottery Office include a plan to computerize lottery buyers service that visualizes purchasing of lottery and prize payment by commercial banks' country-wide network of automated teller machines. Usually, lottery tickets are drawn twice a month: the 1st day of the month and the 16th. Every ticket costs 40 + 40 Baht, seen that it is double. This is the official price. The top and the bottom part have the same number. It is not possible to buy just one part as they come in pairs. So, every ticket will still cost you 80 Baht plus the agent's fees
(between 20 and 40 Bath). However, if you win, your prize is doubled. Every ticket has a single 6 digits number. During the live draws, a lot of numbers are drawn every time, as they’ll have to draw all of the numbers according to the number of prizes stated.
Now, the prizes and amount of this lottery are as follow:
1st Prize (1 number) 2 million Baht
2nd prize (5 numbers) 100'000 Baht
3rd prize (10 numbers) 40'000 Baht
4th prize (50 numbers) 20'000 Baht
5th prize (100 numbers) 10'000 Baht
3 digits numbers (4 numbers): 2'000 Baht
2 digits number (1 number): 1'000 Baht
Bonus prize (2 numbers) 50'000 Baht.
The Bonus prize is for people whose first 5 numbers are correct but the last digit is incorrect by one number above or below. (For example, if the First Prize ticket last number is “5″ you can get the bonus prize if yours has a “4″ or “6″).
This is how the draw took place
USEFUL INFORMATION'S
Anyone, either Thai or foreign, may play and win the state lottery in Thailand. Currently, prizes cannot be claimed through banks. At each draw date, around 5 pm, you can check the lottery results directly at the Government Lottery Office website or with the help of the application listed above witch automatically updates them. Draw dates are are the 1st and 16th of each month. If holiday, the day after. More information about the drawing procedures here. If you win a prize, you’ll have to go to one of the following three GLO offices in Bangkok:
The Government Lottery Office
Rajdamnern Avenue, Tel. 0-2281-1611
Ext. 108, 123
Branch Office I
Gold Market Building, 3rd Fl, Lard Yao, Jatujak
Tel. 0-2158-0078
Branch Office II
CAT Tower, 21st Fl, Charoen Krung Road
Office Hours:
Mon. – Fri. (closed on public holidays)
Office Hours: 07.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
(Open during lunch)
Don't forget to bring your passport. You will receive a cheque. You must claim your prize within two years from the draw date and pay a tax of 0.5%. For more information's, you can contact the Chief of Department of Prize Payment): Tel.0-2282-5017, or - Chief of Branch Office I: Tel. 0-2629-3619, or
- Chief of Branch Office II: Tel. 0-2629-3618)
However, if the payout of every single ticket amounts to less than 20,000 Baht, you can go to a local agent and he will give you the money in cash. There is tax, which you’ll have to pay in order to get the money: the agent will charge you from 2 to 5 Baht for every 100 baht. More about the prize claiming here. I hope that every person who comes to Thailand tries out the Thai lottery. The chances of winning are much higher than those of the European and American lotteries, even though the prizes are much smaller. However, always be aware of agents who try to trick you and be aware of all kinds of theft.I wish you all a lot of fun and good luck!
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