The lottery is a major deal in Thailand, and local news sources are always sharing stories about the latest wacky ways Thais are trying to find those lucky numbers that will turn their lives around. It’s no surprise, really – as superstitious folk, the people of Thailand are always looking for new ways to get their fortunes on the right track.
The country’s official national lottery (Thai:
While the odds of winning the top prize are astronomical – about one in 19 million – most players purchase a ticket for a smaller jackpot amount, which still offers life-changing sums of money. Even a small win is a big deal, and the lottery experience unites people in a shared dream and nourishes the human spirit with the tantalizing promise of sudden wealth.
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The main types of Thai lottery tickets are TGL and TCL, with the names printed at the upper left corner of each ticket. These tickets are sold in ticket pairs, with each ticket costing 80 baht. Each ticket also contains a number of anti-counterfeiting features.
TGL tickets offer a first prize of six million baht and a bonus prize of 30 million baht, while TCL tickets offer a three-million baht first prize and a 22-million baht bonus prize. However, the bonus prize was eliminated by the military government after 1 Aug 2015.
In addition to the six-digit jackpot, there are a number of smaller prizes, including a fourth-place prize of B40,000, and fifth-place prizes of B10,000 and B2,000. The final prize is for those who match all of the first five digits but the last digit is incorrect by one number above or below.
Many people believe that certain animals can be a good indicator of the lottery results. For example, a woman who found a tortoise on the road is believed to have won the lottery if her ticket numbers match the creature’s number. Other people try to luck out by buying caged birds and setting them free, as it is believed that each bird that is set free brings the person a little bit of luck.
Some people take their lottery-winning strategies to a whole other level, with one man being dubbed the “lottery guy.” Zjelko Ranogajec started out as a blackjack counter and was head of a blackjack counting team in Tasmania before he began betting on everything, even horse racing. He claims that he’s figured out a way to beat the odds in both of these fields, and has spent millions of dollars to perfect his methods. But while his ’code’ may be clever, it doesn’t appear to be foolproof.
