Lottery Online
The lottery is a form of gambling that relies on chance to determine the winner. It is a popular pastime in Thailand, where millions of players pin their hopes on a series of numbers, often choosing them based on luck or superstition. The lottery is also an important source of revenue for organizers and a means of entertainment for the public. The influx of cash from lottery winners can even stimulate the economy as they spend their windfalls on everyday goods and services.
In Thailand, the lottery is a major industry that supports almost 19 million people—more than 28% of the country’s population. It is one of two forms of legalized gambling in the Land of Smiles, along with horse racing in Bangkok. It is regulated by The Government Lottery Office (GLO) and draws twice per month on the first and 16th of every month.
TGL and TCL tickets are pre-printed and include a variety of anti-counterfeiting features. They are sold in ticket-pairs only, with each individual ticket priced at 80 baht. They are numbered and bear a list of prizes, ancillary information, and conditions on the reverse. During the draw, a guest known as the “Draw Chairman” randomly selects colored balls to initialize each machine. The colors signify the order of lesser prize draws: yellow for 2nd prize, pink for 3rd prize, green for 4th prize, and blue for 5th prize.
It used to be that a lucky ticket-holder would win the bonus prize of 22 million baht* if they correctly matched all six of their digits in the second-prize draw, but this prize was eliminated by the military government after 1 Aug 2015. A two-digit number is drawn for the third prize.
