Woman Claims Lottery Ticket Vanished Before 6 Million Baht Prize Win
A woman claims a lottery vendor lost her pre-ordered ticket worth 6 million baht after it won first prize in Thailand's June 16 drawing, but conflicting accounts from two vendors have left the dispute unresolved.
A woman from Prang Ku district, Sisaket province, claims she pre-ordered government lottery ticket number 287184 for the June 16 drawing but never received it from the vendor. She later learned that the ticket had won the first-prize jackpot worth 6 million baht, sparking widespread public controversy.
The woman, Yom, provided journalists with documentation and evidence including LINE message exchanges and contact history with lottery vendors. She explained that on June 15, the day before the drawing, she had called vendor Daeng to order a ticket ending in 184, but Daeng's stand did not have it. Daeng then said the number was available from another vendor named Jeen. However, after the drawing results were announced, conflicting accounts emerged: Jeen claimed she never kept the ticket, while Daeng insisted she had set it aside. On June 18, Daeng brought a different number (684) and claimed she couldn't find the original, eventually saying "I thought I sold it, but I found it today." Yom refused to accept the wrong number and did not pay.
Yom subsequently learned that one lottery ticket from the stand had won first prize with a village headman in the area, though the whereabouts of the second ticket remained unclear. She expressed suspicion based on her own investigation that the ticket may have been claimed the night of June 16, and noted that Daeng had recently purchased a car despite having previously appeared to be in poor financial condition. When journalists visited the Agricultural Bank branch in Prang Ku to speak with Jeen, the second vendor provided transaction records via LINE to assert her innocence. She stated she had no prior knowledge of Yom's order through Daeng and clarified that Yom typically contacted her directly. Jeen explained her standard practice was to photograph tickets for customer verification via LINE, which she said should have occurred if Yom had genuinely ordered through her. The conflicting accounts between the two vendors remain unresolved.
