Why is Thai Lottery so popular today?
This question is valid as statistics show that approximately 19.2 million people play the lottery regularly, spending 76 billion baht (about 2.3 billion US dollars) on the acquisition of tickets on an annual basis.
Giving a brief history of Thai lottery (and as the name suggests, it is the official lottery of Thailand) and The Government Lottery Office. Thai Lottery is operated by the Government Lottery Office (GLO). The GLO started in 1874. This was when the first lottery tickets were issued to mark the birthday of King Rama V. The lottery office was set up and its first director was appointed and because the original number of tickets sold was relatively low, the prize payout was also limited.
All through the years, GLO and the Thai Lottery grew together. In 1923, lottery operations in Thailand were stopped for 10 years. In 1934, lottery operations started being organized again under the Government’s Revenue Department as a way to collect funds. The lottery began its climb to its popularity, and a peak was achieved in 1944. In 1974, the number of tickets printed per year went up to 180 million, and in just one year, the circulation increased even further to 252 million tickets!
To know if you’ve won a prize, you can watch the Thai lottery result drawing live on TV. Even if you miss this chance, there are still ways to check the result of Thai Lottery and it holds an extensive result archive for past and present Thai lottery results. More importantly, the newest results are published as soon as they are made available.
Players have been known to be quite superstitious when picking their lucky numbers, they attempt to find hidden messages in their everyday surroundings. For example Figures in tree barks, the number of spots on the fur of a cat, snakes (a big snake represents the number five, and a smaller snake represents six), rats (are linked to the number one) and other omens are often seen as a sign for the acquisition of a particular ticket. Some organisations have been known to give tips on how to pick ones luck numbers when playing the Thai lottery.
