A 52 year outdated man lodged a police criticism after buying 20 digital authorities lottery tickets via the ‘Paotang’ software, which received however were declared as non-winning by the system.
Sarawuth Jangkina who had previously gained up to 31 tickets without problem, questioned whether the discrepancy was as a end result of a system glitch or duplicate digital ticket gross sales.
Sarawuth, the president of the Buriram Highway Police Rescue Association, last evening reported the incident at Nang Rong Police Station. The digital tickets numbered 283366, were for yesterday’s draw.
Upon profitable the last two digits, sixty six, on all 20 tickets, the system notified him of no winnings. It additionally showed that each one tickets for this draw were offered out, elevating concerns about the possibility of claiming his prize cash.
Sarawuth defined that he typically purchases 200 to 300 lottery tickets per draw. He once purchased a most of 210 tickets by way of the ‘Paotang’ app and had received up to 31 tickets, with none prior concern.
This time, he selected the numbers primarily based on his automobile registration quantity, 3366, and the first two digits of his home number, leading to 283366 for yesterday’s draw.
Upon listening to from his sister that the final two digits drawn were sixty six, he shortly checked his telephone to seek out he had indeed received the last two digits on all 20 tickets, amounting to a complete prize of 40,000 baht. The system, nevertheless, indicated that his tickets weren’t successful ones.
Initially, Sarawuth thought there might be a difficulty with his phone or that it may be overheating. After restarting and cooling his telephone, he checked again solely to search out the system displaying the identical message. The system also acknowledged that all digital lottery tickets for this draw had been offered out, a message that remained constant regardless of repeated checks, reported Sanook.
Consequently, Sarawuth determined to lodge a police criticism as proof and appealed to the Government Lottery Office or related parties to investigate the matter.
He emphasised that even winning the last two digits brings hope to these taking a chance on the digital lottery tickets. Hence, Black market is unsettling when a successful ticket is said a non-winner, leaving winners unsure about claiming their prize cash.
He further questioned who would take responsibility if such a difficulty occurred with a first-prize ticket.
Sarawuth’s lottery conundrum has but to be resolved as The Thaiger went to press.
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