Lottery online is a popular way to play the Thai lottery. You can check results online or purchase tickets through a national retailer. The lottery is one of only two forms of legal gambling in Thailand and is played by over 19 million people, or 28.6% of the country’s native population. It takes place twice per month on the first and sixteenth of each month and is administered by the Government Lottery Office (GLO).
The GLO’s national wholesalers, known as brokers, sell tickets to local vendors who then sell them directly to the public. In addition to these retail agents, the GLO also sells to some 165 regional offices throughout the country.
Each ticket costs 80 baht and has two parts. The top part is the number matrix, which is a list of numbers between 1 and 9. The bottom part is the bet type. You can choose from five different bet types: 1. Pick a number between 0-9 or select Quick Pick for the lottery computer to randomly select your numbers. 2. Select the numbers in correct order to win a prize. 3. Select a three-digit number and win a bonus prize. 4. Match all six digits in the correct order to win a prize.
A winner’s first prize is B200,000 and their ticket number will be highlighted in yellow. Second prizes are B10,000 each for the ticket numbers above and below the winning first-prize number. There are ten second prizes available for each draw. There are also prizes for the ticket numbers above and below the winning third-prize number, with a total of 10 prizes available. There are also a number of bonus prizes, including B50,000 for the ticket number above the winning fourth-prize number and B10,000 for the ticket number below it.
There used to be a fifth prize for those who matched the first four digits but missed the last, but this has been eliminated by the military government after 1 August 2015. In the past, there were two types of lottery tickets: TGL and TCL. The difference between the two is the first prize payouts and the level of taxation.
While it is true that you can make money playing the lottery, the odds are so incredibly minuscule that it’s not worth the effort and expense to try to find some system that will guarantee you success. Besides, strategies are mostly a waste of time. A lot of people use birthdays of their family members or ages of their children to help them pick their numbers. It’s not the most scientific method, but it does work for some.