A street sweeper’s life transformed overnight when luck smiled upon her with a 12-million-baht government lottery win.

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A street sweeper’s life transformed overnight when luck smiled upon her with a 12-million-baht government lottery win.

Somsong Singsa, a 56 year old municipal worker from Si Sa Ket province, revealed that a vendor’s persuasion made her purchase two winning tickets. After four decades of toil, she now plans to resign and provide for her family, who are overjoyed at their sudden fortune.

In the town of Nong Khruea Sud, within the streets that Somsong Singsa has kept clean for over 40 years, a celebration erupted as her family learned of her windfall. The win of 12 million baht came from the government lottery drawn yesterday, February 1, where Somsong held the two tickets bearing the number 607063.

Just a few days before the draw, while resting during her lunch break at the Ton Makluea market, Somsong was approached by a lottery ticket vendor who implored her to purchase tickets. Claiming she had tickets that would win the first prize, the vendor convinced Somsong to buy two instead of the one she intended. It was a decision that would dramatically change her life.

by Nattapong Westwood
Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-02

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gotlost said:
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A street sweeper’s life transformed overnight when luck smiled upon her with a 12-million-baht government lottery win.

Somsong Singsa, a 56 year old municipal worker from Si Sa Ket province, revealed that a vendor’s persuasion made her purchase two winning tickets. After four decades of toil, she now plans to resign and provide for her family, who are overjoyed at their sudden fortune.

In the town of Nong Khruea Sud, within the streets that Somsong Singsa has kept clean for over 40 years, a celebration erupted as her family learned of her windfall. The win of 12 million baht came from the government lottery drawn yesterday, February 1, where Somsong held the two tickets bearing the number 607063.

Just a few days before the draw, while resting during her lunch break at the Ton Makluea market, Somsong was approached by a lottery ticket vendor who implored her to purchase tickets. Claiming she had tickets that would win the first prize, the vendor convinced Somsong to buy two instead of the one she intended. It was a decision that would dramatically change her life.

by Nattapong Westwood
Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-02

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscrib
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Anyone have her phone number!
 
Rice said:
Easy come easy go. You will be surprised at how fast she will be a pauper again.
I hope she gets to enjoy the ride though.
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So, ten relatives get a new 1 million baht vehicle paid for, and maybe (doubtful) she'll be able to have a couple million left over in her bank account so she never has to sweep streets or work again. Would be interesting to see just how many of her relatives end up with a new business to run into the ground. LOL
 
Cent said:
So, ten relatives get a new 1 million baht vehicle paid for, and maybe (doubtful) she'll be able to have a couple million left over in her bank account so she never has to sweep streets or work again. Would be interesting to see just how many of her relatives end up with a new business to run into the ground. LOL
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It'll be the Thai therory of relativity---no wukka's.
 
Cent said:
So, ten relatives get a new 1 million baht vehicle paid for, and maybe (doubtful) she'll be able to have a couple million left over in her bank account so she never has to sweep streets or work again. Would be interesting to see just how many of her relatives end up with a new business to run into the ground. LOL
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So not to disparage Thai folk. The same is played out in the west ad nauseam as well. But I may say here in Thailand it maybe at an accelerated pace.
 
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