If Las Vegas is the gambling capital of West, can anyone take a wide guess as to which country should be given the title of the gambling capital of the East? It is hard to believe but yes, the spiritual land of Thailand can also, be crowned as a land passionate about playing Thai lottery and gambling. This is a bit surprising, but then, lottery in this country has had a long and intriguing history which now has become part of the popular culture of the land. People across the society, tend to invest in lottery in hope of winning some great prizes.
Lottery in this country has been highly lucrative for both the citizens and its government and is one of the prime reasons for being such a popularly celebrated game where a large section of the population participates. Let’s first discuss, what makes the lottery so popular among citizens, is of course, the jack pot prizes that are offered. These are huge sum of money that can completely change one life, forever. Moreover, winners till the fifth position also are gifted huge amount of money. Added to this people who partially match the numbers of Thailand lottery are also awarded a part of the money. Therefore, for an average Thai it is the shortcut method of earning money.
Reading this article through, one may have a question as to why the Thai government supports lottery and takes an initiative in making this game a hit among its citizens. The biggest reason in doing so is definitely the huge amounts of revenue that is generated through these lotteries. The taxes that are paid through are huge and the government thus, gets a hefty amount that it can spend on social development and other charitable works.
The Thai lottery office or government of Thailand, issues fourteen million tickets for each weekly draw with additional two million to promote sport events and other seven million tickets for charitable agencies. To manage and organize lottery in a proper way the government has established printing press for the printing of Thai lotto tickets. These printing presses are equipped with the most modern printing machine. For future, the Thai government is planning to introduce computerized services for its lottery ticket buyers.
The government is planning to make use of the nationwide network of the ATM's (automatic teller machines) of all the commercial banks. Thus, one can easily buy Thai lottery tickets visually. Thus, more people will be motivated to invest in lotteries this will help government generate more revenues. The Thai government is highly committed in making use of the money generated by lottery to the fullest. They treat the money generated by lottery as supplement to government's income that can be used for the betterment of society and country at large. In all the Thai lotto system has seen a lot of popularity over the years with great motivation from the government. With such initiatives and support from the government and the people Thai lottery will see great heights.