BANGKOK, Jan 16 — Every day at 6am, on a patch of sidewalk on Rajadamnoen Avenue, up to 100 lottery ticket vendors set up trestle tables loaded with tickets.
It would have been a long day by the time they pack up at around 6pm, but worth it; the more active large-scale sellers can make up to 40,000 baht (RM4,000) a month.
This is the government lottery — apart from some horse racing the only legal form of gambling in Thailand.

Blind lottery ticket sellers in Bangkok make their way slowly along the crowded and complicated sidewalks, tickets arranged on a tray braced around their necks and shoulders.

In an editorial on Jan 6, the Bangkok Post said: “This basically conservative nation is uneasy… about any legalised betting.”
But it admitted that as in alcohol and prostitution, “the flesh is weak”.

See the full article from “The Malaysian Insider”




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