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.
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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.
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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”.
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