Digital lottery panel sales launched via www.glolotteryshop.com

Thailand's Government Lottery Office (GLO) has added a "digital lottery panel" channel that lets its contracted agents sell digital lottery tickets directly to the public through the website www.glolotteryshop.com, with sales starting on 17 March 2024¹. The announcement was made by GLO director Lieutenant Colonel Noon Sansanakom and reported by the Public Relations Department's Region 4 office on 20 March 2024¹.

Tickets sold through the new panel channel cost 80 baht each with no service fee, the office said¹. Buyers can also purchase six-digit digital lottery tickets themselves through the Paotang application at 80 baht per ticket¹.

At the same time, the GLO warned the public against buying tickets from dealers that are not official contracted agents, saying such sales now appear through a variety of channels including online platforms and automatic vending machines¹.

The office said buying through those channels risks losses if the buyer does not take possession of the government lottery ticket, and that a winning ticket bought that way may not be redeemable, a situation it said has already occurred¹. It also said buyers may be taken advantage of by paying more than 80 baht per ticket¹.

The GLO further warned agents and advance-booking buyers that reselling tickets through online platforms, websites or vending machines violates the conditions of their contracts and the rules for receiving tickets to sell, and that the office has the right to terminate the contract¹.

What it means for players

The 80 baht price and the absence of a service fee apply to tickets bought through the official digital channels named by the office: the Paotang application and the new agent panel site¹. Anyone buying Thai lottery tickets through other online platforms or vending machines is outside the contracted system, and the office says a winning ticket bought that way may not be redeemable¹. The office also says buyers outside that system may pay more than the 80 baht price¹. For locals, expats and visitors in Thailand, the distinction the office draws is between tickets held through its own channels and tickets bought from parties it says it has no policy or contract with¹. How buyers verify whether a particular seller is a contracted agent has not been reported.

What happens next

The office said it has the right to terminate the contract of agents who resell tickets through online platforms, websites or vending machines¹. No further dates or enforcement steps were given.

For background on the official channels, see How to Buy Thai Lottery Tickets Online and Government Lottery Office: Thai Government Lottery, L6 paper lottery, L6 Digital Lottery. The 80 baht price is set out in How Much Does a Thai Government Lottery Ticket Cost?, and the risks of unofficial sellers are covered in Lottery Scams in Asia.