Two Myanmar migrant workers affected by Hat Yai floods win 12 million baht in Thai lottery
Two Myanmar brothers who were affected by the flood in Hat Yai, Thailand, have won 12 million baht ( US$375,000 ) in the Thai lottery, according to posts on social media by some Myanmar citizens in Thailand.
The two brothers who won the 12-million-baht jackpot from Thai lottery are bricklayers in the flood-hit Hat Yai town.
The entire long, low building where they lived was swept away by the flood.
The two brothers were saved by the help of Thai rescue teams.
"A female rescue worker gave us 500 baht each for a meal, so I spent the night at the airport in Hat Yai, and we will ask for help from our friends in Bangkok for the travel expenses and look for work.
When we were at the depot, a lottery seller requested that we buy a lottery ticket. Since we didn't have any extra money for the lottery ticket, the lottery seller said she would give us a discount and said it would cost only 200 baht, and she was selling it for 220 baht before.
The flood was bad, and the business was good. So we bought it because we took pity on her. We thought we could skip a meal to buy the lottery ticket and won the jackpot worth 12 million baht," wrote Ko Khaing Gyi from the AAC on social media, quoting the jackpot winners.
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