Hundreds of thankful villagers return to pay respect to ‘lottery goddess’ in Prachin Buri
Hundreds of thankful villagers returned to a temple in Prachin Buri Thursday morning to fulfill their promise given to a “lottery goddess” after they won two- and three-digit underground lottery betting Wednesday.
These same villagers came to Wat Phra Ya Tham since late Tuesday night on the eve of government lottery day on Wednesday to pray for winning two or three-digit numbers, promising to somehow repay the spirit they believe to reside in the ta-khian log.
The log has been unearthed from a bottom of a nearby river and it has been transported to the temple by trailer truck with a license plate of 82-1953. Many villagers used the two last digits of the license plate to bet that they would be the two last digits of the first-prize lottery of the March 1 draw. It turned out that the first-prize lottery for March 1 draw was 978,453.
Thais believe a ta-khian tree or hopea odorata is somehow haunted by a female ghost even after the tree had fallen.
Many villagers claimed they rubbed the log early Wednesday and saw the number of 453 so they bet the last three digits of the first prize would be 453 and won.
As a result, hundreds of them returned to the temple to pray in front of the log.
