Preesha Kraikruan, is a 50-year-old teacher from Thailand and filed a complaint with the state after he lost his lottery ticket, which had been the winner of one of the two monthly draws that the lottery runs. the Thai government.
This lottery is one of the only possible forms of gambling in this Southeast Asian country, where casinos and betting are prohibited.
However, when Preesha filed the lawsuit, the prize of 30 million baht (770,000 euros) had already been granted to Sharoon Wimonpar, a 62-year-old retired police officer. In such a way that the Thai police has resorted to the verification of fingerprints and DNA to resolve the media this case of the winning lottery ticket claimed by these two people.
According to local media, the retired policeman claims to have bought the ticket, but can not remember where.
"We await the results of the DNA tests that will allow us to verify if the complaint is admissible," Krissana Sapdet, of the Kanshanaburi police, in the region of western Thailand where the ticket was sold, told AFP.
