'Uncle Det and Grandma Waew' have closed their home quietly after being implicated in the high-profile lottery confusion case. The village headman believes that Uncle Det took Aunt Khayan’s lottery ticket on a sudden impulse, as their family is usually financially stable. Meanwhile, 'Jae Haeng' says she has nothing more to say, questioning why the lottery ticket was burned.
Updates on the lottery confusion case in Sukhothai involve the missing first prize lottery ticket number 173770. Ms. Saiyan Dokmai, known as 'Aunt Khayan' from Pak Nam Subdistrict, Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai, reported that she gave her lottery ticket to a neighbor for checking. The neighbor hugged her in joy, saying the ticket won the first prize. The neighbor offered to keep the ticket for her, so she left it there and did not take it back home. However, when she returned, the neighbor said the ticket did not win and had been thrown into the trash. Upon inspection, only two lottery tickets were found in the trash bin, but the one believed to have won the first prize was missing. Eventually, 'Mr. Det' confessed to taking Aunt Khayan’s winning ticket and claimed he had already burned it during the case’s media attention, as previously reported.
At 10:00 a.m. on 12 June 2026, reporters visited the home of Uncle Det and Grandma Waew in Village 8, Pak Nam Subdistrict, Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai. The atmosphere was quiet, with the house closed. Grandma Waew’s house, which has a grocery store in front of Uncle Det’s home, also had its shop door closed. Grandma Waew herself was not at the grocery store.
Reporters then went to the community pavilion where villagers and the village headman were arranging chairs. They spoke with Mr. Chaloei Songkroh, 38, the village headman, who said that after learning of Uncle Det’s confession to taking Aunt Khayan’s lottery ticket, Police Colonel Nikom Phromphiram, Chief of Sawankhalok Police Station, called him to visit the site where Uncle Det had hidden and burned the lottery ticket to serve as a witness, until forensic officers arrived.
When asked about his view on the case, the village headman said they await forensic results and official evidence. It is now clear that Uncle Det stole the lottery ticket. Currently, Uncle Det’s house is quietly closed. Usually, he and his wife live there without children, probably for about five years. Both are villagers who typically work as farmers, going to the fields in the morning and returning in the evening due to owning a large area of farmland. The house is financially stable; the incident likely stemmed from a momentary impulse. He expressed happiness for Aunt Khayan and hopes authorities will help her receive the prize money to improve her difficult life.
Meanwhile, reporters had the chance to speak with 'Jae Haeng,' a lottery vendor who sold the winning ticket to Aunt Khayan. She confirmed Uncle Det’s confession that he took the ticket. 'Jae Haeng' said she felt partly happy and partly disappointed, believing Uncle Det should not have done that. She is happy for Aunt Khayan but upset that Uncle Det burned the lottery ticket. She questioned why he did that and now has nothing more to say, only glad that the guilty party is being held accountable.
Recently, Police Colonel Nikom Phromphiram, Chief of Sawankhalok Police Station, revealed that all proceedings are based on evidence. The police are in the process of charging Uncle Det and Grandma Waew with theft and other related offenses.