News Forum - Lottery winner drinks himself to death in Pattaya

[Thaiger]

A Thai man was found lying dead in his bedroom surrounded by bottles of liquor yesterday morning in Pattaya, Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand. His mother told police that he did not wake up from a night of heavy drinking after going out to celebrate winning the lottery. Officers from Bang Lamung Police Station and rescue workers from Sawang Boriboon Foundation were called to a house in Nong Lai subdistrict early yesterday morning after receiving news that a man had died in his bedroom. Police found the body of a 40 year old man surrounded by empty bottles of all […]

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[Cabra]

He is not the first lottery winner to end up in a situation worse than where he started, and probably won't be the last... 

[Scarface]

Fair play to him..

[Ramanathan.P]

At least he harvest what he sow and enjoyed the fruits before leaving the balance..

[Marble-eye]

The guy only won the equivalent of £2,300, maybe even without the win he may have drank himself to oblivion too. There won't be much left after the funeral has been paid for I would imagine. But still very sad. RIP.

[MrNovax]

wow, sad to hear.  it amazes me how many people piss away money on lotteries and the few that do win end up worse than when they started.