A famous Sattahip shrine where gamblers pray for lucky lottery numbers has been vandalized, likely by underground lottery brokers who lost money on numbers posted there.
The so-called “Gamo Shrine” on Sukhumvit Road, 500 meters from U-Tapao-Rayong-Pattaya Airport, has survived for about 10 years, despite attempts by lottery brokers to burn or destroy it. But this month the “lucky” shrine finally met its end. Pieces of the shrine and the dolls and items that adorned it were scattered on the ground Oct. 14.
The shrine’s demise may be linked to the Sept. 1 lottery draw. It had been papered over with “gamo” banknotes ranging from 100 to 1,000 baht. But some of those bills had the number 10 on them, which was the same two numbers drawn in the government lottery last month.
Residents near the shrine suspect underground lottery operators – who also use the same numbers drawn by the legal lottery – were angry at losing out to the many people who bet on 10 and finally destroyed the shrine.
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