Pregnant Lahu vegetable vendor wins 6m baht lottery after dreaming of elderly stranger

KAMPHAENG PHET — 1 June 2026, A 25-year-old Lahu ethnic minority vegetable seller from Tak province, five months pregnant and deep in debt, has won Thailand’s top lottery prize of 6 million baht after an elderly figure appeared in her dreams and told her to buy ticket number 173770.

Inthira Saisun sells vegetables at the Kamphaeng Phet shopping centre market in Mueang district. After the Government Lottery Office announced the results for the 1 June 2026 draw, reporters were tipped off that a local vendor had won the first prize.

Inthira told reporters she dreamed of an old person who instructed her to buy the number and, if she won, to make merit on their behalf. While working at her stall the following day, a lottery vendor passed by and she spotted the number 770 — matching her dream — among the tickets on display. There were two tickets with that number, but she could only afford one.

When the results came out, she had won first prize. She burst into tears, saying she had not expected to win and was struggling with vegetable supply debts that had left her with barely enough money to restock her stall.

Fellow vendors gathered around to congratulate her after news spread through the market.

Inthira said she plans to donate to a temple in her home village on Doi Muser in Tak province to fulfil the promise she made to the figure in her dream. She also credited her unborn child — now five months along — as a possible source of her good fortune. She added that she intends to keep selling vegetables after the win.