A lottery winner who hit the jackpot scooping almost one million pounds killed himself after his life changing tickets mysteriously disappeared.
Jirawut Pongphan, 42, invited his friends and family to his house for a drink to celebrate the life changing prize, only to wake up the next day and find the tickets gone – leaving him unable to claim the £950,000 sum.
Pongphan, from Chonburi, eastern Thailand, had seven tickets with the winning numbers and thought his life had changed for the better forever with the scoop.
Lottery winner Jirawut Pongphan, 42, who hit the jackpot scooping almost one million pounds killed himself after his life changing tickets mysteriously disappeared. Officials were pictured attending to his body following the tragic suicide
But his excitement was short lived when he woke up the next day to find the winning tickets missing.
After almost becoming an overnight millionaire, Jirawut could not live with the sense of what might have been and shot himself in the head.
The devestated gambler left a suicide note which read: ‘I’m really sorry, please don’t bully my family, I did win the lottery prize.’
Pongphan, 42, invited his friends and family to his house for a drink to celebrate the life changing prize, only to wake up the next day and find the tickets gone – leaving him unable to claim the £950,000 sum
Pongphan, from Chonburi, eastern Thailand, had seven tickets with the winning numbers and thought his life had changed for the better forever with the scoop
Pongphan bought seven tickets with the same numbers in the hope of maximising his winnings.
He won the grand prize of 42,000,000 Thai bhat – roughly £951,245 – in November last year.
But his excitement lasted for less than a day after his winning tickets mysteriously vanished.
Devastated, Pongphan fell into a deep depression, his combination of stress and sadness leaving him unable to go to work.
After almost becoming an overnight millionaire, Jirawut could not live with the sense of what might have been and shot himself in the head. He left a suicide not pleading for his family’s safety after his death
On January 31, Pongphan killed himself with a 9mm handgun. Thai police found Pongphan’s body in his bedroom with his suicide note beside him
On January 31, Pongphan killed himself with a 9mm handgun. Thai police found Pongphan’s body in his bedroom with his suicide note beside him.
It is not known what happened to Pongphan’s winning tickets and if anyone else came forward to claim the lottery winnings.
It is also remains unclear if police are investigating whether or not the tickets were stolen.