Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to study the factors affecting on the gambling of illegal lottery in Bangkok Metropolis. The data of this research obtained from the illegal lottery gamblers in Bangkok by using 190 sets of questionnaire and in-depth interview 10 people. The statistical methods used in analyzing the data were frequency, percentage, mean and chi-square test with the significant level at 0.05. The hypotheses were as follows: 1. Female gamblers play illegal lottery more than male gamblers. 2. Old gamblers play illegal lottery more than young gamblers. 3. Low -educated gamblers play illegal lottery more than high-educated gamblers. 4. Low-income gamblers play illegal lottery more than high-income gamblers. 5. Labor gamblers play illegal lottery more than non- labor gamblers. 6. Gamblers who associate with gamblers play illegal lottery more than gamblers who not associate with gamblers. 7. Gamblers who get a lot of information about illegal lottery play illegal lottery more than gamblers who get little information about illegal lottery. The results of the research agreed with hypothesis number 7 and rejected hypotheses numbers 1,2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.