Sorry, can't be bothered to read through 23 pages of outrage about this. Apologies to those who feel slighted. I'm sure I agree with most of you.

 

My question is: is there any follow-up news on this? Has it been walked back at all or are the authorities still standing by their dart ban?

.  Play Darts if you want to. Someone annoyed someone. That's all.  Your dart playing freedoms,  I'm sure still exist. Same thing happened at my condo.  Guy got done for something. He insulted a thai person so they had to make something up. Fair enough. Play Darts politely and you will be OK.

Anything with a point is banned in the UK.

On 2/17/2018 at 12:46 PM, stud858 said:

.  Play Darts if you want to. Someone annoyed someone. That's all.  Your dart playing freedoms,  I'm sure still exist. Same thing happened at my condo.  Guy got done for something. He insulted a thai person so they had to make something up. Fair enough. Play Darts politely and you will be OK.

Politely, you mean with pinkie sticking out as per afternoon tea with auntie?

23 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Politely, you mean with pinkie sticking out as per afternoon tea with auntie?

A scene from the Dogs Bo^^ocks pub darts match.

 

Ban all darts matches, then introduce a nice clean event cow pat tossing  ????

Just be careful where you aim  ????‍♂️

Well the darts leagues are still running here in Hua Hin.

47 minutes ago, HHTel said:

Well the darts leagues are still running here in Hua Hin.

Running with plod in close pursuit I take it.

I just witnessed someone playing dart in Pattaya. Should I report it to Big Joke ?

Any activity can be bet on.  Mice running through a cardboard maze, what color hat the next farang coming around the corner is, which praying mantis will kill the one in the cage, etc.  How in the world can they single out darts?  Why not outlaw Pool?  I am pretty sure some money has been wagered on some pool or snooker tournaments.

8 hours ago, talahtnut said:

Anything with a point is banned in the UK.

It's taken you a while to come up with that little gem - about 10 months to be precise! Are you a solicitor or a plumber?

 

4 minutes ago, sambum said:

It's taken you a while to come up with that little gem - about 10 months to be precise! Are you a solicitor or a plumber?

 

Unemployed dartboard painter.

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

Running with plod in close pursuit I take it.

Nope, quite open and seen from the streets with the usual spotlight on the dartboard.  League results are available to everyone.

This seems to be a Pattaya thing along with bridge clubs!

32 minutes ago, HHTel said:

Nope, quite open and seen from the streets with the usual spotlight on the dartboard.  League results are available to everyone.

This seems to be a Pattaya thing along with bridge clubs!

What's next on the hit list? :-

On ‎2‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 3:53 AM, jonclark said:

So let me get this right - To play darts you need a dartboard license...but the license doesn't exist. 

 

I recommend the police go to Toys R Us - Lots of dartboards there there - and openly being sold too!! Lock em up!

 

http://www.toysrus.co.th/toysrusTH/SearchResult?keyWord=DARTBOARD&action=keyword&lang=en

 

 

 

Yeah.  Kind of sounds like an old USA law back around Prohibition time.  One could sell alcohol if one had a liquor stamp, but of course no such stamp existed.  Something like that

4 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Yeah.  Kind of sounds like an old USA law back around Prohibition time.  One could sell alcohol if one had a liquor stamp, but of course no such stamp existed.  Something like that

This was another idea from the police that wasn't thought through. However due to the efforts of Lance who administers most darts leagues in Pattaya it was resolved within about a week. 

Now you simply applying or a licence from the Thai darts association who will send it out to you to post on the wall. 

maybe better if the police raids go to confiscate the shisha that are again common in use in all Pattaya. Also will be fine if they close the places that don't respect the ban for smoke in pubblic places, maybe only ten bar/disco/gogo will survive