Thailand dart board ban goes NATIONWIDE - bars urged to get registered

[Ceruhe]

Is it considered gambling when the traffic light has turned red for 2s already and you still go because "it's still your turn"? Wonder if they could come up with a Driver License.

[Ahab]

Amazing Thailand! 

[Donotdisturb]

3rd world at its best again.

[InMyShadow]

3rd world at its best again.

Those of us live here love it. Never ever predictable. Those who came here expecting 1st world are idiots. Only themselves to blame

[catman20]

15 hours ago, geoffphuket said:

News today, forgotten tomorrow... next

dont think so , i will be brown envelope time again.

[kwak250]

Can i still pay 20 baht for 5 darts at the fairs to pop balloons and win a teddy bear?

100 baht for 1 dart for the large bear

Maybe the pubs need to hang balloons up for there darts league?

[catman20]

8 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Dart is a dangerous game some meaby can gambling on how win

Dart is NOT a sport 

Phil Taylor...

Sorry this is just crazy 

What about pool, golf, polo, tennis etc 

No no gambling is swimming in sea

Driving in Thailand that is gambling but with your health ofcores 

Driving in Thailand that is gambling but with your health of coures 

so is

walking on the sidewalk or crossing the road

[maccastime]

Connect 4.. kanga. Pool.toilet.yeah great way to encourage farang to retire in hh 

[eggers]

14 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Cards,Dartboards, that must mean the Domino's

will be next on the list,followed quickly by Tiddlywinks.

regards worgeordie

No, no, I heard pool tables are next .....

[Colabamumbai]

May I suggest lawn darts, while they are still legal.

[Cabradelmar]

Stupid law. You can gamble on any given game. Why are not pool tables banned. I don't play darts so I don't have much vested here. But stupid now the less.

[IamNoone88]

Can we start betting on how long it will actually take to get a dart board license?

[dinsdale]

15 hours ago, poohy said:

Well thats a blow, i have just come back from the 2 year old twins marriage and fancied a relaxing game of darts.

It seems the lunatics are finally running the asylum

I think you'll find the lunatics have been running the asylum for quite a long time.

[KIWIBATCH]

15 hours ago, Darcula said:

 

Is it as difficult to get as a Connect Four license?

...and prostitution is illegal in Thailand too...so along with the Connect Four licence...dart board licence....will the girls in the bar require a "cum dumster" licence ? 

[Chang_paarp]

The same regulation that requires dart boards to be licenced also requires pool tables and dance floors to be licenced. In the case of dance floors the licence fee is dependant on the size of the dance floor. All evil things that lead to degenerative behaviour.

 

At least the TDA is trying to do something to make their members legal, have not seen any other posts about pool associations or dance academies trying to help their members.

[mark01]

If there's no money in it, it will just become another unenforced law.

If only they would start enforcing real laws that protect people and cut corruption.

[KIWIBATCH]

12 hours ago, MrMuddle said:

Are private dart boards exempt ?
I've just started teaching my Thai nephew (9), to play, in an effort to improve his Mental Arithmetic.

NO they are not exempt......expect a knock on your door from the Article 44 numpties...and you and your nephew will be taken away for some "attitude adjustment"...you bad man...influencing a minor....shame on you...

[ostyan]

Some emperors have introduced taxes against toilets in the past. This is a very innovative idea. Next  chairs in the bar should be registered, the number of policeman we can hit without any consequences, number of luxury watches we can just keep without announcing, and the possibilities are still emerging.

I wanted to buy a tricycle to my son, but postponed. Who knows if I have to register and the process should be very complicated.

[meinphuket]

A dangerous, morally degrading activity finally regulated. Next will be snooker?

[meinphuket]

Just in: table tennis also targetted !!!!!

[YetAnother]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

According to a notice from the Thailand Darts Association [TDA], the requirement for bar owners to register dart boards is linked to Thailand’s strict laws on gambling.

uh huh; what about the govt-sponsored lottery ?

[ostyan]

2 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

uh huh; what about the govt-sponsored lottery ?

and the others sponsored by .......

[SABloke]

8 hours ago, geoffphuket said:

News today, forgotten tomorrow... next

More like "News 2 months ago...still news today".  Not forgotten, unfortunately Better get your boards registered ASAP. But it won't matter because when the BIB come shake you down for you dartboard and you produce your certificate, they will ask for your certificate for the darts (which you won't have) and so they'll confiscate those instead. 

[mikebell]

Was in a bar last night; two BIB, not in uniform, collected a monthly envelope for a 'music licence'!  They pay 3000 a month just for this; there's approximately 50 bars on the soi.  There may well be other charges.  Pattaya police are a National Disgrace and are stifling business.

[fullcave]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Bar owners must now register their darts board if it is in a public space and must ensure that no gambling is taking place when darts are being played.

With exception to the government-run lottery tickets being sold on every corner. Pick your lucky number.  

[OmarZaid]

I have a sis-in-law who daily gambles in front of her house while children and grandkids sell whatnots at her food stall, Locals moms all come by for a nice friendly game of 'Bingo'  (all day long) --- I guess she's got a license though . . .

[maccastime]

58 minutes ago, eggers said:

No, no, I heard pool tables are next .....

What about prostitution??

[Cereal]

Alrighty then. We'll just have to start gambling on who can drink their beer the fastest. Let's see them try to outlaw beer!

[evadgib]

Proof if any was needed that face and stupidity know no bounds.

[kiwikeith]

16 hours ago, PatOngo said:

25 expensive watches.....No problem.

1 dartboard.......................No way!

Is this a bullseye or BS