Dart Boards Must Now Be Registered to Prevent Gambling According to TDA

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The Thai Darts Association (TDA) has released a statement confirming fears that dart boards must now be registered with the government due to their recent crackdown on gambling across the nation.

 

In January, news aof bars in Pattaya being raided by authorities, fining bar owners who had dart boards, was shared widely online.

 

This week, the TDA announced that bar owners must register their dart bards across the country if it is in a public space so to ensure no gambling is taking place.

 

Full Story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/dart-boards-must-now-registered-prevent-gambling-according-tda/

 

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Smells like a money grab.

5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

to ensure no gambling is taking place.

Registering a dart-board does not ensure gambling will not take place. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

the TDA announced that bar owners must register their dart bards across the country if it is in a public space so to ensure no gambling is taking place.

is this some sort of fake country ?

3 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

is this some sort of fake country ?

Yes.

So what about pool tables, do they need a license as well?

The TDA announcement is hardly a legal statement, just advise to their members. Do we need a license for home dart boards?

The Tourist Police must be involved.

10 hours ago, pattjock said:

So what about pool tables, do they need a license as well?

 

Yes and dance floors too. Comes from the same set of regulations.

the linked article says the registration and number given will be free.  So is this just a classic example of some stupid boss saying do something, so people just go along with it?  I get that at work a lot

13 hours ago, pattjock said:

So what about pool tables, do they need a license as well?

Yes, if you have more than one, and almost impossible to get without a suitable donation of tea money to the appropriate personnel!

 

What would constitute as a dart board? If a bar has a sexy pinup  of ChachaO, and someone happens to accidentally throw a dart at it, does the bar have to run to get that sexy poster registered?

There seems to be quite good information on the TDA Facebook for registration.

https://www.facebook.com/TDA.Darts/

 

One can only wonder how this directive came about !

Never realised so many Thais played darts !

It's a traditional game here in Thailand, years old:

 

13 hours ago, pattjock said:

So what about pool tables, do they need a license as well?

Yes I think they do.

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Dart Boards Must Now Be Registered to Prevent Gambling According to TDA

Ah! Thai logic at it's best. Unregistered dart board = gambling, registered dart board = no gambling. Must be some sort of new high tech. anti gambling dart board.

Illegal gambling  Meanwhile a football betting system run by a couple of brass band members is operating scot-free for more than 15 years in Bangkok.

Have to get them playing Mancala. If they confiscate it, just dig some pits in the dirt and get some stones! Can be used for gambling too. They will be confiscating a lot of dirt and stones!

I was told by a Thai years ago that its a criminal offence to import  playing cards in quantity and you can be arrested for possessing 5 decks or more in your home.  It wouldnt surprise me if its true.

 

Playing cards that are coated or with a nice gold band down the side attract a whopping import duty '.

Heaven forbid that Thais should buy European  cards when they can buy crap at the local market stalls.

The junta will send this country back to a  monkeyhouse.

16 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Registering a dart-board does not ensure gambling will not take place. 

Nor does registering snooker tables. Went to a muay thai fight last night and the gambling section was full. I'm guessing the boxing ring was not registered. Then there's the government sanctioned lottery...

register all televisions to prevent gambling. 

For a "lose face" country such as Thailand, no one seems to be afraid of doing stupid things publicly. 

What is the connection between dartboards and gambling? 

No one elected these people so why is it they are making rules that affect all of us rather than just keeping the peace which is

what they started out as doing?

Do they actually have any right to make laws even though they WERE NOT elected by the people that these laws affect?

 

Yes…absolutely…it’s about time the authorities crack down on this foul perversion.

 

But registering dartboards is not enough. Effective immediately, all team and individual sports must be eliminated. All athletic competition (to include football, boxing, basketball, track and field events) must be forbidden. The government should also ban snooker, board games, bowling, playing cards, coin-tossing, scrabble, the National Lottery, cockfights and any competitive activity where someone might profit by winning . Scofflaws must be punished severely.

 

The very security of the nation is at stake.

 

19 minutes ago, gr8fldanielle said:

register all televisions to prevent gambling. 

For a "lose face" country such as Thailand, no one seems to be afraid of doing stupid things publicly. 

What is the connection between dartboards and gambling? 

Yup register TVs to prevent betting on football, muay thai, cock fighting, Set betting and thai soapies.

What's next? Registering your Facebook account with these clowns?

Breaking story over the next month or so - Thai spies implicated in Jim Bowens death !

What about connect-four ?  I gamble a lady drink on that sometimes.

A Thai I know got busted, locked up, when the police searched his car and found a set of 6 dices. We didn't see him for over a month.

I have it on good authority that all black flies will soon also be subject to registration since so many Australian tourists gamble on which will climb a window pane fastest.

People will gamble on Two flies walking up a wall. So this dart license will do nothing to curb gambling

19 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Registering a dart-board does not ensure gambling will not take place. 

 

Oh ye of little faith.

 

Prostitution is illegal - so there is none.

Yingluck said there was no corruption in the rice scheme and her government - so there was none.

No corruption or nepotism or abuse of authority, spending etc has been found regarding this government - so there is none.

Tourist numbers are exceptionally high, smoking has been banned on beaches, as well as littering, and nasty farang crooks are being arrested - everyone must be happy.

 

How do you stop all this illegal betting by hordes of gambling mad dart players - make them register the dart-boards and sign to say they won't allow gambling - that will stop it!

 

Farang not understand.

 

This is why we have so many problems and unhappiness in the West!