Wanted: 1,000 World Cup ‘Pretties’ Sought By Police

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Wanted: 1,000 World Cup ‘Pretties’ Sought By Police

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Image: FIFATH.com

 

BANGKOK — Police said Tuesday they are looking for more than 1,000 women for illegally promoting online gambling for the upcoming World Cup.

 

Deputy Police Chief Gen. Chalermkiat Sriworakan said warrants have been issued for more than 1,000 promotional models, known as pretties, featured in online gambling promotions for about as many websites. Police said they would identify the site operators and obtain court orders to shut them down.

 

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[rkidlad]

What a waste of time and money. 

[Eric Loh]

Make it legal like Singapore. Less costly to manage and extra tax revenue. 

[Samui Bodoh]

This kind of thing simply cannot be tolerated and they must be punished.

 

As a concerned, public-minded individual, I volunteer to give each and every one of the 'pretties' a good spanking. 

 

[PatOngo]

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

Wanted: 1,000 World Cup ‘Pretties’ Sought By Police

BIB brace for bout with betting bimbo's!

[bluesofa]

It will be a field day with 1,000 pretties and probably the same number of officers hanging around for Thailand's biggest-ever photo opportunity.

If it takes place in Bangkok, the press photographers will have to stand somewhere near Nakon Nowhere to get everyone into the shot.

It must make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

 

[sammieuk1]

Anyone for a game of darts bridge football rock paper scissors.

[worgeordie]

I want one too.

regards worgeordie

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

I want one too.

regards worgeordie

Ahh, you want one two, to give her what four?

 

[Sir Dude]

There is a tsunami of gambling going on here and it can't be stopped...the locals like to have a flutter. Might as well give up on trying to enforce such antiquated laws from the killjoy brigade, tax it instead and stop making criminals out of otherwise pretty normal people. Oh...and whilst your at it, let it go on the prostitution thing to, same thing and not going away either.

Edited June 12, 2018 by Sir Dude

[jvs]

2 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

There is a tsunami on gambling going on here and it can't be stopped...the locals like to have a flutter. Might as well give up on trying to enforce such antiquated laws from the killjoy brigade, tax it instead and stop making criminals out of otherwise pretty normal people. Oh...and whilst your at it, let it go on the prostitution thing to, same thing and not going away either.

Yes it makes criminals out of normal people ,sometimes the guys have no money to cover their bet and resort to robbery and stealing to make sure their arm or leg is not broken.

[stephen tracy]

25 minutes ago, jvs said:

Yes it makes criminals out of normal people ,sometimes the guys have no money to cover their bet and resort to robbery and stealing to make sure their arm or leg is not broken.

Criminalizing it does not change that. 

[300sd]

Good work police, and while your at it, at least once a month or so there is cow racing around my place. It goes on all night with loud speakers etc. I think they are gambling, might want to check that out! Oh and by the way, there may be some cock fighting going on around here also. 

 

 

 

 

[Oziex1]

As usual not going after the real offenders, just shooting the messengers.

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Ahh, you want one two, to give her what four?

 

That would be four of the best... 

[DrTuner]

1000 free STs for the weary BiB, eh?

[scorecard]

5 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Make it legal like Singapore. Less costly to manage and extra tax revenue. 

 

Is it really totally legal for all Singaporeans el?

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

There is a tsunami of gambling going on here and it can't be stopped...the locals like to have a flutter. Might as well give up on trying to enforce such antiquated laws from the killjoy brigade, tax it instead and stop making criminals out of otherwise pretty normal people. Oh...and whilst your at it, let it go on the prostitution thing to, same thing and not going away either.

 

Killjoy brigade?

 

Perhaps you could mention that many many Thai youngsters are addicted to football gambling for big money and end up in massive debt and then get into other not good activities to try to pay off their debts, including steal from their parents,  just one more big gamble which if it pays off will bring the funds to settle their debts, but no such luck just a bigger debt.

 

When my Thai son was at university he got harassed several times because he wouldn't loan big money to his class mates so they could pay off the football / gambling debts. 

 

He stood his ground until they realized they needed to find another source of cash to pay their debts.

 

  

[KCPhuket]

14 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

This kind of thing simply cannot be tolerated and they must be punished.

 

As a concerned, public-minded individual, I volunteer to give each and every one of the 'pretties' a good spanking. 

 

Me too

[TConthePC]

Catching a thousand pretties, what are the odds on that happening? 

Hang on, did I just break the law with that statement!!!! 

[maccastime]

14 hours ago, bluesofa said:

It will be a field day with 1,000 pretties and probably the same number of officers hanging around for Thailand's biggest-ever photo opportunity.

If it takes place in Bangkok, the press photographers will have to stand somewhere near Nakon Nowhere to get everyone into the shot.

It must make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

 

Will require a lot of cops to point the finger at 1,000 ladies for the media pic?

[anon4637435435]

Gambling is illegal? Police never knocked on my neighbours doors but know full well whats going on.

Chasing pretties? Idiots or perhaps its an ego thing with most bib being uglies.

If you catch them. Send em to my house. Ill punish them.

[The Deerhunter]

So, when they say they have warrants to arrest a thousand girls, does that mean that they know the names of a thousand girls that they want to arrest?   Or, does it just mean that they think there might be a thousand girls breaking the law and they might arrest them if they see them?  Sometimes I have my doubts about when journalists or police say they have arrest warrents.

[The Deerhunter]

50 minutes ago, TConthePC said:

Catching a thousand pretties, what are the odds on that happening? 

Hang on, did I just break the law with that statement!!!! 

Two to one you did.

[connda]

Imagine a Thailand where the police put the man-power involved in busting 'morality crimes' such as gambling, and instead apply those man-hours to putting police in patrol cars and monkey-hammering Thai motorists who thumb-their-noses at Thai traffic laws?  Can you imagine a Thailand like that where Thailand is no longer even in the top-10 most dangerous roads of in the world?  10 to 1 you probably can't. 

Edited June 13, 2018 by connda

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, maccastime said:

Will require a lot of cops to point the finger at 1,000 ladies for the media pic?

There's a queue formed already.

I'll bet they've all got two hands to point. Oops, that's a cert, not a bet (apart from the amputee of course - the RTP being an equal opportunities employer.)

 

Edited June 13, 2018 by bluesofa
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[Khun Paul]

What with the latest edict about criminal checks at Road Checks ( 50 years behind the rest of the world )  and looking for these pretties, just shows how bloody idiotic the RTP really are. 

[LawrenceN]

They were hired as models. Show up, do your makeup, smile, flirt a bit. Cops should be going after the organizers. Not that hard to find the advertisers, webmasters,etc.

[madmitch]

Could the real reason be that the BIB want to crackdown on local online gambling sites as it's interfering with their own gambling businesses and the tea money from the established street-bookies?

[Misterwhisper]

Better start preparing an entire wing at the high-security Women's Correctional Facility... for it soon will be filled to the brim with pretties, the hardened criminals that they are.

Edited June 13, 2018 by Misterwhisper