Gambling: Prayut set to go after the cuddly toy "mafia"

[theonetrueaussie]

Honestly I am 100% for this, Those machines have started popping up everywhere lately, there are even 3-4 outside many 711's and family marts now. I see kids crying all the time when their parents say no, they are like crack for thai kids. 

[mike324]

current government is a gamble too....is it not?

[spidermike007]

Any excuse possible by the army, to avoid seeking and prosecuting real criminals. Protect the wealthy, those that are in power, those that are connected and the elite, at all costs. 

 

The level of indifference toward crime here is astonishing. The level of incompetency by the army and Prayuth is mind boggling. 

[jmccarty]

The curry shop and next morning results are a gamble most times for many!

[Benmart]

And meanwhile, the roadway carnage continues. "Death to the Cuddley Toy Machine" said the blind man.

[SABloke]

3 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

But in Thailand gambling is illegal, yet there are so many addicted to gambling.

Not really: Like everything in Thailand, the laws are bonkers. So most gambling is illegal, but betting on horse racing is not. And let's not talk about the National Lottery.

[newnative]

This joker's got too much time on his hands.  By the way, how's that 1 week solution to the pollution in CM coming along?

[ChipButty]

13 minutes ago, ttrd said:

The cuddly toys may damage Thailand's reputation …  

Already did

[ttrd]

14 minutes ago, theonetrueaussie said:

Honestly I am 100% for this, Those machines have started popping up everywhere lately, there are even 3-4 outside many 711's and family marts now. I see kids crying all the time when their parents say no, they are like crack for thai kids. 

If all the things the kids are crying over should be removed - what is then left ... ????

Not even the parents ...

[RJRS1301]

This must be a joke surely?

A bigger gamble is walking along any footpath in the country, trying to cross the road even at pedestrian crossings, but time and effort and court time tied up with this farce.

 

[owenm]

It's great that Prayut prioritises matters of national importance, as in not.. Toy machines, gambling, mafia, how comical.. 

 

How about tackling MC helmets, making it 100% on all roads, streets and sois.

 

How about meaningful ways of reducing Thailand's horrific road fatality toll.

 

How about legislation against forest burning from months of Jan till end of April to reduce dangerous PM2.5.. 

 

And not being asleep at the wheel, and showing leadership to improve Thai's lives.. Not novel ideas.. 

[mindfulness]

LOL ! Better shut up the stock market also then !  Where the flying f do these motherhumpers crawl out from ? 

[ocddave]

3 minutes ago, owenm said:

It's great that Prayut prioritises matters of national importance, as in not.. Toy machines, gambling, mafia, how comical.. 

 

How about tackling MC helmets, making it 100% on all roads, streets and sois.

 

How about meaningful ways of reducing Thailand's horrific road fatality toll.

 

How about legislation against forest burning from months of Jan till end of April to reduce dangerous PM2.5.. 

 

And not being asleep at the wheel, and showing leadership to improve Thai's lives.. Not novel ideas.. 

The PM is an imbecile, and a National Embarrassment, leadership?! LMAO!

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

OH no, I am good at them too!!

 

Next will it be the stalls at the temple fairs where you can throw darts at balloons to wine a toy be banned?  Or the raffle tickets to win a prize?  Don't mention the evil luck dip!!!  

I believe the Dart throwing games were banned at Fairs some 2 years or more ago.

[Classic Ray]

For anyone interested, some of the definitions the UK uses. The regime over there relies on licensing and regulation to keep problem gambling in check. Treatment and organisations such as Gamblers Anonymous are available to assist as well. Legislation from 1963 which legalised betting shops was updated in 2005 by the new Gambling Act which took account of new developments such as the National Lottery, online gambling and spread betting on the Stock Market.

 

Gambling is unlawful in Great Britain unless permitted by the Gambling Act or the legislation regulating the National Lottery  or spread betting (see below). The Gaming Act defines 'gambling' as including gaming, betting and participating in a lottery. These three activities are considered further below.

Gambling covers amusement machines, bingo, casinos, gaming, betting, gambling, gaming, lotteries and raffles physically and online. However the National Lottery and spread betting (see below) are governed by separate legislation

Gaming

'Gaming' is defined in s.6 of the Act as playing a game of chance for a prize. A “game of chance” includes a game that::

* involves both an element of chance and an element of skill;
* involves an element of chance that can be eliminated by superlative skill, and
* is presented as involving an element of chance;

but does not include a sport.

A person plays a game of chance if he participates in a game of chance whether or not there are other participants in the game, and whether or not a computer generates images or data taken to represent the actions of other participants in the game.

Betting

Betting is defined in s.9 of the Act as making or accepting a bet on:

* the outcome of a race, competition or other event or process;
* the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring; or
* whether anything is or is not true.

[Cake Monster]

Would his time not be better spent on issues that effect the Nation.

I am thinking more of the small issue of Bombs and Violence in the South Etc.

[Renzo]

If they want to shut these things down, there may be another more efficient option, as Hong Kong has recently discovered.. the toys are almost certainly fake!

https://insideretail.hk/2019/06/17/operation-octopus-cracks-down-on-counterfeit-dolls-in-claw-machines/

[GAZZPA]

"Cuddly Toy Mafia"? Obviously a really serious national issue that needs intervention from the PM. Of course corruption, child trafficking, drugs, prostitution etc does't warrant PM attention, but when it comes to fluffy bunnies, well that's just going too far.

[nong38]

These were in the UK over 50 years ago. They are a racket. the jerky mechanism ensures that almost 99% of things caught will be shook off as the toy is on its way to the winning pot! Its so obvious its a scam but I watch the locals stuff money in like its a fruit machine...…...tic......tac...…...go......gone...…….next please!

[Chazar]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Parents have complained that their kids are constantly pestering them for money to feed their gambling habit.

They must be real crap parents  if they dont know the Thai word for "NO"

This  govt must be the most stupidly  trivial in its  pursuits.

[Eric Loh]

Other more efficient options can be in terms of regulation and licensing. The authority can tighten the regulation on where the machines can be allowed and impose a quota per annum on their proliferation. They can make licensing tighter and more expensive. Shutting down and giving the reason as gambling is just dim witted reasoning.  

[wombat]

4 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

Pedestrian crossings are a gamble too.

white or red...even money.

[mlmcleod]

I see a lot more work for the Army Special Forces.  They found prostitution in Pattaya and I am sure they will find the games.  

 

I just think that with all that is wrong with Thailand the emphasis on curbing smoking and the elimination of these games is such tiny potatoes.

 

The highways are where most of the carnage in this country happens.  Active enforcement rather than photographic spies are the way to curb the deaths.  Of course, that means that the traffic police will have to do more than set up shakedown roadblocks.

[dallen52]

They are not gambling. 

You cannot exercise skills or expertise on them. 

 

Quite simply..

You put a coin in and drop the claws on to an object. 

 

The computer chip tells the claws to stay closed or grip loosely. 

And that's it.

 

One in 20 was the last setting I heard.

Combined with the ability of the players to drop the open claw on something. 

 

Not exactly rocket science. 

[dallen52]

2 hours ago, Wiggy said:

It takes a mafia to know a mafia.

Basically. 

Someone has said, 

"Who gets the money from the machines?"

 

Response was. 

"Not us".

 

Ok, close them down..

[Burma Bill]

Back in my childhood days in the UK, similar machines were sited in amusement arcades that offered chocolate bars but were very difficult to obtain as the cranes dropped them at the last minute, so enticing you to try again! Buying a chocolate bar at a sweet shop was usually cheaper.

[BobBKK]

BUT the government lottery is NOT gambling lor?  twisted Thai logic - attack the cuddly toys for kids and rake in the lottery cash.

[MaxYakov]

It's great to see that Thailand has finally gotten its priorities sorted out!  

 

Or is it that some big shots could never win their cuddly toys and took it personally?

[DJ54]

Oh no not teddy ... a gangster 

[johnarth]

4 hours ago, kkerry said:

I was in a large shopping centre the other day and on the top floor was a section near the escalators with about twenty of these machines and just one middle aged woman playing. I went inside a large shop for about ten minutes and when I came out she was still there. I wandered around for twenty minutes and afterwards went to the escalators to go back down and she was still feeding money into the same machine exactly like a slot machine addict. If I didn't win something after three goes I'd give up and walk away but some people just have to keep going, so even at ten baht a play I can see some people managing to lose a fair bit of money.

 

Cheaper just to buy the toys.

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no fun in that lol