Gambling and Covid: Foreigners arrested in big show of force in Pattaya this morning

[elliss]

12 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

I thought there were no gambling dens in Thailand? ????

 

      Same same , prostitution is illegal in  Thailand .

     However , that said ...

 

[elliss]

Just now, elliss said:

 

      Same same ,  prostitution is illegal in  Thailand .

     However , that said ...

 

 

[Bkktodd]

All asians busted and the Chinese investors;-) .....a slap on the hand and a brown envelope perhaps.   Had it been farangs;  front page news, a hefty fine and then deported.   

[dallen52]

So the big joint on Arunothai is still protected is it?

Gotta love Thailand. 

[CLUBBER]

12 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I want some of that action

I'll get in on some of that !

[simtemple]

According to a Thai woman I spoke to two years ago, there were three illegal Casinos in Pattaya. The third was located somewhere in East Pattaya.  

[Simons3]

Question has nobody ever heard of the three alleged casino's in Pattaya ? or are we just not supposed to mention it ? --- Asking for a friend ????

[Jud Canada]

13 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im glad to see no Farang there, that would have been headline news

There was 15 anyway... so it was.

[whaleboneman]

8 hours ago, Nout said:

It has been said that 'Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.'  Some people don't understand that what seems amusing as a statement, usually spoken to oneself does not communicate any humour at all when written down. But thank you for explaining to me that it was Sarcasm and an attempt at humour. I am ROFL

People who are amused making statements to themselves aren't sarcastic - they're usually schizophrenic.

[kiwikeith]

16 hours ago, ezzra said:

I'm sure the PM is rubbing his hands in glee by now seeing the fruits of his labor trying to eradicate gambling,

the Thais will be let go after paying a 'big fine' and the rest, i don't envy them right now...

The Chinese are probably the product of STV visa. They are quoted as overstayers. The Cambodian should be charged for putting the country at risk of C19. The rest probably are Chinese Thai. 

 

There is no victory here for the police, they have known about the illegal casino's, pocketed back handers and turned a blind eye for some time. 

 

This is purely a face saving exorcise for General Prayut. 

[kiwikeith]

6 hours ago, Showtime said:

The headline really needed to say Foreigners.  Talking about offensive, especially when Thai were also arrested.

Yes most believe foreigners to be filthy farang that spread covid.

 

But these were clean, showered Chinese gamblers mainly, reported as overstayers, my bet is that you will not hear of them again. 

Note most wearing black T shirts, might be the Black Shirt Gambling Club. 

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, OldPedro said:

Expect to see massive retaliatory action from the Chinese Government because 14 of their countrymen were apprehended (?!)

 

 

What is their plan, to send a virus over?

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, Ventenio said:

the average wage is 300 baht a day. 

No it isn't, nonsense. 

[jacko45k]

8 hours ago, keithkarmann said:

Also prostitution is illegal.

Fifth time this irrelevance has been mentioned!

[ChipButty]

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Fifth time this irrelevance has been mentioned!

Gets boring dun it?

[raccos21]

The headline should be an Asian foreigners because I didn’t see any farangs there.

[Polaky]

It is good to see no Americans, Australians, British,  for a change, we are not that bad as everyone makes us out to be ????

[SupermarineS6B]

Just imagine if the good citizens of Thailand took the governments advice and reported all illegal and strange dealings going on and then grassed up all the illegal casinos in the country...... ?  Imagine the amount of individuals self isolating and taking flights out of the country......... Might even be a great boost for Thai Airways.....   Be like rats leaving a sinking ship......  

[Colabamumbai]

Time to open casinos. 

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, colinneil said:

This just shows that the plonkers supposedly running this place have absolutely no idea.

One of them reckons there are no gambling dens here, main honcho says hey are going to stamp it out, just more BS, at least all the BIG plod bosses got there 15 minutes in the spotlight.

I still think that what a previous poster said about the brown envelopes had it spot on.

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Why is it a problem?

 

Because they will not stop until no money left.

A bit like the old days in UK when many workers went to the pub after work on payday and the family were on bread and jam for the rest of the week.

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, Neeranam said:

So is prostitution, is that a problem in your opinion?

Does prostitution leave the family destitute, for many it is the answer to a gambling problem.

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, David T Pike said:

What did you say? No Farangs? Hmmm... must be obeying the laws of the land! ????

Members of the "scared of my own shadow" brigade.

[elgenon]

So no socializing, drinking, or gambling and girls few and far between. What's a degenerate to do? 555

 

How about setting up socially-distanced art classes? 555

[Eloquent pilgrim]

23 hours ago, Bangyai said:

Gambling really is a disease for Chinese it seems. They just can't get enough of it.

 

I had a hot Chinese girlfriend back in England but if we went into London for a night on the town she just could not pass an amusement arcade and spend 30 - 40 minutes in there on the penny arcade. To drag her away from a pile of pennies perched on the edge was a herculean task. She had pumped so many pennies into it that she seriously thought it owed her.  ' I am just about to win ' was her constant excuse.

 

 

 

 

 

I misread your comment initially, I thought you had written, she had pumped so many penises … my mistake, apologies  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[paddypower]

19 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

gambling goes hand in hand with other mental diseases like bi-polar

That is an illogical post, possibly reflecting your mental capacity. Please post a reliable study which you draw your inference from.

 

[worldexpress]

Misleading title. They aren't foreigners. They're Chinese.

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, sandyf said:

Does prostitution leave the family destitute, for many it is the answer to a gambling problem.

I would say that prostitutes turn to drugs, alcohol and gambling as a way to escape their desperation. 

[Neeranam]

2 hours ago, paddypower said:

That is an illogical post, possibly reflecting your mental capacity. Please post a reliable study which you draw your inference from.

 

DSM5 says  -  https://thriveworks.com/blog/gambling-disorder/#:~:text=Gambling Disorder DSM-5 312.31 F63.&text=According to the DSM-5,get the pleasure he craves.

[RJRS1301]

2 hours ago, paddypower said:

That is an illogical post, possibly reflecting your mental capacity. Please post a reliable study which you draw your inference from.

 

Reasonable research skills will bring you to a myriad of academic articles, well researched, and peer reviewed, that gambling addiction and some other mental health diagnosis are often co-morbidities.