200 underground gambling dens still operating across Thailand

[webfact]

200 underground gambling dens still operating across Thailand

 

 

There are about 200 underground gambling dens operating nationwide, and 47 are in the Bangkok metropolitan area, according to a government panel, set up last month to investigate the potential involvement of officials in the gambling operations, which became outbreak hotspots earlier this year.

 

Chanchao Chaiyanukit, former permanent secretary of justice, who is now chairing the committee, said that the panel also found that 10 police officers and administrative officials had colluded to allow the gambling dens to operate.

 

The panel is focused on two dens in Rayong province, where the network operating there had over 100 million baht in circulation. The venues are owned by the same person, and have been operating for one year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/200-underground-gambling-dens-still-operating-across-thailand/

 

 

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[quake]

Well the plod is not going to close down there income stream,  are they.

TIT

[jaiyen]

So why do they know how many are operating ?

[colinneil]

Just now, jaiyen said:

So why do they know how many are operating ?

Why do they know? Easy answer they are operated/ controlled by plod.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The panel is focused on two dens in Rayong province, where the network operating there had over 100 million baht in circulation. The venues are owned by the same person, and have been operating for one year.

And they wonder why the local police turn a blind eye?

[Misterwhisper]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

47 are in the Bangkok metropolitan area

Impossible! The short, stocky geezer with the wristwatch collection assured us just a couple of months ago that there were NO illegal gambling dens left in Bangkok.

 

And now we get such a precise figure? Somebody must've counted them, thus knows exactly where they are located. Which begs the question: Why are they still operating?

[NCC1701A]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

former permanent

[bluesofa]

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

3 hours ago, jaiyen said:

So why do they know how many are operating ?

Why do they know? Easy answer they are operated/ controlled by plod.

So when they 'close them down', isn't that akin to suicide?

[khunPer]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

There are about 200 underground gambling dens operating nationwide, and 47 are in the Bangkok metropolitan area, according to a government panel...

If they know the number "47" that precise, then it seems like they know the location of "underground dens", I wonder why it's then so difficult to close them...????

[PETERTHEEATER]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

200 underground gambling dens still operating across Thailand

Clearly none are in Bangkok due to the high water table.......

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Impossible! The short, stocky geezer with the wristwatch collection

Geezer? Geezer? You mean His Excellency, the Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the World Horological Society........????

[connda]

That's probably understated.  Just legalize it.  Like drugs, they just end up throwing a huge percentage of otherwise good people into jail over "morality crimes." 

Thailand should move to a Portugal-type drug policy and simply legalize gambling and enjoy a cut of the new revenue streams.

[Bangel72]

If the local one closes, how can I go and borrow more money from them and win back big time enough to pay off this massive gambling debt I have.

[Darkside Gray]

If they know there are over 200 dens open why are Thailands Finest not closing them down, I wonder?

[digger70]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

200 underground gambling dens still operating across Thailand

Bit hard to close them down ,they are mostly Run /Owned by cops and High So. 

Big Heads will have to roll to close them down.

[HarrySeaman]

????????????

 

Multiply those numbers by 10 and you are still a long ways from reality.  Multiply by 100 and you are getting closer to reality.

 

I just came back from Chinese New Year with my ladies family.  Even in her small town there is many places to gambol with cards or cock fighting. If my lady's family knows about it then I guarantee everyone in town and the surroundings knows about it, including the boys in brown.