Police say no evidence of gambling as woman says she lost nearly 300,000 baht in 15 minutes at temple fair

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police at Kannayao police station in Bangkok said they found no evidence of gambling at a temple fair next to their station.

 

Pol Col Naren Khreuangsanuk said his men had been patrolling the Wat Khu Bon fair regularly and found nothing untoward going on, reported Thai Rath.

 

The temple is at the center of a big story in the Thai press after a call center owning woman - who chases other people's debts - lost nearly 300,000 baht after she said she was pressured by a gang into taking part in a gambling game at the fair. 

 

Sirilak Charoenkitcharoen, 41, said she was on her way home and decided to drop in at the fair. 

 

After she passed the " darts and balloons" stalls she said she saw a table set up and a lot of people surrounding it that gained her interest.

 

In no time she said she was surrounded by burly gentlemen and found herself being urged to gamble on a coin tossing game called "38".

 

She claimed she was unable to get away.

 

A coin with 3 on one side and 8 on the over is tossed under cover and people are urged to predict what number is showing.

 

She said she lost 6,000 baht at first then said she had no more cash.

 

No worries, said the people there, she could transfer it to their account.

 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

In the next ten spins she didn't win once and progressively lost more and more from 10,000 baht to 30,000 and 50,000 finally parting with 100,000 baht and losing nearly 300K in total.

 

Legitimate stallholders at the fair said they had been forced to pack up shop because of the bad press.

 

Only food sellers were left.

 

The group responsible for the gambling game move around from place to place. 

 

Police promised to investigate any wrongdoing and prosecute as necessary. 

 

A Pheu Thai MP's aide has got involved starting a campaign called "Save Sai Mai" after the area where the incident occurred.  

 

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[Bluespunk]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police at Kannayao police station in Bangkok said they found no evidence of gambling at a temple fair next to their station.

I’m shocked. 

[worgeordie]

Forced to gamble ...... was there a gun to her head , 

regards Worgeordie

[Will B Good]

Like the police.....no doubt taking a sizable % of said takings............ are even going to even admit gambling was taking place.

 

You have lost the lot dear.

[grain]

Sounds real to me. I've seen a bit of what these Thai mafia thugs can get up to. Cops say "no evidence" but they more than likely are getting a slice of the pie.

[2long]

Could we hazard a guess that the thugs and cops are the same people? Of course the ones in uniform couldn't find anything!

[HappyExpat57]

She's pointing so it MUST be true.

[connda]

If she had won 300,000 THB in 15 minutes, would there be a problem?

[Silencer]

A starting point is to see who the money was transferred to in her bank app but likely a shell game for the ultimate source.

 

[ezzra]

Pull the other leg lady, it has bells on it... the woman lost the money somewhere else and now she come with this cockamamie tell of burly guys forcing her to gamble...

[RichardColeman]

Maybe she could sell the 10,000 gold fish she won ? 

[greenmonkey]

My word how dumb is this person to not know that these types of gambling games are always rigged. No sympathy.

[DezLez]

What a Tosser!

[Chelseafan]

I suspect the truth is somewhere inbetween.

 

[Excel]

2 hours ago, grain said:

Cops say "no evidence" but they more than likely are getting a slice of the pie

They are the mafia

[Aussieroaming]

I wonder if the burly guy who convinced her to play 38 was wearing a skin tight brown outfit. In reality though she played, she gambled and she lost and then lost and then lost etc. What was than Kenny Rogers song, something like gotta know when to hold them and gotta know when to fold them.

[Pedrogaz]

Aren't the RTP a wonderful institution?

[sammieuk1]

A neurologist would find no evidence of brain either ????

[ChrisKC]

14 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

A neurologist would find no evidence of brain either ????

That's because some people have brains in different places.

[Tarteso]

Nothing special in her face

 

[ukrules]

Well it certainly wasn't gambling, in gambling there's a chance to win, this was a straight up scam and should be investigated as such.

 

[Dialemco]

Very possible but who's money did she lose? Would not like to be in her shoes if she still has any.

[greenmonkey]

How ironic, she is the owner of a debt recovery agency!!!! ????

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, connda said:

If she had won 300,000 THB in 15 minutes, would there be a problem?

Obviously, not.  Her issue is that not once did the coin land in her favour even though there should be a 50/50 chance of it happening, i.e. the game was clearly fixed and she was deliberately defrauded.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I’m shocked. 

My gast was flabbered.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, DezLez said:

What a Tosser!

Don't be so hard on yourself.

[DezLez]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Come again!

I was talking about her!

Edited February 21, 2022 by DezLez

[Liverpool Lou]

14 minutes ago, Dialemco said:

Very possible but who's money did she lose? Would not like to be in her shoes if she still has any.

Odd question, was there any suggestion that that the money was not hers?

[dallen52]

Nothing to see here.

Just business as usual. 

 

Move along...

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Obviously, not.  Her issue is that not once did the coin land in her favour even though there should be a 50/50 chance of it happening, i.e. the game was clearly fixed and she was deliberately defrauded.

Although, statistically, a single flip would result in a 50/50 chance of one side or the other coming up (not strictly true as coins will occasionally land on their edge), the laws of probability do not guarantee that a limited series of flips will result in anything like a 50/50 distribution.

 

Your statement that "the game was clearly fixed" can only be inferred and should not be taken as a statement of fact.

 

I'm only joshing because it is you, Liverpool Lou, by the way.