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

[Rimmer]

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[off road pat]

According to Barnum there was one born every minute,....!?

[StayinThailand2much]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

(...) after a call center owning woman - who chases other people's debts - lost nearly 300,000 baht (...)

Shouldn't she know better? But I guess she separates work and private life...

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

she saw a table set up and a lot of people surrounding it

Reminded me of the "3 card" scam seen on the streets of London back in my earlier years, with minders and lookouts for police!

 

[ThaiFelix]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

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

Mmmm,  problem is these guys are colour blind to brown uniforms.

 

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

I wonder if the cops had considered following the money trail .............or could that be too revealing?

[MrJ2U]

Sound's fun.

 

What Thailand needs is a proper Sportsbook.

 

Comfortable,lots beautiful waitresses, Big screen TV's.

 

Cash Cow!

 

And fun for the whole family.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, MrJ2U said:

Sound's fun.

 

What Thailand needs is a proper Sportsbook.

 

Comfortable,lots beautiful waitresses, Big screen TV's.

 

Cash Cow!

 

And fun for the whole family.

I imagine the RTP have enough on their hands without managing all that as well.

[Bluespunk]

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

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.

You may be joshing but statistically you are correct. The concept of a coin coming down the same side up every time is explored in Tom Stoppard's ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead''. 

[MrJ2U]

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

I imagine the RTP have enough on their hands without managing all that as well.

They'd probably run the place.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

You may be joshing but statistically you are correct. The concept of a coin coming down the same side up every time is explored in Tom Stoppard's ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead''. 

Many a true word said in jest........555

[Boyn]

Why is it every tale of woe i read about in LOS never quite rings true, ie. smells of pla

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, Boyn said:

Why is it every tale of woe i read about in LOS never quite rings true, ie. smells of pla

"Pla day" in our market today.....OMG.......about 15 bins full of the stuff.

[Boyn]

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

"Pla day" in our market today.....OMG.......about 15 bins full of the stuff.

Smells fishy to me 

[Will B Good]

Just now, Boyn said:

Smells fishy to me 

Wouldn't be too bad if it was just a fishy smell......555

[EVENKEEL]

Hope her husband has a sense of humor. To the Moon Alice. (Jackie Gleason)

[vandeventer]

6 hours ago, connda said:

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

Yes, getting her to leave. She reminds me of my first wife. always telling the truth about her gambling losses.

[snowgard]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

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

And the police don't know how to check money was paid and catch this gang? 

I'm sure the account owner has nothing todo with the gang.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Boyn said:

Why is it every tale of woe i read about in LOS never quite rings true, ie. smells of pla

Because it's your mind wanting everything Thai to be dodgy!  That, or your nose is too close to your .... as is said in certain parts of the UK.

[Liverpool Lou]

9 minutes ago, snowgard said:

And the police don't know how to check money was paid and catch this gang? 

Where was that stated?

[snowgard]

52 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Where was that stated?

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

[bristolgeoff]

It seems alot of money lost quickly,She should have walked away and now regret it.All thais like alittle gamble,have seen it at wakes.They is always a card room and the owner gets a cut and everyone knows it even police know

[LEXUS 400]

It is perfect to make the Tempels to Casinos !. Easy money ----

 

[Virt]

6 hours 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.

The coin don't care how many times you throw it.

If it lands 9 times on 3 in a row, the 10th throw is still 50/50% chance to land on 3 or 8.

 

It's just not statistically easy to land 10 times on the same side.

It's like 0,4% or something like that.

[ross163103]

A fool and their money are soon parted.

Greed is an ugly thing.

[Nabby]

Better than losing a coin toss to Anton Chigurh

[SiSePuede419]

My two year old points at things he wants, too. 

[Andycoops]

20 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I’m shocked. 

I'm not, they rarely can see further than the end of their noses and were most likely on a kickback from the gambling operator.

[itsari]

The loosing gambler is a debt collector . 

I am sure she has her own burly men too .

[brianthainess]

17 hours ago, greenmonkey said:

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

Aka; Mafia money sharks.

[phetphet]

GF's little girl, whenever she saw a temple fair, used to point and say, " Look! Monk party!" ????

 

She also once asked, " Why do policemen drink beer and play cards?" Very astute.