Thirty eight foreigners, 14 Thais arrested for playing baccarat in downtown Bangkok casino - 4.3M baht cash seized

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Around 50 gamblers

 

Daily News reported that following a tip from an informant 191 forces raided a casino underground at Tower A (Ayodhya Tower) in Rachadaphisek Soi 18, Huay Khwang in downtown Bangkok.

 

They made 52 arrests of gamblers playing the card game baccarat - 14 Thais, 22 Chinese, 14 people from Myanmar and two Malaysians. 

 

They were all charged with illegal gambling. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Thirty items of equipment including baccarat tables were taken into evidence on Saturday night.

 

A total of 4,356,700 baht in cash was seized. 

 

Rachada Soi 18 was - pre-pandemic - a very popular soi for Chinese tour buses with several restaurants catering to group tours, notes ASEAN NOW. 

 

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[Bert got kinky]

 

Holly mackerel,

That is not just a paste table in a backroom, that's a full on casino. 

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Bert got kinky

[steven100]

my guess is one of the patrons who lost alot was the informant ...  Lol

 

Thailand needs to grow up and get with the 21st century .....  Open up god damn Casinos like other developed countries have.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by steven100

[bristolgeoff]

Someone said something,not enough brown envelopes or someone very upset.That was a well run place and it looked like it.One of many probadly,make them legal  the gov win and rich thais will  not need to go to borders in cambodia.How many illegal casino,s they want,I  knew one in cnx,controlled by the mafia and the pay offs to let it remain open.That was yrs ago and always full of local thais,it did close in time,but the gov needs to wake up with what other parts of the world do with gambling.

[ChrisY1]

BIG score for the cops....!

No doubt the tables taken will be put to very good use...and Thb 4.7Mio is a very sweet bonus!

[sammieuk1]

And the winner of the game is the higher ranks of the RTP ????

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Holly mackerel,

That is not just a paste table in a backroom, that's a full on casino. 

 

I am shocked!

How long did it take the BiB to discover this casino?

[spidermike007]

Another example of the great RTP making the nation safer and fighting real crime. 

 

AKA "we didn't get our share. How dare you commit a crime without our profit participation!" 

[shackleton]

Well there was a bad loser around  or the brown envelopes did  not have  enough in to the right people ????

A good day for the RTP ????

[mikeymike100]

"A total of 4,356,700 baht in cash was seized."

So what happens to the seized cash?? LOL 

Did they get a receipt?

[CraigInBangkok]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

my guess is one of the patrons who lost alot was the informant ...  Lol

 

Thailand needs to grow up and get with the 21st century .....  Open up god damn Casinos like other developed countries have.

 

 

 

 

You seem to be quite a liberal when it comes to gambling Steven, I thought you were against anything against the law? Some of us can move our principals to suit our mood it seems

Edited June 27, 2022 by CraigInBangkok

[vandeventer]

Don't they know that the only way a casinos becomes legal is when the government's owns them. And that's in every country.

[JeffersLos]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

"A total of 4,356,700 baht in cash was seized."

So what happens to the seized cash??

It's been released on bail. 

[steven100]

1 hour ago, CraigInBangkok said:

You seem to be quite a liberal when it comes to gambling Steven, I thought you were against anything against the law? Some of us can move our principals to suit our mood it seems

I think Casinos are fine ... they bring in tourists and they bring in taxes.   Bangkok & Pattaya should have had 5 star hotel / casinos by now.   imo

[steven100]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

"A total of 4,356,700 baht in cash was seized."

So what happens to the seized cash?? LOL 

 

Well it will be used as consumable expenditure for the following :

 

xmas party

new 4x4 pickup

holiday in Paris

gifts for friends

bonus for staff at the station

[vinci]

just like weed make gambling legal already, designated control area

[Aussieroaming]

How much money was slipped straight into the back pocket before the token 4.3M was disclosed.

[RichardColeman]

Putting money on a baccarat table is a complete waste of your hard earned - or creamed off = money. 

Now, Escalado is a different matter !!

 

[kingstonkid]

Got a feeling th at a few more high up cops are going to get the boot over this one.  no way you operate like t his and the police don 't know

[bkk6060]

This will probably end up like weed, legalize it and release all the gamblers.

[Excel]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

I think Casinos are fine ... they bring in tourists and they bring in taxes.   Bangkok & Pattaya should have had 5 star hotel / casinos by now.   imo

And in places like Macau they also brought in some very lovely 5* croupiers so suitable staff recruitment in Pattaya/Bangkok would not be an issue

[Sydebolle]

The headline "Thirty eight foreigners and 14 Thais ......"; wondering why 38 was written in letters? 

They made 52 arrests of gamblers playing the card game baccarat - 14 Thais, 22 Chinese, 14 people from Myanmar and two Malaysians. 

Does that mean, that the dirty farang made a runner in time, some boys did not receive their envelopes or was some dirt thrown between the non-existing gambling dens? Asking for a friend .... 

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

A total of 4,356,700 baht in cash was seized.

Not a small set-up.

Someone knew this was going on and turned a blind eye.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I am shocked!

How long did it take the BiB to discover this casino?

The question should be how long have they allowed it to go on?

[OneMoreFarang]

49 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The question should be how long have they allowed it to go on?

Now I am even more confused.

I thought recently they fired all those corrupt cops. Are there more of them?

[Mr Meeseeks]

Must be getting desperate after 2+ years of economic hardship.

 

Those mia nois are needy. 

[superal]

23 hours ago, steven100 said:

I think Casinos are fine ... they bring in tourists and they bring in taxes.   Bangkok & Pattaya should have had 5 star hotel / casinos by now.   imo

I agree with your views . The contradiction is that horse racing and betting on the outcome , 2 lotteries , cock fighting and betting are all allowed ?  I reckon Bingo would be a big hit in Thailand ,, especially with the ladies . Betting on line is possible and I make a regular trip to Cambodian casinos

[billd766]

9 minutes ago, superal said:

I agree with your views . The contradiction is that horse racing and betting on the outcome , 2 lotteries , cock fighting and betting are all allowed ?  I reckon Bingo would be a big hit in Thailand ,, especially with the ladies . Betting on line is possible and I make a regular trip to Cambodian casinos

BC, Before Covid, when the annual fair came around the villages, they all had a Bingo stall though not for money prizes.

[Lemsta69]

On 6/27/2022 at 9:20 AM, Bert got kinky said:

 

Holly mackerel,

That is not just a paste table in a backroom, that's a full on casino. 

 

why don't I know where such exciting places are? ????

[Lemsta69]

On 6/27/2022 at 10:19 AM, sammieuk1 said:

And the winner of the game is the higher ranks of the RTP ????

this is how it should be. Thailand would be as boring and depressing as the West if it was otherwise.