Young Woman's Tragic End Highlights Gambling Dangers

[snoop1130]

Photo courtesy of AEC TV online

 

A 22-year-old woman, Natthaporn, was tragically found dead under a mango tree in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, overwhelmed by debt from online slot machine gambling.

 

Her husband, Sukit, discovered her lifeless body after she failed to return home, having last seen her around noon. Police Lieutenant Colonel Suchart Rungrueng of the Thap Sakae Police Station received the report on February 13.

 

Natthaporn's gambling addiction led her to accrue debts, borrowing money to continue gambling on her mobile phone. Her body was found at about 5:15 p.m., with no evidence of foul play according to the police and a doctor from Thap Sakae Hospital.

 

 

The tragic incident underscores the growing issue of gambling addiction, where individuals spend excessively, even depleting government aid meant for daily needs. Her family is not suspecting any foul play and plans to carry out traditional funeral rites.

 

This heartbreaking event sheds light on the urgent need to address online gambling addiction, which is increasingly driving individuals to desperate measures, reported The Thaiger.

 

-- 2025-02-14

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

And that is just one reason why there should not be casinos in Thailand.

There will be more desperate, broke people if they go through with it.

[save the frogs]

Jesus, nobody around to help this girl to avert this tragedy? 

[SingAPorn]

What was the total amount of her debt of this poor soul ?

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

And that is just one reason why there should not be casinos in Thailand.

There will be more desperate, broke people if they go through with it.

True, but think of the profits and money laundering opportunities for the wealthy

[OneMoreFarang]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

online gambling addiction

 

It seems too many people have that problem.

If they would think then they would understand that long term they can't win. But they still play and play and play.

My gf had a friend for many years who ended up gambling all day. Now they have little contact anymore. The friend just gambles and gambles and gambles and there seems to be no way to stop her. Sad.

[OneMoreFarang]

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

And that is just one reason why there should not be casinos in Thailand.

There will be more desperate, broke people if they go through with it.

 

There are already probably thousands of illegal casinos in Thailand. All controlled by those influential people and the BiB.

Legal casinos, with regulations, could make this problem better. But it seems the current casino discussion is not about making the situation better for those existing casinos. They just want to add pompous new casinos. Sad.

[spidermike007]

I used to know a guy who had a custom built, spectacular hilltop villa on Samui. This place was unbelievably luxurious and was probably worth well over a two million dollars. He was a ship captain who for decades piloted major ships and put a lot of his life savings into this villa for retirement. 

 

He married the wrong woman and she was a compulsive gambler. One night she was out gambling and she put up the house and lost. Some mafia guys came by a couple days later with the police and claimed the house. The husband had no idea what had happened. He consulted an attorney who said there was not much he could do, as these thugs would just have him taken out. So he divorced her, (a bit too late) and he decided to go back to work as a captain, at the age of 65, to try to get back on his feet, and start all over again. 

 

A very cautionary tale, what's the moral of a story? Take your time, time is your ally, it's never their ally, but it's always ours. If there are problems are going to reveal themselves over time, and if things are good they are only going to get better, so take your time. Take a few years to really get to know her. Is she really worthy of your devotion? 

 

[Thingamabob]

My Thai wife has an older sister, a US citizen, living on Long Island NY, who is similarly addicted. She's lost 2 restaurants she once owned, spends all of her deceased ex-army husband's pension on slot machines. and is about to lose her house. She refuses any form of treatment. Family at wits' end. Sad to see.