Thai Gov Officials Told Not To Gamble : Euro 2008

[george]

Bureaucrats warned on Euro 2008 gambling; public buys football postcards

BANGKOK: -- As the Euro 2008 football spectacular kicks off Saturday in Switzerland, Thai government officials are being warned not to bet on the football tournament -- football being a national passion -- while members of the public queued to buy from post offices nationwide intending to win prizes.

Phichit governor Preecha Ruangchan, in Thailand's north, said both legal and disciplinary action would be taken against government officials who place bets or otherwise get involved in Euro 2008.

Mr. Preecha said police in the province would regularly inspect hostels and rented houses with an aim to suppress betting among youths.

In the southern district of Hat Yai, near the border with Malaysia, a special police task force has been set up with an objective to wipe out Euro 2008 bookmakers and betters, especially at malls, entertainment venues and internet stores.

Many Phichit residents were seen early Saturday lined up at the post office to buy post cards to join a kind of lottery to predict which of the 16 participating teams in the 23-day football tournament would win the prestigious cup, so that they too could also win prizes.

Phichit postal authorities anticipate sales of some 100,000 post cards, while while the Chiang Rai post ofice predicts that it will sell 1.8 million post cards.

--TNA 2008-06-07

[astral]

...... Thai government officials are being warned not to bet on the football tournament --

And pigs may fly.

[Seneque]

pink elephants too ...........

[Brigante7]

Bureaucrats warned on Euro 2008 gambling; public buys football postcards

BANGKOK: -- As the Euro 2008 football spectacular kicks off Saturday in Switzerland, Thai government officials are being warned not to bet on the football tournament -- football being a national passion -- while members of the public queued to buy from post offices nationwide intending to win prizes.

Phichit governor Preecha Ruangchan, in Thailand's north, said both legal and disciplinary action would be taken against government officials who place bets or otherwise get involved in Euro 2008.

Mr. Preecha said police in the province would regularly inspect hostels and rented houses with an aim to suppress betting among youths.

In the southern district of Hat Yai, near the border with Malaysia, a special police task force has been set up with an objective to wipe out Euro 2008 bookmakers and betters, especially at malls, entertainment venues and internet stores.

Many Phichit residents were seen early Saturday lined up at the post office to buy post cards to join a kind of lottery to predict which of the 16 participating teams in the 23-day football tournament would win the prestigious cup, so that they too could also win prizes.

Phichit postal authorities anticipate sales of some 100,000 post cards, while while the Chiang Rai post ofice predicts that it will sell 1.8 million post cards.

--TNA 2008-06-07

How are police going to regulary inspect rented houses?