Gambling Will Land You In Jail, Police Told

[george]

Gambling will land you in jail, police told

BANGKOK: -- The police chief yesterday vowed to punish all officers found to be involved in illegal football gambling.

"National Police chief General Kowit Watana has ordered all commanders to keep an eye on their subordinates during the World Cup tournament," said police spokesman Lt-General Ajiravid Subharnbhesaj yesterday.

Ajiravid said the police chief had called for maximum punishment, including criminal charges, against rogue officers found to be behind football betting rackets.

Meanwhile, Provincial Police Region 9 will closely monitor the movement of suspicious Malaysian visitors in the southern border provinces to determine whether they are acting as agents for bookmakers from the across the border, he said.

Malaysia has legalised football betting.

Metropolitan Police said yesterday that they had rounded up 25 people they suspected of gambling on football matches, including four they suspect of being bookmakers.

Police said that during the operation they seized lists of bets placed worth more than Bt200,000 as well as Bt6,400 in cash.

They also said they checked on 122 entertainment venues and 114 other places where football gambling might have taken place, and that they had conducted an awareness campaign against betting at 173 public places.

--The Nation 2006-06-11

[Spit the Dog]

Gambling will land you in jail, police told

BANGKOK: -- The police chief yesterday vowed to punish all officers found to be involved in illegal football gambling.

"National Police chief General Kowit Watana has ordered all commanders to keep an eye on their subordinates during the World Cup tournament," said police spokesman Lt-General Ajiravid Subharnbhesaj yesterday.

Ajiravid said the police chief had called for maximum punishment, including criminal charges, against rogue officers found to be behind football betting rackets.

Meanwhile, Provincial Police Region 9 will closely monitor the movement of suspicious Malaysian visitors in the southern border provinces to determine whether they are acting as agents for bookmakers from the across the border, he said.

Malaysia has legalised football betting.

Metropolitan Police said yesterday that they had rounded up 25 people they suspected of gambling on football matches, including four they suspect of being bookmakers.

Police said that during the operation they seized lists of bets placed worth more than Bt200,000 as well as Bt6,400 in cash.

They also said they checked on 122 entertainment venues and 114 other places where football gambling might have taken place, and that they had conducted an awareness campaign against betting at 173 public places.

--The Nation 2006-06-11

The way some of the results have ended up so far it's probably not a good idea to bet anyway. Save your money!!

[astral]

Policemen in jail....

Now that is a joke.

Surely the worst punishment must be a fine, for such a minor offence?

[Jai Dee]

The World Cup makes business busy at the Buri Ram pawnshop

The World Cup fever is making business busy at the Buri Ram pawnshop.

Pawnshop manager Suwan Saenmai (สุวรรณ แสนใหม่) said a lot more soccer fans have come to redeem their television sets than the number of people pawning their TVs since the World Cup started on June 9.

Mr. Suwan said the amount of valuables such as gold ornaments, mobile telephones, electrical appliances and silk cloth pawned with his shop has also increased by 30% during this time.

The shop is now lending 3-4 million baht a day to its clients whose number has jumped from 150-200 to 300.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 15 June 2006

[raybkk]

The World Cup makes business busy at the Buri Ram pawnshop

The World Cup fever is making business busy at the Buri Ram pawnshop.

Pawnshop manager Suwan Saenmai (สุวรรณ แสนใหม่) said a lot more soccer fans have come to redeem their television sets than the number of people pawning their TVs since the World Cup started on June 9.

Mr. Suwan said the amount of valuables such as gold ornaments, mobile telephones, electrical appliances and silk cloth pawned with his shop has also increased by 30% during this time.

The shop is now lending 3-4 million baht a day to its clients whose number has jumped from 150-200 to 300.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 15 June 2006

It's easy enough to pick the gamblers up from any ATM machine in Thailand. At most ATM machines in Bangkok I see people doing transactions from their hand written lists with names and account numbers. Very obvious! The problem is though that they occupy the ATM for 10-15 minutes a time if not longer and cause traffick Jams.

[Jai Dee]

Mae Sot policemen have strictly monitored on illegal football gambling

Mae Sot police officers are strictly curbing the illegal football betting among foreign labors.

Mae Sot District Police Chief Somjit Thongthaeng (สมจิตร ทองแท่ง) spoke about the measures used for preventing and suppressing illegal football gambling during the World Cup 2006 tournament.

He said that he has divided his officials into two groups. The first group will gather news and information related to football betting, while the second team will monitor certain places such as entertainment venues and internet cafes.

He said two gamblers have been arrested so far.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 15 June 2006

[astral]

The Bangkok Police Commander is making a book. :D

[thaigene2]

Here is what they really meant to write (Sub-edits in CAPS)....

Gambling will land you in jail, police told

BANGKOK: -- The police chief yesterday vowed to punish all officers found to be involved in illegal football gambling IN DENS WHERE HE WASN'T RECEIVING A KICK BACK.

"National Police chief General Kowit Watana has ordered all commanders to keep an eye on their subordinates during the World Cup tournament," said police spokesman Lt-General Ajiravid Subharnbhesaj yesterday.

Ajiravid said the police chief had called for maximum punishment, including criminal charges, against rogue officers found to be behind football betting rackets.

Meanwhile, Provincial Police Region 9 will closely monitor the movement of suspicious Malaysian visitors in the southern border provinces to determine whether they are acting as agents for bookmakers from the across the border, he said. THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES ARE ALSO KNOWN TO BE AREAS WHERE FOREIGNERS INFILTRATE, THEY ARE TO BE WATCHED IN ANY EVENT, AND GAMBLING IS HARDER 'TO CONTROL' THERE.

Malaysia has legalised football betting.

Metropolitan Police said yesterday that they had rounded up 25 people they suspected of gambling on football matches, including four they suspect of being bookmakers AND WHO HAD DEFIED WARNINGS BY OFFICERS THAT THEY NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS 'WERE AWARE OF THEIR ACTIVITES'.

Police said that during the operation they seized lists of bets placed worth more than Bt200,000 as well as Bt6,400 in cash AND ANOTHER B75,000 IN CASH THAT WAS NOT REPORTED.

They also said they checked on 122 entertainment venues and 114 other places where football gambling might have taken place, and that they had conducted an awareness campaign against betting at 173 public places WHERE AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF TEA MONEY WAS PAID AND EVRYONE WAS SABAI-SABAI BY THE END OF THE AWARENESS RAISING EXERCISE.

[Jai Dee]

Ayutthaya governor denies his province is facing serious soccer gambling problems

Ayutthaya Governor Somchai Chumrat (สมชาย ชุ่มรัตน์) does not believe people in his province are severely addicted to World Cup gambling.

A survey on 29,869 samples in 75 provinces by the Social Development and Human Security Ministry and the National Institute for Development Administration (NIDA) found Ayutthaya was one of seven provinces facing serious soccer gambling problems.

Mr. Somchai stated that he doubted the credibility of that survey, saying gamblers were everywhere and not in Ayutthaya and six other provinces alone. His province also has stepped up crackdowns on soccer betting at all entertainment venues since the start of the World Cup 2006 tournament.

Mr. Somchai said findings of the survey only damaged the reputation of these seven provinces.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 28 June 2006