Royal Thai Police launch World Cup Gambling Prevention & Suppression Center

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Royal Thai Police launch World Cup Gambling Prevention & Suppression Center



BANGKOK, 9 June 2014 (NNT) – The World Cup 2014 Gambling Prevention & Suppression Center has been launched ahead of the tournament from 12th June to 13th July, in order to closely monitor online gambling.

The Deputy National Police Chief, Pol. Gen. Aek Angsananont said after presiding over the Center that strict measures including the Anti-Money Laundering Act will be implemented against parties involved in football gambling.

Separately, Pol. Maj Gen Pisit Pao-in, the advisor to the Permanent-Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), has revealed that gambling in Thailand has risen 30 percent due to the increasing numbers of internet users, particularly among youths and office employees. The ICT and the police force have monitored and closed illegal gambling websites.

Gambling channels are mostly accessed via the internet, by telephone, in restaurants or by sending an SMS. Meanwhile, anyone found gambling in excess of 10 million baht, or involved in an operation with more than 100 bettors, will be prosecuted under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

-- NNT 2014-06-09

[bigbamboo]

Tut, tut. And in a Buddhist nation too.

[Redhawk]

...and who are the biggest gamblers in town...... because their is nothing more important to do and the rich play by bookmaker over the net outside the nation.... again the tail wiggles the dog! Cut the fun for the poor and you raise your badest enemies!

[rkidlad]

Thank god!

Let's keep Thailand the hub of perfect morality.

[antimedia]

What are they going to do, give one another a red card? Police policing in Thailand, I have never heard so much rubbish in all my life.

[Oryx816]

Wow! I am so glad to hear Thailand's problems have been solved that they are wasting time with this. I am not a gambler, nor do I condone it in excess, but surely there are more important issues to which they should tend.

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Side note: perhaps the political leadership should set a better example for the populace. I seem to recall a recent article referring to two recently detained politicians resorting to fisticuffs over a loss of significant money in a card game.

[unanimosity]

Tut, tut. And in a Buddhist nation too.

Is it considered real gambling when FIFA writes the scripts?

[Chicog]

World Cup Gambling Prevention & Suppression Center

Translation: Bookmaking service.

[FangFerang]

What about the red fight in custody over gambling ? -- seems gambling is an 'elite' behavior both sides always have enjoyed.

[HeavyDrinker]

Incredible. They will have their work cut out as I've been grilled all night from the locals for my football knowledge. I got blank looks when I told them to find an Indian bookie and have a wallop on England to beat Sri Lanka this weekend

[BillyBobThai]

It has been going on for ages, even the religious , want a piece of the action.

[khaowong1]

"anyone found gambling in excess of 10 million baht," Well, this will not effect many of you blokes here on TV will it?

[Dogmatix]

Good luck them. Football gambling is operated by gangsters who encourage people who can afford to lose to bet on credit using young runners to find customers. When they lose the runners are responsible for collecting the bets and the gangsters send hitmen after them and the customers who can't pay. A Thai friend's son got mixed up with this scum while he was a university student. He ended up dropping out of uni and going into hiding upcountry for months while the thugs came round to threaten his mother and demand money from her. Somehow I doubt the police is really going to declare open season on this profitable evil.

[belg]

"Gambling channels are mostly accessed via the internet, by telephone, in restaurants or by sending an SMS. Meanwhile, anyone found gambling in excess of 10 million baht, or involved in an operation with more than 100 bettors, will be prosecuted under the Anti-Money Laundering Act."

they are going to close all police stations ?