webfact Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Task force takes down illegal Phuket casinoPhuket GazetteThe joint task force, which included military personnel, arrested 40 people for illegally gambling in Phuket. Photo: Kritsada MueanhawongPHUKET: -- A joint task force arrested 40 gamblers during a raid on an underground Phuket casino in Chalong yesterday.“We received a tip-off from neighbors that gambling activities were being hosted in a house on Baan Kok Tanot Soi 3 on a daily basis, with no apparent fear of the law,” said Pakpoom Intharasuwan, Phuket's Provincial chief administrative officer.More than 100 people were found at the facility. However, arresting officers only managed to apprehend 40 offenders, which included a number of government officers.Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Task-force-takes-down-illegal-Phuket-casino/62557?desktopversion#ad-image-0-- Phuket Gazette 2015-12-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampang2 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 No need to fear the law when they join in on the fun. Only got 40%, must have been poorly planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prakhonchai nick Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I have been looking for pictures showing the demolition of the casino. "Task force takes down illegal Phuket casino" Rubbish reporting! Main report says the casino is "underground", but picture shows property above ground! Throughout Isaan, in many many villages groups of people play cards every day. In my village several houses are in use, with the householders earning up to 1000bt/day for the use of their property. Edited December 7, 2015 by prakhonchai nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 No need to fear the law when they join in on the fun. Only got 40%, must have been poorly planned. 60% had bribe money the other 40% had lost their money before the bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snackbar Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Government officers. Thousands on salary bunking off all day every day. There's 300 at my workplace. Every day the lights are on, the air con is on and there's nobody there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantFan Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I saw something talking about military guys will guns outside Chalong cop shop. Related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I saw something talking about military guys will guns outside Chalong cop shop. Related?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemguy Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Yes sir......and that is what they are supposed to do....that is until they learn just how much money the place is making and then: They turn all "Blind Eye Bank Account" and the place keeps on operating. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansgruber Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Those arent bad odds 60% chance of escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 The 6 Ps at work, yet again - p##s poor planning prevents proper performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acharn Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I have been looking for pictures showing the demolition of the casino. "Task force takes down illegal Phuket casino" Rubbish reporting! Main report says the casino is "underground", but picture shows property above ground! Throughout Isaan, in many many villages groups of people play cards every day. In my village several houses are in use, with the householders earning up to 1000bt/day for the use of their property. My wife and her friends used to play cards in our house in Phanat Nikhom. Nobody was making any money from it, it was half a dozen housewives playing for small stakes. My wife was pretty good, she used to just about break even on average. Maybe won a little which she then lost on the "underground" lottery. Used to get raided by the cops maybe once a month. At first the fines were ฿1,000, they later they climbed up to ฿5,000, so they finally stopped. It was harmless but an easy way for the cops to make arrests. I suspect most of the gambling in Thailand is like that, but there are professionals running games. Usually protected by the local police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Government officers...........so name them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljd1308 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Whenever I read these stories I always imagine that someone lost quite a bit of money, went outside, put his uniform on and came back with friends to either shut the place down or reclaim his money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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