Cockfighting purse largest in Thai history

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Cockfighting purse largest in Thai history

Phuket Gazette

 

PHUKET: Two veteran roosters in Samui’s cockfighting ring drew the largest bets in Thailand’s history yesterday.

Cockfighters from Chumporn, Ranong, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Samui circled around the Baan Lipa Yai ring yesterday afternoon, cheering and placing more than 2 million baht in bets.

The headlining fight, between an eight-month-old gamecock from Chumporn named Hua Pok, and a two-year-old cock from Samui named Sor Kanitsorn, were slated to fight through two twenty-minute periods. Both experienced animals had successfully fought every previous opponent, ratcheting up the blood-thirsty gamblers’ excitement for the primitive 'sport.

 

Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Cockfighting-purse-largest-Thai-history/65650?desktopversion

 

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-10-01

[ClutchClark]

Are farang ever allowed to attend these blood-thirsty events without rosk of death ?

[tracker1]

I was always told cock fighting and gambling are illegal in Thailand ? I mean dominos and card games are !

[clockman]

Always selective,!

[AhFarangJa]

~Beat me to it Tracker1......

[geovalin]

2 hours ago, tracker1 said:

I was always told cock fighting and gambling are illegal in Thailand ? I mean dominos and card games are !

 

You are right! Sorry to tell that the Phuket Gazette article is poor : it should have explained first if the fight and the bets were legal or not. Also we need pictures.

[madmitch]

Can someone tell me what a cockfight in Koh Samui has to do with Phuket?

 

 

[steelepulse]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

Can someone tell me what a cockfight in Koh Samui has to do with Phuket?

 

 

 

Pageviews and advertising revenue?

[PattayaBoy]

I am pretty small.
Went once to cock fight
Lost it.

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[impulse]

Whenever I read headings like this, I'm reminded of some porn DVD's on the racks in Chinatown.

[phetphet]

How does it help to boost Samui tourism as mentioned in the article? It probably brought thirty or forty fighting cocks owners to the island, but that's about it.

[Shot]

Cockfights. Purses. I thought this was going to be about some ladyboys brawling.

Edited October 1, 2016 by Shot

[FredNL]

I thought the Thai men had world's smallest cocks...

[manfredtillmann]

2 minutes ago, FredNL said:

I thought the Thai men had world's smallest cocks...

they make up by having really large roosters.

cock fights are a big thing up here and, yes, they frequently get raided and shut down. only to re - emerge at a different location 2 weeks later.

[tracker1]

2 hours ago, PattayaBoy said:

I am pretty small.
Went once to cock fight
Lost it.

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should have got someone to tease the cock a bit more !

[HHTel]

6 hours ago, tracker1 said:

I was always told cock fighting and gambling are illegal in Thailand ? I mean dominos and card games are !

 

Cockfighting is legal at registered stadiums and I think the birds need to be registered.  Cockfighting is even excluded from the Animal Welfare Bill here!

[stephenterry]

No different from Spanish bullfighting re the combatants - both primitive 'entertainment'. But it should have been clear that a two-year old cock who had survived previous battles would defeat an eight-month old owing to greater experience.

 

What the hell am I dribbling on about - obviously need to get out more.

[KBsinter]

2 hours ago, FredNL said:

I thought the Thai men had world's smallest cocks...

 

I believe the Japanese have that pleasure.

[anon4637435435]

Dumbest activity ever!. Dum people doing dum things... Ill never understand the appeal. Some guys just like cock i guess. 

[Yann55]

8 hours ago, geovalin said:

 

You are right! Sorry to tell that the Phuket Gazette article is poor : it should have explained first if the fight and the bets were legal or not. Also we need pictures.

 

Yes, and to call a 'sport' ???? What an utter disgrace ...

[beechbum]

I could be wrong but I don't think they attach spurs to the birds here as they do in the Philippines, but not 100% on that.