Pattaya has barely seen the like of it since the infamous bust of the foreign bridge players in February last year

[Beats56]

What a bunch of chowder heads with nothing better to do than harass old women playing a friendly card game.

Shame on them.

[farcanell]

Lol.... crossing the street is a gamble I take every day... I wonder when I will be apprehended and charged for gambling

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, farcanell said:

Lol.... crossing the street is a gamble I take every day... I wonder when I will be apprehended and charged for gambling

I have a friend who was clipped for 2,000 baht for jaywalking Sukh in BKK.

 

They might find my username here & seek me out next.

[FarangJon]

Thai Monkey Theater. A police Raid for a grand ma few baht party.

Best police in the world. Yeah guys, you got them!!! Extremeley dangerous!

[farcanell]

4 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

I have a friend who was clipped for 2,000 baht for jaywalking Sukh in BKK.

 

They might find my username here & seek me out next.

Lmao.... I must be a stingy bugger, that's a walk on the wild side too far... I never set the stakes that high, but rather take the most direct route possible to improve the odds ???

[bberrythailand]

Which Choke Chai Village, Bang Lamung ? The one with the swimming pool restaurant ?

 

I will never forget Bang Lamung district chief Naris Niramaiwong scumbag name. These people should be sent to crocs.

 

 

[Bill Miller]

It does seem a bit ridiculous until I recall an expat former neighbor who had his car repoed because the money he was giving to his girlfriend for the car payment went to gambling instead.

[jaywalker]

4 minutes ago, Bill Miller said:

It does seem a bit ridiculous until I recall an expat former neighbor who had his car repoed because the money he was giving to his girlfriend for the car payment went to gambling instead.

My former neighbor's wife gambled their house away plus a bunch of money they didn't have playing cards in Ubon.

 

They were living in Pattaya on the lam from loan sharks.

 

I was working in Southern California & decided to check out Vegas one weekend.

 

I'm half decent at a poker game, as long as it's pocket change and nickel ante. My biggest haul ever was $15 USD.

 

I sat down & played video poker and lost $20 in about 10 minutes. That was the end my Vegas gambling.

 

I did NOT like the casinos at all, & found them to be loud, obnoxious places. Never went back and never plan to.

[KKr]

3 minutes ago, jaywalker said:

My former neighbor's wife gambled their house away plus a bunch of money they didn't have playing cards in Ubon.

 

They were living in Pattaya on the lam from loan sharks.

and that is also why many houses are more attractively priced than others.

[Cranky]

Given the fact that most farang men that marry Thai women usually go for ones that are far younger than them; so where are the farang hubbies?

[YetAnother]

5 hours ago, jaywalker said:

Stellar reporting!

 

As somebody else already said, when did drinking at a friend's house become illegal?

highly flexible laws

[moe666]

5 hours ago, z42 said:

Morons... Usually i'd expect Thais get a pass on stuff like this but as those in the frame here are wed to foreigners they'll be fair game for a proper shakedown that'll help justify the raid. Sigh ?

No Thais do not get a pass on gambling, a lady in our neighborhood has been busted at least 10 times for gambling along with her friends. She owned a massage and hair salon. When the police drove by and saw the doors shut and a lot of shoes in front it was time for a raid. Usually 2,000b and if they went to court dropped down to 1200b. They did arrest people just watching as a neighbor and her mom were both fined 2000b for being present.

 

Again Thais do not get a pass

[mikosan]

6 hours ago, Kerryd said:

"Three others who were drinking on an adjoining table were let go as there was no evidence they were drinking." 

 

So if there had been evidence that they had been drinking they would have been arrested ? On what charge ? Did drinking in a private home suddenly become illegal ? Imagine the chaos ! 

No evidence that they were 'gambling' is clearly written in the report. Stop misrepresenting the truth.

[jaywalker]

2 minutes ago, moe666 said:

When the police drove by and saw the doors shut and a lot of shoes in front it was time for a raid.

Hahahahaha!!!!!!

 

Those damned shoes!

[mikosan]

Pathetic is about the only word to describe this.  I bet the wives of the cops do exactly the same thing whilst they are at work.  Talk about losing face, the BIB et al have very successfully done that.  Their senior officers should also be taken to task.  A complete and utter waste of resources and manpower.

[jaywalker]

3 minutes ago, mikosan said:

No evidence that they were 'gambling' is clearly written in the report. Stop misrepresenting the truth.

This is the 4th or 5th time I have said this.

 

The article was changed AFTER it was ridiculed TWICE on the first page of this thread!

[craigt3365]

FYI.  Just found out the game is gin rummy, but Thai's call it dummy...for some unknown reason.  They think it's funny.

[bberrythailand]

29 minutes ago, Bill Miller said:

It does seem a bit ridiculous until I recall an expat former neighbor who had his car repoed because the money he was giving to his girlfriend for the car payment went to gambling instead.

 

Another champion !

 

 

[mikosan]

Just now, jaywalker said:

This is the 4th or 5th time I had said this.

 

The article was changed AFTER it was ridiculed TWICE on the first page of this thread!

Fair enough, my apologies.

 

[jaywalker]

2 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

FYI.  Just found out the game is gin rummy, but Thai's call it dummy...for some unknown reason.  They think it's funny.

I know why. Because it attract dummies... It attracted the cops didn't it?

[craigt3365]

1 minute ago, jaywalker said:

I know why. Because it attract dummies... It attracted the cops didn't it?

In their defense, some are very good.  Some aren't.  Yes, perhaps most aren't....but there are some really good cops in Thailand.

[jaywalker]

33 minutes ago, Bill Miller said:

It does seem a bit ridiculous until I recall an expat former neighbor who had his car repoed because the money he was giving to his girlfriend for the car payment went to gambling instead.

The game is called dummy, as that's what their farang husbands are for giving them money.

[moe666]

I just watched the video this isn't the first time they have been busted. hehehehe

[Dene16]

4 minutes ago, moe666 said:

No Thais do not get a pass on gambling

Every year in the village its always a funny topic of conversation over who managed to get away and who got caught when raided. (normally playing HI/LO however someone last month was grabbed with a piece of paper with a list of lottery numbers from the local village lottery) I was told the head of the village did not pay his usual contribution (2000 baht fine at the station)

The local police travel around the villages in an unmarked police car and look for houses with lots of bikes parked outside

[Si Thea01]

1 hour ago, jaywalker said:

See post 78, three posts above yours.

 

I quoted it too on the 1st page of this thread. Highlight text, and click "Quote this".

I did say sorry.  

[AGareth2]

where is the pointing at the money?

 

[Dene16]

The saddest part of this story is who the hell grassed them up. Obviously a very old sore loser

[12DrinkMore]

4 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

We don't have enough details here, but playing cards that don't have the proper sticker on them are 100% illegal.  It's a big deal to get caught with them...errr...the police make money off it. LOL

The cards they had you can buy in any amount from the 7/11 and Family Mart. They are the official cards manufactured by the Thai government.

 

You are otherwise permitted to own two packs (and a few cards extra) of playing cards that do not have the stickers. But not import them unless you pay the customs charges. 

 

I would guess that somebody felt a bit left out of the fun and decided to ring the police. Once that happens they are obliged to act.

 

Normally nobody cares about these small games.

 

With the big games there is always an "influential person" or two somewhere behind the scenes.

[12DrinkMore]

16 minutes ago, bberrythailand said:

It does seem a bit ridiculous until I recall an expat former neighbor who had his car repoed because the money he was giving to his girlfriend for the car payment went to gambling instead.

 

Guys have lost houses through wives gambling and putting up the house papers as collateral.

 

I know one guy in Hua Hin who lost both house and car.

 

Choose your woman carefully...........

[bberrythailand]

26 minutes ago, Dene16 said:

Every year in the village its always a funny topic of conversation over who managed to get away and who got caught when raided. (normally playing HI/LO however someone last month was grabbed with a piece of paper with a list of lottery numbers from the local village lottery) I was told the head of the village did not pay his usual contribution (2000 baht fine at the station)

The local police travel around the villages in an unmarked police car and look for houses with lots of bikes parked outside

 

 

Looking for houses with lots of bikes is not as stupid as I thought they were.