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

[bberrythailand]

25 minutes ago, Dene16 said:

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

 

Could be a grumpy old farang like so many are found on this forum and in Thailand.

 

 

[jaywalker]

30 minutes ago, Si Thea01 said:

I did say sorry.  

No worries mate! Not your fault two conflicting articles that said different things were set as the original article, with no correction notice added to it.

 

They could/should have added the correction notice to the bottom of the article...and still should.

[jesimps]

I'm waiting for the Thai-bashing police to pop up and tell us this was justified, just like they did when the bridge players got collared.

 

[hotchilli]

Thankfully no-one tried to do a runner & mow  a policeman down in the street, they'd have to drop the charges !!

[jaywalker]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Thankfully no-one tried to do a runner & mow  a policeman down in the street, they'd have to drop the charges !!

Thankfully none of the old women had a shotgun. They'd have had to back off and call in "braver" police.

 

Does anybody remember that article from a year or two ago? Some clown had a shotgun in the woods. The cops backed off, and called in "braver" cops.

[Phuketboy]

Playing a friendly card game with money is illegal and people will be charged.  However, it is ok for motorists to break the law with their crap driving abilities and the biggest of them all...... collection of tea money.  Think they could use their time more appropriately.  

[jaywalker]

Just now, Phuketboy said:

Playing a friendly card game with money is illegal and people will be charged.  However, it is ok for motorists to break the law with their crap driving abilities and the biggest of them all...... collection of tea money.  Think they could use their time more appropriately.  

All these women have farang husbands. That's all this is about. Collecting tea money.

 

Cannot believe the retards filmed it.

[The Deerhunter]

7 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 ! 

Must have been an edit done.  The post now days drinking but not gambling.

 

 

[car720]

6 hours ago, Dobredin Ghusputin said:

So, how does one play the Thai game "Dummy"?

Easy.  First you join a political party and then you try to run for president.  When you get there everyone shouts..........."DUMMY".

[jaywalker]

5 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

Must have been an edit done.  The post now days drinking but not gambling.

 

 

Yes. The article was edited after it was ridiculed twice on the first page of this thread.

[DLang]

9 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

The foreigners have corrupted the women obviously.

 

No, but they're the ones providing the funds.

 

 

Farang funds taste twice as sweet to the Thai authorities. 

[TKDfella]

"But Holmes, how can you say they were drinking when there was no evidence of them drinking?"

"Note the man in the blue shirt yonder who is holding a glass. Doesn't look a bit concerned does he? He is none other than the infamous undercover agent, Moree Ahtiparp. He won't be drinking on duty and his lips don't touch the glass, so there is evidence of him drinking."

"Oh I see!"

"Just like those involved in the raid, Elementary my dear Watson (tit)"

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, DLang said:

 

No, but they're the ones providing the funds.

 

 

Farang funds taste twice as sweet to the Thai authorities. 

That's why they called the game Dummy. It was named after the husbands.

[Moti24]

If it's 35 years for picking mushrooms, where do these compulsive gamblers feature in the scale?

 

If people aren't allowed to gamble, why is the lottery allowed to operate?  Oh yes, of course, the money goes into the right pockets!

[jaywalker]

5 minutes ago, Moti24 said:

If it's 35 years for picking mushrooms, where do these compulsive gamblers feature in the scale?

 

If people aren't allowed to gamble, why is the lottery allowed to operate?  Oh yes, of course, the money goes into the right pockets!

Great points.

 

I recall 30 years ago when the lottery was legalized in Florida.

 

ALL the money was to go to the schools. It didn't. They have ships in Florida port that go out beyond a 3 mile limit to permit casinos to operate.

 

Try to ban something, and....it still happens.

 

Makes the busy-bodies of the world feel good about themselves though I guess?

[abrahamzvi]

A very simple question. Is playing a game of Bridge with some friend, WITHOUT involving ANY money or equivalent, illegal Thailand? If so how come that such clubs are advertised in news media for expatriates?

[kannot]

9 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

The foreigners have corrupted the women obviously.

yes time to deport  all those  nasty foreign husbands..............but make sure the "poor"  Thais get the assets

[kannot]

47 minutes ago, Phuketboy said:

Playing a friendly card game with money is illegal and people will be charged.  However, it is ok for motorists to break the law with their crap driving abilities and the biggest of them all...... collection of tea money.  Think they could use their time more appropriately.  

surely  just driving daily  could be classed as "gambling"

[12DrinkMore]

1 hour ago, bberrythailand said:

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

 

Moral is, either walk to the game or pick someone else's house to park outside.

 

Simples.

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, abrahamzvi said:

A very simple question. Is playing a game of Bridge with some friend, WITHOUT involving ANY money or equivalent, illegal Thailand? If so how come that such clubs are advertised in news media for expatriates?

You must've missed the "bridge players getting busted" thread last year.

[kannot]

Just now, jaywalker said:

You must've missed the "bridge players getting busted" thread last year.

can I play "Snap"

[jaywalker]

4 minutes ago, kannot said:

can I play "Snap"

5 card draw. Deuces wild is my game.

 

Nickel ante. Max bet 50 cents.

 

Used to play Blackjack on the school bus with a friend when I was 9 or 10...we had an hour's ride.

 

I got pretty good at it, though we never gambled.

[Kerryd]

3 hours ago, jenifer d said:

it said no evidence they were GAMBLING- there was AMPLE evidence that they were drinking... 

Um, a big  to you too. 

I quoted EXACTLY what was written in the ORIGINAL article, BEFORE it was edited.

 

But go ahead and fell all smug and **** for coming in and reading way after everyone else.

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, Kerryd said:

Um, a big  to you too. 

I quoted EXACTLY what was written in the ORIGINAL article, BEFORE it was edited.

 

But go ahead and fell all smug and **** for coming in and reading way after everyone else.

I quoted the same thing Kerryd and have defended you tirelessly. Many apologized. 

 

Yes, the article was altered/edited.

[Kerryd]

3 hours ago, Kevbo said:

No evidence they were "gambling"

SIGH.

The OP was edited AFTER I copy/pasted the EXACT line from it where it said "drinking". But thanks for coming along AFTER the OP was edited to tell me how wrong I was. 

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, Kerryd said:

SIGH.

The OP was edited AFTER I copy/pasted the EXACT line from it where it said "drinking". But thanks for coming along AFTER the OP was edited to tell me how wrong I was. 

The moderators need to publish a BIG HONKING CORRECTION notice on the original post.

[chickenslegs]

20 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

A very simple question. Is playing a game of Bridge with some friend, WITHOUT involving ANY money or equivalent, illegal Thailand? If so how come that such clubs are advertised in news media for expatriates?

I think it has been established that playing bridge without money or prizes is not illegal. However (IIRC), in the famous Pattaya Bridge Club raid there was alcohol being served in the afternoon and more than the permitted number of playing cards were found on the premises.

[jaywalker]

1 minute ago, chickenslegs said:

I think it has been established that playing bridge without money or prizes is not illegal. However (IIRC), in the famous Pattaya Bridge Club raid there was alcohol being served in the afternoon and more than the permitted number of playing cards were found on the premises.

Get a rope! Drag them to the nearest tree!

[Essaybloke]

My heart is bursting with pride knowing that the Royal Thai Constabulary are protecting us from these card carrying social misfits. Keep up the good work, fellas!

[tracker1]

3 hours ago, Mad mick said:

100% ! Whats the big deal in playing cards cops and army got nothing better to do than bust some older ladies playing a game of cards , its always been the same in thailand when is the country allowed to grow up , stop treating people like children. 

Playing cards are illegal in Thailand  even worse the were playing for money ! God knows what the sentence will be