SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol.
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Over 3,000 arrested over illegal World Cup gambling
THE police drive against illegal gambling on the 22nd Fifa World Cup matches over the eight days since the tournament started last Sunday (Nov. 20) has so far netted 3,178 punters, bookmakers and bet receivers, Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 27). Yesterday 620 gambling suspects were rounded up in an offline sweep and among
Read moreGamblers flouting Covid control steps arrested
NINE gamblers who ignored a coronavirus curb on large gatherings and the mandatory wearing of face masks outside one’s home were caught red-handed while playing cards at a house in Roi Et province today (May 1), Thai Rath newspaper said. Pho Chai district chief Mr. Chinnakorn Kaenkong personally led a team of officials and police
Read moreChinese gamblers nabbed in Pattaya raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NINE CHINESE nationals were arrested on emergency rule-breaking and gambling charges in Pattaya last night, police said. The police raided a house in Jomtien area of the beach resort city and rounded up the poker-playing Chinese males, aged between 30 and 42 years. The Chinese nationals were charged with breaking emergency
Read moreChinese, Myanmar and Thai online gamblers nabbed at border town
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LARGE HORDE OF 180 Chinese, Myanmar and Thai nationals were arrested yesterday (June 17) on charges of gambling online at a newly-built hotel in the Thai-Myanmar border district of Mae Sot, police said. The police and other authorities raided the hotel in downtown Mae Sot, arrested the 180 suspected gamblers
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