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Deputy health minister claims there are permanent illegal gambling dens in Rayong


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5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

there are permanent illegal gambling dens in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong, some of which had been closed down by local officials only to reopen for business shortly after, without any legal action being taken against the owners.

Well Duhhh! That can only mean one thing..........everyone's getting a sling! Filthy to the core!

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Maybe it's time to have a re-think about the strict gambling laws in Thailand.

As far as I know, countries where gambling is legal (but highly regulated) have not had similar problems.

As an added benefit, legalization could vastly reduce the activity of loan sharks and other criminals.

 

 

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5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha insists that there are permanent illegal gambling dens in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong, some of which had been closed down by local officials only to reopen for business shortly after, without any legal action being taken against the owners.

 

You don't say !!

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While clever accounting ensures that those, all the way up to the top, receive benefit from corruption, then as this guy mentions, a high ranked police raid, highly publicised with the required photo, then the cops turn around and drive away and the business restarts.....and very likely that all gambling venues restart!

I would expect this deputy minister will soon be transferred as quietly as possible.

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

maybe because there is no hard evidence against them or for other reasons

If they own the premises and a gambling den is found on that premises, is that not hard evidence ?

 

But then there are the mysterious 'other reasons' ....... answers on a postcard..

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15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He claimed that the presence of such illegal activity in the province is widely known among the people in the localities and “even reporters know the names of the den owners and where they are located, but I have yet to see any of them charged, maybe because there is no hard evidence against them or for other reasons.”

I'd have a wager on "other reasons"

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16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

some of which had been closed down by local officials only to reopen for business shortly after, without any legal action being taken against the owners.

depends on the Owners and their seniority compared to the "local officials" who closed them down.

with the local officials probably being warned not to do that again.

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17 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I'd have a wager on "other reasons"

All far too lucrative to the Owners of these Gambling Dens. 

They allow the people to Gamble, borrow Money to Gamble, and seize their Land Title Deeds or Chanot as Security on the Loans that they know will never be paid off.

And these Gambling Dens are operating in every Town and Village right under the Noses of the BIB, and high up Government Officials.

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13 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Maybe it's time to have a re-think about the strict gambling laws in Thailand.

As far as I know, countries where gambling is legal (but highly regulated) have not had similar problems.

As an added benefit, legalization could vastly reduce the activity of loan sharks and other criminals.

 

 

Yes indeed, and pave the way for Chinese casinos as here in Cambodia. 

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Surely the term permanent illegal gambling dens equates to permanent gambling businesses that were making vast sums of money for whoever was in control and whoever was in charge of enforcement. So why was the term illegal in the sentence when everybody knows about them they are permanent so could only exist if the law allows them and obviously the higher up in society are financing and making money from them which to which in my mind makes them legal???

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4 hours ago, bodga said:

All taking a  cut.

'Gambling Dens are operating in every Town and Village right under the Noses of the BIB, and high up Government Officials.' Thanks Cake Monster.

But why is it the business of a Deputy Health Minister?  Would think he had a lot to keep him very busy at the moment with people's health!

Another mystery of Thai governance.

 

 

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