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Banned bets
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2025
» Re: "Anutin bans poker, sports gambling nationwide", (BP, Oct 23). So, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has banned gambling again. The prohibition specifically aims at poker and other similar sports-themed card games. The Ministry of Tourism and Sport earlier classified poker only as a sport? Well, it's not, is it -- it's a card game that is invariably played for money, unlike many others, such as bridge, which are not.
Outside the box
Postbag, Published on 10/01/2025
» Re: "Endless danger zone", (Jan 8) & "New Year road toll", (BP, Jan 6).
Profiting from belief
Postbag, Published on 13/11/2024
» Re: "Fengshui master arrested in alleged B108m fraud", (BP, Nov 11).
More bribes to 'look into'
Postbag, Published on 15/09/2024
» Re: "NACC to probe bribes by Deere", (BP, Sept 14).
Behind the curve
Postbag, Published on 23/02/2024
» Re: "BoT is absolutely right in holding rates", (Opinion, Feb 22).
Not how I recall it
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024
» Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.
Judge with no name
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/07/2023
» Re: "Judge gets 5 years for bribery", (BP, July 1).
One size doesn’t fit all
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/04/2023
» Re: "US Summit for Democracy", (Opinion, April 10).
Why isn't reform a poll pledge?
News, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2023
» Re: "Corrupt officers 'must go,'" (BP, Feb 14), "Parties urged to shun populism," (BP, Feb 8) and "Graft is still pervasive,'' (Editorial, Feb 6).
Do as King Rama IX
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/02/2023
» Re: “2 activists get bail as lives at risk”, (BP, Feb 8). The Criminal Court approved bail for the two political activists, “Tawan” and “Bam”, who are on hunger strike to ensure human rights, freedom of expression, and the ending of Sections 112 and 116 concerning lese majeste and sedition, respectively. However, the two young girls insist on continuing their strike.