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Chips down in a poker game
Published on 16/08/2013
» Police raided a house on Pratumnak Road where several men and women were playing poker for high-stakes. Police seized the poker table, playing cards, poker chips and, of course, piles of cash–reportedly about 300,000 baht. Officers also discovered an account book revealing that the illegal gambling had been going on for several months. American Matthew Mortensen was said to be one of the organizers, whilst two Cambodians in the den were assistants earning around 2,000 baht a time. Seven people were taken into custody; others managed to escape through side exits and windows.
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Gambling debtor is knived
Published on 31/07/2013
» A man stabbed twice in his torso and right arm was found by police groaning on the ground on Soi Wat Tai Hee. Covered in blood, 34-year-old Prawit Klao Kleamng was rushed to Memorial Hospital. Shortly afterwards, Weerapong Chomtawon calmly walked into the medical facility and announced that he was the knife wielder and was very annoyed that Prawit had not repaid a gambling debt of 1,200 baht. Weerapong said that during an argument in a bar, there had been a fight with broken bottles, after which he stabbed the debtor. Weerapong said he was giving himself up before influential friends of the injured man took their own revenge.
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Police raid Chuvit casinos in Phuket
Published on 16/08/2012
» PHUKET: Police yesterday (August 15) raided seven locations around the island listed in a post on Bangkok MP Chuvit Kamolvisit’s Facebook page as being casinos.
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Elderly gamblers race to avoid capture
Published on 24/07/2012
» PHUKET: Eleven people – including three women aged over 60 – were arrested yesterday (July 23) following a raid on an illegal casino in Wichit, but not before they went “running in all directions” to evade capture.
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