News Forum - Bangkok’s grey gamble: Elderly caught playing their cards wrong

[Thaiger]

Police in Bangkok arrested a group of elderly people for illegal gambling, seizing 200 baht in cash and other gambling paraphernalia. The raid, prompted by complaints about parked vehicles blocking traffic, saw an 80 year old among the detainees engaging in a friendly game of chance with peers. Police in Bangkok, led by high-ranking officials, … …

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[Fanta]

Heaven forbid they have hobbies. 

[Khunmark]

A whopping 200 baht. Orange whips all round Ratchaburana police station.

[SnapDragon]

The law is the law. Should have known better.

Good job you cannot gamble on the horse-racing in Udon Thani. Used to be every Saturday morning.

[BigHewer]

Ridiculous. 200 baht indeed. I’d say someone lost money and dobbed them in.

This goes on all over Thailand I would ‘wager’. Back in August I stumbled across ‘a gambling ring’ in Nakhon Sawan. 20 guys, similar age to those in the article, playing pétanque every weekday from 10 to 3, games every 15 minutes. 100 baht buy in, 1500 baht pot per game winner takes all. The house keeps 100 baht per game for maintenance. 

All in all, a very enjoyable afternoon.