Hi guys just wanted to hear your opinion on this - from a "internet newspaper" anyone worried or just a fluke?

Thai police on high alert to catch World Cup punters

BANGKOK (AFP) -- Police across Thailand are setting up special 24-hour centres to crack down on betting ahead of the World Cup 2010 amid fears that many football fans will break laws banning gambling.

Despite the threat of fines and imprisonment, Thai punters are expected to spend more than one billion dollars on the matches in South Africa starting this month.

"At Bangkok Metropolitan Police we have already started a centre and it will run around the clock until the World Cup ends," said spokesman Major General Piya Uthayo, adding that each provincial force would set up its own centre.

"More people are turning to online gambling so we have to be more up-to-date, but some still gamble at local bookies," he said. Police computer experts are being mobilised to handle Internet betting.

Under the kingdom's gambling law, which is more than 70 years old, gamblers face fines of 1,000 baht or jail terms of up to one year.

Many Thais get around the ban by heading to neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar where casinos dot the border.

The Economic and Business Forecast Centre at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce estimates that Thai people will spend 37.2 billion baht (1.1 billion US dollars) gambling on this year's World Cup.

During Euro 2008, more than 1,000 people were arrested in Thailand for gambling on football matches, with nearly one million baht (30,000 dollars) in cash seized.

The Bangkok Post has stories like this every time there's a big soccer tournament. It's nothing to worry about unless you're acting as a bookie.

Kids are trying to snap pictures of me sometimes with their camera-phones when I'm not looking. Told the future lady-boy he needs to stop but if he could answer every question correctly on a decently hard grammar powerpoint I made I'd pose with him after class; kid delivers what can I say. The girl that took the picture ran in for a sneak one right after. Good students, I laughed. I dont wear the shades when I teach.

lol awesome

anyone in thailand want to sell a 30 inch monitor? ;p

i had sex with a very atractive post op ladyboy last night, now all i can think about is having sex with ladyboys, anyone else experienced this?

lol

question about phones. last time i came for a month i bought some **** phone from mbk that worked really well actually. i want to get a semi decent phone(i have palm pri here in the states). should i just go to mbk and buy one of those iphones they sell? and get minutes from 7 11?

I still have a mint punching bag + a decent Takayama acoustic guitar that I need to get rid of before Sunday when I move out of BKK. PM me or I'm leaving them on the roadside

which road? heh heh.

Scratch that, I'll pull a red shirt and burn 'em up

i don't care if this is pinocchio trolling, dead serious, or whatever. thread needs more posts like this.

Was planning at the end of summer to go to Thailand for a couple of weeks with a friend. Wanted to see the buddhist culture, party, go to beaches, see the crazy side to bangkok and basically experience a completely different culture to what we are used to in the UK.

After all the problems in bangkok recently I was wondering if anyone can offer advice if they believe going to thailand at the end of summer is still safe? And any alternatives to that type of trip? (have thought about cambodia, vietnam, malasia - but honestly don't know much about them and they don't seem as attractive for young people).

Thanks! GLP.

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Considering there's like fifty 2p2-ers that live in BKK and aren't even thinking about moving I'd say you're gonna be fine.

@glpmurray

There's no problem at all, mate.

Even the curfew in Bangkok was fun...

Girls calling at 7PM to spend the night at my place; bars doing all-night lock-in.

Thailand rocks. Come, don't be shy nor scared. You won't wanna go back !!

its completely over now, everywhere is safe in BKK

Is the Internet connexion reliable and fast in Chiang Mai ??

depends what Internet connection you get, but generally its pretty good yeh

Let me guess: Anything but T.O.T, right?

which sites allow pokersite to kasikorn transfers?
i need to find a new way of cashing out now nick is leaving.

get moneybookers. You can do any site->moneybookers->k-bank.

I just went party->kasikorn yesterday without stopping to think that its probably pretty stupid. Anyone had any trouble with this in the past?

my moneybookers is in euros and i play in dollars :/
so pokersite to kasikorn would be ideal for me.

Does Full Tilt Poker accept moneybooker?