Breaking down Indian gambling in a famous hotel in Pattaya 200 million turnover found

Pattaya, May 1 - Indian gambling officials raid Open to gamble in a famous hotel in Pattaya Collected almost a hundred gamblers. Found more than 500 million rupees in circulation or 200 million baht, claiming to have cleared the police.

Police, Muang Pattaya Police Station with police force More than 100 immigration officials in Chonburi Province surrounded a hotel on Phra Tamnak Road after discovering that inside the hotel's meeting room, a large gambling den was smuggled out.

The aforementioned hotel is a 4-star hotel. Examining the ground floor meeting room found a group of more than 100 Indian tourists playing baccarat at various points within the meeting room. The police then showed up to arrest him. Causing Indian gamblers to split up and run away in different directions They also tried to block the arrest. Some tried to run away from the meeting room. It took the police a long time to gain control of the situation.

Preliminary control of 84 Indian gamblers, 68 males, 16 females, 6 Thais, 4 males, 2 females, and 4 Myanmar workers Seized 4 baccarat tables, 3 poker tables, 8 CCTV cameras The 15,612 money-changing chips, worth 209,215,000 rupees, equivalent to 87,363,790 Thai baht, 92 mobile phones, 16 decks of playing cards, 2 notebooks, a money-counting machine and a number of hookahs. More than 40 gamblers' credit books were seized, with more than 500 million rupees in circulation, equivalent to about 200 million baht in Thai money, and live online poker gambling behavior was also found in India.

Officials revealed that This group of Indian tourists entered Thailand on April 27. And is scheduled to return to India on May 1, with a group of Indian tourists initially admitting that they entered Thailand to gamble in particular. Because the person who brought them in said that gambling in Thailand is not illegal. therefore brought together to Thailand to gamble There will be Thai people to assist with traveling to Thailand. The gambler must open credit to exchange chips. Some people open their own credit for up to 14 million rupees, equivalent to about 6 million baht in Thai money.

A 32-year-old woman admitted to being the organizer of the gambling, saying she rented the hotel for 120,000 baht per day, confirming that the hotel was not involved. Because after paying with the hotel, it will be asked to be private. in which he will carry out everything including food and accommodation for gamblers including facilitating this group of gamblers As for all the devices, they admitted that they had just been brought into the hotel 2 days ago, while the gambling equipment came from India before the COVID period. And who dares to allow Indian gamblers to play, claiming that there are Mr. Phakin and Mr. Ek to clear the mat for the authorities in order not to interfere And paid more than 2.4 million baht in bribes, and just opened for play for only 2 days, then was arrested by the police.

Initially, the police sorted people. both gamblers and card dealers, including those involved to take legal action The investigation must be made until it is clear to inform the allegations. As for the opening of a large gambling den, it was noted that the hotel had a part in knowing or not. Including people who organized gambling, claiming that more than 2 million baht was paid to the police as a permit to open this casino. Which the police will continue to investigate and expand the results.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency