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Thai police raid bridge club and arrest elderly players

gambling industry gambling legislation gaming industry

2016-08-26 13:15:40

August 26th, 2016

Thai police raided a game of bridge, played by ex-pats in Pattaya. The game did not comply with Thai gambling law and elderly players had to pay a fee to get released.

Thai police raided a bridge club in the Thai resort town of Pattaya. Twelve foreigners were among those arrested in the anti-gambling raid. Among the arrested group were Irish, British, Swedish, Australian and Norwegian citizens. According to Pattaya One, an 84-year-old Dutch woman was also among those held in the police raid.