Football punters nabbed
Police have arrested 532 football gamblers in Bangkok and the metropolitan area in the last two weeks.
Of that number, 92 were unofficial bookmakers. Money being gambled totalled Bt196 million but only Bt500,000 of cash was seized, police said.The latest arrests came in the 24 hours before 6am yesterday when 54 gamblers and 10 bookmakers were held. Bets totalled Bt5.4 million and Bt43,460 was seized, police said. The arrests follow a special mission aimed at stopping gambling, especially among youths, during the World Cup. Police have checked about 3,000 premises around the capital. From June 10-16, Assumption University conducted a public survey, from which it concluded that the number of people in Bangkok involved in football gambling was expected to rise from 850,000 to one million during the World Cup. The poll also estimated that the amount being gambled would rise from Bt2 billion to Bt3 billion.
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