Hundreds arrested in Euro 2016 anti-betting sting
More than 1,000 suspected gamblers and bookmakers have been arrested in the past two days as police target Euro 2016 betting.
No minors were found to be involved, said deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen yesterday.
In his capacity as chairman of the anti-gambling police centre, which was launched ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament, Pongsapat received campaign material yesterday morning from Lt-Colonel Noon Sansanakhom, a Government Lottery Office board member, and other anti-gambling networks at Royal Thai Police headquarters.
Noon said the GLO Foundation for Social Development and allies produced 2,000 vinyl signs saying “[People’s] lives are safe if [they] refrain from football gambling” for the centre to distribute to nationwide precincts. He also urged the public to alert authorities about football betting activities via hotlines at 191 or 1599.
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