Thailand gambling tycoon gets 6 years in jail for rigging the lottery

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Maverick — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 05:53:45 GMT

True, if their fellow inmates or prison guards played that lottery, I suspect they will receive some extra beatings.

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kilowatter — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:01:09 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Maverick on December 30, 2004Damn riggers! People aren't afraid of doing time from lottery rigging cos it's a white collar crime (and it's most likely their first offense). No one's gonna see 20 years or death row.That's true, but in this case, being Thailand, I suspect the 6 yrs. they were sentenced to won't be a picnic in a Thai prison, especially if any of your fellow inmates (or guards) were lottery players.

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Maverick — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:22:45 GMT

Damn riggers! People aren't afraid of doing time from lottery rigging cos it's a white collar crime (and it's most likely their first offense). No one's gonna see 20 years or death row.

Thailand gambling tycoon gets 6 years in jail for rigging the lottery

Lottery Post — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:01:46 GMT

Five men including Klom Bang Kruai, a gambling tycoon from Nonthaburi, have been sentenced to six years in jail for rigging the lottery in Thailand.The Criminal Court found Somtrakul Jomkrathok, Kittichart Kulpradit, Narong Unpaet alias Klom Bang Kruai, a lottery bookmaker in Nonthaburi, Suriyan Duangkaew, and Pichai Thep-arak, a tycoon from Lop Buri, together with other suspects still at large rigged lottery results of the Government Lottery Office and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural