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**gastabegree** · 09-22-2012, 03:53 AM

Thai main reason why all are so crazy about foot ball is that they can bet on it. If you ask me which friends of mine actually plays the sport – None. But they all watch the matches intensively. Crowd gathers anywhere there is TV in public and money exchanges hands.

I thought snooker used to be popular in Thailand though, but because of betting on it there was some restriction put on it by the government which then meant it became less popular. I heard something about that in a radio documentary once, but I've forgotten the exact details.

09-22-2012, 03:53 AM	#20
gastabegree Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	Thai main reason why all are so crazy about foot ball is that they can bet on it. If you ask me which friends of mine actually plays the sport – None. But they all watch the matches intensively. Crowd gathers anywhere there is TV in public and money exchanges hands. I thought snooker used to be popular in Thailand though, but because of betting on it there was some restriction put on it by the government which then meant it became less popular. I heard something about that in a radio documentary once, but I've forgotten the exact details.
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