It’s all very intense, friends fall out, there is little conversation, I have heard of women winning or losing as much as 30,000 baht in these card games and of course all losses have to be paid back. But it’s always the same, the stakes might start small but they quickly grow and the game gets more serious, money is borrowed to win lost money back and so the downward spiral starts.

Indeed a very good friend of mine who had a Thai wife had to flee both Pattaya and then Bangkok because of her gambling debts and because unknown to him she had put him, her ‘farang’ husband, up as the person who would guarantee her gambling loans from the local Thai mafia.Īll the Thai girls say the claim the same thing, they say it’s just a bit of fun for little money. I have met several Thai wives or Thai girlfriends with gambling problems. Like many Asian countries gambling really does appear to be a big problem for some Thai women and it does often get them into big difficulties. What does your Thai Girl do with all the money you send her, what signs should you be watching out for? Could your Thai Girlfriend or Wife have a gambling problem and What are the Signs?

Wife has a gambling problem