Special Committee of the Thai Congress recommends that eight gambling activities, including online casinos, stock indexes and foreign exchange, as well as international and local sports events.The report also recommends legalizing the five regions to increase the taxes of the country while cracking down on illegal gambling.
(Bangkok Comprehensive News) The Thai government's plan to discuss the construction of a casino caused a bipolar response.Social problems that may trigger the legalization of the casino.
The Thai Congress established a special committee in December 2021 to discuss the economic value and potential issues of the legalization of the casino.After more than two hours of debate on Thursday (January 12), Congress passed the report from the Special Committee.This report has been presented.
The Special Committee suggested that the government allows eight gambling activities, including online casinos, stock indexes and foreign exchange, as well as international and local sports events.The report also recommends legalizing the five regions to increase the taxes of the country while cracking down on illegal gambling.
In addition, the Special Committee also explores the construction of a comprehensive entertainment center plan with a casino, and proposes that it can be located in Bangkok, eastern Thailand Economic Corridor, 22 major tourist attractions, 100 kilometers of international airports, or permanent entry and exit.The house of the shore.Among them, Bangkok and Eastern Thailand Economic Corridor are the most optimistic to be allowed to establish comprehensive entertainment centers.
However, some opposition members of the Congress of the Party have raised objections. They are worried that the casino will become a money laundering platform, and the public may also be in debt because of addiction to gambling.Pakornwut UdomPhiphatsakul said: "Before opening a casino, we must hold a public hearing and referendum to hear the opinions of the people."
Thanakorn Khomkris, Secretary -General of the Non -Government Organization, also criticized the report biased.He said that about 95 % of the report concentrated on how to earn income from the legalization of the casino, and only 5 % discussed other businesses of the integrated entertainment center."This shows that the purpose of research is to emphasize the advantages of legalization of casino, but many important topics have been ignored, such as preventing money laundering and other criminal activities, and the impact of the legalization of gambling on the society."
Investigation: More than 80.6 % of the respondents agree to build a casino plan
According to a survey result of Royal University of Xuan Sunan, Thailand, more than 80.6 % agreed to build a casino plan. The interviewees included residents from possible residents of casino areas.
Bangkok Post visited residents in these areas and found that people have different views on building casinos.Among them, Swift, who lives near the International Airport Airport, holds opposition.He believes that although the casino can drive the community to become a tourist attraction, overall disadvantages are greater than benefits.For example, he said that hotels and bars around the casino may disrupt the community.
The hawker Tyrate is worried that the legalization of the casino will promote drug abuse.He said: "As far as I observe, when people gambling to win money, they often spend money on drugs."
However, some people believe that officials can launch appropriate management measures to reduce the possible problems of the construction of casinos, including allowing casino to stay away from schools and communities.
Sources revealed that in addition to the casinos, the comprehensive entertainment center also has five -star hotels, shopping centers, beauty and spa centers, amusement parks, zoo, and indoor and outdoor stadiums.
Sources said that Congress will draft a bill to legalize the casino business of the comprehensive entertainment center.
Sources also said that the casino will be open to foreigners and Thai people, but the latter must be 21 years old and proves that their bank accounts have stored 500,000 baht (about S $ 20,000 about S $ 20,000 for at least six months.) Deposit, the income earned from the casino must be taxed.
