Topic: Thailand to Legalize Gambling To combat Illegal gambling or.... (Read 837 times)

This way they will be able to even regulate the gambling industry and have room to clamp down on those who would have laundered money through gambling house and sites if they weren't under regulations that keeps them under some checks and balances,  there as some benefits the government can actually get from this gesture because like you rightly mentioned its innate to humans so you may not succeed in totally eradicating it, so it will be better to legalized it and get it controlled or regulated.

This will give revenue to the government instead of having black market in gambling. They realized that banning gambling will just promote illegal gambling sites. Since gambling is already part of most people, why not get something out of it rather than tolerate the black market? Do remember that gambling is like innate to humanity for a very long time.
Thailand may be a conservative country as I've been there before. But this is gambling, and no race is exempted from knowing gambling, right? So it is just right to regulate this activity and generate revenue rather than let the black market operate this on their people.

That's a great idea and way past due. I just got off a call with Ploy from casinohub888 and she says there has been an influx of new affiliate sites just these past few months. So the industry is getting prepared it seems like

that must be a best move for the country , gambling cannot be stopped we must admit that reality instead  of banning why not let be legal but with limitation , let each to gamble only maximum of certain amount and not to tolerate the addiction.

and aside from that? gambling can be a way to gain more taxes .

In general it is a good idea, as it has been amply demonstrated that bans do not serve to end the activity, but relegate it to the underworld, dependent on mafias and are more dangerous for players, apart from the fact that the state does not collect taxes for them.


Apart from that, which is a good reason, by making it legal the state can control it better, and can force operators to introduce responsible gambling measures, for example, which are measures that protect the player.

That is a very wise decision and should have been done earlier. Just imagine the tax revenue they have lost by not doing it before. I agree with the opinion that it is more about generating revenue. The gambling industry is one of the biggest tax contributors, so doing it is a good move. There is no point in not allowing it. Just legalize them if you can't put a clear stop to it or eradicate it completely.

I agree with you that gambling can help raising the flux of money going on inside the local economy, boosting jobs creation and tourism. It can help the country collecting more money from foreigners, what is very important for every nations to thrive. The government just has to ensure gambling is being legally introduced in an efficient and professional way, so the society can take advantage of this activity. I mean, casinos have to be attractive to tourists. There must be quality services available for tourists, so they will give positive feedbacks, encouranging many other tourists to visit the country as well.

Legalizing the practice is also important to guarantee citizens access to the activity without fear of being punished or persecuted by the local government for being a gambler. I imagine people feel relieved and more comfortable by gambling in a country where it's allowed, so they don't have to worry about playing in secret far from everyone and at clandestine houses, which can be dangerous.

If the dominance of the industry in Thailand is more based on gambling, I think it is much better to maintain and legalization will not be in vain for the growth of this industry in Thailand.

But on the other hand in the good thing, of course there is a bad risk about the society young or old in response to gambling, although many workers are in this industry, there will be rampant gambling, there will be many impulsive gamblers who can kill their future if not accompanied by gambling literacy very well, this will be the biggest risk to the country, because with bad gambling habits it will lead to bad human character in society and it is very dangerous for the future in the country if dominated by gamblers who are stupid in self-control.

These countries have populations that are dependent on gambling. Because they work in many casinos, their jobs are depending on degens spending their money on games. Making the games legal would mean permanent work for these employees and allowing collection of tax from these casino owners. Its like killing two birds with one stone.

These Asian countries have been in this gambling economy for a long time now. I hope things get better for them and government oppression does not reduce their morale for living out their already hardship filled life.

Therefore, their main goal in legalizing gambling is to collect taxes and by doing so, of course the country will benefit. Indeed, even though they legalize gambling, but it does not mean that illegal gambling will disappear completely. But at least, by legalizing gambling and getting lots of gambling platforms and casinos operating, then money will still go into the state treasury. After all, if the comparison is that gambling is not legalized, then the country does not get income from gambling and therefore, imposing taxes on the gambling industry will certainly provide good income for the country compared to nothing at all.

If the Thai government legalizes gambling, then they must be ready to accommodate all monitoring of casinos that will operate there. whether it's an online or physical casino.
I agree with that kind of thing, because banning something that is illegal but has a good market, will only make them grow wild. but if everything is regulated and organized, the government can control its development.

Several countries that still prohibit gambling are currently quite concerned about the growth of online gambling sites such as slots and sports betting. That's because there are many cases of people losing at gambling and getting into debt that have gone viral on social media

Yes directly you assume if there are people who become homeless because of the impact of gambling, they should be ignored, yes if they do not commit crimes to meet their gambling needs ignored is not a problem but what if they commit crimes and there are many of them, maybe it will have the worst impact that can be felt by the casino environment itself.

Yes even so I think for the first time Thailand needs to experiment first before legalizing in all its regions, but maybe what you see in this case is a physical casino, but today we are talking about online casinos which may even be much more complex and their customers are far outside the area, this is a tough homework for the current government to supervise and audit each casino, whether they really set up the system fairly or not according to the advertised opportunities.

And regarding the homeless that are made because they lack gambling literacy then I think with online casinos they will be scattered and not in an environment like the physical casino environment.

About the players who will lose and live on the street, of course there will be very few such players, but they will exist, even if you can count them on the fingers of one hand. And the authorities will either have to ignore them and pretend as if nothing happened, or solve this problem.

Regarding the special zone for gambling, I know that such experience has been used in Russia for about 10 years. There are only a few places where gambling is allowed, but some players therefore travel to neighboring countries, where you can play almost anywhere, without specific zones for this. Residents of some areas in which they permanently live may not be very happy if the gaming zone is placed near their homes, because the casino will most likely operate 24/7 and very losers or very rich players will come out of there and each of them will behave differently .

I do think it is better than trying to eradicate the illegal ways of gambling. If you can’t beat them, just join them 

But seriously though the government needs to understand that making something illegal will not erase the activity but will only promote illegal ways of doing it and this applies to everything: marijuana, abortion, and etc.

Yes, legalizing casinos will contribute to attracting investment and tourism, creating more jobs as well as revenue for the government. In addition, legalizing casinos will create a legal framework to more effectively monitor gambling activities and limit illegal gambling venues. This country is not afraid to compete with other "red and black" tourist destinations in the region. A legal casino market in Thailand would bring great success in attracting foreign visitors, Creating strong competition with the region's largest casino center - Macao - the only place in China where people can legally gamble in casinos.

However public opposition to legalized gambling is strong. To allay concerns about potential negative social impacts due to casino legalization, the Thai Prime Minister said that casino operations will only be allowed in defined areas within entertainment complexes.

Legalization of gambling is mostly to the advantage of the country, all the while when it was still made illegal, I believe the country was loosing out and they still Weren't able to totally stop everyone from gambling as so many person had their way around it and were still gambling, the country can now task both the casinos and in extreme cases gambling wins all of which will be going back to the countries Treasury for the benefits of the country and the increase in their IGR. It may also attract investment because there are some big casino investors who would have wanted to establish a presence there but because it has not been legalized all this while, they didn't gate a chance at it.

Gamblers who hide to gamble may now gamble openly as they aught to and have as much fun as they wish to have gambling,  illegal gambling has got a whole lot it does to the society, apart from them not been taxable, they can be used to launder money and it may not be known because they are not accountable to any authority, they can also defraud gamblers of their winnings and nothing will be done about it because there's no regulations around it but withe legalization, all of these factors will most definitely be taken care of by regulatory bodies that will be kept in charge of these casinos and gambling investments.

Illegal gambling is already rampant in Thailand, there are also several reports and cases on gambling addiction even if gambling is not legalized in the country yet.  According to an article[1]  Billions of dollars worth is formed by illegal gambling activities.  This is also one of the main reason why the PM decides to legalize gambling since illegal gambling has already affected the Thai citizen, it won't do more harm if they legalize it converting the money generated by illegal gambling into government funds.  This way people who are engaging to illegal gambling will shift to legal gambling and the government can have statistics of players and my implement preventive measure to those who are experiencing gambling addiction.  Statistics is a strong factor in deciding on what to do next especially those citizens who have signs of gambling addiction.


I am sure the Thailand government have preventive measure for gambling addiction.  They won't pass on a bill that have no solution on the possible problem the bill will create upon its implementation.  The leaders and knowledgeable people on the subject will surely discuss the best route to maximize gambling profit while minimizing its negative effect to the citizen.

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[1] https://www.thailand-business-news.com/opinion/94917-thailands-dangerous-gambling-addiction

in my opinion the wisest choice is never to prohibit something but rather to legalize it, in my opinion it is the most important thing to prevent gambling from doing dangerous things because it is easy for it to become something managed by mafias or criminal systems

Complicated to the extent that their citizens might be the one will suffer to the consequences of gambling. If they legalize it for sure that gambling activity will be rampant in their country. That's really risky especially if the casino operator can able to advertise their services anywhere. And this is consequences of the decision they've done and if they don't create any gambling education campaign to their citizens then provably that there are so many lives will be in trouble and family will be broken due to possible gambling addiction.

We see the stigma and addiction didn't bring anything good to people but lets see what will happen. We are just speculating and maybe Thailand government have better plans aside from legalizing and take tax from those companies.

But I don't think it would be that despicable and that bad, it's too much, it's quite difficult to imagine the addition of gamblers coming from outside then they lose money there and become homeless, I think it's quite an overthinking to see the benefits and impacts.

Maybe in Thailand will also do a special area to legalize gambling, it is impossible for them to legalize in all their areas, if all of them are legalized it will be very difficult, looking at Macau they are also a special area, the government should also look at this and consider it very well, yes it can be said as a trial to minimize the impact that might be generated if the decision to legalize gambling is made and agreed upon.

If the picture you mentioned is just going to be garbage there, the number of homeless people will make it difficult for the government and also violence as a result of this will arise there, because usually if there are too many homeless people and their lives are not sufficient, they may commit violence and crime to survive and that is a very bad picture.