The Times they are a changing ..

[Drunk Monkey]

Reading that the PM is thinking about legalizing gambling ... .. siting the countries only gambling den that started the recent covid infection cluster in Rayong. Starting with "discussions" withe the public to access the feeling of making it ok ..link below.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/pm ... g-gambling

DM

[noosard]

That goes with no prostitution
No corruption
Safe roads
And best of all democracy

[Khun Paul]

Well I do feel that he is pandering to many in his Government and outside businesses to curtail the Covid spread, good PR speak but sadly I fear little real action . We forget, he also promised Police reform and their corruption has caused many , many problems with their Inaction, BUT NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN DONE, about that particular malaise . Keep hopes up , it is after all all we have but his ( PM ) track record is pretty abysmal, on changing things and this is a Culture change , even harder.

[pal52]

Reading that the PM is thinking about legalizing gambling ... .. siting the countries only gambling den that started the recent covid infection cluster in Rayong. Starting with "discussions" withe the public to access the feeling of making it ok ..link below.

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/pm ... g-gambling

DM

Thaksin tried it years ago and even started building a casino in the Ambassador Hotel in Pattaya in conjunction with a certain member of the royalm family who is a shareholder in the hotel.

Think it was the military who stopped it.

[Drunk Monkey]

The Ambassador was the huge hotel on the main Sukhumvit road in Na Jomtien if i recall correctly ... similar info of a possible casino venture years back in the Nasa Vegas hotel on the airport link in Bangkok . I stayed there on a few occasions and recall the deck of cards emblem on doorways both tucked away inside the hotel reception and outside leading to the beer garden/terrace.

Will be very interesting to see how this pans out and the overall opinion regarding legalizing gambling weighing up the huge tourist and local income it could possibly generate against it being seen as dangerous to society and fundamentally immoral.

DM

[glalt]

This is Thailand and they may have a very good chance of legalized gambling. In the years before an individual was adamantly opposed to it so the idea was quickly dropped. Now with the old individual gone, they may be able to do it after this virus thing is over with.

[Drunk Monkey]

Yes agree .. may have away better chance of being legalized nowadays ..and add a huge boost to tourist numbers and income once the virus issue is resolved .