{"id":28979,"date":"2022-04-17T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28979"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:35:41","slug":"thailand-special-committee-on-legalisation-of-irs-to-submit-findings-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-special-committee-on-legalisation-of-irs-to-submit-findings-next-month","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: special committee on legalisation of IRs to submit findings next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special committee that&#8217;s studying the possible legalisation of integrated resorts in Thailand will share its findings when the House of Representatives reconvenes next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thailand.- The government committee that is studying the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-analyses-legalisation-of-casinos\" target=\"_blank\">legalisation of gambling in Thailand<\/a>\u00a0will release its findings next month, according to a committee member who spoke with the Bangkok Post. The committee led by Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Ratanasate was formed late last year to consider the feasibility of allowing casinos to help the country recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee consists of 60 members &#8211; 15 cabinet representatives and 45 other party representatives. It&#8217;s examined possible casino revenues and taxes and measures to deal with illegal gambling and online gambling activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee has previously suggested that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangkok-could-host-first-land-based-casino-in-thailand\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand\u2019s first casino could be in Bangkok<\/a>\u00a0or surrounding areas due to the proximity to airports, road connections and hotel infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now,\u00a0<strong>gambling is illegal in Thailand<\/strong>\u00a0other than through state lotteries and horseracing through the Bangkok Turf Club. Nonetheless, illegal gambling is widespread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-to-launch-digital-ticket-selling-platform\" target=\"_blank\">Thailand to launch digital ticket-selling platform<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The special committee that&#8217;s studying the possible legalisation of integrated resorts in Thailand will share its findings when the House of Representatives reconvenes next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Thai government committee studying the legalisation of integrated resorts will present its findings to the House of Representatives next month. This initiative, led by Deputy Transport Minister Atirat Ratanasate, aims to assess the economic feasibility, potential tax revenues, and regulatory frameworks for legalised gambling, including measures against existing illegal and online gambling operations, to support post-pandemic economic recovery.","focusai_entities":"Atirat Ratanasate, House of Representatives, Bangkok Post, Bangkok Turf Club","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.92), operator_casino (0.97), affiliate_publisher (0.75), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.96), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Proposed tax rates?","query":"What specific GGR tax rates and licensing fees are being proposed by the committee, and how do these compare to established integrated resort jurisdictions in Asia?"},{"label":"Regulatory frameworks?","query":"Beyond initial legalisation, what specific governance frameworks, B2B\/B2C licensing structures, and responsible gambling mandates are being considered to ensure market integrity and mitigate social harms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-28979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28998,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28979\/revisions\/28998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}