{"id":777014501,"date":"2024-04-05T08:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014501"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:26:16","slug":"thailand-awc-to-benefit-from-potential-casino-legalisation-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thailand-awc-to-benefit-from-potential-casino-legalisation-analysts-say","title":{"rendered":"Thailand: AWC to benefit from potential casino legalisation, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tisco Securities thinks the luxury hotel operator could benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.-<strong> Tisco Securities<\/strong> has said that the possible\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-labour-minister-in-favour-of-casino-legalisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legalisation of casinos at entertainment complexes<\/a>\u00a0in Thailand could benefit luxury hotel and retail centre operators like Asset World Corporation (AWC). It says  AWC has several mixed-use projects in the pipeline for the next five years, which could serve as suitable locations for casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts claimed that AWC&#8217;s strategic asset locations near major airports, as casinos are likely to be established close to key transport hubs. They said casinos could boost revenue per room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime minister<strong>\u00a0Srettha Thavisin<\/strong>\u00a0is reportedly in favour of a move to legalise casinos to attract foreign direct investment.\u00a0Earlier this week, some 253 of the 257 lawmakers present at the\u00a0<strong>House of Representatives<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-house-approves-proposal-for-further-study-of-possible-casino-legalisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted in favour<\/a>\u00a0of advancing the exploration of the possibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Galaxy Entertainment Group\u00a0<\/strong>have already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/galaxy-and-mgm-resorts-explore-casino-opportunities-in-thailand-and-uae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shown interest in the possibility of casino resorts in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tisco Securities thinks the luxury hotel operator could benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Tisco Securities projects that the potential legalisation of integrated casino resorts in Thailand could significantly benefit luxury hotel and retail operators, specifically citing Asset World Corporation (AWC) due to its strategic mixed-use developments. This initiative, supported by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and recently advanced by lawmakers, aims to attract foreign direct investment, with major international operators like MGM Resorts and Galaxy Entertainment already expressing interest.","focusai_entities":"Tisco Securities, Asset World Corporation, AWC, Srettha Thavisin, MGM Resorts International, Galaxy Entertainment Group","focusai_location":"Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Thailand IR Regulatory Framework?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are being considered by the Thai government to ensure responsible gaming, AML, and fair market competition for potential integrated resort operators?"},{"label":"AWC's Strategic Advantage?","query":"How might Asset World Corporation's existing mixed-use project pipeline and strategic asset locations near transport hubs provide a competitive advantage in securing a B2C casino license or partnering with international operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23632,23907],"class_list":["post-777014501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-integrated-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014501","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=777014501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014520,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014501\/revisions\/777014520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}