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Deputy finance minister Julapun Amornvivat said a report will be ready for cabinet consideration in three or four weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- The Ministry of Finance has announced that the final draft of a bill to legalise entertainment complexes with casinos<\/a> is nearly complete and will be ready for cabinet review within three to four weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixteen government agencies have had input on the proposal initially drafted by a special House committee<\/a>. This feedback will be included in supplementary documents to the draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it receives cabinet approval, the bill will be sent to the Office of the Council of State for further review before being presented to the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Nation, government agencies provided comprehensive feedback on both the economic and social implications of the project. While there was unanimous agreement on the potential economic benefits, several agencies emphasised the need for mechanisms to mitigate the social impacts of gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill proposes the formation of a national committee<\/strong>, which would include representatives from various agencies, to oversee the project. Five locations are considered potential hosts for casino complexes: two in Bangkok, and one each in the Eastern Economic Corridor, Chiang Mai, and Phuket. In May, Julapun Amornvivat<\/strong> suggested that the casino component would be no more than around 5 per cent of the project\u2019s total area<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Lau Kok Keng: \u201cA major challenge for the arrival of casinos in Thailand lies in the regulatory framework\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deputy finance minister Julapun Amornvivat said a report will be ready for cabinet consideration in three or four weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thailand's Ministry of Finance is nearing completion of a bill to legalize integrated resorts with casinos, with cabinet review expected within three to four weeks. The proposal, incorporating feedback from sixteen government agencies, highlights unanimous agreement on economic benefits but emphasizes the critical need for robust social impact mitigation mechanisms and a national oversight committee. Potential locations include Bangkok, the Eastern Economic Corridor, Chiang Mai, and Phuket, with casinos projected to constitute a minor portion of the overall development.","focusai_entities":"Julapun Amornvivat, Ministry of Finance, Cabinet, House committee, Office of the Council of State, House of Representatives, national committee, Lau Kok Keng","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Eastern Economic Corridor, Chiang Mai, Phuket","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges are anticipated for B2B and B2C operators given the proposed national committee oversight and social impact mitigation focus?"},{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"How might the 5% casino area limitation impact the GGR potential and overall ROI for integrated resort developers compared to established Asian gaming jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777016595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016595","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=777016595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016619,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016595\/revisions\/777016619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}