{"id":777025106,"date":"2025-04-10T02:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777025106"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:00:23","slug":"thai-pm-defends-casino-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-pm-defends-casino-bill","title":{"rendered":"Thai PM defends casino bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paetongtarn Shinawatra said entertainment complexes would boost the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra <\/strong>has defended the bill to legalise casino resorts<\/a> in Thailand. She said certain groups were spreading misinformation about the contents of the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a meeting with senior government officials at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) headquarters in Bangkok, Shinawatra reiterated that gaming areas would occupy less than 10 per cent of each entertainment complex and that the bill would not allow anyone to open a casino anywhere other than the limited number of approved destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shinawatra said the move would create new job opportunities and improve skills development. She urged officials to clearly communicate these intentions to their teams and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday (April 9), the government postponed a parliamentary debate on the bill. Shinawatra said the government was focusing on the issues of US tariffs and the aftermath of last month\u2019s earthquake. The bill will be reintroduced in the next parliamentary session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, a group of about 100 civil society organisations<\/strong> has claimed that the cabinet rushed approval and ignored the concerns of lawmakers, academics and the public. An online survey conducted by the Ministry of Finance <\/strong>from February 28 to March 14 found that 80 per cent of people backed the country\u2019s proposed casino legislation, but a more recent poll<\/a> <\/strong>showed that many Thais have concerns about possible negative impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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See also:<\/span> Hong Kong football chief open to legalising gambling<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paetongtarn Shinawatra said entertainment complexes would boost the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777024943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has defended Thailand's proposed bill to legalize casino resorts, emphasizing economic benefits and limited gaming footprints within integrated entertainment complexes. Despite public concerns and a postponed parliamentary debate, the government maintains the legislation will drive job creation and skills development, with a reintroduction planned for the next session.","focusai_entities":"Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Ministry of Finance","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Timeline Impact","query":"What specific legislative amendments or concessions are being considered to address civil society concerns and expedite the bill's passage in the next parliamentary session?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Projections","query":"What are the projected GGR contributions and foreign direct investment (FDI) estimates associated with the proposed integrated entertainment complexes, and how do these compare to regional benchmarks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[24628,154,158,16333],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-777025106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025106","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=777025106"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777025154,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025106\/revisions\/777025154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777024943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777025106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777025106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777025106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}