{"id":777025369,"date":"2025-04-16T02:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777025369"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:49:31","slug":"thai-special-senate-committee-to-review-casino-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-special-senate-committee-to-review-casino-bill","title":{"rendered":"Thai special senate committee to review casino bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first meeting is due to take place on April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- A special Senate committee has reportedly been tasked to review the\u00a0bill to legalise casino resorts<\/a> in Thailand. According to the Bangkok Post, the first meeting will take place on April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel initially comprised 35 members following a proposal from senator Sorachat Wichaya Suwanphrom<\/strong>. It has been reduced to 34 members due to senator Premsak Piayura<\/strong>‘s resignation. The meeting will focus on appointing a chairperson, outlining the framework for the study and nominating a replacement for Piayura. The committee has 180 days to complete its work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee includes 12 members from outside the senate. According to an unnamed source, efforts are being made to appoint an external candidate with ties to a political family in Buri Ram as chair. This has led to concerns regarding the study’s impartiality amid rising tensions<\/a> between the governing Pheu Thai Party and the Bhumjaithai Party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, former Prime Minister\u00a0Thaksin Shinawatra<\/strong>\u00a0said he is confident\u00a0that the\u00a0bill to legalise casino resorts\u00a0in Thailand will \u201ceasily\u201d pass its first reading in the House of Representatives. The bill was expected to be debated in Parliament on April 9, but the debate was postponed due to the issues of US tariffs and last month\u2019s earthquake. It will be reintroduced in the next parliamentary session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shinawatra said there had been differing views but insisted these were not severe enough to threaten the bill\u2019s progress. defended the bill. Reiterating the opinion of his daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra<\/a>, he said certain groups were spreading misinformation about the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n

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See also:<\/span> Thailand cabinet approves online gambling proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first meeting is due to take place on April 23.<\/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":"A special Senate committee in Thailand is set to review the proposed bill to legalize casino resorts, with its inaugural meeting scheduled for April 23. The committee, tasked with a 180-day review, faces concerns regarding impartiality amidst political tensions between the Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai parties. Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expressed confidence in the bill's eventual passage through the House of Representatives.","focusai_entities":"Sorachat Wichaya Suwanphrom, Premsak Piayura, Thaksin Shinawatra, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai Party, Bhumjaithai Party","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok, Buri Ram","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Timeline","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing structures are being considered by the Senate committee, and what is the projected timeline for their implementation?"},{"label":"Political Risk Assessment","query":"How might the reported political tensions between the Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai parties impact the impartiality of the committee's review and the ultimate legislative trajectory of the casino resort bill?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[29,342],"class_list":["post-777025369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025369","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=777025369"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777025406,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025369\/revisions\/777025406"}],"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=777025369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777025369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777025369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}