{"id":777027314,"date":"2025-06-04T09:19:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777027314"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:15:52","slug":"former-thai-pm-and-deputy-finance-minister-to-explain-casino-bill-at-senate-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-thai-pm-and-deputy-finance-minister-to-explain-casino-bill-at-senate-committee-meeting","title":{"rendered":"Former Thai PM and deputy finance minister invited to Senate committee meeting on casino bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abhisit Vejjajiv and Julapun Amornvivat have been called to a meeting scheduled for next Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-special-senate-committee-to-review-casino-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate committee<\/a>\u00a0reviewing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-fiscal-policy-office-issues-12-point-statement-backing-casino-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the bill to legalise casino resorts<\/a> in Thailand has called former prime minister <strong>Abhisit Vejjajiva<\/strong> and deputy finance minister <strong>Julapun Amornvivat <\/strong>to a meeting on Thursday (June 5). According to the Bangkok Post, it will be Julapun&#8217;s second time attending a Senate meeting to explain the rationale behind the proposed legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a meeting on May 29, the committee heard from <strong>Chidtawan Chanakul<\/strong> from Kasetsart University&#8217;s Faculty of Economics and representatives from a youth network against gambling, <strong>Sornsit Krimjai <\/strong>and <strong>Thanaphat Chaloemrat<\/strong>. Chidtawan suggested that any jobs created by casinos will be low skilled and argued that illegal casinos would still exist, as demonstrated in more developed countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sornsit and Thanaphat expressed concerns that allowing entertainment complexes with casinos could be perceived as encouraging gambling. They raised concerns that this could lead young people to neglect their education in favour of seeking quick money through gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u00a0delayed discussion of the casino bill\u00a0until the next parliamentary session, which starts on July 2 due to the issues of US tariffs and April&#8217;s earthquake. Prime minister\u00a0<strong>Paetongtarn Shinawatra <\/strong>hsa said the bill would boost the country\u2019s economy and bring the country in line with a global trend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shinawatra accused opposition parties of misinforming the public about the contents of the bill and said it would be difficult for Thai citizens to gamble in casinos due to checks on their financial and criminal backgrounds. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/bloomberry-gets-new-summon-over-hackers-theft-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indonesias-perludem-website-hacked-to-promote-online-gambling'>Indonesia&#8217;s Perludem website hacked to promote online gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abhisit Vejjajiv and Julapun Amornvivat have been called to a meeting scheduled for next Thursday.<\/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":"The Thai Senate committee is reviewing a bill to legalize casino resorts, with Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat and former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva called to provide input. While proponents argue for economic benefits and global alignment, critics raise concerns about job quality, persistent illegal gambling, and potential societal impacts on youth. The bill's parliamentary discussion has been postponed until July.","focusai_entities":"Abhisit Vejjajiva, Julapun Amornvivat, Chidtawan Chanakul, Kasetsart University\u2019s Faculty of Economics, Sornsit Krimjai, Thanaphat Chaloemrat, Paetongtarn Shinawatra","focusai_location":"Thailand, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2C licensing conditions are being debated to mitigate the societal risks highlighted by opposition groups, particularly concerning responsible gambling and financial background checks for Thai citizens?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Projections","query":"How do the government's projected GGR and NGR from legalized casino resorts compare with independent economic analyses, considering the potential displacement of existing informal gambling revenues and the proposed tax structures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[29,229,342],"class_list":["post-777027314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-gambling","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027314","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=777027314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027494,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027314\/revisions\/777027494"}],"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=777027314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777027314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777027314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}