Casino Gambling in Thailand
So now we may have casino gambling set loose in Kingdom. Not since the vision of nuclear power plants has corporate Thailand had the chance to embrace the prospect of free money in construction, corruption and operations on a biblical scale. Of course a gambling industry here could be a viable and instrumental in securing a proper education for every Thai child or at least to improve drainage on my Soi during the rainy season. Unfortunately this will not happen.
Thailand is too proud to look at the “Singapore Model” and will fully embrace the “Cambodian Model” when it comes to cheesy casinos, restrictions and rules of operation. Rather than integrate casino gambling into a coherent tourism strategy many ministries with their fingers in the pie will only be concerned with what they can get out of this cash cow. Can we all visualize the same hours of operation that will match exactly with the hours of alcohol sales at 7-11 while hiding the playing chips behind a not so secret panel so the Thai people will not be tempted to gamble?
Casino gambling does have the potential to contribute positively to the Thai economy however three things are certain if this mega-project sees the light of day. The rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer and Thailand will be declared a “gambling hub”.
David Barkdull
Casino Gambling in Thailand
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