Thailand might be legalising casinos within the close to future. The House of Representatives recently voted in favour of setting up a 60-seat extraordinary committee to consider the opening of casinos, that are nonetheless illegal in Thailand. Opening Before for playing is anticipated to attract in additional revenue from international tourists. 310 MPs voted in favour while 9 have been in opposition to and 10 abstained.
Earlier this yr, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha said he would consider the legalisation of playing. His statements got here at a time where quite a few Covid-19 clusters have been linked to illegal playing dens and elusive gamblers have been stated to be a problem for health officials making an attempt to trace down those who may have come in close contact with the virus..