Why should gambling be legal in Thailand?
Income from casino business Generated more than 1 billion US dollars for Singapore. Singapore is currently expanding its number of casino resorts. while competing countries are continuously advancing. Thailand is standing by and watching as its neighbors earn large sums of income from this special business tax. used to develop his country since 2010
In addition to businesses in old industries, including agriculture, auto parts. and the production of electronic components, which is the main income of the country’s GDP, Thailand is focusing on developing the New S-Curve industry in special economic zones, which are found to require enormous investment. Has a long payback period What is even more unfortunate is that the raising of these funds has not promoted the tourism sector, which is a large source of the country’s income, at all.
Casinos are another business. that can clearly support the tourism business Through attracting foreign money to play games in casinos Including spending Relaxation in both resorts and tourist attractions Most of which are customers with very high purchasing power. This can benefit businesses in each sector thoroughly. Both retail Food, beverages, souvenir products, hotel accommodations, including health businesses and medical services.
I must admit that Currently, Thailand already has illegal casino operations. With a value of money circulating in the system of more than 40,000 million baht, only through operations through more than 330 online gambling websites (Krungthep Turakij 2021) and money circulating in the entire country of more than 600,000 million baht (Krungthep Turakij 2020), all of this is still money that No taxes are paid. causing the government to miss the opportunity to collect revenue It also encourages corrupt behavior. And there has been a long period of corruption among Thai people.
Initiating the supervision and collection of casino taxes. The government should start by organizing online gambling websites into the tax process. Passed the application for permission, assessment, and company establishment. and brought into the process of systematic inspection, supervision and tax payment. The above related activities require cooperation from various agencies, both public and private. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Interior
This is for the benefit of the country in terms of tax collection. Suppressing corruption and illegal operations To bring benefit and happiness to the Thai people forever.
Implementation of the pilot project will begin soon. Conditions for participating in the project will be announced among those interested in registering as online casino business owners as the first group.