Ministry adds it to the record for new complexes.
PUBLISHED: 25 Jan 2025 at 05: 18
The Bangkok Port’s included leisure complex will now be permitted by the Transportation Ministry.
Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit made reference to an education that his lieutenant, Manaporn Charoensri, gave on Friday to form a committee to discuss the viability of building an leisure complex in slots.
He said many places are being considered.
Regarding the Klong Toey neighborhood’s Bangkok port, Mr. Suriya said the site has a lot of potential given that it is a sizable plot of land with beautiful river views and the ability to convert it into a yacht marina.
Mr Suriya, who is a deputy prime minister, said Bangkok itself is a suitable place for such a growth.
If an entertainment complex that would also building a casino be relocated to the eastern territory, he said the decision is up to a regional committee, and the Transport Ministry has no authority to determine where to locate it.
Sangsit Piriyarangsan, an academic who specializes in social issues that are supposedly brought on by playing, is concerned that the government may even address the current issues of illegal gambling dens and blogs.
Sangsit, a former legislator and creator of The Gambling Demon of Bangkok, claimed that legalizing gambling may cause more problems and put more pressure on the government.
Since he was the chairman of Chulalongkorn University’s Political Economy Study Centre, he has spent years researching underwater gambling operations.
He said the betting “demons” that have been disturbing places, lands and places like Las Vegas, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Singapore are then creeping their way into Thailand.
He criticized the Department of Provincial Administration and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society for not conducting a thorough analysis of the social effects of online gaming.
The research they have done lacked the involvement of the public, which could lead to problems in procedures due to a lack of understanding, he said.
” The act of related legislation to legalize gambling might be simple in terms of state processes. But the trouble is how to access information, understand the problem of the problem, and come up with proactive measures”, said Mr Sangsit.
According to Mr. Sangsit, online gaming may become difficult to control if legalization of it were to be implemented.
He also made the point that while online gambling seems to be available to younger people, casinos normally target adults.
Controlling time constraints online is far more difficult, increasing the risk of dependency among children and adolescents, he noted.