PUBLISHED: 14 Jan 2025 at 09: 02
According to Digital Economy and Society ( DES ) Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong, the government is working hard to legalize online gambling and is seeking feedback from relevant organizations.
Mr Prasert, who is also a deputy prime minister, on Monday provided an upgrade on the constitutional adjustments needed to decriminalise online gambling.
” That’s the principle. Illegal online gaming is widespread these times, and we’re trying to make it legal”, he said.
However, he said it has not been decided what laws must remain amended in order to modify the action’s legal standing.
Mr. Prasert cited the association between uncontrolled online gambling and socially and economically destructive activities that are often linked to online criminal syndicates. ” A pressing government policy is to remove online gambling from the shadows and give it lawful status,” the minister said.
According to him, the government is already creating a procedure to provide to related organizations with best practices for handling online gambling operations.
Mr. Prasert argued that the controversial bill to create leisure complexes that will house the nation’s first legal casinos is completely independent from legalizing online gambling.
Making legalized gambling is a part of a proposed constitutional amendment that calls for hearing views from related bodies, particularly the Ministry of Interior and the Office of the Council of State, the president’s lawful arm.
While the Ministry of Interior is in charge of amending the certain regulations and laws, the DES is leading the effort to find a technological solution to stop online gambling.
According to him, the partnership is necessary because the current laws governing the prosecution of online crimes do not properly reflect recent technological developments.
On Jan 5, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra delivered a campaign statement in Chiang Rai, stressing the administration’s plan to legalise sure underwater activities, such as online gaming.
He was assisting the Pheu Thai Party, the municipal operational organization’s chair, in conducting a vote-planning campaign the following month.
Thaksin noted that no income can be collected from the state from the action despite the fact that several people participate in and make a significant amount of money online.
Thaksin also said that millions of users, whose ages may be verified, are involved in online gambling, so it was great moment that it was decriminalised.