The heart of the argument is morals in public policy - The moral argument recently won through in the UK and has until now been up front here in Thailand.

The UK has bookmakers all over the place including every football ground, fruit machines everywhere from chip shops to launderettes where kids play on them, the availability of lottery tickets on every single checkout at the supermarket and online gambling, where we get no tax as the companies are all registered in Gibraltar.

They stopped 1 Vegas style casino, but still gave permission for 16 slightly smaller ones, with more to follow

If it is done properly with a limited amount of Vegas type casinos it would be good for tourism and is a enjoyable night out for all but the few who just cant stop.

Edited March 9, 200818 yr by howtoescape

Most people don't want casinos

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Just what Thailand really needs, &lt;deleted&gt; educating the public after all I dont know a single Thai already in debt??? Talk about getting your policies worked out!!

<br /><br />Do you really believe it is the role of government to use force (jail, guns) to tell people what is best for them? That is a really repugnant concept, that one person/being (king/government) knows what's best for 60 million people and will use force to push their views on them.<br /><br />And, further to that, do you know one American who isn't in debt? In fact, the great majority of Americans are bankrupt... especially when you add up all the debt owed on municipal, state and federal levels. It works out to about $300,000 per person... so a family of four is in debt to over a million.<br /><br />Yet, you see some thai people who owe $500 to someone and get angry that now their economy is going to increase dramatically because a bunch of tourists are going to want to come to Thailand to play some blackjack?<br /><br />Your thought process is very, very deluded.<br />

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YES I DO THEY NEED EDUCATING HALF OF THEM HAVENT A CLUE and the other half dont know!!

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Just what Thailand really needs, &lt;deleted&gt; educating the public after all I dont know a single Thai already in debt??? Talk about getting your policies worked out!!

<br /><br />Do you really believe it is the role of government to use force (jail, guns) to tell people what is best for them? That is a really repugnant concept, that one person/being (king/government) knows what's best for 60 million people and will use force to push their views on them.<br /><br />And, further to that, do you know one American who isn't in debt? In fact, the great majority of Americans are bankrupt... especially when you add up all the debt owed on municipal, state and federal levels. It works out to about $300,000 per person... so a family of four is in debt to over a million.<br /><br />Yet, you see some thai people who owe $500 to someone and get angry that now their economy is going to increase dramatically because a bunch of tourists are going to want to come to Thailand to play some blackjack?<br /><br />Your thought process is very, very deluded.<br />

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Being English I dont know 1 American , I do know most of my friends are in debt but not due to gambling due to buying houses. I owe nothing. At the end of the day when all these Thais are hocked up to their eyeballs its the rest of the countries taxes that will bail them out . How many poor Thais go to court and get let off how many never pay off the debt who pays in the long term? probably every other Thai tax payer or their family loses their farm land and more people suffer. In the Uk now you can declare youtself bankrupt after 1 2 months many are now doing this its a total "getout" for them just gamble and borrow and in the end its the tax payers who foot the bill. They need education after all if you knew the chances of actually "winning" in gambling and you probably do you's know its stacked well and truly against you and in the long run the casinos win. If you dont know this............................?