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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 16:09:26 GMT 7
What's the point of not building a world class casino in Bangkok? Or several. Build a strip of casinos like Vegas and watch the tourist numbers sky rocket along with the cash.
It's fine for Thai citizens to venture over the border to spend their cash , so why not let them blow the money inside Thailand?
Change the law.
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Post by chiangmai on Sept 3, 2017 16:18:46 GMT 7
I guess that most of the casino's that operate on or just over the border are controlled by powerful people who likely pay money to politicians etc, many I would guess are Chinese. It's a bit like why we can't get a decent public bus service in Chiang Mai and that's because we already have large numbers of red cars that are controlled by powerful figures, no matter that they cause pollution and clog the roads, money is paid over to allow such things to continue.
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Post by siampolee on Sept 3, 2017 17:30:59 GMT 7
We've already got the Klong Toey Casino in Bangkok which thrives as do its patrons or so it seems. Mind you I have heard tell a foreign punter, Polish I believe, took a hammering there though. Once a man twice a boy;)
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Post by Mosha on Sept 6, 2017 12:07:46 GMT 7
Rama V went to Europe, and he was taken to a casino. He decided they were a bad idea. That's why there are no official casinos here.
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Post by mistermember on Sept 6, 2017 12:32:42 GMT 7
More urgent in my opinion are bans on mumbling and possibly bumbling. We must leave grumbling untouched, or I may not have anything to post about.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2017 13:02:32 GMT 7
Rama V went to Europe, and he was taken to a casino. He decided they were a bad idea. That's why there are no official casinos here. I agree with him. Some time back we had a booth at the SEMA show in Vegas so I was there for 2 weeks, never gambled a single cent. I already have too many vices.
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Post by AyG on Sept 6, 2017 13:06:01 GMT 7
Rama V went to Europe, and he was taken to a casino. He decided they were a bad idea. That's why there are no official casinos here. Sources? Rama V (1853-1910) tried to suppress gambling in the South. However, it wasn't until 1917 that gambling was banned, with legislation being passed in 1930 specifically banning casinos. Rather amusing then that there's a Rama Casino in Ontario.
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Post by Mosha on Sept 6, 2017 14:23:21 GMT 7
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Post by rgs2001uk on Sept 6, 2017 21:29:43 GMT 7
Buy your condo now, get rich quick, big casino coming, oh .
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 2:44:33 GMT 7
It would be a social catastrophe.
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Post by smokie36 on Sept 7, 2017 3:42:49 GMT 7
Smokie says don't be a fool....keep your money in the bank. Cancel your internet gambling sites. Give up this affliction.
Remember....we never hear when you are losing!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 12:07:18 GMT 7
It would be a social catastrophe. Gambling underground is huge in Thailand. There's casinos in far poorer countries than Thailand that the thais use already.
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Post by chiangmai on Sept 7, 2017 16:28:28 GMT 7
It would be a social catastrophe. Gambling underground is huge in Thailand. There's casinos in far poorer countries than Thailand that the thais use already. Yup, the larger cities are littered with underground casino's as is the border areas also, building a legal casino here would be akin to legalizing prostitution in that no new activity is being introduced, it's just the profits are being redirected and taxed.
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Post by Mosha on Sept 7, 2017 19:47:31 GMT 7
People owning the gambling debt have been killed to avoid payment. One in the next village with the child looking on.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 20:48:34 GMT 7
It would be a social catastrophe. Gambling underground is huge in Thailand. There's casinos in far poorer countries than Thailand that the thais use already. Nothing to do with poverty. Everything to do with psychology. Chains of legal casinos would have an economy altering affect on the locals, and not a good one.
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