Cabinet to determine location of casinos
PUBLISHED : 21 Dec 2024 at 05: 48
Police raid an illegal casino in a hotel in Nonthaburi in November last year. (Police photo)
The government will determine where casino-entertainment complexes will be located to ensure fairness among bidders in the project, if the bill legalising gambling in the country becomes law, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said.
“If the locations are chosen by the government, this will allow investors to compete fairly in the bidding. This will prevent the bid specifications or conditions from being designed or fixed to favour a particular bidder,” Mr Julapun said.
“Some investors may have their own land and want to push a casino-entertainment complex to be constructed on their land,” he added.
He said that a government committee would decide how many casino complexes will be built in the country. When a number is decided, the committee will presen
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