By allowing and giving permission to open legal casinos, it might just help the state to support the economic and financial position of the country. Many political parties constantly argue around such topics. The amount of money flowing out of the country coupled with the economic crisis that Thailand is facing may suggest the current legality around gambling to change. These data show that despite being illegal, the Thai gambling business is very large and potentially has enormous benefits. A survey of 7 casinos in Poipet found that there are 700-1,000 Thai businessmen and politicians playing per day, each playing at least 500,000 to 1 million baht per day. Most of the players are Thai, making around 300 billion baht per year out of the country. There are at least 22 casinos along the Thai border, with most of them having businessmen and Thai politicians get involved.
The figures of the study are consistent with the results today. In addition, the results of the research also found that 70% of adults regularly gamble (underground lottery). It was expected that in the future the income will be much higher than this.
Despite this, between 19, the Office of the Research Fund found out that all income from illegal gambling businesses in Thailand (underground lottery, football betting, boxing betting, gambling, stock lottery, etc.) was worth up to 360,000 million baht per year.
All forms of gambling, apart from horse racing and the state lottery, are illegal in Thailand.
