The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a full report of the proposal to set up a casino-entertainment zone in Thailand following a three-hour meeting to discuss the matter. Sanhapot Suksrimuang, a committee member from the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), told the House the study took 240 days and its report was comprehensive. The MPs spent about two and a half hours making observations and suggestions before endorsing the report. Meanwhile, Thanakorn Komkrit, secretary-general of the Stop Gambling Foundation, criticised the committee report as lopsided, saying it hardly touched on how to prevent illegal gambling dens and widespread online gambling. Despite spending eight months studying the issue, the committee also failed to look into the exploitation of casinos by criminal gangs to launder dirty money, he said.
