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Thailand Entertainment Complex Bill legislative timeline
Cabinet approval Q1 2025
The Entertainment Complex Bill cleared Cabinet approval in early 2025 and entered House of Representatives committee review through Q2-Q3 2025, with full parliamentary passage targeted for late 2025 or early 2026. The bill authorises integrated entertainment complexes containing hotels, conference centres, theme parks, retail, and a casino component (capped at roughly 10% of total complex floor area). Licence terms run 30 years with a 30 percent gross gaming revenue tax rate. Thai national entry fees of THB 5,000 per visit and net-worth thresholds are proposed to limit domestic gambling participation. Implementing regulations and the actual licensee selection process are expected to extend into 2027-2028.
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The Entertainment Complex Bill cleared Cabinet approval in early 2025 and entered House of Representatives committee review through Q2-Q3 2025, with full parliamentary passage targeted for late 2025 or early 2026. The bill authorises integrated entertainment complexes containing hotels, conference centres, theme parks, retail, and a casino component (capped at roughly 10% of total complex floor area). Licence terms run 30 years with a 30 percent gross gaming revenue tax rate. Thai national entry fees of THB 5,000 per visit and net-worth thresholds are proposed to limit domestic gambling participation. Implementing regulations and the actual licensee selection process are expected to extend into 2027-2028.
The Entertainment Complex Bill cleared Cabinet approval in early 2025 and entered House of Representatives committee review through Q2-Q3 2025, with full parliamentary passage targeted for late 2025 or early 2026. The bill authorises integrated entertainment complexes containing hotels, conference centres, theme parks, retail, and a casino component (capped at roughly 10% of total complex floor area). Licence terms run 30 years with a 30 percent gross gaming revenue tax rate. Thai national entry fees of THB 5,000 per visit and net-worth thresholds are proposed to limit domestic gambling participation. Implementing regulations and the actual licensee selection process are expected to extend into 2027-2028.
Time scope
2024-2028 legislative trajectory
Source basis
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Interpretation notes
What this tells you
The Entertainment Complex Bill cleared Cabinet approval in early 2025 and entered House of Representatives committee review through Q2-Q3 2025, with full parliamentary passage targeted for late 2025 or early 2026. The bill authorises integrated entertainment complexes containing hotels, conference centres, theme parks, retail, and a casino component (capped at roughly 10% of total complex floor area). Licence terms run 30 years with a 30 percent gross gaming revenue tax rate. Thai national entry fees of THB 5,000 per visit and net-worth thresholds are proposed to limit domestic gambling participation. Implementing regulations and the actual licensee selection process are expected to extend into 2027-2028.
What not to do with it
Timeline subject to coalition government realignment; opposition parties have signalled procedural delay tactics in the House.
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