00:00Did you know that Thailand once had legal casinos?
00:02According to the Priti Panom Yong Institute, the Thai government faced major financial pressure in the 1930s and 1940s.
00:10In 1939, after abolishing certain taxes, they needed new ways to generate income.
00:15So they tried something bold, opening a casino in a certain area. It was a short experiment and it didn't last long.
00:22Then came the Second World War. By 1945, the country was in deep economic trouble.
00:27This time, the then-government legalized casino more widely in Bangkok and several provinces, hoping gambling revenue could help fund the public needs.
00:36And it worked for a while, generating millions of baht. But the search cost was high, gambling problems, rising crimes, backlash from the public.
00:45So by May, all the casinos were shut down.
00:49Thailand once had legal casinos, not because the country loved gambling, but because it was desperate for money in times of crisis.
00:57So that's what I was trying to consider.
00:59The number of customers had that from the left is a majority, and it's not a small business.
01:05It doesn't even matter.
01:06The current case, the next one has been키ed for you for the last decade.
01:08It turned out very quickly, and it was probably the same issue.
01:10That's why I was thinking.
01:12It was more like a lot of people trying to think about it.
01:14I had such a lot of people trying to get married.
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