NIDA, The National Institute of Development Administration, had conducted a survey regarding the government’s policy of approving the opening of entertainment complexes that includes casinos. 56.72% of the sample group stated their disagreement on opening both complexes and casinos.
Only 24.12% agreed with the entire policy, while 9.01% had no opinion. There was also a group of 8.78% that preferred opening complexes without casinos, while the remaining 1.37% agreed on opening only casinos.
NIDA then asked 858 of those who preferred opening only complexes and those that disagreed with the entire policy about the government’s investment plan, which will not use state’s funds but is expected to generate national revenue of THB 12 – 39 billion annually. The administration found that 84.15% of those still reject opening both complexes and casinos, while 11.31% preferred opening only entertainment complexes. Only 3.26% agreed on opening both complexes and casinos, while 0.7% stated their preference for opening only to casinos. The remaining 0.58% had no comment.
When asked about the entertainment complex act, which will be the first agenda of the parliament session next month, 37.1% of the sample group expected that the parliament would discuss it but would not pass the first reading.
The other 27.48% speculated that the discussion about the act would be postponed, while 19.85% believed the act would pass the first reading. Additionally, 8.17% did not make any response, while the remaining 7.4% speculated that the parliament will dissolve first.
Finally, when NIDA asked about setting a referendum about the act, 61.6% of the sample group agreed to it, while the other 30.08% did not. Meanwhile, 7.94% did not have any comment, and the remaining 0.38% did not respond to the question.
This poll was conducted on 1,310 people aged above 18, across several segments of education, occupation, and income, from June 16 to 18 nationwide.
