Laos closes China border casino | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Laos closes China border casino

Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 00.12
Online news:

Laos is ending gambling in the former casino enclave of Boten on the Chinese border because of worries about crime, state media said Wednesday.

"There has been speculation over criminal activity in the gambling town, which forced the government to close the casino," the Vientiane Times reported, without saying when the business was shut.

Laos plans to take greater control of security at the site and strip the Boten management of some powers, reclassifying the area as a "special economic zone," the report said.

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dao
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Discussion 4 : 22 Mar 2012 at 12.134
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I wonder who owns all the Thai owned casinos along Thai borders ?
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khunbill
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Discussion 3 : 22 Mar 2012 at 10.523
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Right on Laos. A little country with guts
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Discussion 2 : 22 Mar 2012 at 08.222
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Many years ago, I saw the same closure in Burma in "Mong-lar" now a place controlled and contested by the "Wa" army. Concern about China (huge country) in Laos, Vietnam & Burma is not new.

In Mong-lar it was closed on the Chinese side of the boarder because of all the Chinese money flowing out of the country. Gambling is illegal in China (except in Macau).
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Discussion 1 : 22 Mar 2012 at 08.101
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At least Laos admits how much China has taken over in Laos. Thailand will never publish figures about how much of Thailand the Chinese own.
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