BANGKOK: Thailand is considering legalising football betting, a multi-million-dollar obsession among Thais who are banned from most forms of gambling, officials said yesterday.
Finance Ministry permanent secretary Somchainuk Engtrakul has said that a new committee would launch a feasibility study into legalising the illicit but extremely popular practice, an official at the government lottery office said.
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