Playing Cards Act
{{Short description|Anti-gambling law in Thailand}}
The Playing Cards Act is a law in Thailand that prohibits individuals from owning more than 120 playing cards that have not been registered by the Excise Department.{{Cite web|url = http://www.thailawforum.com/laws/Playing%20cards.pdf|title = PLAYING CARDS ACT, B.E. 2486 (1943) (unofficial translation)|date = |access-date = 2016-02-04|website = |publisher = Thai Law Forum|last = |first = }} The current law was passed in 1943, superseding previous acts. The Playing Cards Acts are part of Thailand's strict anti-gambling laws dating back to 1935.{{Cite news|title = Thai police arrest elderly bridge players in Pattaya| work=BBC News | date=4 February 2016 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35491852|access-date = 2016-02-04}} To ensure legal possession of playing cards, under Section 12 of the law, a competent official has the power to enter anywhere between sunrise and sunset to conduct a search.{{cite news|title=WAGERING YOUR FREEDOM; Part three|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/377807/|accessdate=29 July 2017|work=Bangkok Post|issue=Spectrum|date=2013-11-03}}
Playing Cards Factory
Despite strict laws governing playing cards, Thailand has a long history of card playing.{{cite web|last1=Wintle|first1=Simon|title=Playing Cards in Thailand|url=http://www.wopc.co.uk/thailand/index|website=The World of Playing Cards|accessdate=29 July 2017}} To meet the demand for cards and to control their availability, under the aegis of the Excise Department of the Thai Finance Ministry, a state enterprise called the Playing Cards Factory was authorised in 1938.{{cite web|title=About Us: History| url=https://www.playingcard.or.th/en/profile/201.html|website=Playingcard Factory (Thailand)|accessdate=29 July 2017}} The factory produces over 400,000 decks of cards per month.{{cite web|last1=Wintle|first1=Simon|title=Thai Playing Cards Manufacturing Factory|url=http://www.wopc.co.uk/thailand/playing-cards-factory|website=The World of Playing Cards|accessdate=29 July 2017}} A factory-produced brochure shows the card brands manufactured by the factory.{{cite web|title=Playing Card Brochure|url=http://www.wopc.co.uk/images/countries/thailand/PlayingCardBrochure.pdf|website=Playingcard Factory (Thailand)|accessdate=29 July 2017}} The Playing Cards Factory also serves as a printer for the Thai government.{{cite web|title=Vision-Mission|url=https://www.playingcard.or.th/en/profile/205.html|website=Playingcard Factory (Thailand)|accessdate=29 July 2017}}[https://thaibets88.com/m88-football/ Football Betting In Thailand]
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