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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing "Not now, not the now". I initially made a video citing a Braveheart reference regarding gambling when I sort of messaged the Prime Minister talking about gambling generally here in Thailand, and I used sort of a Braveheart reference, so I'm kind of continuing in that theme. 

And basically people have asked me, "well you come from gambling; you say you want it; why did you go against it in this instance?" I don't think it's great under these circumstances, honestly, and I really don't like that it's come in in this kind of shady, murky, nebulous Bill that none of us understand but then Reuters had a copy of it which okay, so they get to see it but the public here don't get, whatever. It didn't look right from that angle. I also am very concerned that Thailand is going to leave so much on the table, especially if foreigners get involved with having Casino licenses and concessions and things here, I worry. Thailand will leave a lot on the table that they just don't know what they don't know, okay. It's why I've said and again I know it sounds a little strange, but Thailand really should do some research on Indian Gaming. There's a book called Hitting the Jackpot. It's about the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe in America that owns I believe still Foxwoods which is the largest poker room still in the world, I believe. So, I mean we're talking about some of these tribes have a lot of resources as a result of legalized gambling. That being said, you need to understand, again there are aspects of 'you don't know what you don't know'. For example, certain jobs that spin off of these operations, for example Valet Parking. They do a good job in the movie Casino showing how Valet Parking is a lucrative endeavour and there are ways of making money in that in a way that's very different from any other type of business. Another example of this is Steve Wynn revolutionized certain aspects of the entertainment gambling complex structure when he changed the way ushers operated in seating people in shows in these casinos and things. These are things that are sort of if you have never seen the business from the inside, you don't know what you don't know. 

So the point of this video is I do think it's right for Thailand to take a minute. We have a couple of years left in this Parliament. Let's pump the brakes and really study what we want to legalize, what we want it to look like, the benefits we want Thailand to accrue from this; that can all be built in. Again, licensing dealers, certification associated with that. All of that can be built into an Act that can be very beneficial to the nation.

So, the point I was trying to make, and I also it's kind of a funny side note, I have some Scottish background, and Scottish is always sort of funny. I always thought it was "not now”, and I thought it was just their accent, they were saying "not now" but they are saying "no the now". I did not know that that's the actual phrase. It still means basically the same thing "not now" but "No the now". It is kind of an interesting little point there. I think it's also funny because in terms of legal comparative law my understanding that if you a Venn diagram between Scotland and Thailand on the legal systems, it would be very, a lot of commonalities there compared to standard Common Law jurisdictions like we are used to in the United States, or the Westminster system out of England. Scotland has a Civil Law System and again the overall structure is in many ways similar to the way the Thai system works. Not in every way, but in certain ways. So I don't know, worth pointing out kind of from a Comparative Law standpoint as well. That being said, again I think it's a good idea to kind of go slow and easy for now with regard to gambling here in the Kingdom of Thailand.