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HISTORICAL FACTS: Mae sot perfect for casino - The Untold Story

An aerial view of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge over the Moei River between Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak province and Myawaddy town in Myanmar. (Photo: the Ministry of Transport)

Mae Sot district in Tak is "almost ready" to host an entertainment complex along the border with Myanmar, which will compete with a similar complex that opened in Myawaddy on Myanmar's side, according to a House committee.

Thepthai Senapong, a former Democrat MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat -- in his capacity as a member of a committee studying the feasibility of opening such a complex -- said the district is ready to open the complex, which is slated to include a casino.

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