{"id":1108337,"date":"2025-08-04T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:55:05","slug":"thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand officially recognises poker as a sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM.jpg\" alt=\"thailand declares poker a sport\" class=\"wp-image-1108323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM-300px-200px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM-768px-512px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM-180px-120px.jpg 180w, https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-4-2025-04_48_00-PM-700px-466px.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport\/#Poker_tournaments_receive_state_support\" >Poker tournaments receive state support<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport\/#Restrictions_still_in_place\" >Restrictions still in place<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/thailand-officially-recognises-poker-as-a-sport\/#What_does_this_mean_for_Thai_sport_and_tourism\" >What does this mean for Thai sport and tourism?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Poker_tournaments_receive_state_support\"><\/span>Poker tournaments receive state support<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision opens the door for official poker tournaments in Thailand. In August, the country will host the WPT Prime Thailand, the first international poker event sponsored by<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Tourism_and_Sports_(Thailand)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thailand'<\/a>s Ministry of Tourism and Sports. The tournament is expected to attract foreign players, boost sports tourism and generate economic benefits domestically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Thai authorities signed a cooperation agreement with the World Poker Tour earlier this spring. The aim of the agreement is to ensure the smooth organisation of the tournaments and to lay the foundations for a long-term cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Restrictions_still_in_place\"><\/span>Restrictions still in place<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although poker is officially recognised as a sport, there are still strict restrictions in Thailand. Only the state lottery and horse racing can operate legally in the country. Even card games are restricted, with no more than 120 individual cards per person unless they are officially registered with the Thai Customs Department (&#8220;Excise Department&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, the possibility of opening resorts in Thailand with entertainment, accommodation and casino areas was considered, but this plan was put on hold due to political instability and public uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_this_mean_for_Thai_sport_and_tourism\"><\/span>What does this mean for Thai sport and tourism?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition of poker as a sport could open up new opportunities for Thai sport and tourism. The official status will allow for more events, more international cooperation and a change in the public's perception of the game. However, until the general restrictions are changed, everything is likely to be limited to sports-related poker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poker tournaments receive state support This decision opens the door&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9670,"featured_media":1108323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,12,1],"tags":[141,9966],"class_list":["post-1108337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-pokerio-naujienos","category-uncategorized-lt","tag-pokeris","tag-tailandas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1108323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}