GAMBLING PROBLEM MANAGEMENT IN THE FUNERAL BY THE ELDERLY AND COMMUNITY IN SRISAKET PROVINCE

Abstract

                The objectives of this research article were to tudy the context and the problem of gambling in funeral merit in the areas and to suggest the ways of suitable gambling problem management in funeral merit by elderly people and community in the areas. This research is a qualitative research. The researchers target specific study target groups and use of collecting the data with in-depth interview, participant observation and non-participant observation, focus group and meeting to suggest the ways in problem management of gambling in funeral merit, descriptive data analysis and creating a conclusion. The research findings are as follows: 1) The context and the problem of gambling in funeral merit in the areas of Sisaket province, it is the tradition that have performed for a long time, if there is not gambling in funeral merit, it will not have people to help the host or people who come to help the host, there will be a little and in some area they have started to take legal measures, regulations and agreement being the community rule entered to help in reducing the spread of gambling in funeral merit. Which the results obtained from taking legal measures as mentioned above, it can only reduce the gambling in short period 2) The ways of suitable gambling problem management in funeral merit of elderly people and community in the areas of Sisaket province found that, the transfer of knowledge or Buddhist doctrine by the elderly, to be controlled by family and community, the regulations of community that have mutually agreed, MOU with institute or village, campaign and public relations of local, building the gambling problem surveillance network in the local, and it should have gambling legal reform for bringing about to practice in the local to cause the clarity.