India’s Goa Bans Local People From Casinos

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India’s Goa Bans Local People From Casinos
Amendment Will Come Into Force On March 1


PANAJI, India, Jan 3, (AFP): Authorities in Goa have decided to ban local people from entering the holiday state’s casinos, which from March will only welcome tourists. Goa’s Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announced the amendment to the state’s gambling act, which will come into force on March 1, prohibiting locals from entering either onshore casinos or those on ships in Goan waters. “The act would be amended making it mandatory for the person entering casino to prove that he is tourist and not a Goan,” Parrikar said Thursday, adding that a gaming commissioner would be appointed to regulate the casino industry. Tight restrictions exist on gambling in India, where Goa is one of few states to allow casinos — it has more than 12 in its various five-star hotels. It is also the only Indian state to have offshore gaming vessels, which are anchored in the Mandovi River in Goa’s main city of Panaji.

 

[Ayush]

Because the locals visit these casinos and lose all their money.
This has forced the government to take this measure

 

[A.Rafay]

Casino La Maison. .

 

[vicky sen]

Because the locals visit these casinos and lose all their money.
This has forced the government to take this measure

They also sometimes win some money, no???

 

[Ayush]

They also sometimes win some money, no???

but they mostly lose,its a casino after all.

 

[Armstrong]

but they mostly lose,its a casino after all.

Not everyone is like you - a guy who even lost his underpants in a game of Poker !

Some of them might be players !

 

[bronxbull]

awesome mr.manohar parikkar.

 

[vicky sen]

but they mostly lose,its a casino after all.

Did you lose your underpants in a game of Poker??

 

[kaykay]

I personally have been to many casinos in Goa but still I don't find it a bad decision. Casinos are banned in most of the Indian states but Goa can't ban it completely as Its a tourist place and its economy run on tourism.

 

[Fireurimagination]

I believe it was the demand of the locals as many from Goa were getting addicted to gambling

 

[illusion8]

Good decision, Goan casinos should be a money attraction - attracting foreign money.

 

[Sugarcane]

It applies to residents of Goa only or all Indians?

 

[nair]

It applies to residents of Goa only or all Indians?

To goans only...... Others can go and gable and lose their money....

 

[Sugarcane]

To goans only...... Others can go and gable and lose their money....

How they will check it? I think many people will be outsider their for jobs?

 

[nair]

How they will check it? I think many people will be outsider their for jobs?

I really dono how they gonna make it operational.... Probably by asking ID.....