Goa Govt. Issues Standard Operating Procedures for Casinos

On Friday the 6th of November, the government of Goa issued a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for casinos in the state to en🌜sure safe operations during the COVID pandemic.

The SOP directs the casinos to not allow entry to anyone not wearing a mask. Othe൲r requirement🅷s stated in the document include sanitising hands, temperature checks, and strictly observing 50% capacity of a facility.

As per a ꦜin The Times of India, the document states that items including handbags and purs🐬es carried inside a premises need to be properly sanitised before entry.

The SOP issued by the state’s additional home secretary Amarsen Rane also said, “A sufficient number of hand sanitising dispensers should be placed at multiple spots and 💎at gaming tables… for frequent use by guests and staff, (who) shall be encouraged to do so.”

The document mandated, “regular cleaning an💮d disinfectin꧙g of licensed premises, tables, chairs, railings, slot machines, common areas, employee rooms, front and back offices, etc.”

Casinos in Goa and Sikkim were given the permission to operate from November 1st. This SOP is 🌌quite timely to ensure that guests at casinos꧋ can have some level of safety.

The state government in Goa also recently gave some financial relief to the casinos in the state by allow𝄹ing them to pay their annual fees for the year 2020-21 on a monthly pro-rata basis.