Goans Banned from Casinos, Gaming Commissioner Announced

Goa Chief Minister ཧPramod Sawant has from 1st February, 2020 ♈onwards.

The Chief Minister further announced that the Commercial Tax Commissioner has ꦗbeen designated as Gaming Commissioner under Section 13C of the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act as amended in 2012 by later Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Sawant further announced that the newly designated Gaming Commissioner will be given the right to enter any casino in the state at any 🥀time and ask for identity proofs of people entering offshore and onshore casinos in the state.

It may be noted that the amendment to the Goa Gambling Act to insert provisions to appoint a Gaming Commissioner to oversee and regulate casinos in the state and ban locals from accessing casinos was passed by the Goa legislative assembly in 2012, but a formal notification to implement the same ha🌳s not been issued till date.

Meanwhile, state ports minister Michael Lobo had earlier𓆉 indicated that a long-pending circular to would be issued shortly and the Gaming Commissioner would be formally appointed before the state budget session in the legislative assembly next week.

Lo🌺bo had last week also stated that the pending Casino Policy of the sꩲtate, that envisages shifting of the offshore casinos to a land 🧔zone near the upcoming Mopa airport will be taken up soon, once the ban on iron ore mining in the state 🌄imposed by the Supreme Court is lifted.

He added that a long-term policy to shift offshorඣe casiꩲnos to a land zone as envisaged by Parrikar will be taken up by Chief Minister Sawant soon,