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Goa Government Forms Special Team to Inspect Casinos

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5 years ago

January 24, 2020

Niji Narayan

India: Goa’s Offshore Casinos Get Twelve-month Extension to Operate on the Mandovi River

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The state government of Goa has formed a special team to inspect the carrying capacity of offshore casinos in the state. The mandate of the special team also allows them to inspect onshore Star hotel casinos in Goa.

The team has been constituted after the government suffered losses in revenue due to some offshore casino operators allegedly reporting false capacities of their vessels. The special team will inspect Goa casinos for compliance to the conditions set under issuance of their licenses from the Home Department.

The inspection team will be led by Under Secretary of the Home Department. Its other members will include officers from Commercial Taxes and Goa State Pollution Control Board, an Assistant Engineer from the Public Works Department and a police inspector of the concerned area.

The casino industry in Goa has been around for over two decades. The state’s government has made several promises to shift offshore casinos to an alternative location and to enact a comprehensive policy for regulating casinos in the state. In September 2019, offshore casinos were granted an extension of six months to operate in the River Mandovi till March 31, 2020.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.