Casinos

Here's why Ministers are recommending uniform 28% GST on online gaming, casinos, horse racing

The GST council has constituted a committee of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the tax issues on online gaming and horse racing, and casino, while consulting with the state governments.

In move aimed at gender equality, Goa Assembly passes bill allowing women to work in night shift in industries

Deputy chief minister of Goa Chandrakant Kavlekar, who moved an amendment to the Factories and Boilers Act, made it clear that women employees would not be forced to work at night

GSM leader Subhash Velingkar hits out at BJP for not mentioning Mandovi river casinos in run-up to Panaji Assembly bypoll

The GSM, mentored by former Goa RSS chief Subhash Velingkar, has opposed the offshore casinos in Mandovi river and has asked that they be shifted from the river to deep in the Arabian Sea

Native Goans to be barred from casinos from 2019, new policy this month, says Manohar Parrikar

Native Goans would be banned from entering casinos from 2019, after the state government appoints a gaming commissioner to regulate the industry, Manohar Parrikar said.

Manohar Parrikar govt to make coconut Goa state tree, shift offshore casinos out of Mandovi river

The Manohar Parrikar-led government is working out a policy to shift offshore casinos out of Mandovi river as part of its "Common Minimum Programme" (CMP)

BCCI plays cop, tells players not to visit casinos during Australia tour so they don't meet 'wrong people'

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has told players on the five match ODI series tour in Australia not to visit casinos so they can potentially avoid meeting the "wrong" kind of folks. <em>The Indian Express</em> reports that this "instruction" was passed on to the team during their bus ride from Brisbane to Melbourne, the venue of the third one-dayer against Australia Sunday.

Bitcoins hit Las Vegas as two casinos will now accept virtual currency

The co-owned Golden Gate Hotel and Casino and The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel will begin accepting bitcoins on Wednesday as payment for hotel rooms and related purchases, casino officials said in a statement.

Now, strict anti-money laundering guidelines for casinos in Goa

Goa government has notified anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism guidelines, 2013 which will keep a strict check on casinos operating in the state so that they do not indulge in illegal money transactions.

No licence for offshore casinos that don't move out of Mandovi: Parrikar

Goa government will not renew licences of the offshore casino vessels that do not move out of Mandovi river in Panaji, once their current permission expires, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday.

David Beckham's new gig: Promoting casinos in China

Retired soccer star and sometime underwear model David Beckham has signed on to help promote Las Vegas Sands' properties in Singapore and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.