Sri Lanka: Government to Legalize Gambling to Attract Foreign Tourists

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | 1 comment | November 17th, 2010 | Trackback

After almost three decades of civil war, Sri Lanka is looking for ways to attract more foreign tourists, and one option is to open its doors to casino development. Parliament recently passed legislation to legalize gambling and established a plan to designate special gambling zones where casinos and betting agencies could set up shop. The law will create centralized control for licensing casinos and other gambling operations. Currently some casinos and other betting centers operate in Colombo by slipping through loopholes in existing law, but the new law will permit development of larger enterprises.

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