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A bill will be presented during the upcoming Monsoon session of parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The Maharashtra <\/strong>government has decided to move ahead with the legalisation of casinos in the state. A bill will be presented during the upcoming Monsoon session of parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports suggest that the state government is exploring the possibility of casinos at popular tourist destinations. The move comes after the recent decision of\u00a0the Goods and Services Tax (GST)<\/a> to impose a 28 per cent tax rate on the full face value of online gaming, casinos and horse betting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local media, authorities have seen this as a way to increase the state’s revenue. Some politicians and business people had called for the legalisation of casinos, pointing to the presence of gaming in neighbouring Goa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manoj Chavan<\/strong>, the general secretary of the small right-wing party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) previously said that casinos in Maharashtra\u2019s popular tourist destinations<\/a>\u00a0such as Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai and Konkan could potentially attract visitors year-round. He estimated potential revenues of up to $1.1bn, with the government receiving over $300m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chavan said casino gaming would have a ripple effect on related sectors such as tourism, entertainment, and hospitality, creating indirect tax revenue and employment opportunities throughout Maharashtra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bill will be presented during the upcoming Monsoon session of parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Maharashtra government is advancing legislation to legalize casinos, with a bill slated for the upcoming Monsoon session of parliament. This strategic move aims to significantly increase state revenues, particularly following the recent 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposition on online gaming and casinos. Projections indicate potential annual revenues of up to $1.1 billion, fostering economic growth across tourism, entertainment, and hospitality sectors.","focusai_entities":"Maharashtra government, Goods and Services Tax (GST), Manoj Chavan, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)","focusai_location":"India, Maharashtra, Goa, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai, Konkan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Bill's Regulatory Scope?","query":"What specific B2B and B2C licensing categories, responsible gambling mandates, and taxation frameworks are anticipated within the proposed Maharashtra casino legalization bill, particularly in light of the 28% GST on GGR?"},{"label":"Market Entry Strategy?","query":"How will the Maharashtra government structure the competitive landscape for casino operators, and what are the projected timelines for license issuance and operational commencement for new entrants?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777007367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777007367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007391,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007367\/revisions\/777007391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}