{"id":777007587,"date":"2023-07-25T07:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007587"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:43:06","slug":"goa-rules-out-new-offshore-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-rules-out-new-offshore-casinos","title":{"rendered":"Goa rules out new offshore casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant has refuted claims that a jetty was being built for a new casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant has said that his government will not grant permission for additional offshore casinos. He refuted claims from opposition leader Yuri Alemao that a jetty was being built on the Chapora River to facilitate a casino operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the jetties were solely for ferrying passengers, urging the opposition not to incite panic among the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, it was revealed the state government of Goa is considering<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-considers-new-rules-for-monitoring-casino-operations\" target=\"_blank\">amendments to the draft Goa Public Gambling Rules, 2022<\/a>, with the aim of implementing more stringent regulations on casinos in the state.\u00a0Authorities believe there is a lack of mechanisms in place to assess the profiles of casino clients and ascertain the legality of their funds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No mechanisms exist to monitor the amount of money spent by clients at offshore or onshore casinos. The proposed rules would allow the gaming commissioner to issue entry tickets for casinos, replacing the current practice of issuance by casino operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant has refuted claims that a jetty was being built for a new casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Goa's Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant, has denied claims of a new casino jetty and affirmed that no additional offshore casino licenses will be granted. Concurrently, the state government is considering amendments to the Goa Public Gambling Rules, 2022, to introduce more stringent regulations, particularly concerning client profiling, fund legality, and spending monitoring for both offshore and onshore casinos.","focusai_entities":"Pramod Sawant, Yuri Alemao, Goa","focusai_location":"India, Goa, Chapora River","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Operator P&L?","query":"What are the projected financial implications for existing casino operators in Goa if the Gaming Commissioner assumes control over entry ticket issuance, potentially affecting revenue recognition and operational autonomy?"},{"label":"AML\/KYC Implementation Details?","query":"What specific technological and procedural frameworks will be mandated for casinos to 'assess client profiles and ascertain the legality of their funds' under the proposed Goa Public Gambling Rules, 2022 amendments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777007587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007587","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=777007587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007619,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007587\/revisions\/777007619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}