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Over Rs. 200 mn charged from locals entering Casinos within four months: Siyambalapitiya
A revenue of more than Rs. 200 million has been earned so far from the fees charged from locals who patronised casinos from April this year, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said today.
He told Parliament that a fee of USD 50 is charged from locals who enter casinos from April 01 this year.
Speaking during the debate on the Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment) Bill, the Minister said 9,081 persons had entered casinos during the four months of February, March, April and May and 5,381 of them are foreigners while 3,656 are locals.
"In 2015 it was proposed to charge a fee of USD 100 from locals who enter casinos. But no fee had been charged for the last eight years until April this year. We have submitted an action plan to the Committee on Public Finance to increase the fee to USD 200 through a three-year period," he said.
The Minister said the fee charged on entry of locals to casinos was to discourage locals from entering casinos. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)
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