COPF proposes regulating lotteries under Gambling Authority Bill

Colombo, August 4 (Daily Mirror) - The Committee  on Public Finance (COPF) has proposed improvements to the Gambling Regulatory Authority Bill,  while advocating for the inclusion of the National Lotteries Board and Development Lotteries Board within the regulatory framework of the said authority.

The committee emphasised that lotteries constitute gambling. 

The officials present also stated that concerns pertaining to e-commerce platform taxation has been resolved. They stated that operations are now flowing smoothly following earlier delays caused by the switch back to HS code-based taxation. 

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister Chathuranga Abeysinghe, Members of Parliament Ravi Karunanayake, Rauff Hakeem and several others.