They should be banned first, and then the issue should be discussed.' Former deputy chief minister Sudin Dhavalikar said, “There are ministers, MLAs, panchas, sarpanchas, zilla panchayat members, playing in casinos. Sawant’s declaration met with instant ridicule.
For now, the GST Commissioner can enter the casinos at any time and ask for an identity card if he suspects anyone to be a Goan.' On 30 January, chief minister Pramod Sawant announced “From February 1, we are stopping all the original Goans from entering casinos. Each one was outnumbered by dozens of Indian men, all of them scrambling to grab suggestive selfies.įully aware that gambling is a social problem, the Goa government responded inscrutably. This past New Year’s Eve, taking it one step further, city residents discovered scantily-clad foreign women posted outside the casinos.
