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Meghalaya govt backtracks on casinos plan

Succumbing to the protests and pressure from Church bodies, NGOs, local and national parties over the issuance of temporary licences to run three casinos, the Meghalaya government has backtracked on the contentious move. Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Friday said that the government would first try to take the people into confidence before…
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meghalaya: Meghalaya government has put on hold the move to set up casinos in the state

Chief minister, Conrad K. Sangma said, "We have given instruction to stop any further process to happen, but the processes that happen before that order was given, those processes are there, hence the decision that we have taken and the communication that we have made to everybody was we are not going to move any further then where we are Before…
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meghalaya: Meghalaya government has put on hold the move to set up casinos in the state
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Under ‘pressure’ from Church, Meghalaya decides to scrap casino plans

Following stiff resistance from the Church and social organisations, the Meghalaya government has decided to scuttle its plans to open casinos in the state. The state government had recently issued provisional licenses to three firms to open casinos to boost tourism and revenue. The Church and various social organisations opposed the move claiming…
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Under ‘pressure’ from Church, Meghalaya decides to scrap casino plans
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Cash Starved Meghalaya Bets On Boosting Revenues With Gambling Tourism-BW Partners

State Gov't Expects Tax and Employment Generation from Licensing Offline and Online Gaming. 1661157306_mfEjId_BusinessWorld_Cash_Starved_Meghalaya_Bets_on_Boosting_Revenues_with_Gambling_Tourism.jpg Last year, the'Abode of Clouds', as the scenic mountainous north-eastern state of Meghalaya is known, adopted a new Gaming Act and backed it up with…
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Cash Starved Meghalaya Bets On Boosting Revenues With Gambling Tourism-BW Partners
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Online gaming is gambling like casinos

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling".Addressing the media at the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council held in Chandigarh, Sitharaman said casinos, horse-racing, and online gaming are all gambling. "Whether it is horse-racing or…
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Online gaming is gambling like casinos
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Online gaming gambling no decision on extending GST compensation date

Online gaming gambling: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling". She also said on the issue of extending the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation from June 30, the views of some states were heard so far but nothing was decided. Addressing the media at the conclusion of…
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Online gaming gambling no decision on extending GST compensation date
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Online gaming gambling, no decision on extending GST compensation date: Sitharaman (Lead)

CHANDIGARH: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling". She also said on the issue of extending the Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation from June 30, the views of some states were heard so far but nothing was decided. Addressing the media at the conclusion of the two-day…
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Online gaming gambling, no decision on extending GST compensation date: Sitharaman (Lead)
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Online gaming is gambling like casinos: Nirmala Sitharaman

Chandigarh, Jun 29 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling". Addressing the media at the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council held in Chandigarh, Sitharaman said casinos, horse-racing, and online gaming are all gambling. "Whether…
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Online Gaming Is Gambling Like Casinos: Nirmala Sitharaman

Chandigarh: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling". Addressing the media at the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council held in Chandigarh, Sitharaman said casinos, horse-racing, and online gaming are all gambling. "Whether it is…
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Online Gaming Is Gambling Like Casinos: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Meghalaya Doesn’t Think Scrapping Gaming Act Is Good

The State of Meghalaya in India is likely to proceed with its legalization push, or rather the expansion of the current gambling operations in the state. Responding to criticism of the current way gambling is regulated in the state, state chief minister Conrad K. Sangma said on Saturday that a proposal to repeal the existing Meghalaya Regulation of…
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Meghalaya Doesn’t Think Scrapping Gaming Act Is Good
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Meghalaya CM rejects demand to repeal gambling act

Shillong, May 22 (IANS): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday ruled out repealing of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021, saying abolishing the act would incur loss of government revenue to the tune of Rs 8-10 crore. Responding to the demand to repeal the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 by the political parties,…
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‘Gaming Act to regulate jackpot centres, parlours’

SHILLONG, May 20: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the Meghalaya State Gaming Act is required to regulate the existing jackpot and online gaming parlours in Shillong.Political parties, church leaders and pressure groups have expressed their opposition to the Act but the CM said if it is repealed, then there will be nothing to regulate…
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Meghalaya Targets the Guwahati Market with Legalized Gambling

The State Needs Revenue, but not from Meghalaya Locals: Meghalaya is looking to procure much needed revenues for social purposes by allowing licensed casinos only along the border with Assam close to the big market provided by the large city of Guwahati. The future legal gambling industry will have only tourists and visitors as a source of income,…
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Meghalaya Targets the Guwahati Market with Legalized Gambling
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IAMAI Urges GST Council To Keep 18% Tax On Online Gaming

There is no clarity on whether this will apply only to real money games or casual games as well, given that the former being a sub-segment of online gaming. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Monday urged the GST Council to continue maintaining the GST on online gaming at 18 per cent and any further increase will hamper the…
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IAMAI Urges GST Council To Keep 18% Tax On Online Gaming
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More jobs or another vice? Gambling plan has Meghalaya divided

Shillong: First and foremost, the facts: Meghalaya has witnessed offline, and later, online gambling, for the past few decades and most of it has been unregulated. We must also note that the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 was passed by the Cabinet in December 2021. Then why is gambling, or the idea of gambling, making news now? Why are…
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More jobs or another vice? Gambling plan has Meghalaya divided