Rujino, instead of casino, throughout the country!

Dec 05, 2015

With the tax amendments introduced through the budget, there is a danger of rujino betting games being opened throughout the country, reports say

Several members of the business community gave us details of this, and said the parties that had been running rujino games illegally in the past are now discussing with government strongmen to secure monopoly of the game.

The government-imposed Rs. 200 million per year tax has been brought down to Rs. 05 million by this budget.

Previously, three illegal rujino game parlours were run in Colombo with political patronage, and due to opposition the law enforcement authorities raided those places and arrested suspects, but the game is to resume at these very same places, reports say.

Due to the reduction in tax, rujino parlours are to be opened throughout the country and with the intention of attracting players, the values of the ‘chips’ are to be reduced and especially to lure the youths many other entertainment items are to be added, accoding to reports.

Although there is a danger of the rujino betting being expanded in the country, the patriotic persons who had objected to casino investments during the previous regime are today parties to the present government, but there is a question as to why they remain inactive, political analysts say.