Gaming Authority Bill sent to Special Select Committee

(Kaieteur News) – The Gaming Authority Bill, which seeks to establish a comprehensive legal framework for the licensing, regulation, supervision, taxation and control of gaming, betting and wagering activities in Guyana, has been sent to a Special Select Committee for examination.

During Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, requested that the Bill be referred to a Special Select Committee. Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir subsequently indicated that the Bill would be referred to a committee to be established to examine the Bill.

The Gaming Authority Bill was tabled in the National Assembly earlier this year, following statements by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the government would introduce reforms to regulate gaming and other similar activities.