{"id":69986,"date":"2018-02-13T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=69986"},"modified":"2018-02-13T17:41:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T01:41:20","slug":"myanmar-legalize-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/myanmar-legalize-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar Plans to Legalize Casinos Amid UN Ethnic Cleansing Row"},"content":{"rendered":"
Myanmar, formerly Burma, plans to legalize foreigner-only casinos. As reported by English language Burmese outlet Eleven Media, the news came out of the blue on Friday when minister for hotels and tourism, Ohn Maung, was asked in parliament whether the government was opposed to regulating casinos as a means to boost tourism and generate higher tax revenues.<\/p>\n