Gov't develops two concepts to relax gambling laws
The Finance Ministry is proposing to considerably ease legal requirements
for opening casinos and gaming parlors as a way to help boost budget r
evenues. At present casinos may only be opened in cities which have over
250,000 inhabitants, as a result popular holiday resorts suffer. A good
example of this is Sopot, which was renowned for its casinos before World
War Two. Under the new gaming law drafted by the Ministry, there would be
two possible alternatives - in the first any town with less than 250,000
inhabitants could have one casino, under the second possibility all limits
on establishing casinos would be abolished. However, in order to avoid a
mass deluge of new casinos, they would be required to feature a certain
minimum number of slot machines and gaming tables. (Puls Bizesu, p.12) T.J.
