Talk of Legalizing Gambling in Guyana

26 August 2008

Draft regulations could be on the agenda soon to establish a gaming authority in Guyana that would allow for casino gambling, according to Stabroek News, a Guyana newspaper.

“I have had a look at them,” Bharrat Jagdeo, the president of Guyana, told the paper. “I guess by now they would have been put on Cabinet’s agenda. So, I expect them to be put in place shortly … just the basic elements of the gaming authority.”

He added that he couldn’t share a timeline for the draft regulations but told the paper: “(The gaming authority) would be (in place) in a matter of weeks and months, not much longer.”