A tragic incident of animal cruelty and negligence occurred in Panaji, where a Golden Retriever died after being left inside a locked vehicle for over four hours. The car was parked outside a prominent casino while the owners were reportedly inside the establishment.
Gambling is mostly banned in Thailand apart from state-controlled horse racing, the lottery and on some sports but successive governments have pressed the case for allowing casinos to draw in more foreign visitors and create more jobs and state revenue.
After winning the jackpot, the man suffered a heart attack and collapsed. He was revived on the casino floor and rushed to the hospital, where he is currently recovering.
The company has put its online gaming expansion plans on hold after the GST rate was hiked to 28 percent. It is also battling a Rs 24,000-crore GST evasion notice in the courts
The company faces structural challenges as the GST rates for both offline and online gaming have been raised. There are also substantial pending GST dues.
The Finance Ministry has officially set October 1 as the date for implementing the amended GST law provisions, which will involve taxation on e-gaming, casinos, and horse racing activities.
This issue revolving around tax payments by casinos is generated by the very lack of clarity in the tax law.
Another casualty will be the IPO plans of Delta Corp’s subsidiary, Deltatech Gaming Limited, formerly known as Gaussian Networks, and a leader in India's online gaming industry since 2011