PANAJI

 Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday announced that casino policy will be announced this month and once the Gaming Commissioner was appointed, local Goans will not be allowed to enter casinos from next year.
Speaking in the assembly, the Chief Minister said as a policy, Goans would not be permitted to enter the casino playing areas and a mechanism in this regard would be put in place once the Gaming Commissioner was appointed and appropriate rules for regulation would be formulated.

The Chief Minister said offshore casinos operating in River Mandovi off the state capital would be relocated to special, designated zones would be notified by the government in the policy.