{"id":112951,"date":"2013-11-03T01:38:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=112951"},"modified":"2013-11-07T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:36:11","slug":"uduwe-dhammaloka-supports-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/uduwe-dhammaloka-supports-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Uduwe Dhammaloka Supports Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even as religious lobbies are agitating against the government&#8217;s proposed casino bill causing the president to withdraw the draft legislation for amendment, Government affiliated monk Uduwe Dhammaloka there has come out in support of the laws saying Sri Lanka must change with modern times<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_112952\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/uduwe-dhammaloka-supports-casinos\/uduwe-dhammaloka\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112952\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112952\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-112952\" title=\"Uduwe Dhammaloka\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Uduwe-Dhammaloka-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Uduwe-Dhammaloka-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Uduwe-Dhammaloka.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uduwe Dhammaloka<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He said he had no objection whatsoever to casinos operating in the country as long as Sri Lankans were not permitted to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The monk told a weekend Sinhala newspaper that Sri Lanka needed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=casino&amp;x=12&amp;y=5\">casinos<\/a><\/span> in order to woo tourists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t ban tourists from participating in those activities,&#8221; he told the newspaper .<\/p>\n<p>Dhammaloka Thero is a former member of the JHU and considered high flying Buddhist monk in Colombo running an affluent temple in Polhengoda that is heavily patronized by the Rajapaksa family. 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