{"id":165545,"date":"2016-07-20T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T12:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=165545"},"modified":"2016-07-20T19:30:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:00:36","slug":"ranil-says-no-to-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-says-no-to-casinos\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Says No To Casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> has declared that there will be no room for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=casino&amp;x=9&amp;y=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">casinos<\/span><\/a> in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-wickremesinghe\/ranil-w-18-07-2016-pic-sent-by-pm-media\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-165530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-165530 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ranil-W-18-07-2016-Pic-sent-by-PM-Media--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ranil W 18 07 2016 Pic sent by PM Media\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ranil-W-18-07-2016-Pic-sent-by-PM-Media--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ranil-W-18-07-2016-Pic-sent-by-PM-Media--50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Speaking at an event held at the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore on Tuesday, Wickremesinghe underscored that his government will not permit any casino to be built in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He made this statement in response to a question raised by a businessman at the meeting, as to whether the Sri Lankan government encourages casino investments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is absolutely no room for new casinos in Sri Lanka. 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