Legislation designed to update existing local laws to ensure that they keep pace with the evolution of gaming is currently being drafted and could be completed before the end of this year, Chairman of the new Gaming Authority of Guyana Roysdale Forde has told the Stabroek Business.
Forde, an Attorney-at-Law, who was named Head of the Gaming Authority in April said that the focus of the new legislation would be on bringing all forms of gaming under the ambit of the law. He explained that at the moment legislation governing gaming was limited to casinos and that the focus of new legislation would be “to ensure that gambling, in all of its forms, come under the ambit of the authority.”
Describing the 1902 legislation as insufficient, Forde noted that it took until 2007 to bring amendment to allow for the operations of casinos. The Gambling (Amendment) Act allows for the creation of casino premises and the issuance of a