{"id":448,"date":"2025-05-06T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/?p=448"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:14:27","slug":"casinos-operating-under-hotel-licenses-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Casinos Operating Under Hotel Licenses in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/banglalert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Melco_SriLanka_smaller.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Colombo and other Sri Lankan cities, hotels with valid hospitality licenses are reportedly hosting illegal casinos. 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