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Bucharest could relocate its gambling halls to a “neighborhood of gambling” located outside the Romanian capital, if a proposal by a general council survives a vote in the city’s General Council, local news outlet the Romania Insider reports.
According to data quoted by local media, the city is home to about 1,250 gambling and betting halls. General Councilor Catalin Lucian Illiescu has called for the relocation of gambling facilities that operate at the ground floor of apartment buildings outside the city. His proposal also stated that gambling halls should not be permitted at less than 200 meters from schools, churches, and other public institutions.
The official believes that the move could help the city fight problem gambling and gambling addiction issues fueled by the easy access of gamblers to halls. Mr. Illiescu’s proposal needs to be approved by the city’s General Counsel in order to take effect.
Bucharest is the second European capital to have revealed plans to crack down on its gambling halls after a Riga City Council Committee supported last month a plan for a draft decree that would revoke the licenses of more than 200 gambling halls currently operating in the Latvian capital.
