Restrictions on access by locals to the Princess Hotel Casino are seemingly being relaxed based on reports that women are being allowed to freely enter to gamble while men are subjected to scrutiny and the discretion of management.
The gambling prevention law, which was amended in 2007 to legalise the establishment of casinos locally, states that only registered guests of the hotel and overseas nationals could be patrons of the casino. When the legislation was amended in January 2007, there was widespread objection from members of the religious community, who argued that there were several social ills connected with gambling.
Over the months and especially during the holiday season it was witnessed by this newspaper and there have been
