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Costa
Rica
Looking
to
Limit
Gambling
April
27,
2008
It
seems
that
the
Costa
Rican
government
has
cut
casino
operating
hours
from
24
to
8.
This
is a
huge
difference
for
the
casinos
as
instead
of
being
open
24
hours
a
day,
they
can
now
only
be
open
from
6 pm
to 2
am.
Needless
to
say
the
casinos
are
upset.
Not
only
that,
but
many
in
the
online
gambling
industry
want
to
know
how
it
will
affect
them.
They
are
concerned
that
they
might
be
next.
Much
of
the
wording
of
the
decree
is
focused
on
things
that
the
online
gambling
industry
will
have
to
face.
While
the
land
based
casinos
are
saying
they
will
have
to
cut
employees,
etc.,
the
online
gambling
industry
is
asking
how
much
of
the
money
towards
getting
someone
psychological
help
for
gambling
they
are
going
to
be
responsible
for.
They
say
that
the
government
might
be
looking
to
them
to
help
fund
that
instead
of
just
the
land
based
casinos.
They
also
want
to
know
how
this
will
affect
the
arbitration
of
the
online
gambling
case
they
have
going
on
with
the
World
Trade
Organization,
or
WTO.
They
think
that
they
will
not
be
taken
as
seriously
now
that
their
own
government
is
trying
to
limit
them.
The
fact
remains
that
the
land
based
casinos
are
the
ones
that
have
the
problems
with
alcohol,
prostitution,
etc.
–
not
the
online
gambling
ones.
However,
with
the
government
obviously
turning
their
nose
up
at
them
they
weaken
their
case.
But
online
gambling
brings
in
much
more
money
than
the
land
based
type,
so
it
is
in
their
best
interest
to
keep
it.
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