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    "id": 1350214,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to support this Bill which principally seeks to ensure that the lottery we have in the country is legalised and controlled by a statute. Lottery includes betting in various spheres of life, much of which today is left to the whims of licenced betting companies. They make unregulated and uncontrolled money without any Government involvement. We need a law and this is timely. Thank you, Leader of the Majority Party for bringing this Bill. I urge the House to support it. If there is need to make amendments as proposed by Hon. Nyikal, this is the House to do so because we need this area of life properly regulated in law. The Bill seeks to set out the National Lottery Board which will be responsible for regulating that sector of the economy. It will be appointed in accordance with the Act. This is the board we shall hold to account if any law is breached as far as lottery is concerned. What is exciting is the creation of the National Lottery. It is interesting because the country will regulate betting and all these other things that go with lottery, and raise money. The question that quickly comes to mind is, what is this money for? The law is clear that the money will be used for a good cause. When I looked at what good causes are as set out in the provision of the law, I found that the money will be used for education purposes. This is very important. Those who have money to bet and gamble, we can take that money lawfully and use it for education purposes. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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