Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?

Casino licensing in Nepal sits with the Department of Tourism under Casino Regulation 2070, which establishes a one-casino-per-licence framework restricted to foreign patrons. This structure has not changed this period, but its institutional future is under active debate: the Tourism Bill 2081 proposes an independent Casino Regulatory Unit, with competing proposals as to whether it should sit under the Department of Tourism or the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. The bill is undergoing clause-by-clause review in the House of Representatives, having drawn 263 lawmaker amendments concentrated on casino provisions, alongside proposed beneficial-ownership disclosure at a ten-percent-plus threshold, mandatory KYC and Financial Intelligence Unit monitoring, and a reduced foreign-ownership ceiling. No primary bill text or enactment date has been located; the above rests on corroborated trade-press and law-firm secondary reporting rather than government-published text.