Government to close casinos in Hungary? – VIDEO

Lawmakers of LMP will submit a bill to parliament that would close casinos, a leader of the opposition party said at an online press conference on Sunday. Earlier this month, a new Hungarian political movement, the Civic Response, tried to shut down a casino in downtown Budapest.

Péter Ungár said that it is “absurd” that while the catering sector is closed because of the pandemic, casinos “mostly run by business people close to [governing] Fidesz” remain open.

“Coronavirus spreads in casinos in the same way it does in a restaurant or a bar,”

he added.

Interestingly, a new Hungarian political movement, the Civic Response, tried to shut down a casino in the downtown of Budapest some weeks before. They shared a video about the attempt, which you can watch below.