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December 18, 2023
Man Convicted of Web Shop Murder

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A man is awaiting sentencing following his conviction for the 2018 shooting murder of Alvin Strachan.

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October 14, 2015
Bastian is confident of securing web shop licence

ISLAND Luck CEO Sebas Bastian said he was confident that his company would be among the chosen few to receive the conditional gaming house operator licenses expected to be issued this week, insisting that his team had put together a "best in class" request for proposal.

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March 10, 2023
Man admits hitting web shop security guard in eye

A 29-year-old man who hit a security guard at a web shop in the eye with a phone was on Thursday sentenced to six months' probation and ordered to compensate his victim. During his arraignment before Magistrate Algernon Allen Jr., Kameron Rolle pleaded guilty to assaulting Marvin Munroe. The charge stems from an incident at Ultra ...
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July 19, 2011
Michael Weber Named New General Manager for Bimini Big Game Club

Bimini, The Bahamas -
Veteran hospitality executive Michael Weber has been named General
Manager for the Bimini Big Game Club, a Guy Harvey Outpost Resort and
Marine. The historic 51-room resort property is located in the island's
cultural center in Alice Town.

Eric Jarvis, president of SBC
Operations, Ltd., announced the appointment. Weber, who most recently
served as General Manager for Our Luc...

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May 09, 2019
We are compliant, say web shops

THE Bahamas Gaming Operators Association has unequivocally denied Finance Minister Peter Turnquest's recent comments on the state of tax compliance by web shops, insisting three of them are fully compliant, representing 70 percent of all taxes due to the government.

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March 09, 2015
Web shop chief backs delay in licence bid deadline

THE head of the country's largest web shop chain has confirmed that the government's decision to extend the deadline for web shops to submit their bids for licences was due to a "discrepancy on the back taxes and the interpretation of what turnover is".

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July 09, 2014
Flowers: Int'l approval for web shop law the right thing to do

FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers said yesterday that while the government's decision to gain international approval for its plan to regularize the web shop industry could further delay the process, it is the right thing to do.
Flowers, who spoke to The Nassau Guardian outside Government House following the swearing in of Dame Marguerite Pindling as the new governor general, said he believe...

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July 02, 2014
Former AG doubts govt will restrict web shop play

Former Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday he doubts the government will restrict web shop operators from offering sports betting and online slot machine games, known as "spinning".
The new law would permit "domestic players" to participate in "numbers games" with licensed web shops.
A numbers game is defined as a game made available by the holder of a gaming house operator license "in ter...

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November 23, 2016
Flowers raises concerns on number of web shops per operator

FML Group of Companies CEO Craig Flowers raised concerns over how many web shops each operator in New Providence would be allowed to have in light of web shops being granted official licenses.

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September 22, 2014
130,000 for web shop application

Web shop operators who are invited to apply for licenses will be required to pay a non-refundable $100,000 deposit for a gaming house operator license, plus $30,000 for each gaming house premises license they apply for, according to the request for proposals (RFP) document tabled in the House of Assembly last week.
The RFP says this money would go to "cover initial investigation costs".
A premises...

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