Dear Editor,

Prime Minister Perry Christie announced last week that his government will be bringing in consultants from South Africa who will be advising the government on how to proceed with legalising and regulating the numbers business in The Bahamas.

And that would be less than incredible were it not for this key thing - the numbers business is illegal in South Africa. The legal forms of gambling in South Africa are horse betting, casinos and a national lottery. The National Gambling Board of South Africa states that interactive online...