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April 20, 2018
Gambling symposium held

THE serious effects of gambling and its impact on the well-being of a person's mental and physical health and productivity in the workplace were some of the items discussed at the recently held Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre's Overcoming Gambling Addiction Symposium held last week.

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April 20, 2018
SRC Hosts Gambling Addiction Symposium

The serious effects of gambling and its impact on the well-being of a person?s mental and physical health and productivity in the workplace, were some of the items discussed at the recently held Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre?s Overcoming Gambling Addiction Symposium held last week under the theme, ?Gambling: Fun or Addiction.?

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The danger of gambling
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February 03, 2018
The danger of gambling

Dear Editor, The moral majority of Bahamians voted during the 2017 general election with a great zeal of patriotic nationalism out of fear and great expectations that there would be some great change to prevent our nation from financial hemorrhaging and social collapse. Good money [...]

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October 31, 2017
Rolle: Right systems must be in place to monitor gaming, gambling operations

With recent concerns being voiced about web shops carrying out some functions of commercial banks, Governor of The Central Bank of The Bahamas John Rolle indicated that it is important for the "right systems" to be in place in order to monitor the activities of [...]
The post Rolle: Right systems must be in place to monitor gaming, gambling operations appeared first on The Nassau Guardian.

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July 31, 2017
An open letter to PM Minnis on gambling

Dear Dr. Minnis,

I applaud your efforts at cracking down on corruption. I applaud your moves to cut costs and begin some fiscal responsibility in this country. Many of us hope you can continue down this long-awaited path. However, we must acknowledge that there is an elephant in the room. This elephant is the existence of the web shops. Without addressing this issue, everything else you will do w...

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July 05, 2017
Gamblers say web shop failed to pay out thousands

IRATE patrons of Paradise Games, a local web shop, yesterday vowed to "take their business elsewhere" amid accusations the gaming house has refused to reward tens of thousands of dollars in winnings.

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June 22, 2017
Too many gambling houses

Dear Editor,

I supported the legalization of the web shop industry. In fact, I support the full legalization of gambling for Bahamians. We are being discriminated against under the current laws. Sadly, full legalization was not under consideration by the last government. So we Bahamians only got half of what we should have gotten. That said, I did not expect there would be this many web shops aft...

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June 12, 2017
Working with legalized gambling

Dear Editor,

Former Bahamas Christian Council President Rev. Dr. Ranford Patterson reminded us that the Bahamian people voted against legalized gambling at the recent FNM service of thanksgiving held on Sunday, May 21. It is 'The People's Time', however, now that gambling is legal what do we do with it? In The Nassau Guardian's Business section, on 16 May 2017, it was written that "Flowers note...

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November 12, 2015
Stellar chief laments 'ridiculous political gambling'

Stellar Energy Principal Fabrizio Zanaboni yesterday lamented the "ridiculous political gambling" impeding the energy firm's plans for reducing electricity costs through a $650 million waste-to-energy facility at the New Providence landfill.

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April 13, 2017
Gambling culture challenge

Dear Editor,
I wish to refer to The Nassau Guardian of March 16, 2017 and in particular to the opinion page entitled, "The dangerous consequences of a growing gambling culture."
I wish to thank and commend the author for an excellent article, so much so that I wish to highlight some of the relevant paragraphs, hoping they will be read by church and state: i. The rise of a gambling culture, fueled ...

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