ABC to air 'Gambling with Bimini's Beauty' on Local News tonight

REPORT BY EMMY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST CHRISTINA VAZQUEZ

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Christian community is 'divided over gambling'

THE Christian community remains divided and hypocritical over the issue of gambling in the Bahamas, a leading Bishop said yesterday.

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Ex-central bank governor: Bahamian casino gambling would threaten dollar peg

As the government prepares to debate legislation that will upgrade the gambling options that can be offered to guests in The Bahamas, a former minister of state for finance has argued that any efforts to provide for Bahamians to gamble under the law could threaten economic stability.
James Smith, chairman of CFAL and former governor of The Central Bank of The Bahamas, told Guardian Business that T...

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Gambling to be VAT exempt

THE decision to exempt games of chance, gambling and lotteries from Value-Added Tax has sparked calls for the government to clarify its position on web shop gaming.

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FNM deputy blasts Miller on gambling admission

Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday suggested that Tall Pines MP Leslie Miller should be arrested after he admitted to gambling last week.
"Tall Pines can buy all the numbers he wants," she said during debate on a package of anti-crime bills. "Maybe he needs to be escorted out of here and asked why is he breaking the laws of the land when in fact he stands he...

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The ethics and politics of the gambling debate

From this year's gambling referendum to the proposed new gaming bill, the Christie administration has stirred a debate cum hornet's nest on the question of the normative and social ethics of gambling, which speak to the questions of the morality of gambling and its effects on society.
Then there is the politics of the debate, more of which later. On the horizon may be the most dramatic and wide-s...

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Rollins to lose gambling role

PLP MP Dr Andre Rollins could be transferred to head the Water and Sewerage Corporation following his public comments criticising the proposed Gaming Bill, according to reports.

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CEO: Regulation may 'drive away' big gamblers

A international consultant has argued that the gaming industry in The Bahamas and the Caribbean must "unfortunately" deal with demands from major economies to implement enhanced sector-specific regulations which could reduce its attractiveness vis-a-vis U.S. competitors such as Las Vegas.
Alan Pedley, an international gambling regulation consultant with Australia-based Gaming Associates, stated hi...

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Call for further transparency on gambling consultants

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Govt should disclose fees paid to gambling consultants

The gambling referendum held in January cost taxpayers just over $1.2 million, according to Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage. When he revealed this figure earlier this month in the House of Assembly this was clarification on his part of what he described as an earlier misstatement of the cost. The media was told previously that it cost around $5 million.
The cost the government ...

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