Very interesting that all of these persons are of the same view, I am sure there are persons with a different view. it is to bad you were unable to find them.

Hats off Comrade "Super Value Grocer" Rupert.

As a Minister Of The Gospel, I declare that it is NOW time that Bahamians express their fundamental citizenship to gamble, or, not gamble in the casinos. It is time to establish a LOTTERY that like the ones in the USA that contributes to education scholarships. All of this religious backward thinking has got to stop. If you do not want to gamble, then don't, but do not tell me, or stop me from exercising my right as a free moral being. We DO NOT need a referendum, or, any so-called Christian Council to dictate morality. The freedom to be, to choose to gamble or not to gamble is a fundament right of all humans beings, why is it okay for the touristS to gamble in the casinos and not Bahamians? There is something fundamentally wrong with that picture. Fix it PLP, do the right thing MR. PM . Never mind these hypocritical religious nuts, they'll get over it. Reverend Rich says, " it's no SIN to WIN ! "

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I will disregard the looney post above completely. Comrade Rupert more than anyone knows the deepening of the economic and family dangers any expansion of gambling will bring to our tiny Bahamaland. Hundreds of millions dollars have already been drained out of the economy to benefit a small club of privileged numbers men's. There is nothing this PM or anyone who voted for "normalizing" the numbers can do to change the harsh reality facing grocery store operators that on any given day, week, month or year, there will be more money spent on gambling than on groceries. In fact this not only applies to food sellers but retailers across the board, selling anything from clothing, furniture, caskets to school supplies. What manner of MP's would do this to their own Bahamaland?

There will be no new gamblers. God who made us gave us free choices he did not make us Robots No one can save us from ourselves.. All grown persons should have enough intelligence to know what is good for them. Some persons eat to much and some drink to much. Some times I buy numbers. and when I go to The USA I do play the lotto. This has become a FNM, PLP situation. As oppose to what is good for the Country.

Any Comrade can come to this hereto Tribune blog page but do know something about intelligence, before you preach it. The numbers rackets whether '"regularized" or not by the MP's who voted on Wednesday, all who have demonstrated that they have no issues in taking a flawed gambling economy deeper into the already stressed pockets of their Comade citizens. We done got's more than enough Preacherman's who should stick to motivational speaking - cause there your "facts" and fancy one-liners are never subject to be challenged. Much safer than coming on this blog page.

Wild horse in Abaco don,t got no fluffy tail ,weave them goin to bed ,,lol

Legallizing Gambling for Bahamians is a constitutional question, given the non discriminatory aspect of that document.
Do not confuse that very real question with legalizing hundreds of millions if not a billion in ill gotten gains via the illegal activity of numbers.
The undermining of the legitimate economy and the laundering of the proceeds into legitimate business activities is liable to get us blacklisted AGAIN.
That the Prime Minister may be beholden to people who stand right now as criminals
is as insidious as Normans Cay was for Pindling.
And we know how that ended.

since everyone fighting over to legalize gambling i hope we legalize broths, marijuana, and guns too.

“Gaming is a very destructive thing for the low income families,” Mr Roberts said.

**It is also a very destructive thing for middle and upper class incomes too.**

If they had allocated what some of the tax revenue would go to before the referendum an in the bill, then those families that waste money gambling would still have something in government aid.