This information has been well known for decades, why fake concern now. Those of us who were opposed to gambling could see this ten miles off, but the gov't chose to follow the model of larger countries who see their populations as nothing but a means to generate tax revenue. They will legalize any vice for tax benefit and create laws perpetually to control behavior as a result of the addictions created. Insane!

So why do they think cocaine should be kept off the streets but not the gambling houses? Government has neither the guts nor the greed restraint to eliminate the cancer. It is hilarious that the gambling joints are supposed to set aside annual funds to help with the addiction problems. These politicians must have no idea how stupid and unbelievable they sound.

Thank you PLP for legalizing this problem. Well done you insatiably greedy fools!!!!

And thank you Minnis-led FNM government and FNM party for being 'on the take' from the numbers bosses rather than repealing all of the web shop legislation and establishing a national lottery to properly fund our public education system. Equally well done you insatiable greedy fools!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, yes and yes Dr. Duane, why not asks American Psychiatric Association - why if Addiction Numbers be's just likes Cocaine addiction’- then why likes PLP did are current red shirts members appointed as crown members the Imperial cabinet done lining up again most willing accept directly/indirectly from the political campaign donations from the Numbers Man's, yes, no - granted nothing illegal about it but what about you Dr. Duane making a clear cut declaration about both if any benefiting took place going back from just 2017, or willing directly/indirectly shut off any financial benefit Numbers Monies come the 2022 general election.... looking too much like reds have more than continued in many faulty ways caused voters kissing goodbye PLP's?

Bad comparison ........... Rich people use cocaine, poor people use crack ......... Rich people use casinos, poor people use corner webshops.

But, Sands has a good point ......... Both are terribly addictive and dangerous to person/society.

... rich people don't need to access government funds through social services!

LMAO Ya really can't make this stuff up.

This is a "Duh" statement but none the less web shops are being given licenses to open a new location on every major thoroughfare and giving the owners their blessing to destroy the economy, families and society and now you talking about treating the addiction instead of eradicating the cause !!! These people are suffering from the worst case of " cranium anal inversion" I have had the displeasure to witness !!!

The same people who were gambling when gambling was illegal are the same people
who are gambling now. No one decided they were going to gamble because it was
legal to do so.

Bingo is gambling and so are raffle tickets. Doc Sands knows this. They may have
those FNM guys serious problems with folks of a certain hue becoming so rich,

it has nothing to do with love of fellow men.

In fact the numbers men may have been richer if they did not have to pay the
government taxes. Sands Knows that Number houses did not begin yester day
or the day before. Number houses has a long history in the Bahamas.

Not like now Birdie, not like now.

playing numbers have always been here ,,but not casinos where Bahamians can spin their pay check away in a matter of minutes ,,Birdie your political bias makes your reasoning illogical

This is really unbelievable...they had a govt sponsored public campaign to talk about all the wonderful things gaming would do for the country and now we're talking about a new epidemic that's as bad as cocaine of the 80's. I wonder how long it will take them to see the damaging effects of Trinidad styled carnival irrespective of whether "someone" is making tons of money. (To be clear I supported a Bahamian "junkamoo" carnival)