Small wonder we are back on the EU's blacklist.

Oh, slam!

One has nothing, or rather, very little to do with the other. And, let us not forget, whether we like them or not, the numbers boys are now a legal entity and are entitled, under law, to the same protections and treatment as any other lawful business.

EU blacklisting be damned, I looking at where my NIB pension money that my government is so freely giving away is going.
Three things Bahamians will buy before they buy food, rum, numbers and crabbie and not necessarily in that order.SMT.

Well said themessenger, this is what happens when you let the D- population multiply and create more buffoons, not to mention the interbreeding with illegal hatian immigrants who only know how to steal and kill, thus creating more D- populist and then recycling the cycle of crime and murder!!!

Curbside numbers delivery ... only in the Bahamas. We’re awesome.

Ma Comrade Clamshell, awesome post. We've now lost all rest we marble **if we will allow** gov't's approval making numbers wagering so much an **essential** product - tis that time to commit all up Sandilands crazy wards - cause we've become a certified mentally deficient colony of 700 out islands and cays to even think to consider whether to justify curb-side wagering? Have we lost all self-respect?
I'd wager attractive odds that even Las Vegas gov't officials, would've attempted have pulled this crap off over Nevadans!

I like having the opportunity to agree with you, Tal.

Forgive me if I am wrong, Tal, but the new order does not classify numbers boys as "essential", but rather the order offers any business, essential or not, that can offer curbside service, the ability to open...such as liquor stores, who also were not deemed essential. So, not quite sure you are accurate here. I stand to be corrected, though.

A better direction of where this country is headed cannot be found.
Central bank stops dollar outflows. Web shops make sure people will stay poor and need tax payer assistance. Web shops pay so little tax that it is ridiculous. I am worried that the leaders of this country along with a significant portion of our citizens are just plain ignorant. Is there a nicer way to state this? Nationalize the web shops in this state of emergency. The government, we the people, are going to end up paying part of the the salaries of both the workers and the patrons of this "business" in the very near future anyway.

Porcupine, why are you concerned with how I spend my money? If I want to waste my money on gambling - a legal entity, now - I should be willing to do so. If I want to waste my weekly and small cheque on alcohol, why is that your concern? If I want to stay poor, that is my prerogative Are you advocating the government make our money choices for us?

I do agree with your point, however, that they should pay more taxes. Of course, that raises the issue of whether said increase tax is prejudicial to numbers houses, who - lets not forget - are now legal entities and are afforded protection under the law - whether we like it or not.

Like the previous Christie-led PLP government, you're choosing to ignore the will of the Bahamian people that was expressed in a duly held national referendum. The majority of voters who voted in that national referendum voted "No" to the legalization of the gaming web shops.

Thier curbside service, is really not curbside!!!!!