Not only has he profited, but he's profited ILLEGALLY without prosecution for years. Now he holds himself out to be some legit business person after allegedly funding a certain party to make his illegal business legal. And people hold him up like a Rockstar. Kinda reminds me of a certain celeb who put out a s*x tape to be famous and after achieving that goal expects people to forget it and act like they are a legit celeb who arose to fame on talent. Like that celeb, he has gotten what he wanted but everyone still knows how and why.

The one truth about a "good name" is, its determined by what you do **and** further defined by the people who see you do what you do. Both things are required.

Every Bahamian older than 20 years knows that Perry Christie ushered in a process to "regularize" an industry that had been operating **illegally** for **years**. As a part of the process, those illegal businesses had to be valued. And the proceeds of the years of illegal activity/crime was valued in the **millions**. The negotiations allowed those involved to retain some of the ill gotten wealth. This is history. It cannot be rewritten.

Terrorist organizations, mob bosses and drug dealers are known for their marketing campaigns. To garner support in their community, they provide food, water, money and gifts to the residents. It buys support and cover to continue their illegal activity. The recipients of the gifts are always grateful, but among the general community, everybody knows the source of the money.

**A "good name" is not what you think about yourself.**

**Noone should forget that the will of the people was against illegal gaming. The people did not consider it a "good" thing**

Yes! We should've stood up for our rights. We have the illusion of voting power.

This criminal thug is way beyond redemption of any kind. Even if he became a Roman Catholic and confessed all of his sins while saying Hail Mary over and over again, he will never escape the clutches of Satan who eagerly awaits his arrival for all of eternity.

Let him who is without sin cast the first stone. And this goes for all human beings.

So birdie,
Since we are all sinners, we should all just shut up?
This is not the Christian message, nor Jesus' example.
This is the danger of letting people who have trouble reading and writing getting involved in deciphering written texts.
They always misinterpret the true message to fit their own life styles.
Perhaps those who spoke out against the slavers, those who prevented women from voting, and those who like to abuse underage kids should remain out of the public scorn because we are all just sinners who don't have the right to speak up.
That is stupid and foolish talk that has helped The Bahamas occupy such a low level of true Christianity.
There is a difference between superstition and Christian belief.
Sad you can't see the difference.
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Sebas is not the first wannabe politician who originated from the belly of the underworld economy in our part of this world.

Heck, we had a MP & Premier who was a bootlegger.

Difference is that Sebas has flaunted his illegal lifestyle long before 2013 and since then, he has lived a "Diddy lifestyle".

But, in keeping with the PLP culture, he will be embraced as part of their "bad boy" legacy.

Let's not limit this to PLPs, sheep. At least pretend to be objective.

Big difference is, Pop never tried to bribe the officials of any government to legalise bootlegging.

Selling Numbers was Illegal and criminal. By coming forward to request that this criminal activity
be made legal or regularized was an admittance that he was participating and benefiting from a crime. Not only did he pay to not be charged as a criminal in a court of law, like Dangerous Drug Dealers, Illegal Human Trafficking, Prostitutes, weapon dealers but was able with the assistance of " Judas's" government to regularize the criminal activity and keep the very wealthy empire gained from the illegal criminal efforts.
While the bible named only one Judas, that name is becoming synonymous with politicians in our Bahama land
The foundation hold many murdered adults and children with no justice from the politicians and a church built on it to worship God and win souls for his kingdom. Ah, our Bahamas, God's paradise?

Alcohol.was illegal and so was.or is Marijuana.

And I suppose you just want us to look at all of the good that alcohol, marijuana and gambling have done for our society LOL

... the government enabled people like Sebas to suck the lifeblood out of poor communities. If Sebas was interested in national service, he would stop taking money from gamblers, teach people the importance of education, not having children before you could afford them, how to save, invest and build financial futures. But no, even though he has enough money and legitimate business interests, he now wants more power. Not for the national interest but for his own, because the only thing that can satisfy him and people like him is " just a little bit more"!

Foolishness. People gamble.because they want to the same people who gamble when it was illegal
Do so now that it is legal .I knew a woman kind and graciousnes no mean spirit. Never a mean word about any one I will never forget her kindness to me as a child she bought numbers twice per day. Perhaps if others had the business it would be all right with the foolish ones

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Go bro Bastian, at least the wealthiest man/men of our modern black Bahamas ain't no white man. Yes I pulled the race card. This so called pastor Bethel needs to go and pray and speak about his fellow pastor and their wife molesting underage dependents.

Nigga please! Stop being such a PLP.
Sebas don't like white people either, so you in lock step with him.

We have now entered a time in The Bahamas, and many saw it coming, when words have absolutely no relation to reality.
Words, as used in our society, have lost any real meaning.
We use words to project what we want to believe.
We use words, not to explain, but to avoid any possibility of implicating ourselves in any of the sordid happenings around us.
We use words, very very sparingly, so as to keep the truth buried well below the surface.
We do not use words to communicate ideas and information.
Words are used to gain advantage over others. Listen to the good lawyers in office.
Yes, or no?
Listen to the words from Mr. Bastian.
What do they really mean?
As if, we can't see for ourselves.

Most of us can't afford to pull out a fat wallet and bribe corrupt senior government officials. Not that we would any way. That's left for low-life criminal thugs to do.

--- Jimmy Lee Swaggart (March 15, 1935 – July 1, 2025) ----
**"Jimmy Gone Home"**
Jimmy connected with 1000s Bahamians, particularly through his songs. music, television. His influence extended across denominational lines, impacting charismatics, evangelicals, and other believers.
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Maybe the Fort Charlotte Candidate will have his **Island Luck TV.** air a 2 Hour Jimmy Swaggart Song and Music Special. ---

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wlYGTO9Z…

We cant hate the man that took advantage of a loop hole and made it out. You have to blame the government for not enforcing the law and prosecuting. Its too late now because the once 'underground' market is now 'above-ground' and legal on the Bahamian books. He is free to conduct business however he chooses; however, I would not agree if they change the law to allow persons with gaming licenses to run; that law was made for a reason. The main issue is that there is no competition for these online gaming/number bosses, they really have a monopoly. Everyone should be free to seek gaming licenses and start their own number/gaming businesses to create competition and level the scales, until this is done, they will continue to get exorbitantly rich with no tangible checks and balances. The taxes they pay are nothing compared to what they make, and the government does not have an efficient way to regulate the online gaming part of the business because they have no real access to it.

Hey John, one does not have to hate a man to say he deserves NO place in civil society.
And, nothing is too late.
If The Bahamian leaders, all of a sudden grew balls and had even a minimal sense of decency, than the laws could be changed such that ALL proceeds from gambling went to worthy social causes.
Maybe then they wouldn't be borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars each year, sinking this country for our children.
Think John, think.

Yes, but if politicians are indebted to the number bosses, when will that change come? Why would leaders grow balls if they are the housewives to the rich who has 'balls'. What you stated is the residual effect unfortunately, but it is the government that allowed this to snowball & become uncontrollable. Money runs the world. When you have career politicians who came from an era of corruption, do you expect the corruption to stop when they are constantly being voted back in because Pindling promise them working toilets? Vote for the change, but if its slim pickings then don't expect anything to change.