Let me add my two cents to this issue, as someone who is Bahamian and worked in the casino industry for over 25 years.
Mr. Sands . despite the outpouring of rhetoric from various readers, is totally right in his statement. Here is why; the Bahamas is too small a community to support locals playing in the casinos. Why you ask ? Simple. There are scenarios that would develop that would and could cause huge problems for the casino if for example Bahamians played on specific tables, won thousands of dollars and then it was revealed ( innocently ) that the dealer was in some way related to the player(s). Think what management is going to infer.
You know how Bahamians go , ' das my cousin, man lemme play on her table '
To add to this many Bahamians do not know what casino etiquette is and that could lead to many incidents on the table that the casino would wan to evade.
Lastly the conduct of many Bahamians , particularly the young is offensive to many. You only need look at their conduct in the nightclubs to see what might possibly happen on the tables. Management knows this and would want to make sure locals never played along side their million dollar players.