Usually the saying goes: "No need to explain something as the result of corruption when incompetence can do the job" In the Bahamas it goes as the exact opposite: "Don't try to explain something as incompetence when corruption will do."
The reason for piggybacking is that nobody would trust a Bahamian entity to be an honest agent for drawing numbers. If there was a national lottery it would have to be using USA numbers as well because the government is a bigger collection of crooks that numbers bosses ever were. It is very easy to corrupt a draw so that the least amount of winners there are. Or to make politically connected donors the winners of big prizes.
It is not the government's job to save people from themselves. In a free country you have the right to make as many bad decisions as you want. Not to mention the fact that whoever is susceptible to a gambling addiction is an addict already and buying numbers twice a day.
As I have revealed a week or so ago web shops want nothing less than to be legalized. Why pay fees, taxes and adhere to standards? As long as they operate in the black all they have to pay is bribes to politicians and the police. That is a fraction of what legalization would cost them. This is not a speculation, this is a fact coming from me who was in the business setting one of these web shops up. We wanted nothing to do with legalization, we paid the bribes and the only thing that put a fear into us was a national lottery as we could not hope to compete with the government illegally. If the government would run a lottery they would place terminals into every food store, convenience store, pub and mall. They would then for sure go after the competition (us) and shut us down for good. So don't hold your breath for legalized numbers houses, it will not happen.
Russel you are not doing your country any favors if you downplay the problems. First step to fixing things is to admit them. You can be a patriot AND talk about the problems.
I left the Bahamas to raise my children in Canada because I was concerned about violent crime and quality of affordable education. I lived in Nassau for 11 years. I love the Bahamas and still feel home sick. However it is not for bringing my children up sorry.
Purcell says...
You should have no privacy from the public you elitist fuck.
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Purcell says...
Should read: Officer Happy To Be Alive After Being Shot is Back To Work
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Purcell says...
Usually the saying goes: "No need to explain something as the result of corruption when incompetence can do the job"
In the Bahamas it goes as the exact opposite: "Don't try to explain something as incompetence when corruption will do."
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Purcell says...
The reason for piggybacking is that nobody would trust a Bahamian entity to be an honest agent for drawing numbers. If there was a national lottery it would have to be using USA numbers as well because the government is a bigger collection of crooks that numbers bosses ever were. It is very easy to corrupt a draw so that the least amount of winners there are. Or to make politically connected donors the winners of big prizes.
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Purcell says...
It is not the government's job to save people from themselves. In a free country you have the right to make as many bad decisions as you want. Not to mention the fact that whoever is susceptible to a gambling addiction is an addict already and buying numbers twice a day.
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Purcell says...
As I have revealed a week or so ago web shops want nothing less than to be legalized. Why pay fees, taxes and adhere to standards? As long as they operate in the black all they have to pay is bribes to politicians and the police. That is a fraction of what legalization would cost them. This is not a speculation, this is a fact coming from me who was in the business setting one of these web shops up. We wanted nothing to do with legalization, we paid the bribes and the only thing that put a fear into us was a national lottery as we could not hope to compete with the government illegally. If the government would run a lottery they would place terminals into every food store, convenience store, pub and mall. They would then for sure go after the competition (us) and shut us down for good. So don't hold your breath for legalized numbers houses, it will not happen.
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Purcell says...
I guarantee you will never see these licenses become reality.
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Purcell says...
Russel you are not doing your country any favors if you downplay the problems. First step to fixing things is to admit them. You can be a patriot AND talk about the problems.
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Purcell says...
Anything other than Bamboo is rich people's restaurant for you?
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Purcell says...
I left the Bahamas to raise my children in Canada because I was concerned about violent crime and quality of affordable education. I lived in Nassau for 11 years. I love the Bahamas and still feel home sick. However it is not for bringing my children up sorry.
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