The Bahamas is a small country and should make it mandatory that at least 50 percent of High school graduates who are 18 and older, and are not registered at an academic institution to further their education register with the RBPD or Defense force for a minimum of three years of serve to the country .This service will be a prerequisite for future government employment. This will ensure that our ARM forced are physically fit and teach of young people the laws,protecting our country and being true Bahamian citizens.

If the webshop elite seven don't care about the " poor , needy desperate Bahamians who give them 90 cents out of every dollar wagered at their dens of false hope and addiction of failure, why would they care about the minimum wage employees who they have to pay to suck money from their patrons. None, None of them care about Bahamians Period. Close them down and implement a national lottery for the betterment of all Bahamians.

The Bahamas Government should rescind the Licenses and close all the webshops and establish National Lottery. The large profits from Bahamian Gamblers should be used for the betterment of Bahamian People by funding , education, ( where the government has to feed, educate our children) HEALTH ( where Government has to provide health and social services for the children and elderly senior citizens) and real pension income for the senior citizens ( who have paved the way and made sacrifices for a better Bahamas). The Big webshop bosses are sitting back and looking down on the fools including politicians that they can buy and control with money, suckered from the poor despite people who give them 90 cents out of every dollar that is waged. The government need to stand strong and govern the betterment of ALL Bahamians.

I would be surprised if the real accurate financial reports from the Webshops reflect the Bahamian Gaming public receiving more that 10 percent of their wagers back in winnings. 90 cents of every dollar goes in the webshop boys pockets.
If the webshops cartel take legal action against the government, Government should suspend and rescind the Licenses and suspend all webshop activity until a legal decision has been rendered. Patrons of the webshop play by their rules or are removed from their premises.

To preserve the integrity and honesty of the title, no previous or current government member should NEVER be bestowed the title.

Mr. Laing in essence is saying that we, the Bahamian People are unintelligent and stupid.
Perhaps he need to be reminded that the PLP ( the opposition party) won the 2012 elections by a landslide victory of 30 seats to 8 seats for the FNM despite his telling us that "papa doc" oh, "papa ingraham" government created paradise for The Bahamian People. I guess, we just liked "YELLOW" better the "RED".
Being a Member of the 2007-2012 "papa whoever" Government and a protégé of the leader would certainly not be proud of taking away the NIB pension of Individuals who had contributed to the pension programme since it inception in 1974.because of the gross mismanagement and corruption of the pension fund. Many senior citizens like myself are paying the consequences today in trying to survive. Maybe he will be better off in is senior citizen days because of being member of the previous FNM government.

The Webshop boys spokeman must think Bahamians are really really stupid. The Bahamian people overwhelming and unequivocally said NO to a government referendum on weather or not to legalize the Illegal Numbers and Webshops Industry. Now he is on all the an Radio talk shows attempting to justify why they should be in existence and not subjected to the new taxes levied on their Social parasitical industry. Hope that these shows are being paid well to bring this kind of talk to the Bahamian people.

The Webshop boys bought out the previous Government for very little ( couple of thousand dollars in their pockets) and are trying to bully the present Government into meeting their demands. sorry it will not work. Closed your doors, pack up and be gone. Its a national lottery time, where the profits will help fund education, Health and the old pensioners.

The Government should tax the gamblers at a rate of 25 percent on winnings of $100.00 or more.

If the People of the Dominican Republic across the border figured it out, why the Bahamian people (RBDF) 139 nautical miles away by open ocean cannot figure it out.