Well, they are a legal entity now, so they are not the "underworld" anymore. Don't shoot me, btw, I am just the messenger.

Wayne will win this case - easily. Whether we like numbers houses, or not, the fact remains that they are a LEGAL entity under our law. As a result, they cannot be discriminated against - such as the specious and silly edict that the PM gave that forces them to remain closed, though they have shown that they can provide curbside service. This will be the easiest money Wayne has ever made in court. It is funny that our PM and his band of merry men are so clueless that they do not understand this.

Can we ignorant Bahamians stop incorrectly using the term "would have"?
Would have implies that you were going to do something but didnt, because of something else. So, if Mr. Wilson says he "would have spoke with...", it means that he didnt get the chance to because something hindered him from doing so. Most Bahamians do this, thinking they sound so cultured, when in fact, they are ignorant as hell.
Another rant: can we please eliminate the overused term "persons"? Persons driving on the road (motorists), persons who go to the foodstore (shoppers)...the English language has a wonderful goup of collective nouns that can be used in place of the lazy "persons". Another use of a word that shows our ignorance and inferior education.
I would have thought that persons umderstood this.

True, banker, but you understand the point.

When you are right, you are right.

Will happily provide a link. I notice, however, that you didnt quibble with either China or Netherlands - both countries that are in excess of 90 % digital payments.

You do realize that by keeping them closed, Bahamians will not be working and receiving salary during this time? So, they cant feed families, pay mortgages, contribute to VAT payments, etc.?

Which then means that most of them will lean on the government for support, this straining the already stretched resources...thus causing the government to borrow more money, thus increasing our debt...
Not sure that cutting off your nose (causing additional unemployment) to spite your face (closing numbers houses) is the best move at this time.
And that's before we even get to the question as to whether the government can legally keep the gaming houses closed.

Perhaps you may not have heard of the following, all of whom perpetrated frauds as a result of the love of money - which is what gsmbling is: World Com, Madoff, Satayim, Rajanatnam, Charles Ponzi, Jordan Belfort, and on and on...
My assertion remains, the stock market is 'numbers' on steroids.
And, dont twist the argument, we were comparing numbers to the stock market. Starting a business was not in the discussion.

This article is so far behind the times that it is not funny. NAnd these people present themselves as experts.
For your info, dear article writer, China is already 95% cashless, India 90% cashless, Germany 80%. Oh, and in rhe Netherlands cash is so infrequently used now that the Netherlands parliament had to petition to keep cash i the system because noone was using it. We are already in a cashless society, except in The Bahamas anyways. All sources: worldbank.org website.

You can talk semantics all you want. When you put mone in a stock you have no earthly idea if the stick will grow in value. Now, if you claim some prescient ability to predict rhe stock market, then my friend you should not be wasting time on Tribune message boards. You should be jet setting the world holding yourself out to the highest bidder.
When you so call 'invest' , you are gambling that a stock will appreciate, through the work done by others (passive investing). You are every bit the scoundrel.and as lazy as number players. Dont fall to the white man trying to convince you that putting lipstick on the stockmarket (pig) makes it different from numbers.