The Free National Movement has accused Prime Minister Perry Christie of effectively telling the Christian Council to “drop dead” over the upcoming gambling vote.
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe says it would take over $1 million and at least a year to structure a national lottery in the Bahamas.
Bahamians will be forced to answer two important questions in this year’s upcoming referendum on gambling: Do you support the regulation and taxation or web…
Bishop Simeon Hall criticized The Bahamas Christian Council for its stance on the gambling issue and suggested the organization concentrate on something other than its…
If there is to be a referendum, it should address the big three: casino gambling, a national lottery and online gambling/web shops. The government has…
Former Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing is predicting the establishment of a national lottery and the legalization of web shops would be “cannibalistic”.
A bill for an act to amend the Constitutional Referendum Act was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday to introduce special provisions for the…
Former Attorney General Alfred Sears said yesterday Parliament must pass an amendment to the Constitutional Referendum Act or create a new law before the government…
The controversial referendum on the legalization of web shops has been postponed until January 28, 2013, and the question of establishing a national lottery will…