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Government has scrapped a promised referendum on gaming and will instead move ahead with gaming legislation. Premier Craig Cannonier said: “Gaming will be brought to the House of Assembly in the form of legislation where it will be either passed or r...

December 3, 2013 Dear Sir, The latest hot topic, Gaming or Gambling, and the fact that a referendum will take place early in the New Year will inevitably stir an emotive reaction from the populace. This reaction can however be minimized if all the fa...

Government runs the risk of “making trouble for itself” in the upcoming gambling referendum, according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST). BEST head Stuart Hayward said the group would prefer “a more neutral wording for the ...

There is a famous scene from the satirical British sitcom Yes Prime Minister, in which formidable Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby — a maestro of official obfuscation and manipulation — demonstrates to his naive younger colleague the dark art...

One of the Island’s leading pastors has expressed support for casino gambling, at a public forum on social justice. The African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Nicholas Tweed also said the debate on gaming needed to stop beating around the bush. “Let’s ...

Opposition Senate Leader Diallo Rabain broke ranks with his party colleagues by refusing to support a bill allowing cruise ships to open their casinos while in port, saying a promised referendum on gambling should have been given priority. “This refe...

Neverendum talk of will they or won’t they hold a referendum on gaming looks like it may soon be coming to an end. Maybe. We are told that there will be a vote early next year before the next Budget. However, this assurance comes after we were first...

A long awaited referendum on gaming will go before the public before next year’s Budget, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell. Questioned by Shadow Finance Minister David Burt on the lack of the promised referendum during yesterday’s sitting...