Nassau Bahamas Gambling Age

Posted on 4/12/202222.08.2017by admin

Gambling Age in the Bahamas. The legal age in The Bahamas for Drinking, Gambling (non-residents only allowed to gamble in The Bahamas), and Voting is 18. Fun Meeting & Golf Destination The Bahamas is a perfect destination for business or pleasure. The age you can gamble This is the best casino in the Bahamas. The best part is that you can gamble if you are over 18 years old. You are also allowed to smoke in the casino. You have a couple of restaurants you have a Japanese restaurant and you have olives. I might come back. From live music at an intimate bar or trendy cocktails at an over-the-top nightclub to the gaming action at two of the largest casinos in the Caribbean: for adventures after dark, Nassau Paradise Island is the place to be. With so many bars and lounges to choose from, there’s always somewhere in Nassau Paradise Island to soak up the sounds of a DJ, enjoy a fantastic glass of wine or share a.

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EDITOR, The Tribune.

Recently, I read a Tribune news story about the Chairman of the DNA, Mr Andrew Wilson, not being allowed to gamble in a local casino. Included in the news story is this incorrect statement: “The main reason he was escorted out of the casino was because the country’s laws allow for visitors to gamble legally in casinos while Bahamians and permanent residents cannot.”

The truth of the matter is that Mr Wilson was escorted out of the casino because he is a Bahamian resident, not because he is a Bahamian national. Section 50 of the Lotteries and Gaming Act prohibits from gambling in casinos ALL persons who are work permit holders (non-Bahamians), permanent residents (non-Bahamians), ordinary residents of The Bahamas (Bahamian nationals), and the spouses of these persons.

Accordingly, Bahamian nationals who reside abroad and are not married to a person who is prohibited from gambling in local casinos can come home and legally gamble in any casino in this country. Therefore, the reality is that some Bahamians can legally gamble in local casinos, and some Bahamians can’t. And some foreigners can gamble in local casinos, and some foreigners can’t. Why? Simply because the basis for the prohibition is residency, not nationality.

It is ironic that in his quest to gamble in local casinos Mr Wilson is claiming that the constitution gives him a right to the pursuit of happiness. However, the truth is that our constitution grants no right to the pursuit of happiness; and even if it did, the financially reckless and parasitic practice of gambling is not a viable route because more often than not it leads to misery, not happiness.

Former PLP cabinet minister Rev Carlton Francis was right when he said that gambling was no way to develop our new nation. His words were true then, and they remain true now. Therefore, the political leaders who legalized casino gambling in The Bahamas, and subsequently web shop gambling, and the church leaders who supported them, failed our nation. The evidence of their failure is obvious to all who have eyes to see.