Letter from Bermuda: Gov’t shoots down one-armed bandits

By OffshoreAlert Columnist

20 years ago

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Bermuda Government & Politicians

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Calvin Smith Letter from Bermuda Progressive Labour Party

What is government for? Protecting citizens would surely rank high on the list. Lately, however, the Bermuda Government has decided that the most important of its functions is to guard the moral well-being of the nation. Gambling, in the form of one-armed bandits in our bars and potentially casinos on the island, has been banned. Government in this instance is protecting us from ourselves.

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