EDITOR, The Tribune.
We, the Alliance of the newly formed committee named All for One and One for All, after searching far and wide have made the following discovery, except for Atlantis and the government, the web shop cafes do the following:
1) Hires more Bahamians than any other business
2) Makes an annual contribution to NIB of $14,438,193.
3) Have a higher water bill than most businesses.
4) Pays more to BTC, BEC and Cable Bahamas than any other business – $12,277,650 annually.
5) Capital improvement $7,340,550 annually.
6) Has a higher rental bill $2,296,816 annually.
7) Annual Business License $125,198.
8) Tens of thousands of dollars are shipped out of the country on a weekly basis to purchase the Florida lottery.
9) Annual sponsorship $1,557,000.
10) Annual donations $4,121,250.
11) Annual rent $2,296,816.
12) Annual other operating expenses $8,756,580.
13) Annual payroll $14,438,193.
14) Because of the web shop cafes thousands of young men and women are now employed.
15) Because of the web shops these young men and women are now able to feed their children giving them levels of education and a higher standard of living, never dreamed of before.
16) More than 170,000 adults play the local numbers daily and share in the winnings of $265,845,762 per year in the not too distant past we too scorned at these web shops, but after having the scales removed from our eyes we say to all and sundry that we deem it necessary the numbers be legalised forthwith.
We say this not only because of the aforementioned, therefore we beg your indulgence to see the benefits to be derived from the legalisation of the numbers as follows:
1) decreased unemployment.
2) millions of dollars in taxes towards sports and education.
3) millions of dollars that would no longer leave the country to play the Florida lottery.
4) taxes in the following amount:
• at 10 per cent $10,412,174;
• at 15 per cent $15,618,261;
• at 20 per cent $20,824,348;
• at 25 per cent $ 26,030,435
5) These increased revenues will enable government to lower taxes in other areas.
As we leave you we the Alliance of All for One and One for All will be bringing you more revelations in due time, until then may you continue to dwell in the land where winners live and every one wins.
TONY PRATT
Nassau,
June, 2012
Comments
concernedcitizen 11 years, 10 months ago
GOOD POINTS ,BUT LETS DO IT LIKE WE DO NOW ,ON WHAT FALLS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WAY IT CAN,T BE FIXED ,,IF WE DO A LOTTO HERE W/ OUR OWN NUMBERS SOMEONE WILL FIND AWAY TO RIP OFF EVERYONES MONEY ,,ANYONE EVER GET PAID AT END OF AN ASUE
Mayaguana34 11 years, 10 months ago
I am glad that your lobby has become organized in your effort to legalize gambling in The Bahamas - We are also grateful for the information as to where all of the money is so that the Police might go and collect these proceeds from crime -LOL - But seriously, your effort will go no where if your only point is that you provide jobs and pay bills - There is a higher moral argument about my individual right to engage in an activity of my own free will and right to choose - i personally believe that this should be a matter of choice BUT equally I hope that the criminals currently engaged are banned from participating in the business if and when legalized.
TalRussell 11 years, 10 months ago
And....there is madness is licensing the operators of this criminal activity, or you can just step outside the internet cafes and come close to all dreadful things that happened to those waiting for that big win to fix all their financial problems.
Yes, you can license them or you can close them down, forever, and lock them away, their operators and managers?
by TalRussell
Mayaguana34 11 years, 10 months ago
Tal, where you all get it wrong is that NOT ONE of these business are licensed as number houses - They are licensed as WEB CAFE's - Today we use the terms interchangeably but the excuse for the licensing authority is that web cafe's are legitimate businesses and do provide a legitimate and legal service - The option to go ahead and use the license to illegally operate a gambling enterprise from your web cafe is where the law is broken. I dare someone to show a license for selling numbers?
TalRussell 11 years, 10 months ago
Comrade Mayaguana34 you'd have to squint ya eye to distinguish one activity from the other?
Regardless, all business licenses are issued for the 'sole" purpose of conducting legal activities only out of the premises and can be quickly suspended or withdraw by the issuing authorities if this condition is not met.
Why not charge the Banks with money laundering numbers rackets money?
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