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Bill: The right to gamble.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Super Socialist II Turbo Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2093
Description[?]:
| Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Current: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Proposed: Only small-scale gambling is allowed, involving limited amounts of money; casinos are illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:14:50, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Super Socialist II Turbo Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | Gambling leads to crime and corruption , therefore there is no need for a progressive society to support large scale gambling. |
| Date | 03:16:36, August 09, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | Large scale gambling leads to tourist Py and jobs. Corruption exists everywhere and banning a legitimate buisness for the actions of a few is not the way to promote a healthy economy. |
| Date | 21:28:44, August 09, 2005 CET | From | United Labour Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | Organised gambling is theft. The odds are rigged in favour of the casinos - that's how they make a profit - and it's ordinary people who suffer. Support. |
| Date | 22:49:43, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Super Socialist II Turbo Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | There is a very good reason Gambling is not allowd in most states , Also this bill does not outlaw all gambling just puts tighter restirctions on it. |
| Date | 04:18:01, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | Of course the odds are rigged in favor of the casinos, they are a buisness and need to make a profit. This is hard to do if the payout equals the take. But if you look at, for instance, slot machines they are set to pay out in the high 90's percentage 998-99) of the money they take in. Roulette is between 95%-97% (depending on if they have just 0 or a 00 on the wheel), we don't have the numbers for other games but they tend to sit in that range, with we believe craps being the next highest after slots. Profit come from the numbers of people playing, and it is a form of entertainment for most, where generally the spending totals lie close to a standard vacation. In return we receive jobs, tax dollars, and a flow of money from tourists. These do not come from small scale gambling parlors in the same numbers as they can from casinos. Few tourist go to your corner Kinko bar to play, and it does not create any new postions to add this kind of gambling to an establishment. |
| Date | 05:18:54, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | Nobody is putting a gun to their heads and making them gamble in the casino. Its a little known concept called personal responsibility. |
| Date | 07:12:26, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the The right to gamble. |
| Message | We ask those who are voting against why they are working to take jobs away from our citizens on this spectre of organized crime? Our regulations create a process which makes these ties highly unlikely. We are closing down industries that bring money to our people, as well as encourage foreign travel to our nation, bringing foreign money. On what information are we basing this action? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 31 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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