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Bill: Private Gambling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Labour Party of Telamon
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2658
Description[?]:
| Currently under Telamonese law, people can be arrested for just playing cards with their friends in their own home. We feel that this is unfair. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is illegal unless taking place in a licensed casino.
Current: Gambling is illegal.
Proposed: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:39:08, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Private Gambling Act |
| Message | We do see the reasoning behind this proposal, however what we worry about is the situation where private homes are turned into un-regulated gambling casinos acting in a black market. Margaret Jones, TNP Leader. |
| Date | 22:39:03, October 28, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Private Gambling Act |
| Message | We agree with the TNP that this would be a concern under the proposed law, but we would propose to make all gambling legal and unregulated as the solution. Allegra Cabrazi Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 329 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 12 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "Global warmers predict that global warming is coming, and our emissions are to blame. They do that to keep us worried about our role in the whole thing. If we aren't worried and guilty, we might not pay their salaries. It's that simple." - Kary Mullis |