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Bill: Gambling Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Popular Democratic Party (UM)
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: April 2899
Description[?]:
Our taxes pay for public funding and there should be no reason to place our people at risk. |
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 | 01:09:24, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Union of Radical Republicans (UM) | To | Debating the Gambling Act |
Message | Madame Speaker, in many councils lotteries and casinos create significant income for the local government. While I personally do not approve, gambling will occur either way – shouldn't we leave it to localities to create laws to govern themselves? |
Date | 10:21:53, February 24, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Gambling Act |
Message | Madam Speaker, in many areas there is no public money used whatsoever. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||
yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
no |
Total Seats: 370 | ||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 21 |
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