Today’s editorial in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper, cuts to the chase saying that Jamaica needs to move ahead quickly with the casino law, so that the country can reap the benefits – such as the generation of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity.

The editorial begins – “It is unfortunate that having dithered for so long on the issue, Jamaica is unlikely, in the near term, to reap as much benefit from allowing casinos, as might otherwise have been the case.

But that does not mean that the administration should not proceed, as Prime Minister Bruce Golding has promised to pass the casino law when the Parliament returns from its recess this month, although the Government needs to explain the rationale for establishing a new entity to oversee casinos rather than using the existing Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission” … more