Less than a week after the US government announced new legislation effectively banning online gambling, Trinidad is moving forward with a similar agenda.

In a move that comes on the heels of a recent ban on casino slot machines, conservative Prime Minister Patrick Manning alleges that gambling in any form strains family relations and encourages the proliferation of vices. Manning would also like ax the country’s national lottery as well. While commanding majority support in the twin island country that also includes oil rich Tobago, passage of an online gambling ban is assured.

Saying that gambling activities are of great concern to his government, Manning has yet to set a timetable or manner of enforcing the impending anti-gambling measure. In crushing the multi-billion dollar online gambling trade in their country, the US will halt banks from accepting internet gambling transactions including the use of credit cards, electronic fund transfers and checks. The shunning of the online gambling trade by Trinidad is seen as ironic considering many of the industry’s largest companies operate in the Caribbean.

-Danny Davis

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