{"id":18915,"date":"2013-09-25T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2013-09-25T01:00:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T08:00:29","slug":"wednesday-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=18915","title":{"rendered":"Gambling on Ship Casinos in Bermuda Getting Another Look from Legislators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\">In an era when <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\">compromise<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\"> seems to be a four-letter word, the government of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bermuda-online.org\/\">Bermuda<\/a> took a stab at it this month. A bill that would allow cruise passengers to gamble at their ship&#39;s casino while in port was tabled in the House of Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There is no gambling in Bermuda. To continue prohibiting it on ships in port would be a deterrent to cruise lines with customers who consider it an important part of their cruise. That would cost Bermuda port fees if fewer ships showed up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There will still be a price to pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&bull; Gambling licenses would only be given (?) to ships in port for 12 hours or more, and a seasonal license would cost $105,000 to $180,000 for ships that are in port 15 times a year or more and that carry 2,000 passengers or more. Below 2,000 passengers, there&#39;s no fee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&bull; Casinos would only be open from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&bull; Only passengers would be allowed to gamble (other than crew, who else would be on the ship?).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the bill still needs to be passed, doing so will give Bermuda legislators the ability to do what so few legislators are able to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Compromise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12028\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cms\/fun\/ships\/carnival_sensation\/default.aspx?shipCode=SE\" style=\"font-size: 13.333333969116211px; text-align: center;\">Carnival Sensation<\/a><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">4 nights<\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">October 27, 2013<\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portcanaveral.com\/cruising\/cruising.php\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">Port Canaveral<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">&nbsp;(return):&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebahamasguide.com\/islands\/grandbahama\/default.htm\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">Freeport<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nassauparadiseisland.com\/\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">Nassau<\/a><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em; text-align: center;\">Inside: $159<\/span><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Cost per day: $39<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6em;\">www.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an era when compromise seems to be a four-letter word, the government of Bermuda took a stab at it this month. A bill that would allow cruise passengers to gamble at their ship&#39;s casino while in port was tabled in the House of Assembly. There is no gambling in Bermuda. To continue prohibiting it&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=18915\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gambling on Ship Casinos in Bermuda Getting Another Look from Legislators<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,15],"tags":[203,267,137,154,798,270,912,72,35],"class_list":["post-18915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-stories","tag-allure-of-the-seas","tag-bermuda","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-sensation","tag-casinos","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}