Bermuda prepares to allow casino gambling for the first time

Travel Mole – Law-makers in Bermuda are expected to permit casino gambling for the first time according to the island’s minister of tourism and transport, Shawn Crockwell. In proposals under discussion, casinos will be allowed to operate as an integrated facility within a hotel or resort rather than a stand-alone venue. In October 2013, the island’s parliament relaxed laws which had previously banned cruise ships from operating their shipboard casinos when in port. The decision on whether to legalize gambling was originally to be put to a referendum, however this was abandoned and will now go through due process in…