Senators weigh bill to ban casino-style gambling at Guam Liberation Carnival
Lawmakers Thursday morning began deliberating a measure that would ban casino-style gambling activities at the island’s Liberation carnival and at village fiestas.
Freshman Sen. Telena Nelson, D-Dededo, wrote the measure, Bill 50-34, to close a loophole in Guam law that has allowed the Mayors’ Council of Guam and the Guam Liberation Historical Society, a nonprofit group, to run gambling operations during fairs and fiestas.
Senators briefly discussed the bill Thursday morning, then Speaker Benjamin Cruz, D-Tumon, paused conversation on the bill until the afternoon.
Nelson said the measure isn’t meant to tell people how to spend their money, but rather to remove something that harms families and society.
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