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"content": "what is being used to expand the sporting arenas across the country. Therefore, I will quickly scan through the various clauses of the law. Part I of the Bill provides for the preliminary matters, which are interpretations of the terms being used. Parts II, III all the way to V provide for the various functions. They lay out the functions of the national Government in terms of policy and those of the county governments in regulating and controlling places like casinos. You know well that there are village casinos nowadays. Colleague Senators, you must be vigilant in your various counties. This is because people are setting up funny joints and no impressive videos are showing the activities that happen in such places. Those are the duties of our county governments. It is good that this is being provided. County governments are being reminded of their core responsibilities, where they regulate their operations and give local licensing for these casinos. Part IV of the Bill consists of clauses 26 to 27, which provide for the establishment of the authorities, their functions, operations, guidelines and how they will conduct the business. This is pretty much what we do when we set up any board, as we have done. Clauses 28 to 49 provide guidelines on licensing and permits. Clauses 50 to 57 provide for the control of the lotteries. Part VII of the Bill, clauses 64 to 66, provides the provisions on casino slot machines littered across the country. In the villages, these things are becoming a scene. In village centers at 4.00 p.m., you will find women and men trooping and sometimes dropping all their day's earnings into some funny box, hoping to strike sudden wealth. Most of the time, very little comes up of it. Part VIII of the Bill, clauses 67 to 80, provides for online gambling, including licensing control, payment of prices and remittance of winning, financial reporting and dispute resolution. This is one of the hardest, and I have explained why. This is because of the complexity of the online machines and engines that these people use. They can generate new IP addresses within minutes, and young people can access them. We lead a tech-savvy society. They can move quickly and resolve these issues. Part X of the Bill in Clause 87 provides the guidelines for advertising, where can you advertise and how you can do it, so that you do not expose them to young children. It is important to guide how this is done without curtailing the business activities. As I had pointed out, even as we try as a country to regulate and become difficult at these activities, the rest of the world moves ahead of us. They are taking advantage. Billions of money leave this country annually, funding other societies' social and prosperous activities because we have not done what this Bill asks us to do. We imagine we can curtail this industry. Part XII of the Bill, clauses 92 to 111 are provisions of the offences and the penalties for violating the various clauses of this Bill. Part XIII contains the miscellaneous provisions and translation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to read Clause 95. I found it fascinating. It states that- “A person who, being the owner or occupier of a licensed gambling premise or electronic site, who allows such premise to be used for other unlicensed activities The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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