{"id":809878,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/809878/?format=json","text_counter":272,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"I also oppose this. The issue of tax on gambling has two purposes. The first one, which I think is a smaller one, is raising taxes. The other one, as this country stands today, is to try to reduce betting. Betting is an addictive thing. People destroy their families and property because of betting. It is just like a drug addiction. It is something that we should discourage."}