12/27/2023 0 Comments Bet jamaica sportsbookThe other Caribbean countries in the region have also long legalized gambling in the 1990s, including internet gambling (e.g.: Antigua and Barbuda legalized it in 1963). The island country is not unique in the Caribbean for legalizing gambling as early as 1965. Jamaica was part of the United Kingdom, and inherited English as the official language, when gaining independence in 1962. Gambling was only made legal, officially, in 1965 with the The Betting Gaming & Lotteries Act, 1965**, and casinos were strted to be regulated specifically only in 2010, by the Casino Gaming Act***, and currently the main piece of gambling legislation is The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 2012**** and its amendments. However, by the 1950s and 60s there were numerous illegal gambling establishments. Gambling in Jamaica (a Caribbean country, population of 3 million, formerly Santiago, independent since 1962) was made originally illegal in 1899 according to the The Gambling Law of 1899*.
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