The announcement that the Wyndham Nassau Resort and Crystal Palace Casino will close its doors for two months as a result of the global recession has prompted the Bahamas Gaming Reform (BGR) Committee to renew its call for the Government to comprehensively examine the nation’s current gaming laws. The traditionally slow tourist season is between August 17 to October 5...

One local gaming house has already started to adjust to the sluggish market. The Crystal Palace Casino has now been forced to make adjustments to its operating hours, something its owners attribute to a falloff in the number of tourists coming to play a hand or two of cards or some other table game. "We are trying to get the efficient use of the operating hours of the casino," said Robert Sands, Baha Mar's VP of External Affairs.