Penang and Selangor Ban Sport Bettings Locally

Penang and Selangor state government had issued statement respectively that although the Federal Government (Barisan Nasional) had issued football betting licence to Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd, which  owned by Berjaya Group Vincent Tan, the state government, via local authorities has the power to stop it. Thus, no premises in the state will be allowed to operate such betting centre. 

The Pakatan Rakyat had earlier stated that the Pakatan Rakyat led states will not allowed those bettings as issuing such a licence would not eradicate illegal gambling but would aggravate social problems as the poor would gamble away their hard earned wages. 

A country if is too conservative and are not open their mind will definitely cannot cope and compete with the global world. Football betting is a trend. This will still going on even without the approval as it will still run by those illegals. Why not take the chance to let the government to make profits (tax) and regulate the rules. Rather than letting it getting worse and those illegal bookies making huge profit and their own ways. Even Singapore had such football betting in the 1990s before it finally approve the casino while Malaysia has it own casino in earlier. As WE ALL KNOW footballs betting can be done even at home (as long as u have a computer and internet connection, thats it). Come on. The bettings will still be running by those illegals even no approvals was given. Why not regulate it and collect taxes?

Barisan Nasional Won Hulu Selangor

Barisan Nasional (BN) won the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seats is already beyond expectation. Barisan Nasional won by a 1,725-vote majority. Barisan Nasional Candidate from Malaya Indian Congress (MIC) P. Kamalanathan garnered 24,997 votes to defeat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) (Pakatan Rakyat) Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who got 23,272 votes. There were 731 spoilt votes, of the total of 48,935 votes cast. Voter turnout was 75.87%. The winning of BN are mainly contributed by heavy goodies from Barisan Nasional, such as promises to pay Felda settlers and others. And PKR loses are mainly Pakatan Rakyat non-performing, since 2 years of the General Election, Pakatan had taken control the Selangor state for 2 years, but it seems that promises were not fulfilled and Pakatan Rakyat are not doing enough for the Rakyat (people). Furthermore, the Indian in Hulu Selangor are backing MIC (BN) and the Malay are also backing UMNO (BN), thus some vote are deliver back to Barisan Nasional. Hence, this might be a signal or indication to Pakatan Rakyat that the people's are not happy with their performance.