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NUEVA GERONA, Cuba, September (Carlos Sepa Maceira / UPECI) –
Widespread illegal gambling in La Demajagua, located on the Isle of Youth, has
started to cause consternation among local residents.
The issue was discussed with Roberto García Díaz, a member of
the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first secretary in the
municipality, during a recent visit to La Demajagua.
Although the lottery was abolished by the government, a local version
exists, using numbers drawn by the lottery in the Venezuelan states of Zulia and
Tachira and the state of Florida in the United States.
"Police operations carried out over the past few months to stop illegal
gaming have not been successful," said one local resident.
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