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New Guinea’s playing cards ban has survived another onslaught.
Member for Daulo (Eastern High lands) Mr. Sinake Giregire made the Playing Cards Ordinance a New Guinea law in August, 1966, to try to stop villagers wasting their money gambling, and to try to stop killings over gambling arguments.
Other MHA’s claimed the playing cards ban made New Guinea a laughing stock overseas. Travellers have to surrender their packs on arrival, and cards can be used (not for gambling) only with a special licence.
Two earlier attempts have been made to repeal the law, and now in the P-NG Assembly the third at tempt has been made, by the new MHA for Jimi in the Western High lands, Mr. Thomas Kavali. It failed, and the ban stays on the Statute books.