1 A WHOLE NEW WORLD “Icome from a family of people that gamble,” John says. “I learned how to play poker from my grandfather when I was like three. I’ve always been kind of attracted to money.” This explains his Bachelor degree in business, his “early” Bitcoin investment and his steady, if unexciting, day job […]
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Wednesday’s 10 things you need to know
1 Two cannons were removed from Province House yesterday to restore their sandstone platforms. One, near the statue of Joseph Howe, was placed in 1829 and used to protect the Hollis Street entrance. The other, which was in storage, previously acted as Halifax’s noon and evening gun from 1882 to 1905. Some lucky communications worker […]
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Liberals remove VLT tracking system
[Image-1] In a rare move, the provincial government has admitted shit’s not working. The Liberals announced today they’re removing the My-Play system from video lottery terminals after finding the program to reduce problem gambling wasn’t meeting objectives. “It did not reduce play by people with gambling addictions, and in fact, the vast majority of play […]
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NS cabinet minister grilled over mandatory VLT cards
New provincial VLT gambling strategy makes “My-Play” cards mandatory, but critics say the new system won’t curb problem gambling.
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NDP’s VLT flip-flop
Astonishing fact number one: Last year, gamblers in Nova Scotia pumped more than $708 million into Video Lottery Terminals, the equivalent of nearly $2 million a day. That info comes from the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation’s annual report released last week. It shows that in the 2008/2009 financial year which ended in March, VLT betting […]