Canada?s Gambling Watch Newsletter
by Administrator
[25 Aug 2008 at 7:28pm]
The newsletter will be delayed again this week because of line problems. Johannes will be back as soon as he works things out with Bell Canada.
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Volume 10 Issue 003 CWE August 18 2008
by J. Deviet
[18 Aug 2008 at 5:45pm]
A new Feature
It is our intention to inform our readers about once a month how much has been saved money-wise by those people who don?t regularly buy lottery tickets. Here is how we have figured that out, based on the figures provided by Manitoba?s statistics: 74% of people buy regularly lottery tickets and spend [...]
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Volume 10 Issue 002 CWE August 11 2008
by J. Deviet
[11 Aug 2008 at 4:00am]
Addiction
?An addict in the family - Don’t come into this house again? is an item in the 8/6 Victoria Times Colonist that contains a wise suggestion to get an addict to find a way out. We quote: ?It is one of the hardest decisions a parent could ever make. A child is addicted to [...]
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Manitoba gambling patterns
by Administrator
[9 Aug 2008 at 4:07pm]
Most adult Manitobans gamble, and most consider it entertainment ? but the number of “moderate risk” gamblers has doubled over the last five years, according to a new study by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba.
More than 85 per cent of Manitobans have gambled at least once in the past year, which is about average in [...]
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Volume 10 Issue 001 CWE August 4 2008
by J. Deviet
[4 Aug 2008 at 4:00am]
Canada?s Gambling Watch Network?s weekly e-mailed Newsletter
An Editor?s note to all readers.
I intended to get back to the schedule I had before we lost our hard drive: spend some time on the Newsletter every day so that I don?t have to do everything at the last minute. During this past week I was [...]
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A Blueprint for Action: Canada?s Gambling Watch Network
by Bill Clark
[28 Jul 2008 at 10:40pm]
A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION TO REFORM CANADIAN GAMBLING LAW, POLICIES & PRACTICES INTO THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Presented to the Insight Nova Scotia Conference, Halifax, NS - October 4, 2004
CANADA?S GAMBLING WATCH NETWORK (CGWN)
Calls for the Adoption of a Precautionary Approach to Gambling And a Royal Commission into Gambling in Canada
FROM: Canada?s Gambling [...]
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Belleville & Slots
by bill clark
[27 Jul 2008 at 9:04pm]
Letter to Editor: Belleville Intelligencer
It is hard to believe that Belleville is going to have a race track and slots.
One Ontario non unionized slot needs 3 jobs to feed it.
OLG operates 24,000 +/- slots, that work 24/7 to divert up to 100,000 job contributions away from Ontario economy.
Add in AGCO [...]
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Gambling is no economic plan
by bill clark
[24 Jul 2008 at 5:26pm]
Slots a drain on economy
LETTER OF THE DAY
Posted 2 days ago
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1124405
Re: Gambling is no economic plan — July 7.
Excellent editorial; allow me to add a few observations. Sudbury, with the strike, is losing $2 million-plus per year.
However, adding up racetrack betting, lottery, Nevada tickets and bingos, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming [...]
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Embedding Social Responsibility
by bill clark
[14 Jul 2008 at 10:38am]
Imagine a casino throwing out a player who is gambling too much. It happens.
And when thrown out the player might never be able to enter a casino anywhere in the country again.
As public officials legalize casinos they should assure that social responsibility pervades the new gambling scene. Concern for troubled gamblers should be part [...]
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Dificille Letter to Ottawa Citizen Slots profit too low
by Bill Clark
[11 Jul 2008 at 8:55am]
Two Ottawa area councillors want to see more profits from slot machines in their local area:
Alta Vista Councillor Peter Hume and Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder think the province should be turning more gambling profits from slot machines over to the city. The city gets about three per cent of the take from machines at Rideau [...]
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