Gambling in Manitoba: financing the neoconservative agenda on the backs of the poor.

Canadian Dimension | November 1, 1997| | Copyright

Gambling is one of the fastest-growing components of provincial government revenues. All provinces except British Columbia are now in the business of running casinos and/or video lottery terminals (VLTs). It is estimated that by the end of 1996, there were 12 casinos and over 60,000 VLTs (mainly in bars, but also in licensed restaurants and private clubs) in Canada. In the fiscal year 1994-95, provinces collected net revenues of $4.6 billion from casinos, VLTs and lotteries.

This massive expansion in government-run gambling, most of it since the early 1990s, is touted by ...

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