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The public has far less access today to research documenting damage from VLTs
The gaming corporation commissions research on gambling rates but details are not made public
Nova Scotia moves VLTs around, buys out legions and keeps the money flowing
Some VLT bars now have more machines than allowed anywhere else in Atlantic Canada
The obstacles to curing Nova Scotia’s VLT addiction
Once extreme public concern has faded, even though damage from the machines is still acute
One after another, the Atlantic provinces passed laws to shield Atlantic Lotto from VLT players
Class action lawsuits and punitive damages banned retroactively to early 1990s
Strategy to get rid of damaging VLTs has only retired one in 10 since 2012
Despite "attrition" policy, many VLTs remain in service, even when bars close their doors
