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
Jun 10, 2022
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
Jun 10, 2022
The obstacles to curing Nova Scotia's VLT addiction
Once extreme public concern has faded, even though damage from the machines is still acute
Jun 10, 2022
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
Jun 10, 2022
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
Jun 10, 2022
How VLTs relentlessly take players' money
Jun 10, 2022
Numbers Game: Video lottery keeps on spinning, and Nova Scotians keep on getting hurt
More than 30 years after being introduced, the "crack cocaine of gambling" is alive and well
Jun 10, 2022
Near misses and big losses: VLTs still hook players and reel in millions
One in 10 Nova Scotia players in the most serious problem gambling category
Jun 10, 2022
Atlantic Canada's debt problem
Long before foreclosure comes debt, and it's strangling many Atlantic Canadians.
Jul 4, 2019