It has been reported that the BC Lottery Corp. is being sued by an addicted gambler that claims that the corporation is negligent for allowing her to enter Fraser Downs Casino and Cascades Casino after having voluntarily placed
herself on the corporation's Voluntary Self-Exclusion program.
An article on theprovince.com explains that 54-year-old Joyce May Ross is the first person to sue the provincial lottery corporation for not stopping her from gambling.
“Since entering the program, the defendants have not once made any attempt to prevent the plaintiff from entering any of the casinos nor from gambling,” the writ says.
“Various staff members at both Fraser Downs Casino and Cascades Casino are known to the plaintiff and witnessed on countless occasions her post self-exclusion gambling activities, apparently with full knowledge of her self-exclusion and without taking any steps to enforce the self-exclusion."
According to the lawsuit, Ross believes she contacted the lottery corporation on three occasions to request her contract be enforced by casino security.
(With files from theprovince.com)
These people make me laugh.
These people make me laugh. It's like an alcoholic suing Brewers Retail for their drinking addiction.
If she had not got into the casinos, would her problems have been solved, or would she have found another outlet for her addiction?
In reply to These people make me laugh. by mywifeisnotstable
Yes and no. She had
Yes and no. She had registered herself with the voluntary exclusion program (which is much-heralded and ballyhooed by all casinos). This means she had taken real steps to deal with this addiction and they did not hold up their end of it. Maybe she would have gone elsewhere, but that is not the point.
Was The Meadows not slapped
Was The Meadows not slapped with a $20,000 fine in the past year for not enforcing their self-exclusion policy?