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BC Lottery Corporation faces class-action lawsuit
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Jordan Armstrong | Email news tips to jarmstrong@cknw.com
1/9/2013

A BC Supreme Court judge has agreed to certify a class action lawsuit against the BC Lottery Corporation.


The issue: people who enrolled in BCLC's "self-exclusion" program for problem gamblers.


Two men who won jackpots between 35-thousand and 42-thousand dollars after signing up for the program say it was wrong for the Lotto corp to deny them their winnings, because BCLC didn't prevent them from entering their casinos.


Now, a judge has agreed to certify the case as class action, meaning the two will be able to represent others who have a similiar problem.


Between june 2010 and this past July, a total of 187 jackpot prizes were withheld from participants of the self-exclusion program.

 

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  1. WilliamS_3961 posted on 01/09/2013 04:56 PM
    This one will be right up our Courts alley, what with the old no one is responsible for anything they do, and all ..............
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 01/09/2013 07:54 PM
      @WilliamS_3961 You have that one right ! Next you will see people who have lost their shirt gambling sueing the Lottery Corporation
  2. RonE_1902 posted on 01/09/2013 09:38 PM
    The time has come for this action, as many problem gamblers have lost all they have.

    I know of a lady personally that after a divorce owned a home outright on the Westwood Plateau and lost it all at the local casinos'.

    Hope they sue their butt's off as the exclusion rule has been a joke in years past.
  3. SlimP_9860 posted on 01/09/2013 11:47 PM
    Like they say, a fool and his money are soon separated. If they weren't losing it at a government casino they'd be losing it at private backroom game.
  4. elpolloguerrera posted on 01/10/2013 07:42 AM
    "Self-exclusion program"? They knew that they shouldn't have been in the casino to begin with, and they're now mad that no one stopped them?

    I'd bet that if the BCLC hired armed guards to stand at the front doors and screen everyone that tried to get in, there would a bigger public outcry.

    I sincerely hope that the court throws this one out... but I've given up on expecting common sense from the courts these days...
  5. AldinaI posted on 01/10/2013 09:01 AM
    This comes down to personal responsibility. If these people wanted to be excluded from casinos, then they don't get to win (or lose).
  6. MikeyM_2 posted on 01/10/2013 11:02 AM
    BCLC has to find a way to do a better job excluding people with addictions!!! pure and simple
  7. AndreaK_5056 posted on 01/10/2013 12:22 PM
    Why won't people take responsibility for their own lives? Why is it always someone else's fault? Yes, BCLC could have tried harder to keep them out, I don't know why they don't scan people's driver's licenses or even those points cards that most people sign up for at the casinos. If you're excluded, then when you scan the card it would say that, and they could tell you to get the heck out.

    But whatever, you signed yourself up for the program, so how about, stay out!

    And to all the bleeding hearts, yes they have an addiction, but it's still not someone else's fault.
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