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Tourism?Will Cruise
ship and Terrace Residents ‘flock’ to PR to gamble? Drain?
Or will local
entertainment sites (Pubs) find all their customers drinking and betting here? |
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Craig Briere
gave a presentation to Council in November – Googling his name leads to PG
Treasure Cove Hotel & Casino
(surprised?) In Feb 2005 he was before the Fort St
John City Council
on a similar mission (Lots of $$$ 40M$) |
Backgrounder |
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PR
Bingo association puts something like 600T$ into local non profit societies
--- but 2005 was a tough year – little disposable income in town for Bingo –
plus younger people just aren’t as fanatical about Bingo (generational change
throughout BC) --- When almost had to close last September found an outsider
w deep pockets – Province
“pushing” community gaming centers – but Totem was not acceptable building
(Did BCLC help purchase the Legion site?). Thus New building and new ‘partner’
--- deep pockets |
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Best site
for opposing arguments Is
an academic
Alberta site with many detailed reports --- Key info is that Alberta Gov gets
as much revenue
from gaming as from oil 1.3B$) – see Literature
Review – especially
this economic one |
Powell River
eventually refused |
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Read these Council
notes – lots of pertinent info And
here is good investigative
journalism on how the Campbell government campaigned to stop > betting and
then changed mind --- slots increased by 374% by 2004 |
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Crime and
Hidden social costs arguments used |
Salvation
Army sees morality of issue not just $$ |
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Created by LG on
DEC/28/2005
Last updated on Sunday, January 08, 2006