Playing The Machines
AIRED Tuesday July 7, 2009 at 10 pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
Video lottery terminals and slots in Canada bring in more money than all the gambling combined in Las Vegas. And most of that money comes from a growing number of people who never dreamed they'd ever get hooked. While VLT addiction is recognized as a serious problem in Canada, does the government need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored?
Playing the Machines features the stories of three people: "Trailer Park Boys" actor and VLT addict, John Dunsworth; Susan Piercey, from Corner Brook, Newfoundland, a young woman who started gambling at 18 and took her life; and the late Garnet Rhyno of Halifax, "a devoted husband and father who loved life" until he became addicted to VLT's.
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James