Terminal Damage

The Politics of VLTs in Atlantic Canada

Peter McKenna

“This book is assuredly not an anti-gambling screed. What I’m against, and make no doubt about it, is the scourge of the video lottery terminal (VLT), and the fact that not all gambling is created equal. There is a reason why those in the know refer to those electronic devices as ‘killer machines’ and the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’.”—from the Introduction The Atlantic Lottery Corporation promotes its VLT product as a win-win for Atlantic Canada. &… (more information)