ON - “Ban deceptive slot machines, says group” (article url)
Thursday, October 4, 2007 | 1:58 PM ET
CBC News
<The head of Ontario’s Problem Gambling Research Centre is calling for tougher rules to protect players who use the 23,000 slot machines in the province.
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission is currently drafting new standards to address questions about machines that flash jackpot symbols or distort the true odds of winning.
But Rob Simpson of the gambling research centre says the new standards proposed for Ontario’s slot machines allow for cheating and deception and is calling on the commission to toughen the rules to better protect players and potential addicts.
Earlier this year CBC News videotaped slots in action across Ontario and then slowed down the images.
The investigation found that some machines rapidly flashed jackpot symbols at players, symbols barely detectable to the naked eye.>
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