British Columbia Lottery Corporation News

16 Jun 2010
Suggestion offered by experts that B.C. use its players rewards program to monitor problem gamblers.
14 May 2010
B.C Lottery to join Loto-Québec and Atlantic Lottery to create common online gambling platform.
11 Feb 2009
News brief: CBC News investigation has uncovered western lottery clerks are actually claiming prizes at a disproportionately high rate.
24 Sep 2008
News brief: The former head of B.C. Lottery Corp. was paid $94,000 in bonuses the year he was fired, despite a scathing report that found the Crown corporation was failing to protect customers from possible fraud
30 Jul 2008
Most Lotto 6/49 jackpot winners can't wait to collect their prize, but not Peter Dushop.
26 May 2008
News Brief: CBC News has obtained documents that show 33 cases of suspected loan sharking were reported around B.C.'s casinos in a two-and-a-half-year period from 2002 to 2004.
30 Apr 2008
News Brief: The B.C. government is hiring nine 'responsible gambling information officers' to educate gamblers at casinos in Metro Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo.
18 Dec 2007
British Columbia Lottery Corporation is advising British Columbians not to buy lottery products as gifts for minors this holiday season.
10 Jun 2007
News Brief: The B.C. Lottery Corporation has picked a top official from the office of Premier Gordon Campbell as interim president of the gaming agency.
3 Jun 2007
News Brief: The president and CEO of the B.C. Lottery Corporation has been fired following a scathing report by the province's ombudsman that found ticket retailers were winning too often.
31 May 2007
News Brief: The B.C. Lottery Corporation has gone public with the names of its lottery retailers who have won major prizes, following this week's scathing report by the B.C. ombudsman into lottery irregularities.
30 May 2007
News Brief: The B.C. government will conduct an audit of the province's lottery system, following the release of a damning report Tuesday by the province's ombudsman that found it's open to fraud.
30 May 2007
News Brief: Duo running the multibillion-dollar Crown corporation signal they plan to stay in the executive suite.
2 May 2007
News Brief: Distressed gamblers usually get little help when they appeal to staff at B.C. casinos — often no more than a brochure and phone number to call for further assistance, according to B.C. Lottery Corp. documents obtained by CBC News.
19 Dec 2006
News Brief: The ombudsman began an investigation yesterday into how the B.C. Lottery Corp. ensures its lotteries are fair.
6 Dec 2006
News Brief: More than 180 people were banned from B.C. casinos and gaming halls last year, some for criminal reasons, the president of the B.C. Lottery Corporation told the legislature's committee on Crown corporations on Tuesday.